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Podcast: How to Be Unique in a World Full of Redundant Content
Today's podcast and blog post features new blogger Bella from Mommy Has a Little Time. We chatted about a few issues that plague new and experienced bloggers alike, including this huge question of 'HOW do I produce unique and interesting content, when every topic under the sun has already been covered before?'
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The three most important lessons I have learned about creativity
I’ve been blogging consistently for two years. Today I would like to share the three most important lessons I have learned in that time about creativity.
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Don’t Be Scared of Being Repetitive.
Repetition is an inevitable part of creation.
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Blot – a blogging platform with no interface
Blot is a blogging platform with no interface. It creates a special folder in your Dropbox and publishes files you put inside.
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Stop Being Afraid to Stand Out
Why is standing out so dang hard to do? Because we're afraid.
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7 Thoughtful Questions You Should Ask Yourself When You Don’t Know What To Write
I am a writer. On any given day, I write somewhere in the ballpark of 10,000 words — and the genres are all over the board. I have a journal for poetry and quick ideas that I keep with me at all times, in my backpack. I aim to write an answer on Quora every day. I write here on Inc Magazine five times a week. When time permits, I will microblog on Instagram. I have a number of book projects in the works. And I am the Founder and Editor in Chief of a ghostwriting + influence agency called Digital Press. I am not exaggerating when I say I spend close to eight hours per day writing. Just writing.
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How To Tell Fierce Fucking Social Media Stories
You have a choice. You can tell engaging stories online, or you can let your brand die. There’s no option C.
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How to Find More Time to Write
I get it. There’s never enough hours in the day. Juggling work, friends, family, exercise, time off, Stranger Things is tough.
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Is it really possible to write quality blog posts within 60 minutes?
In many, many sources I’ve seen advice along these lines: Don’t overthink, you don’t have to take longer than 1 hour to write a blog post. Just post it! Some advice givers will even say that it’s the norm today. One of the bloggers I follow claims to have written most of her blog posts within 1 hour and … on the phone.
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An Easy Way to Handle Criticism with a Graphic Example
Facing the fear of criticism – and criticism itself – terrified me. You may be struggling terribly with your blog because you are held captive by this same terror, this same fear, and play small. I struggled horribly for many years online because I feared facing criticism, so I played small, stayed in my cyber cave, and failed.
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Mistakes most bloggers make when starting out
Almost everyone wants to be a blogger these days and as much I am all for it, some tend to forget that it’s not just creating a website and letting it be, blogging is not a walk in the park but rather lots of hard work, patience and also trial and errors which open up doors to learning even more about the blogging world.
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Podcast: Deadlines - Are they Good or Bad for Your Blogging?
Are you the kind of blogger who works best under pressure? Or does an approaching deadline bring on a state of panic that kills your creativity? Deadlines can be useful (some people would never have finished high school without them), but you need them to work for you, not against you. Here's how to do it.
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Why This Headline is Less Important Than You Think
Content Over Clickbait.
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Podcast: You Need to Stop Getting Bogged Down in Blogging Details
Abby Lawson is a blogger and teacher extraordinaire at Just a Girl and Her Blog. In the podcast and blog post below, we dive into the art of balancing PASSIONATE writing/content with OPTIMIZED content (for marketing, SEO, Pinterest, etc)
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Why Every Artist Must Also Be A Marketer
Every artist can relate. Very few of us got into this business because we wanted to have to manage social media accounts or approve an advertising campaign. Writers became writers because they wanted to write. Actors want to act — not spend two weeks on a grueling press tour. The founder wants to be working on their product, not polishing blog posts for some content marketing side hustle.
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Finding Your Writing Voice
From professional commenter to writer.
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How to Write a Blog Post: An Epic Process for Epic Results
Warning: This is not for the faint at heart. However, this is how I write blog posts that get an average of 500+ shares and thousands of pageviews every time.
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A Strategic ‘Repurposed Content Cobbler’
Like the settlers who invented the cobbler, content creators need to get inventive in order to contend with today’s marketing challenges and consistently create quality, engaging, and inspiring content. The good news? You already have key ingredients in your content kitchen.
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I Feel Like A Fraud Blogger
This isn’t clickbait. This is actually how I feel. I know I’m pretty good at blogging, but what about writing? What about the traditional rules of grammar/syntax. What about proofreading? What about outlining my “points” and making sure those points align with my thesis?
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Medium abruptly cancels the membership programs of its 21 remaining subscription publisher partners
"Could we have a better metaphor for the way Silicon Valley considers local journalism?” fumed the owner of one of these remaining publications.
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