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5 Tips on Writing a Great Blog Post

March 16th, 2010 · View Comments · ProBlogging

Guest article by Shannon Suetos from Resource Nation
Having a blog on your company’s website can help bring a personal tone to your company as well as bring in people who may not have originally gone to your site. Because of this it is important to have a blog that people [...]

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The Right Way To Comment On Chris Brogan’s Blog

February 20th, 2010 · View Comments · ProBlogging

What’s the right way to comment on other people’s blogs? Ari reckons that comments should be unique. Don’t write the same comment on every blog; don’t drone on if your point can be made quicker. Be unique, quick & current. I agree with the first two but not the third. How you comment on other [...]

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What Andrew Chen Can Teach You About Writing Killer Headlines

January 27th, 2010 · View Comments · Advertising, How To, Social Media

If you want to see great web copy, read Andrew Chen. I’m going to show you his top 15 posts from last year. What do you see? The headlines are very compelling; smart little nuggets that draw you in. The secret is how he combines several copywriting techniques so well. It looks seamless. And [...]

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How To Write Blog Posts Faster & Save Your Fingers From Exhaustion

January 18th, 2010 · View Comments · How To, Productivity, Tips

What to know how to type faster and get those blog post online quicker? I use the AutoCorrect feature in Word to speed things up. Most writers use it to correct typos and clean up your document AFTER it’s written. That’s fine but it’s more productive it you can correct the document AS YOU WRITE [...]

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How to write Link Bait for Digg, Reddit & StumbleUpon

November 11th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To

Want to be on the very first page of Digg.com? You’d be famous, right? Here’s how to do it.

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How to Blog Almost Every Day – Use the Inverted Pyramid story format

October 12th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To, Productivity

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Do you want to update your blog every day?
Chris Brogan provides this framework for writing a blog post (almost) every day. He adds that while it’s not easy, once you develop the right habits, they stick with you. I’m writing quite regularly now, but it took me several years to get [...]

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Turn Google Docs into a Distraction Free Writing Tool

October 11th, 2009 · Comments Off · Google, How To, Technical Writing

Looking for a simple writing tool that automatically hides your desktop so you can concentrate on your writing? Anil Atluri on Digital Inspiration has this great tutorial on how to make Google Docs your perfect free writing tool.

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Audience Analysis: Power Tools for Technical Writing

October 5th, 2009 · View Comments · Technical Writing

When discussing Audience Analysis, David McMurray points out that, “for most technical writers, this is the most important consideration in planning, writing, and reviewing a document. You “adapt” your writing to meet the needs, interests, and background of the readers who will be reading your writing.

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How To Mind Your Grammar On The Web

October 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing

Ben Parr (Mashable) asks: “Say your project manager comes to you with his proposal that will be going out to investors, business partners, and potential clients.
Then you find that your manager has used “4” instead of “four”, “r” instead of “are”, and abbreviations such as lol, atm, and idk.
How would you react? “

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Can I make money from Adsense? It depends because…

July 2nd, 2009 · View Comments · How To

I noticed you use Google AdSense. I’ve been reading up on it this week and trying to separate the reality from the mire of get rich quick schemes. How’s it working for you? Has it been worthwhile?

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Do Long Posts generate more traffic?

June 26th, 2009 · View Comments · How To

Do Long Posts generate more traffic? Jakob Nielsen explains the different benefits that Short versus Long articles bring to your site, especially if you are running an online business. In his newsletter, he asks “should your website have concise or in-depth content?”

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How to Improve your Style Guide

June 22nd, 2009 · Comments Off · How To

How to Improve your Style Guide. PerfectIt does not require any kind of configuration. Once you install it, you can use it straight away to find mistakes in any MS Word document. This article is for users who want to get even more out of PerfectIt by fine-tuning it to search for particular errors or to enforce a style guide.

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When I cut and paste from Notepad I get these _mcePaste div tags. Why?

June 17th, 2009 · View Comments · How To

When I cut and paste from Notepad I get these odd div tags. This never happened before. Usually when I cut/paste from NotePad it remove alls divs tags and what not from the Word docs I was writing in.

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Problem with all-new Yahoo! Mail – minimum screen recommendations under 1024 x 768 pixels

June 15th, 2009 · View Comments · Technical Writing

You can’t upgrade to the ‘all-new Yahoo! Mail’ if you’re PC setting are under 1024 x 768 pixels. At least that’s what happened this afternoon when I tried to upgrade. This is the error message you get from Yahoo.

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Writing a Style Guide: What you need to know

June 12th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To

In publishing and media companies, use of a style guide is the norm. However, style guides can also be useful for any organization that prepares documents for clients and the public. This article is for organizations outside of the publishing industry who can benefit from the introduction of a style guide.

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