WritingThoughts

One of the most common questions that I get is about how I always seem to have something to write about. They ask, “where do your ideas come from?” Of course, that can be a hard question to answer, because my ideas often come from more than one source. However, after a lot of thought […]

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So, you’ve decided to create a blog post. Or perhaps, you want to publish an article on an Internet magazine. Whatever it is, you will probably want to promote your piece through social media. If what you are writing is going end up online, pay attention. There are certain steps you need to follow if […]

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A lot has been written recently about the benefits of guest posting for the guest author. However, not much has been written from the perspective of the blog owner. If you own a writing (or other topic) blog, you may be wondering whether you should accept guest posts on your blog. If so, this post […]

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When it comes to blogging, which is more important? Words, or ideas? Now, if you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you already know that I love words–so much so, that playing word games is my idea of a fun time. So, you’d think I’d cast a vote in favor of words being more […]

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One of my writing specialties (in addition to marketing copywriting and technical writing) is blogging. Today, I thought I’d share a few blogging tips with you. Over the past few years, I’ve blogged professionally at five different blogs (not including the one you’re reading, which I own). During that same period, I’ve literally written hundreds […]

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There seems to be a lot of strong opinion against publishing list posts on blogs. Over and over again, I read complaints from folks who just don’t like to see lists on blogs. Yet, over at Freelance Folder where I serve as blog editor, list posts are consistently some of our most popular posts. They […]

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So, you’ve created a blog, you post regularly, you tweet and announce your posts on Facebook–and nobody comes. What could be wrong? I’ve written several thousand blog posts. Some of those posts received thousands of page views while other posts were never read. So, what’s the difference?

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This question about blogging just keeps coming up. I’ve encountered it at least three times in the last month. I guess that’s a good sign that the topic should be addressed. A lot of people seem to get blogging wrong. Companies get it wrong when they use their blog to simply publish their press releases. […]

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WritingThoughts is being remodeled! You’ll see several changes in the next few days, but the format that you see may not be the final one. Feel free to leave a note and let me know what you think of the changes.

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I paused as I finished writing a recent blog post for a client to take a look at my work. “Yes,” I thought to myself, “Miss R. would definitely have marked this one up.” I counted two. . . no, three sentence structures that my high school English teacher, Miss R. would have marked in […]

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