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A Month of “Um” Days

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It’s not the ideal approach for a blogger, needless to say. My rules are pretty simple. Related posts: Do Personal Passions Make You a Better B2B Blogger? As writers go, I am slow and deliberate. Though I don’t often find it, I can spend hours looking for le mot juste. Suggestive rather than definitive.

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Three Common Failures in Online News: Are You At Fault?

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Most industry bloggers insist that content generated should be exclusive—information unavailable elsewhere. In too many cases, parades of 35- and 40-word specimens were the rule rather than the exception. Early results from my third 50-site study of e-news delivery confirm that high quality remains in short supply. Lack of enterprise.

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Paul Conley: Has the Content Marketing Dream Become a Nightmare?

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Conley is best known, however, for his subsequent work, starting in 2004, as a consultant and blogger. New Editorial Rules Nod to Content Marketing. ” By last year, he said , his working life was “consumed” by content marketing. Related posts: “Content Is Power”: Q & A with Mark W.

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The Cooks Source Copyright Outrage: Not the Norm

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One of the hottest Internet memes last week was the story of how blogger Monica Gaudio complained to a print magazine, Cooks Source , that it had used her work without permission and got told that, really, she should be grateful to have it stolen. The incident was covered well by TechDirt , Wired , and many others.).

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Social Media and Ethics: An Interview with B2B Editor Maureen Alley

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Like Steve, she is an outspoken advocate of social media and an active blogger and Twitterer. I taught business writing to college students last semester and my number one rule was ALWAYS remember who your audience is. Another is Maureen Alley, the editor of Cygnus’s Residential Design + Build (RD+B) magazine. Great question.

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Should You Edit Guest Posts? 5 Tips for Better Copy

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There’s wide agreement in the blogging world about the benefits of guest posts, both for the guest blogger and the blog owner. Not to finish the job would do a disservice both to your guest blogger and to yourself. The last thing you want is an unhappy guest blogger. Are you looking for a guest blogger? Choose wisely.

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30 Lessons from 30 Blog Posts in 30 Days

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Set strict rules for your writing. I couldn’t have written a post a day without the rules I set at the beginning. Break your rules as often as necessary. To be honest, my rules were more honored in the breach than the observance. Write about other bloggers. Arbitrary restrictions and goals spur creativity.

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