“8 out of 10 people will read headline copy, but only 2 out of 10 will read the rest.” What this means is most headlines suck.
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For anyone out there who ever dreamed of writing a book, Miss Applesassy suggests, there is no better place to learn than in the shark tank. Query Shark is a simple little blogspot blog run by New York literary agent Janet Reid.
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I just wrote a little post on my personal blog about history and blogging, and what we are leaving for the next generation when we publish on-line diaries. When I wrote it, I decided to put it there and not here, because I did not really think I was writing about blogging…but by the time [...]
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Think about the blogs you bookmark, the ones you read everyday. Are they part of a larger community? If so, how do they network? Have those relationships helped build their readership? How did they build those relationships?
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Miss Apps just received a nice e-mail from Gloria Feldt. Gloria is one of my “SHE-RO’s”. She is someone we can all learn a great deal from as we work to improve our Social Media Skills and build our own niche markets. Gloria is a writer, activist, and public speaker with a long history of [...]
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Advertising as we know it is about to change. Real people with real experience and real opinion will be the source of future product success. MissApss likes that, because it puts the the free market back in the hands of the people. But it’s up to us not to screw this gift up.
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“One hasn’t become a writer until one has distilled writing into a habit, and that habit has been forced into an obsession. Writing has to be an obsession. It has to be something as organic, physiological and psychological as speaking or sleeping or eating.” – Niyi Osundare In order to write a successful blog, and [...]
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If you long to write, Go Where the Writers Are.
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The first three necessities in any writers toolbox include a timeless little book called The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White. Right next to that little gem on your shelf should be the Grand Bible of the publishing industry The Chicago Manual of Style by the University of Chicago Press [...]
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1) Use the active rather than passive voice. 2) Be like Hemingway. Shorten your sentences. 3) Eliminate “THAT” word. The word “That” is largely over used. Often it can be replaced with a simple coma. When you proof read, go through your essay looking for the word “That” and see how many times you can [...]
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