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Think back to the last time you were at an event where speakers gave presentations. Typically, some sessions fly by and others quickly make you think: “Now’s a good time to go to the bathroom and get a snack.” While a number of factors cause those two scenarios, a common ...

This week, we had a nuts-and-bolts focus on getting more of the right things done in your writing and business life. On Monday, Stefanie Flaxman reminded us of the soul-crushing boredom that arises in our poor readers when we force them to wade through endless paragraphs before we get to ...

Did you ever have one of those book clubs where you spend most of your time drinking wine and talking about anything other than the book? Yeah, we have no idea what that would be like. Ahem. OK, OK, we admit it, the Copyblogger book club has been a little ...

About a year and a half ago, I made up my mind to rebuild a motorcycle. I had no mechanical training, no hand-me-down garage wisdom from friends or relatives — no real experience at all. But I had recently repaired a starter motor for my currently-running vintage motorcycle, and I ...

Pause. I couldn’t watch another minute of the movie. It was a 10-hour flight, though, so I had to find something else to do … Fidgeted in my seat a bit. Let out a loud sigh to see if it would get my boyfriend’s attention. Nope. He was heavily involved ...

Heads up: The introductory rate for our Persuasive Copywriting 101 Course is ending today, November 1, at 5:00 p.m. Pacific U.S. Time. After that, we’ll close the course for a few weeks — and when we re-open, the registration fee will be significantly higher. Click here to get all the ...

Back in the day, only digital publishers and marketers knew to never trust Facebook. You know, like that one time when they encouraged us to build audiences on their platform, and then made us pay to promote our content to those very people? How silly of us not to see ...

There’s a big difference between tactics and strategy when it comes to content marketing. As a content strategist, I often hear from business owners who feel like they’ve tried every tactic in the book. Blog posts, podcasting, email marketing, Facebook Live, Instastories, YouTube — you name it, they’ve tried it. ...

Since lately I’ve been interested in small tweaks we can all make to improve our communication skills (even if we already pride ourselves on them), I wanted to talk with my co-worker Loryn Cole about the topic. Loryn is Copyblogger’s Data Analyst, and we share a similar style when it ...

The big news for us this week is, of course, the new copywriting course. If you didn’t see the announcement yesterday, you can get all of the details here: Copyblogger’s First Dedicated Persuasive Copywriting Course. There’s a sweet deal (all treat, no tricks) for those who pick it up by ...