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How to Be a Successful Writer in 2012

by Karen Daniels Writing Trends and Tips You should Know for 2012 If you are a writer and you write online in any format, you probably have one or more of the following goals or reasons in mind… You: want people to start reading what you write want to increase the number of people reading [...]

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Punctuation Humor: A Comma for Your Thoughts

by Karen Daniels Online communication is forcing changes in the way we use language. We’ve learned to LOL (laugh out loud) in our text messages, that if you want to yell online ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS CAPITALIZE EVERY LETTER, and we know how to convey information quickly easily and scannably through the use [...]

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Take these 3 Steps Toward Your Personal Legacy Today

by Karen Daniels The world recently lost one of its most powerful innovators – Steve Jobs. There are a lot of awesome tributes to him. One of my favorites, though, was this simple image and phrase by BBM&D Strategic Branding (who does awesome work btw): Many of us would not be doing what we are [...]

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Free Online Marketing Toolbox by Dave Navarro

Here’s my weekly recommendation for awesome free stuff. Dave Navarro, a.k.a. The Launch Coach, is giving away his online marketing toolbox – for free! His information is amazing and easy to use and you can download all his cool stuff now for free, or you can make a donation if you wish. He’s moving to [...]

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Google Plus Overview – and Invite

As you know I’m always on the lookout for great freebies for Zencopy readers – such as the awesome free book marketing worksheet I posted a few weeks ago. This week, if you haven’t already been invited into Google+ field test and you’ve wanted to try it out, read on for invite information. And if [...]

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When Good Words Go Oh So Very Wrong

Oh No!

Friday Writing Amusement by Karen Daniels Words hold great power. As a blogger – writer you can choose to use words for good or evil. Just make sure that you write what you mean, and mean what you write. Which for goodness sakes, requires you to reread what you write before setting it free. Here [...]

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Brighten Your Future by Pushing for Creative Failure

Brighten Your Life

by Karen Daniels Comfort. We love it. Those warm slippers, a worn roomy t-shirt, and creativity projects like writing  “How to XXY in 3 Steps” that you’ve done so many times you can write them with your eyes shut.  In fact, you most likely have numerous creative things you’ve done enough times that you can [...]

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7 Inspirational Secrets for Super Successful Blogging

Shh, Secrets!

by Karen Daniels My personal summer break from blogging is coming an end and I wanted to kick off from those sumptuous summer barbeques and inspirational perfect hamburgers (or from those wondrous winter refreshments if you happen to be in a part of the world which isn’t   currently baking in heat) with some inspirational [...]

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Twitter Tips and Talk for Bloggers and Authors

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by Karen Daniels Social media, including tools such as Twitter, can be an awesome way to support your blog, posts, and written products. Twitter is also a great way to enhance your reputation as an author or blogger, to help gain authority in a particular area, to gain new followers, and boost recognition of your [...]

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How to Waste Words to Develop Your Signature Writing Strengths

Waste!

by Karen Daniels Green living, green design, green green green. Green is good, right? Well, when it comes to writing; no. No? Yes, no. There was a time, in the not too distant past, when writing was almost always, in and of itself, a decidedly non-green act. This is because it involved the use of [...]

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