www.inkthinkerblog.com — As promised, here’s more information about the next installment of the Lieurance-King Quarterly Article Challenges, which I’m co-hosting with my friend and colleague Suzanne Lieurance:
L-K Summer Article Challenge
Who: Motivated writers who want to build their platform and increase their visibility
What: Write 30 articles and submit them to article directories
When: Between August 1 and September 30, 2007
Why: To get their name out and earn a Golden PJs Award
How: By working together to stay motivated and encourage one another
Get more info at the L-K Article Challenge Blog!
We’re hosting a teleseminar tomorrow night with Jeff Herring, the Article Guy, to celebrate this next installment of the ongoing Challenge, free to all registered Challenge participants. Sign up for the challenge right here.
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www.inkthinkerblog.com — Thanks to my fellow b5media blogger Julie from Declutter It! (one of my new favorite blogs) for pointing me toward this great article on how better time management can increase your productivity over at Daily Web Ideas.
When it comes to blogging and doing web work, one of the most important skills is managing your time effectively. When I first started I would sit in front of my computer for hours doing nothing productive – chatting on instant messenger, checking stats more times than needed, and just aimlessly surfing the net.
Once I made a conscious effort to be more productive in front of the computer, things got a lot better and my income went up. I was amazed at how much more I started getting accomplished in much less time. Read more…
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www.inkthinkerblog.com — After I got back from a successful check-retrieval trip to the post office, my husband and I had this conversation:
Me: Babe, guess what came in the mail today.
Him: Oh, was it that check you were waiting for?
Me: Yeah, new glasses and a piano.
Him: Great! Anything else coming in this week?
Me: Yup, the rest of the summer semester.
Do you find that you, too, look at your freelancing income as representing what you’re going to do with it rather than money you’ve earned?
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www.inkthinkerblog.com — As my third post in Darren Rowse’s 7-day plan for re-groovifying your blogging, I reviewed White Lies, a controversial novel about dangerous vaccine side effects, over at Lively Women. Check it out.
And don’t forget, if you’re participating in the get-your-groove back initiative, leave the links to your posts in the comments so we can all share our support.
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www.inkthinkerblog.com — Wednesday is my favorite weekday, and not only because it’s halfway to the weekend. Wednesdays are the day I receive Marcia Yudkin’s Marketing Minute and RedPepper’s The Seed, my two favorite newsletters. They’re both marketing oriented and they both take less than 5 minutes to read but provide a message that stays with me for days and often weeks.
Check them out to increase your marketing prowess in less than 10 minutes a week.
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