This is a guest post with some tips and pointers on managing and writing for your social business profiles. Everyone has differing opinions on the best way to use social media platforms of course. However I think this post gives some solid advice you’d be wise to consider implementing, if you don’t already. Now for the uber cool part. This post comes courtesy of Liberty- Belle Howard...
Making Money as a Freelance Writer- WITHOUT Selling Your Soul to a Content Farm
This is a guest post by the lovely Marina, on a few ideas she’s used successfully to make money as a freelance writer. The caveat- she does it WITHOUT selling her soul to a content farm, and guess what? You can too, yo! Please drop any thoughts or questions in the comments area below. On June 16, 2011, TheFasterTimes.com posted an article by Oliver Miller, a self-described “content...
3 Old School Copywriter Tricks for Finding New Ideas
This is a guest post courtesy of Derryck of BigStarCopywriting.com. (Love the spelling of his name, don’t you?) He approached me about writing a guest post for BGB, and when he offered this particular topic, I thought it a great fit and so immediately agreed. I’ve been struggling a bit myself in the creativity department, not really from lack of ideas, but lack of motivation. However...
Success as a Freelance Copywriter – the Fine Art of Planning
Halloooo BGB’ers! 🙂 How’s it shakin’? This is another post by guest author Chris Hoole and his take on why planning is the shiznel for freelancers. Diaries, efficiency, breaking up, not down… well, you’ll just have to read it sweetcakes and see what he has to say for yourself. Now make him feel welcome ya’ll. You know what to do! (I hope.) Some people fall...
Writing as a Career- Are You Feeling the Creative Seduction?
This is a guest post from Chris Hoole. I have to agree, going pro as a writer is pretty daft. It’s not easy, it’s not always fun, and sometimes you wonder if you’re in the right line of work. However as he mentions, for many writers it’s not always a matter of choice… it’s almost a compulsion! Kind of like diarrhea of the fingers or something. Words. Must...
Much Ado about Nothing – Is Shakespeare’s Monkey Writing Your Web Copy?
This is a guest post by Chris Hoole. I wanted to publish this piece for a couple reasons. First and foremost, like Chris I am appalled at times at the quality of the web copy found on some sites. It’s nothing but poor, regurgitated garbage, broken English, and not fit for human consumption. Pretty much as far from brilliant writing as you can wander really. Now that’s not to say...
Desperate Housewives on Writing, Storytelling, and Selling
This is a guest post by Danny Iny, and since I’m a big fan of references to pop culture on BGB, and drawing parallels between them for your biz, Danny sweet-talked his way into writing for you guys. 😉 No really it’s just a damn good post, no sweet talking required. Let’s make him feel welcome by starting a bit ‘o conversation shall we? So many things happen on Wisteria...
5 Ways to Use Web Content Development to Attract an Audience to Your Blog
If you’re a blogger or a business owner that runs a blog in order to increase exposure to your biz, these are a handful of good tips from Cheryl on how you can do exactly that. Obviously these aren’t new techniques but they are tried and true and deserve a bit of pounding into your busy little brains. 😉 You can make her feel welcome by dropping your thoughts in the comments below...
10 Tips for Aspiring Professional Web Writers
You all know I’m a writer by trade. So when it comes to taking the leap into self-employment, writing has been my bread and butter. Specifically writing for the web. The bulk of my clients are people looking for digital content like articles, blog posts, ebooks, press releases, bios, web copy and more. Tavis is joining us with a guest post on some tips for those of you aspiring to write...