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Amping Up Blog Productivity
For several days, I’ve been trying to spend a little time getting more organized to increase the efficiency of my work. What I have mostly been doing is reorganizing my Google Reader account. As a writer/blogger, I have plenty of sources to dra...
Should The Headline Always Come First?
I Stumbled Upon this post at Rauru today that suggests when blogging that you should write your headlines before you write the actual post. Ikki says: As I said on a previous post, headings are the first impression you make on your audience. Focusing...
Another Potentially Great Tool to Bloggers from Google
Google has yet another tool in the works that could potentially benefit bloggers greatly. Currently in Google Labs (aka: the experimental stage), Google In Quotes is a feature that lets you search for quotes taken from stories that are linked to in G...
More Blogging Fuel Than Ever, Courtesy of Google
Links are often used in blogging to provide reference to a point or a hat tip, which is why one of the latest things Google is up to could provide an excellent resource for bloggers. Google is archiving print newspapers, and not just new ones. They&#...
Monday Morning Link Roundup for 7/21/08
Happy beginning-of-the-week, everyone. As promised, I saw The Dark Knight over the weekend and, unsurprisingly, nearly pooped my pants with glee. A little plot-heavy, a little crazy at times… but good gravy, what a Joker. And that Aaron Eckhart...
How Venti No-Whip Frappucinos Can Limit Your Blog’s Growth
So, you’ve all heard about Starbucks, right? They’re closing down something like 600 stores in an effort to get everyone to stop making jokes about how there are Starbucks cropping up all over the damn place. Also, they’re apparentl...
Monday Morning Link Roundup for 7.14.08
Good morning! Anybody else see Hellboy II over the weekend? I was sorely disappointed — I was hoping for something vastly better than the first movie, but got something only marginally better. Oh well — I’m still looking forward to ...
Writing Refresher: Comma Use
I enjoy cooking. I’m not really spectacular at it — my roux always seems a little pasty and my soups too often turn a bit too soupy. But I’m pretty good with spices. Which isn’t surprising; I got a lot of practice using commas...
Monday Morning Link Roundup
Well, it’s still Monday morning on the West Coast. For a little while longer, anyway. 37 Signals offers some great motivation (and good ideas) for finding revenue streams. Hacker News has a great discussion on the nature of SEO. Copyblogger has...
You Are More Powerful That Zack Morris Himself
I never watched much Saved By The Bell. And I’m reasonably certain it’s not a great show. But there’s a lot it can tell us about writing. The show, which ran on NBC from 1989 to 1993 (and in syndication thereafter), documented the d...
Look Your Readers In The Eye
As a writer, you’ve always got to be ready to learn. Because writing lessons can strike at strange times, in strange places. Like at two in the morning when you’re trying to stare down a guy who’s got six inches and fifty pounds on ...
The Best Lesson I Ever Learned From a Team of Highly-Paid, Successful Writers
You know, after all is said and done — after you’ve internalized all you can about grammar and usage, after you’ve learned how to structure essays and arrange paragraphs, after you’ve learned all the little tricks, there’...
3 Ways an Editorial Calendar Improves Your Blog
An editorial calendar is a schedule made in advance of what you’re going to publish. Magazines and newspapers have been using editorial calendars for many years, and with good reason–they work. You too can benefit from creating and follow...
Write with Authority and Inspire Trust
I’m going to show you how you can write with authority and inspire trust by providing you with information and techniques you can apply to your writing. People want reliable information they can trust. A trusting readership is a platform from w...
When Bloggers Jump Off Bridges
A quick post for a busy week: Right outside my apartment building, just around the corner on Hollywood Boulevard, is a huge advertisement for Grand Theft Auto IV. Not being a video game guy, I had no idea this game was coming out, so the billboard wa...
Does Your Writing Have What Plants Crave?
A few days ago my girlfriend and I were taking the Metrorail to Chinatown when she pointed out a poster advertising the train we were riding — the multitude of stops, the easy-to-understand schedules, the clean and safe cars. (That sounds silly...
Five Creative Thinking Methods That’ll Send Writer’s Block Packing
A little while ago I wrote about the excuses we give ourselves when we procrastinate, and gave some worthwhile (in my opinion, anyway) advice on how to avoid the thinking patterns that lead to putting off work. One of the things I left off that list ...
The Effective Procrastinator’s Guide to Procrastinating Effectively
My name is Kevin, and I’m a procrastinator. Now, when you hear those words, you may think to yourself, “Hello! A kindred spirit! For I, too, have been known to put off work in favor of more immediate pleasures!” You may be thinking,...
What Good Writing and Good Chicken Tikka Masala Have in Common
There’s an Indian restaurant just a few blocks from the apartment I share with my girlfriend. It’s beloved by everyone who goes there. There’s always a crowd of well-dressed people waiting to get in. I actually caught the models on ...
It’s the little things that matter
Hey, did anyone see the brilliant documentary film Helvetica? Yeah, neither did I. But it’s a great idea: An hour and a half about a font! One can only hope there are plenty of sequels (Helvetica II: The Helveticking) and copycats (Comic Sans A...
Write It Down: Turning a Moleskine into a PDA
Last week Michael wrote a great post on methods of getting your ideas down. I’ve found that Moleskine notebooks are the best portable notebooks around; with sites like Moleskinerie and DIY Planner around, I think most Web mavens tend to agree. ...
16 Blog Posts That Improved, Inspired and Expanded My Writing (Or Hopefully Will Someday)
Like most writers, I like to spend a lot of time reading about how to write. There’s lots of really useful information out there, and it’s a better way to rationalize procrastination than playing Chain Factor or watching Mythbusters rerun...
Three Things I Wouldn’t Have Learned This Week If Not For My Girlfriend
One of the secrets of being a good writer — heck, probably one of the secrets of being a good anything — is to always have your mind ready to learn. Often these lessons will be things you knew in theory — concepts you’ve read ...
What are your SEO rules?
About a week ago, entrepreneur and blogger Jeremy Schoemaker caused a bit of a stir in the SEO community when he said that he doesn’t like 95 percent of SEO experts. It got me to thinking a lot about the whole concept of SEO and search marketin...
Five Surefire Ways to Drive Readers Away
A few weeks ago I blogged about an unpleasant experience my girlfriend had looking for a good online tutorial. In that post, I mentioned how disappointing it is when writers post content just for the sake of posting content.* The sheer volume of info...
