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How Freelance Writers Deal With Aggravation

March 10, 2010
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I equate working as a freelance as living the good life. For one, you work at home, or anywhere of your leisure. Another, you keep your time, provided you meet whatever quota your client has for the day/week/month.
However, it can’t be helped that setbacks will appear every now and then. It can’t always be good; [...]

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The 6th Philippine Blogging Summit

March 8, 2010
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The 6th Philippine Blogging Summit will be on April 16 and 17, 2010 at the Malcolm Theater, UP College of Law, UP Diliman, from 8 am to 5 pm. Registration will still be FREE.
iBlog6 will be two days this year. The first day (April 16) is targeted for businesses and entrepreneurs wanting to understand how to tap [...]

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How To Write Engaging Blog Posts

March 5, 2010
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Engagement is one of the strong points of social media. It gives you the opportunity to make your readers feel valued. As blog owner and brand manager, it’s your job to make sure that followers feel engaged with each post you make.
You must be wondering, what will you get if you exert extra effort in [...]

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6 Tricks In Getting Inspiration Back

March 3, 2010
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When you write too much, you sometimes find yourself looking at the task as, well, a task. You look at it as your bread and butter that you tend to lose your grasp on the one thing that got you started into writing in the first place – inspiration.
I can’t say it’s that surprising, considering [...]

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Putting Fun In Business Blogs

February 20, 2010
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Most often than not, when people talk about corporate blogs, what comes to mind is a formal, strictly business kind of blog.
Does it really have to be as stiff-sounding as people think it to be?
I personally don’t think so. In as much as you want your business blog to be functional, marketing-wise, it should also [...]

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3 Common Mistakes Freelance Writers Make

February 13, 2010
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I remember when it was my first time taking on a freelance job. I was nervous and apprehensive. I actually made a lot of fumbles. I either charged too high or didn’t really get to do what was needed.
Luckily enough, I learned from those blunders. Hopefully, I can help prevent you from making the same [...]

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Say No to Stagnation

February 8, 2010
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What’s the biggest hurdle bloggers need to overcome next to writer’s block? It’s stagnation. It can be quite disheartening when you find your blog stuck with the same conversations and the same people day in and day out.
You know, there are ways to get out of the rut that you feel you’re stuck in. Shake [...]

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4 Blogging Basics To Bring Back Our Sanity

February 6, 2010
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Blogging is so much fun. It’s so enjoyable that most writers, me included, get carried away with the things we write that we lose track of the basic stuff that should already be second nature to us already.
Yeah, even if you’ve been blogging for years, there will be things that you might overlook. So, let’s [...]

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Fluff Does Not Equate to the Good Stuff

January 15, 2010
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Writing is pretty much about word play. It’s a game of choosing the right words to get your ideas and messages across. But sometimes all that word play escapes us and we end up with more fluff than what we intended to include.
Are you guilty of this?
I used to enjoy adding fluff to the things [...]

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How To Avoid Being Swallowed By Writing

January 13, 2010
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I won’t deny the fact that writing is a great way to earn money on the side. If you have a day job to keep, taking on a writing job on the side doesn’t really interfere with it much because you can do your writing during your free time.
However, some people find the fact that [...]

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Consistency – The Key To Successful Blogging

January 7, 2010
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Surely you’ve heard many a blogging pro say that their trick to keeping their sites and blogs afloat is through consistency. Actually, ask any successful individual and you’ll find that one of the many factors they attribute their success to is consistency.
What about consistency?
Believe it or not, consistency helps build your character. It stabilizes your [...]

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5 Painless Ways To Influence People

December 24, 2009
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We’ve talked about the importance of getting an influential person on your side. It helps to have some sort of authority figure in the field talking about you in good light because it’ll draw your target market’s attention towards you. But they’re not the only ones who can do the influencing.
Just because they have tenure [...]

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Lessons I Learned In Writing Guest Posts

December 19, 2009
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One of the many tips that you always see when you read advices on how to get more readers is to do guest posts on other people’s blogs. And true enough, this tip is really effective. Not only does it provide you with an opportunity for exposure, it also gives you the chance to develop [...]

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The Value Of Opinions

December 15, 2009
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How many times have you written something for the sake of getting a conversation started as opposed to just stating what you have in mind? Personally, I haven’t the slightest idea. But what I think is that the availability of different tools that allow us to express our ideas has created a culture of being [...]

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Do You Still Have The Pulse Of Your Readers

December 12, 2009
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Have you read a paragraph that started out clear and to the point, only to find yourself lost a few sentences later and back on topic again and lost again? I have. I can’t say I’m not guilty of this myself. I tend to babble on about stuff when I’m in the mood without even [...]

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6 Tips That Work To Recharge Your Creative Juice

November 19, 2009
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Writing blog posts isn’t as easy as it seems. With writer’s block constantly getting in the way, you’ll find that there will be times when you don’t know what to write about.
Sure there are lots of topics under the sun that you can talk about, but when you’re writing for a corporate blog, you’ll often [...]

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Are You Scared of Your Inner Critic

November 12, 2009
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You’ve probably heard people tell you that you’re too critical of yourself that’s why you’re boxed in and unable to express your true creativity. It’s probably true. But on the other hand, maybe not.
Some artists believe in leaving judgment and critical analysis for later in order to let the creative juices flow freely. It works [...]

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