It’s well known that one of my strategies used to rise to fame came from being everywhere, all the time. I used the power of guest posting and blog commenting tactics to reach people around the globe. If reaching people is what you want, you’ll find plenty of advice on guest posting right here at [...]
How to Wow Blog Editors (and Get Published)
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Today’s guest post comes to us from Laura Spencer, a well-known crack writer, blogger and head editor at Freelance Folder, one of the blogosphere’s largest hangouts for freelancers. She responded to a post written last week about when your guest post is held hostage – and her comment was so well thought out that I [...]
What to Do When They Hold Your Guest Post Hostage
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Photo credit Antonov Roman A polite intro, a list of my choice of topics and a really well-written email got my attention, and Chris swooshed right through the hoops (not that I have any) to be today’s guest poster. His advice is perfect for those who write and submit guest posts around the web – [...]
Imperfection is a Good Thing
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Do yourself a favor and look around the blogosphere. Look at the people who have almost obsessive cult-followings. The people who have started their own movements and revolutions. The people whose fans would knife you if you said an ill word against their favorite blogger. Realize something with me: We are not looking for perfection. [...]
Are You Becoming a Lazy Blogger?
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As your readership grows, it’s easy to think you’ve got this blogging thing down pat. Everyone likes you, you have lots of subscribers, and your posts are Tweeted and Dugg and Stumbled all over the place. You can kick back and relax, right? Afraid not. There’s a growing trend around longtime bloggers: newbie mistakes. Producing [...]
How to Avoid Wasting Your Blog Client’s Money
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There are people out there that have been readers for a long time – they’re like old friends by now, and I’m always glad to see them. One of those old friends is Rebecca Laffar-Smith, who tossed me a guest post that I think carries a pretty cool message worth thinking about. Enjoy! We’ve all [...]
Are You Interfering With Your Readers’ Lives?
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A couple of weeks ago, Marc and I stumbled upon an ebook that, quite frankly, had us both stunned. Despite being well written, the information was dangerously misleading and in several areas, false. We spoke out in public about it, of course. Marc and I realized, though, that this ebook was just one case amongst [...]
Why You Should Travel Back Through Time
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I recently had to peruse the archives here at Men with Pens. The experience was… well, surprising, honestly. When you’ve been blogging for nearly four years and written quite a bit more than 1,000 posts, you tend to forget a great deal – like the fact that you actually wrote this stuff, and that hey, [...]
How Do You Use Your Pen?
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Go read any post from a major blogger on what it takes to be successful at blogging and you’ll find that certain tips get repeated ad nauseam. One of these tips is that your blog should have appealing web design. It only makes sense, right? Visually appealing layouts are a common denominator on sites that [...]
Why You Don’t Need to Mimic Someone Else’s Fame
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Today’s guest post comes to us from Josh Hanagarne, World’s Strongest Librarian, and a guy I really like as a person. He came online, got whacked by the glittery fame stick in just a few posts and has sat there slightly amazed by it all ever since. Which is pretty cool, if you ask me. [...]
