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The Editorial Calendar: The First Step To Predictable Blog Publishing Success

04.14.2011 blogging

Becoming a successful blogger is easy: write interesting things, write them well, and publish with a predictable frequency, all for a specific audience. And have a way for them to find you. OK, perhaps not so easy. But here’s one thing that can help you get started: use an editorial calendar. I understand that many [...]

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Blogging Tip: Use An Editorial Calendar

10.07.2010 blogging

For many, publishing a blog is a stream of consciousness event. Something occurs to the writer, they dash it off in a streak of enthusiasm, and they immediately publish it. I’ve advised against this and have written about the benefits of writing, waiting, and editing. There’s an important tool that has been used by newspapers [...]

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Freelancing Benefit/Brag: Any Weekend Can Be A 3 Or 4-Day Weekend

06.25.2010 Business

I was raised on a farm, a real, working farm with cattle to care for every day of the year and long hard days on a hot and noisy tractor. One of the many things I learned is that when there is work to be done, you do it. You work from sun up to [...]

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Time For A Fresh Start

06.24.2010 Business

July 1 represents a clear milestone, the midpoint of the calendar year. It’s a useful indicator and pausing point to consider those tasks and projects we’ve selected or been assigned for this year. What have you accomplished this year? What remains? If you’ve accomplished some great things, celebrate them now. Then put them behind you. [...]

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Clear Your Calendar – Free Yourself Up For Unscheduled Productive Time

06.21.2010 Business

Do yourself a big favor: throw away your calendar. There are so many elements of Getting Things Done that people struggle with. But breaking free from the calendar is possibly the biggest, and, surprisingly, the least discussed strategy. So let’s get radical. According to Saint Randy, your calendar should only be used for meetings and [...]

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