Sonia Simone at Copyblogger describes two types of people on the web: thought leaders and marketers. Thought leaders (she calls them the "Cool Kids") constantly push the boundaries of conversation, …
How to Overcome Writing Anxiety
Allow me to be honest with you: I frequently suffer from writing anxiety. When I sit down to write a blog post, I usually stare at the screen for about ten minutes, thinking of the most effective …
7 Reasons to Ditch Your Home Office
Work from home or home from work? That is the question. If you're self-employed or at least thinking about it, the commute down the hall to work in your underwear may seem like a really enticing …
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7 Habits of Highly Effective Bloggers, Redux
My previous post was all about what not to do if you're new to blogging. But what good is that advice if I don't offer you something that accentuates good blogging habits? In all the hours I spent …
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7 Bad Habits New Bloggers Must Avoid
I have to be very honest: maintaining a professional blog is challenging. It's been over six weeks since I switched wordful.com from a mini-consulting site to a blog. At that time I told myself that I …
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Why Following Your Passion is a Must
Today I spent a three very agonizing hours in front of a blank screen trying to write sales copy for a website. I would start a sentence, read it three times, delete it and start over again. This went …
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