Post Overview
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Expression
6 years ago+19 19 0The System I Used to Write 5 Books and Over 1,000 Blog Posts
Most writers struggle with getting their writing done for one surprising reason.
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Expression
6 years ago+16 16 0 x 1One of the Most Important Things in a Blog Post
And it’s not your free eBook.
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Expression
6 years ago+11 11 0A Day in the Life of an Ad Agency Copywriter
Copywriters have varying levels of experience and skill. But every one of us has one thing in common: We have all gotten feedback that rocked us to our core, triggered a full-blown identity crisis, and made us wonder if we’re in the wrong profession.
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Expression
6 years ago+10 10 05 Mistakes That Killed My Blog (Don’t let it kill yours too)
This one’s for all those blogs that were started on a whim and with a whole lot of enthusiasm, but now lie forgotten and empty.
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Expression
6 years ago+2 2 05 Stupid Freelancing Mistakes I Made in 2017
This was a year where I took a lot of lumps and learned a lot of difficult lessons. They were necessary to learn and I think I’m a better freelancer for it, but some of these problems could have been avoided in the first place.
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How-to
6 years ago+7 7 0How to Write a Killer Blog Post at Lightning Speed
Are you a writer who wants to change the world with his words — but you have so much going on it’s a struggle to even put words down regularly?
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Expression
6 years ago+25 25 0Why Some People Succeed (And Others Don’t)
Recently, while at a speaking event, someone in the audience asked me the following question: “Have you ever seen someone come close to breaking through but then not succeeding? What is the difference between those who make and those who don’t?”
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Expression
6 years ago+17 17 0Know Why You Blog
One day, two very different reads. He is an accomplished man now despairing of his blogging progress, the paltry number of views for his posts. She just joined the blogging world, is spinning in the delight of finding people just like her, writers wh ...
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Expression
6 years ago+15 15 0Art of the Start — those excruciating first steps that make or break your hustle
Super-psyched to learn that my last post struck a chord. A couple of interesting conversations ensued. And, I’m here. Again. Nervous. But, here. Another blank page. And, a vague idea of what I’m going to fill it with. “Starting” is getting out of the ...
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Expression
6 years ago+8 8 0You Have More Than Enough Time, You’re Just Not Spending it Right
“I don’t have enough time.” We’ve all said it before. Time poverty is a distribution issue. Many people hate being idle. They value productivity, so they glorify being busy. They seek out busyness for the sake of being busy. They sense a feeling that ...
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Expression
6 years ago+6 6 0The Writer’s Catch-22
Why being creative in 2017 and beyond will be a real struggle
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How-to
6 years ago+7 7 012 Writing Tips For Non-Writers
Our first step in any project should be to understand the user — in this case, the people who will be reading what we write. Most of the time, we know our audience before we choose our topic. It can be helpful to define that audience with as much cla ...
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Text Post
6 years ago+11 11 0What's the hardest part of your entire process of writing a blog post?
Just the writing process... including brainstorming. But not anything on the promoting side.
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Expression
6 years ago+12 12 0Why Our Writing Always Exposes Our Truth
In the age of social media we allegedly bare more of ourselves than ever before. The digital realm has allegedly stripped us bare, naked. Exposed like someone standing on the street stark naked. And yet, whilst it’s true we share more of ourselves on ...
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Expression
6 years ago+1 1 08 Reasons the 8 Hour Workday Doesn’t Make Sense
Despite no longer making much sense, the 8-hour work day remains the defacto standard for corporate America.
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Expression
6 years ago+7 7 0What are you so afraid of?
For years I labeled myself as an aspiring writer. I wrote in the privacy of my personal journal and saved drafts on my computer. I was afraid to publish anything because it wasn’t “perfect.”
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Expression
6 years ago+6 6 0Want to Be a Writer? Do This Simple Technique
You want to be a writer more than anyone could imagine. In fact, it consumes your every waking thought (and most of your dreams). Although it’s not always easy, you love the path to becoming what you always dreamed of being and creating words that in ...
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Expression
6 years ago+13 13 0Make Quality The Only Thing That Matters
I would rather do one single thing every day, and do it well, than be the most productive person in the world. Because quality is my north fucking star. I publish a lot, and I write a lot. That sometimes blows people away, and they ask me if they sho ...
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Expression
6 years ago+8 8 0How to Get Your Writing Done When You’re Busy All the Time
Are you an up and coming writer who has to juggle your dream job with your day job?
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Current Event
6 years ago+11 11 0Facing poverty, academics turn to sex work and sleeping in cars
Adjunct professors in America face low pay and long hours without the security of full-time faculty. Some, on the brink of homelessness, take desperate measures