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How to Get Your Blog Back On Track

Energy

Let’s talk about your blog. I know. It’s a painful topic for many of you. You don’t know what to write, you don’t feel confident about what you DO write, and frankly, you’d rather not be blogging at all. It’s nerve-wracking, stressful and not as much fun as you thought it would be when you [...]

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Your Sneak Peek Behind the Writing Course Doors

Online Writing Course

Damn Fine Words is the writing course that changes businesses – and even lives. Students who’ve taken the course rave about how it’s opened up a whole new world of opportunities for them and how their perspective on writing for their business has brought them all sorts of fantastic results. Now, that all sounds nice, [...]

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Announcing the DFW Writing Contest Winners

It’s time to announce the winners of the Damn Fine Words writing course contest… and boy, was it EVER tough to choose just two names from the 20+ submissions we received. Entrants fought hard to get into the Damn Fine Words writing course. Some posts were straightforward. Some were thoughtful. Some touched our hearts. It [...]

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Damn Fine Words Writing Course Open for Registration

Online Writing Course

Every single business owner, no matter what their industry, needs to be able to write well to be successful. And if your business has a website, a blog, or operates online, then writing skills are crucial. If you’re completely confident that your writing has never, ever lost you a client, then you don’t need to [...]

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How to Get the Most Out of an Online Course or Info-Product

Back to School

Did you know that roughly 20% of people might pay for a course and NEVER sign in? That’s what happened to Jon Morrow with his Guest Blogging course. Roughly 2 out of 10 students paid $500 for his course and then flushed the money down the toilet by never showing up to it. If you’re [...]

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4 Simple Ways to Create a Well-Written Ebook

Competitive runners in a cross country race.

You’ve got a great idea. You’re going to write an ebook – perhaps your first! It’ll grow your business, bring in money, and help establish your expertise. And to keep yourself accountable, you tell all your readers to expect the ebook by the end of the month. Sure, that might mean a few caffeine-fuelled, late-night [...]

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A Casual Conversation with Chris Guillebeau on Writing

You can’t really go anywhere online without hearing about Chris Guillebeau or his ultra-famous blog, the Art of Non-Conformity. He’s remarkably well known – and with good reason: Chris challenges conventional beliefs and helps his audience do the remarkable… on nearly zero budget. Chris puts his money where his mouth is: He’s visited 193 countries [...]

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The Best Online Writing Course Contest Ever

Online Writing Course

A lot of people have been telling me they wished they could register for the Damn Fine Words writing course. It’s launching May 7 for its 3rd edition, and people who write me say that if they could just get in on this course… …they could finally start that online business, because they’d have the [...]

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A Casual Conversation: What Would You Do If You Had All the Money In the World?

Owning a small business is tough – real tough. One month you’re rolling in sales and clients, cackling like a fiend at your riches. The next, you’re wild-eyed and panicked because work dried up… and so did the money. A week after hustling hard? You’re loaded again – until you’re back to being poor. Money’s [...]

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Why Financial Crisis is Good for Entrepreneurship

Change Compass

Let me tell you a story about what’s happening right now in Greece, my corner of the world, entrepreneurship-wise. The situation in Greece is quite bad at the moment. We keep hearing how it’s in ‘critical condition’ and ‘hanging from a thread’. If you’re an entrepreneur running your own business, the blows come one after [...]

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