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Book Review: Online Community Management for Dummies

November 30th, 2011 · 3 Comments

What exactly is an online community manager? Before reading Deb Ng’s new book, Online Community Management for Dummies I really didn’t know. In fact, my original notions about the job (someone who plays a marketing role and may help with social media or online forums) fell far short of the truth. Before I go any […]

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Tags: Blogging · Reviews

Product Review: AWAI Accelerated Copywriting Course

April 12th, 2011 · 5 Comments

“How can I earn more money as a freelance writer?” This is probably the number one question that other freelance writers ask me. My answer to them is always the same. My answer is this–write for the business market. You may not get a byline, but the pay for commercial copywriting is much better than […]

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Tags: Featured · Reviews

An End to the Feast or Famine Cycle? (Demand Studios review)

September 12th, 2009 · 49 Comments

(Update July 2015: This review is over six years old and has not been updated. I’m leaving it on the site because it still gets a small number of readers. However, I would like to direct writers who are starting out to my review of the Freelance Writers Den or the ebook I wrote with […]

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Tags: Reviews · Writing Tips

Book Review: The Unlimited Freelancer

January 15th, 2009 · 15 Comments

Post Updated 1-21-2010: The price has now been lowered to $19.00 Let me confess something: I rarely read e-books anymore. That’s because the last few times I read an e-book I was disappointed. Those e-books were twenty or thirty pages rehashing information that was available elsewhere on the Internet (and quite frankly, that I already […]

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Book Review: The Well-Fed Self Publisher

June 3rd, 2008 · 8 Comments

I’ve had a curiousity about self-publishing for a time now. Actually, I think that most writers are curious about it. When the opportunity came up to review a copy of Peter Bowerman‘s new book, The Well-Fed Self-Publisher (affiliate link, I receive a small fee for each book purchased), I jumped on it. I confess that […]

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Tags: Reviews · Writing Tips · Writing Tools

Book Review: How To Say It, Business Writing That Works

May 2nd, 2008 · 10 Comments

When I was asked to review How To Say It (R) Business Writing That Works: The Simple, 10-Step Target Outline System to Help you Reach Your Bottom Line by Adina Rishe Gerwitz for this blog, naturally I said “yes.” One question that I get asked a lot is: “how can I learn to write like […]

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The Ernst & Young Business Plan Guide: Book Review

July 13th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Recently I came across a copy of The Ernst & Young Business Plan Guide (affiliate link, I receive a small fee for each book purchased). It’s basically a book that teaches the business person how to create an effective business plan. I’m actually reading this book as part of a project for one of my […]

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