Discussing time management may be a passion of mine, and a source of a profession, but it has meaning for every freelance writer.

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Why Time Management is So Important for Freelance Writers

Congratulations. You’ve successfully attracted venture capital with your business case, your million dollar product idea, and you have a signed term sheet. But there is still one more hurdle to overcome before investors write the check: the dreaded “due diligence” process

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Investor Due Diligence Is Not Black Magic

From time to time I run into this situation: my schedule becomes so full of projects that I barely have enough time to market my services. While it would be easy to let this slide for a few weeks (or even longer) I know that marketing is the key to long term success.

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How to make Time for Marketing when your Schedule is Full

I am a part time full time Internet Home Business owner I always wondered what it would be like to write a post like this having seen quite a few of my blogger friends do it, albeit with different circumstances.  Yes June 3, 2010 became an important date to remember for me, much like if it’s your birthday, wedding day, your children’s birth dates etc. It was the day after my last day at the bank I worked for the last 3 1/2 years

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I Quit My Day Job…Now A Full Time Home Business Owner

Time to check in with one of our favorite former content mill writers, Stacey Abler . Here’s what she’s been up to during the previous week, and where she’s going this week: What’s Stacy Been Up To

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Weekly Coaching Update – Stacey Abler – June 13, 2010

Last week I mentioned that I was moving away from more traditional construction DIY projects and focusing on those that could have an actual impact upon your freelance writing business. Starting with how to install a WordPress theme on your freelance writing blog last week, this week we’re going to take an introductory look into how to promote your freelance writing blog using 5 different social media tools. N.B.

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How To Promote Your Freelance Writing Blog Using Social Media

You may think you only need to learn about conversion strategies if you are creating & selling products. Or if you’re a super affiliate, or an aggressive email marketer. But that’s not the case.

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The 32 Most Powerful Conversion Triggers

It would be very much simpler to find a good affiliate program to join if there were not so many options available today. There are currently literally thousands of products online that you can promote as an internet marketing affiliate.

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How to Choose a Good Affiliate Program to Join for Your Internet Based Home Business

The following is a transcript of the Copyblogger editorial meeting in Austin, Texas, on June 8, 2010. BRIAN CLARK: I’ve had it up to here with Johnny Marr

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Johnny’s Copyblogger Wrap-Up: Week of June 7, 2010

This week, after much thought and back and forth arguing with my other personalities, I bought a Kindle. Now, anyone who knows me knows that as much as I like computers, laptops, and televisions, I kinda hate technology. I hate GPS systems because I like to rely on my own little sense of direction; I hate cell phones because I don’t like being accessible at all times and don’t really enjoy talking on the phone anyway; I’m not a fan of texting and I don’t like the iPad.

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Amazon Kindle: Good for Freelance Writing Work and Play but Useless as a Coaster.

Remember those puzzles you used to do when you were six or seven? That mass of dots and numbers on a page just looked like a mess. But when you went through and connected dot 1 to dot 2, moving on through dots 100 and 101, you wound up with a picture of a pony.

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Play Connect-the-Dots to Win at Online Marketing

Unfortunately, the world of query letter writing is one of numbers:  the more you write, the more responses you get.  Now that gets a little daunting at first, because you might not get any (or few) replies – even rejections!  Hopefully, if you’re following along with our other query letter tips, you’ll be getting better and better

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Query Letter Writing: Get Organized

Are there times at work when you say to yourself, “Wow I wish I knew that years ago?” With so many graduations this month, I asked people in various professions what work/life and career advice they would offer a new graduate.

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What I Wish I Knew Earlier in My Career

Digital press kits are all the rage — saves paper, gives more content, acts like a little gift to boot — and Kate Peterson of Performance Concepts has tracked down the ultimate options.

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We love clever promotions and these two are the best we’ve seen

I was honored to be invited to an event with some exceptionally distinguished and intellectually independent participants whose names and whereabouts probably shouldn’t occur here before I ask anyone for permission. So unless I miss my flight or something like that, you won’t “see” me at least until Friday. But before I leave, let me mostly agree with Sean Carroll: Marketing CP-violation (Cosmic Variance)To summarize, I do agree with him that it is unfortunate to use titles such as A new …

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CP-violation and our origins

There have been plenty of posts about the re-acquisition of Tracking202 by Wes Mahler and Steven Truong, so I’m not going to rehash those here.  All the buzz and discussion about this topic, as well as the original sale to Bloosky, have made me think quite a bit about what was the cause of all this. Fact is, there would never have been a sale to Bloosky or a re-acquisition in the first place if Wes & Steven hadn’t poured out their sweat and their wallets to create a truly original product.  Although there are competitors now, when 202 came out it was the first of its kind on the block.  They were able to capture almost the entire market for the affiliate tracking software niche with little trouble or competition.

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Thoughts on Tracking202

What we know about Google TV is only a small piece of the pie, but it’s safe to say Google’s next technology innovation will reach millions of people who already use Google Search, Docs, Gmail, Google Earth, and more Web technologies every day. The leading search engine and marketing company is not new to the Web, but they are new to TV

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Will Google TV Help Marketing?

Our contest for Peter Bowerman’s The Well-Fed Writer (our book club pick of the month) is now over. The following two folks were our winners: First Place Mark Hopkins was our first prize winner, winning a hard copy version of The Well-Fed Writer. His submission in 5 words or less explaining why he deserved to win the book was: “Writing dream, lost in corporate.” Second Place Our second prize winner, winning the e-book version of The Well-Fed Writer, was Amy Blades with: “I’m skeptical

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Well-Fed Writer Contest Winners Announced

7 Big Mistakes You Might Make When Setting Up Adwords “Googling” things has become the default first step in our quest to find answers to any questions we have. Because those questions include things like “where do I find this product?” and “who can help me fix this?” businesses have recognized that paid search is a great way to connect to potential customers. Also, paid search allows businesses to easily monitor how effective their Internet marketing spend is.

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7 BIG Adwords Mistakes You Should Avoid

When talking to people about Crush It I got some interesting responses, from “meh” to “um, it’s a feel-good book” .

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Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk: Live Broadcast & Chance to Win!