When every brand has a blog, simply creating content isn’t enough. You need to know how to write a good article. And you need to make sure it captures the attention of your target audience. In this article, I’m going to show you how to write a good article every time you sit down to […]
22 Essential Content Marketing Tools to Save Time, Energy
Writing and content creation can be hard. It takes time to generate ideas, write quality blog posts, and edit your work. These content marketing tools can help in every stage of the writing process. They can save you time and maybe make the creative process more fun too. So let’s not waste any time. Keep […]
How to Create Blog Posts that Get Attention
We’ve been doing content long enough, we’ve figured some things out. Like quality matters. And long-form, “epic” content ranks better. But we’ve also discovered that high-quality, long-form content isn’t enough. Because we don’t just want to rank in search engines. We also want attention. To get results from our content, we need comments, shares, and […]
How I Quit My Job, Went to Bed, and Became a Successful Writer
“You. Can. Do. This.” For as long as I can remember, these are the words I mutter under my breath when I’m struggling with something that’s hard, slightly out of reach, possibly impossible. Like when I was trying to hammer a fence post into the rock-hard soil to keep the dog from escaping our yard. […]
Grammarly Review: Is It Good Enough for a Pro?
Nothing is more embarrassing than reviewing your own blog post and seeing typos. Well, maybe I can think of a few more embarrassing things, but still…. As a professional, you want your best work online: no stupid grammar mistakes, no misspellings, no weak sentences. But who has time to run his work by a proofreader? […]
5 Fresh Ways to Be Personal and Professional When Blogging
“The casual conversational tone of a blog is what makes it particularly dangerous.” – Daniel B. Beaulieu, The Accidental Entrepreneur Blogging is a paradox for writers, a kind of thinking out loud on an exceptionally public platform. When writing a blog post, you want to showcase your own personal style and your life experience. At the […]
Best Articles of 2015: 9 Posts that Caught My Attention
I hate to admit it, but it’s true… I haven’t had nearly enough time to keep up with my reading this year. Why am I telling you this? Last year, I listed the top posts of 2014, and I planned to create another roundup of the best articles published this year. Trouble is, I know I’m missing some […]
Blogging Tips: Where To Publish Your Best Blog Posts
If you have your own blog and do any guest blogging at all, you’ve probably wrestled with this one. You want your own blog to shine, but you also want to get your name out there. So when you write a blog post to beat all blog posts, where do you put it? Do you […]
The Unexpected Benefit of Blogging for Your Business
At long last, science is proving there’s a benefit to blogging: It’s good for your health. You bloggers and copywriters may have to schedule time for physical exercise, but your brain is benefiting from your work. Take a look at this infographic and you’ll see what I mean. I know I usually share writing tips or […]
4 Not-So-Common Ways to Earn Extra Income as a Freelance Writer
The Internet and those who use it are, to put it mildly, content-hungry. To keep that infinite stream of thoughts, ideas, information, and entertainment flowing, the Web needs writers. Not all of the written content you see on the Internet was paid for, but a lot of it is. From that helpful how-to page to […]