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Your Writing Persona: Who Are You?

By Patsi Krakoff

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

Lorelle VanFossen asks a good question: Who are you when you blog? Lorelle is author of Lorelle on WordPress and examines your writing persona. This is a long post, but good because it will make you think. Who is Your Blogging Persona?by Lorelle VanFossen, Lorelle on WordPress, guest author Blogs began as online journals, ways […]

Categories : About Blogs, Online Marketing, Writing Great Blog Content

Writing for the Web: No More Gatekeepers

By Patsi Krakoff

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

Anne Marie Nichols is author of a freelance writing blog about The Write Stuff and contributes this post about the demise of gatekeepers, the web, and some famous self-publishers that will surprise you. Goodbye to the Gatekeepers?by Anne Marie Nichols, The Write Stuff, guest author Thomas Frey in his Denver Post article, "Gatekeepers on info […]

Categories : About Blogs, Online Marketing, Writing Great Copy

On Writing: Stephen King’s Advice Extended for the Web

By Patsi Krakoff

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

Here’s a nugget gleaned from 37 Signals’ Signal vs Noise blog about writing advice given by master story teller Stephen King in his book On Writing: "Formula for success: 2nd Draft = 1st Draft – 10%…" I’m one of those picky writers who trained as an editor in an earlier life, so I even reread […]

Categories : Writing Better Ezines, Writing for Others, Freelancing, Writing Great Blog Content, Writing Great Copy, Writing Great Press Releases

Beyond Writing: Use Your Voice with Podcasts

By Patsi Krakoff

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

Sometimes writing isn’t enough. As a writer, you probably like to read information. But here’s a clue: not everyone’s a reader. There is a huge audience of people out there who like listening to podcasts. In fact, there’s 65 million owners of mp3 players world wide, all looking for stuff to download and listen to. […]

Categories : Teleclasses & Seminars

Writers and Bloggers for Hire

By Patsi Krakoff

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

I’ve been researching ways to monetize your blog, in preparation for an Ask the Experts panel at Business BlogHer this week in NYC. And I’m discovering all these websites and lists where writers can find additional freelance work. Check out Anne Wayman’s AboutFreelanceWriting.com blog where there are 53 jobs posted. I have my plate full, […]

Categories : Writing for Others, Freelancing

Writing Better- Lessons from Tennis

By Patsi Krakoff

Friday, March 16th, 2007

Yesterday I was a few minutes late to our Mentor class call. My trusty partner Denise asked what happened. My only excuse was watching Rafael Nadal play tennis on TV over at the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells. A poor excuse, I admit, but look at it this way: you can learn a lot […]

Categories : Writing Great Blog Content, Writing Great Copy

Headlines: Extreme Makeovers From Brian Clark, The Copyblogger Master

By Patsi Krakoff

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

May the Headline Gods bless Brian Clark: he’s undertaken a Herculean task of rewriting headlines for over 100 people who submitted their samples to him. He calls it March Madness, and I at first thought it would be more like Headline Hell. But wait, no, these sample headlines were actually good to start with. Master […]

Categories : Writing Great Copy

Writing Great Press Releases: Tips from The Hound

By Patsi Krakoff

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

Blogging and Beyond: Episode 9New Rules for Press Releaseswith guest expert Joan Stewart, the Publicity Hound During the show we talked a bit about Craigslist and what a great place it is to get free exposure for your company. But you have to do it right or they will cancel your account. Check out Joan’s […]

Categories : Teleclasses & Seminars, Writing Great Press Releases