The Crazy Thing Writers Do to Become Exceptional

By Rainmaker.FM

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Wrestling with a 2,000-word essay is not unlike birthing a calf. A life is at stake here. Your job is to make sure it survives.

In Demian Farnworth’s experience, great writers have always been socially odd. They’ve resisted invitations to birthday parties from close relatives, pretended not to hear when people are talking to them, and even ignored phone calls …

So they can do this one thing.

Outsiders consider this behavior bizarre and anti-social. So be it. But it’s really just a pretty normal day in the writer’s life who wants to kick some tail and take …read more      

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How to Turn Pinterest into a Revenue Generating Channel

By Neil Patel

How to Turn Pinterest into a Revenue Generating Channel

We all know Pinterest is popular, especially among the female demographic.

But can it be leveraged to make you more money? Just like any other social network, it can be.

To show you how, I’ve created an infographic that breaks down how you can make money from Pinterest.

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Conclusion

Pinterest is one of the most popular sites out there. If you aren’t leveraging it, you are losing out on a lot of revenue.

All you have to do is start participating in the community and follow …read more      

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Solve Your Blank-Page Problem With This Visual, 3-Step Content Creation System

By Kelly Kingman

A visual system for organizing your content ideas

In the movie Amadeus, the creatively frustrated composer Antonio Salieri discovers pages of Mozart’s original, handwritten compositions and remarks, with utter anguish:

He had simply written down music already finished in his head. Page after page of it — as if he were just taking dictation.

When it comes to writing, do any of us know what that feels like?

Maybe once in a blue moon we are lucky enough to stumble into a Mozart-esque state of content creation — dropping perfectly formed prose into our blog or ebook without any struggle.

For most of us content …read more      

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Small Businesses, Brand Execution, Key Message Copy, And Brand Identity

Now and again when I?m out shopping, I face what I call the stilettos vs. rent dilemma: Is the item in front of me a necessity or a luxury that can wait?
My ?stilettos? happen to be housewares. A cute indoor water fountain or an expensive candle set can elicit an out-of-body experience. They?re awes…

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How Demian Farnworth (Copyblogger’s Chief Content Writer) Writes

By Rainmaker.FM

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Welcome to The Writer Files, a tour of the habits, habitats, and brains of renowned writers — from online content creators, to fictionists, journalists, entrepreneurs, and beyond.

Great writing is more vital and in demand than it’s ever been.

But sometimes writers get stuck — the right words don’t appear, we get distracted, or worse, lose interest in our work — and that’s when the solitary nature of writing can become a curse.

Host Kelton Reid is here to remind you that all writers have moments of doubt, feelings of ineffectiveness, and droughts where the words won’t flow.

For …read more      

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