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Steal This Copy: Finding Inspiration in the Work of Other Writers

submitted by blogmarketing 460 days ago (via feeds.copyblogger.com)

I had the pleasure of attending An Event Apart in Chicago a few weeks ago, for work. AEA is organized by the wonderful people at A List Apart which, if you make or manage websites, should be an essential on your list. It was a great experience, and I couldn’t be happier with how well [...]

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What is a Copywriter’s Most Valuable Trait?

submitted by blogmarketing 460 days ago (via feeds.copyblogger.com)

How can we write more magnetic copy?Why do even skilled writers occasionally miss the target?What is one leading cause of copy that fails to persuade?I would argue that this one trait separates compelling writers from so-so writers, and it has less to do with words and grammar than you might think.What is this magical thing?Empathy.Understanding [...]

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Are You Using the Five Types of Links Properly?

submitted by blogmarketing 460 days ago (via feeds.copyblogger.com)

This is the first guest post by Ben Yoskovitz.Not all links are created equally, and not all links serve the same purpose.Brian Clark reminds us that using click here as anchor text is still valid. But Lisa Barone disagrees; her argument being that keywords in the anchor text are critical.They’re both right.The reality is that [...]

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Do You Recognize These 10 Mental Blocks to Creative Thinking?

submitted by blogmarketing 460 days ago (via feeds.copyblogger.com)

Whether you’re trying to solve a tough problem, start a business, get attention for that business or write an interesting article, creative thinking is crucial. The process boils down to changing your perspective and seeing things differently than you currently do.People like to call this “thinking outside of the box,” which is the wrong way [...]

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How to embed video in a wordpress blog...

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Simple trick to easily embed any video code from any video site into a Wordpress post without breaking stuff.

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The Party is Over - One Last Giveaway

submitted by blogmarketing 459 days ago (via feeds.feedburner.com)

Oh My Goodness - our 3rd Birthday Prize Bonanza is over (well it will be shortly - because there’s one more giveaway that all of you can enter below).Over the last week we’ve given away over $54,000 in prizes (in fact it’s been closer to $60,000 because we added a few prizes and underestimated the [...]

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This is it - The last 8 hour giveaway!

submitted by blogmarketing 459 days ago (via feeds.feedburner.com)

Well ladies and gents, this is the absolute final 8 hour giveaway in the ProBlogger Birthday Bash! Can you believe it?What we’ve got here is a pretty random mix of prizes, and we’re ready to get on with the giving!PrizesHand-beaded lucky gemstone necklaces and a bottle of I ALLOW IN WINS Essential Roll-on Oil - [...]

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The Blog Tool that Has Saved Me Months of Work

submitted by blogmarketing 459 days ago (via feeds.feedburner.com)

The biggest single time saver in my blogging is a plugin that many of us take for granted - but which has literally saved me days and days of time.What it’s done for me can be summed up in this little screen capture taken from the back end of ProBlogger:Yes - last night the amount [...]

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It’s a “Go With” kind of giveaway!

submitted by blogmarketing 459 days ago (via feeds.feedburner.com)

We’re running a 24-hour giveaway here that offers a $2,000 marketing package to one lucky winner who takes the time to write a brand new post that’s a review of something. Definitely check that out, since it ends on Monday morning (New York, USA) but in the mean time, we’re running this 8-hour giveaway to [...]

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How to Create Ebooks That Sell

submitted by blogmarketing 459 days ago (via feeds.copyblogger.com)

As more people begin to realize that blogging for ad dollars and other free content strategies might not be the best way to make money online, I’m getting more and more questions related to creating information products.Producing information products is almost entirely an exercise in marketing. Everything from the topic you choose, to how you [...]

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