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Writing tasks: they just keep growing

By Patsi Krakoff

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

When I started out in 1999, there were only 2 ways I wrote for the web: updating my website (through someone else) and writing email. Today, I’ve got a list of writing tasks to do: Blog posts for 4 different blogs Weekly ezine Savvy eBiz Tips Articles for directory submissions Article for my Customized Newsletter […]

Categories : Managing Your Ezine & Blog Tasks, On Writing Better, Online Marketing, Writing for the Web

Long or Short Blog Posts? Expert Says Go Long

By Patsi Krakoff

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

Usability expert Jakob Nielsen says write articles, not blog entries. Writing in his latest Alertbox column, Jakob Nielsen says: "Blog postings will always be commodity content: there’s a limit to the value you can provide with a short comment on somebody else’s comments. Such postings are good for generating controversy and short-term traffic, and they’re […]

Categories : About Blogs, Writing Great Blog Content

Creative Writing Challenge

By Patsi Krakoff

Thursday, July 5th, 2007

This just in from Answers.com: A chance to win prizes for being a creative writing genius, writing a story or poem using ten words/phrases we randomly chose. Check out the submission details. Looking forward to reading your entries! Prizes include Amazon gift certificates along with blog mentions on Answers.com and link love. If you’re a […]

Categories : On Writing Better

Web Site Woes: Why Can’t I Just Kill It & Blog?

By Patsi Krakoff

Monday, June 11th, 2007

I get such dismal traffic to my Customized Newsletters website that I wake up with dreams of trashing it altogether. Why can’t I just put it all on a blog? Blogging is something I know how to do and building traffic isn’t such a problem with a blog. Every time I go in to update […]

Categories : Managing Your Ezine & Blog Tasks, Online Marketing, Promoting Your Ezine +/or Blog

Catch Clients with Words: Writing White Papers

By Patsi Krakoff

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

How to Lure Prospects with Words: Using White Papers to Attract New ClientsTeleseminar with Michael A. Stelzner and The Blog SquadWednesday, June 6th, 20075 pm ET (2 pm PT)Register now at http://www.blogsquadteleseminars.com/wp/ One of the biggest challenges for consultants and professionals is how to attract more clients, especially when you are selling yourself, not a […]

Categories : Online Marketing, Teleclasses & Seminars, Writing Great White Papers

Editing the Full Article from Your Blog Posts

By Patsi Krakoff

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

Continuing our series of blog posts about writing articles that can be used for many purposes (ezines, blogs, article directories, special reports), we come to the next part: how to edit the full article after you have created several stand alone articles from your blog posts. Edit the full article: gather each individual article and […]

Categories : Article Ideas, Managing Your Ezine & Blog Tasks, On Writing Better

Editing Your Blog Posts as Articles

By Patsi Krakoff

Friday, May 18th, 2007

After you’ve posted daily on your key points of a concept, and written a summary with a call to action, it’s time to gather the individual posts together and edit them as stand alone articles. Since they are already written, this isn’t difficult to do. You must keep in mind, however, that you are developing […]

Categories : Article Ideas, Managing Your Ezine & Blog Tasks, On Writing Better

Serial Writing Formula: 1=5+2=7+1

By Patsi Krakoff

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

I’m no math genius, nor do I even think remotely like that in analytical terms. But once in a while I stumble upon something that makes sense, saves time, and produces exponential results. I’m talking about serial writing. You take one main concept, break it down into a list of 5 key elements, write an […]

Categories : Article Ideas, Email Marketing Tips, Managing Your Ezine & Blog Tasks, On Writing Better, Online Marketing

Online Success in Do-able Chunks with The Blog Squad’s Blogging and Beyond Mentor Program

By Patsi Krakoff

Monday, May 7th, 2007

If you need help with all or parts of your online marketing, (and who doesn’t?) join Denise and I in our Blogging and Beyond Mentor Program. Until May 8th at midnight ET, you can get the help you need on your blogs, newsletters, shopping cart, web writing tasks, and sales processes for less than $10 […]

Categories : Ezine & Blog Classes, Managing Your Ezine & Blog Tasks, Online Marketing, Teleclasses & Seminars

Unblocking Writing Blocks

By Patsi Krakoff

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

It’s been a while since I’ve had writer’s block, but I do have times during the day when I block myself from writing. I won’t write in the late afternoon or evenings because it hurts. I get that fingernails-on-blackboard feeling in my brain when I try to write when I’m tired. Jurgen Wolff’s Time to […]

Categories : On Writing Better