Word Magic
Want to achieve your goals? Here’s the only way: be prepared to fail. If you’re not failing, you’re not achieving. Although failure is uncomfortable, it can’t derail you if you expect to fail and decide that you’ll learn from all your failures. As essayist John Burroughs pointed out: “You can get discouraged many times, but you are not a failure … Read more
It’s Motivation Monday. Today, we’re going to take action on our goals. Does that sound glib? As if I had all the answers? I don’t; for years I was the queen of overthinking and general procrastination. However, I do know what works for me and for my coaching students. At least once in every coaching program, I advise students: you’re … Read more
One of the easiest ways to set up a successful writing business is to start a freelance career. You develop an income while you develop your business. Your success is up to you. If you can write a coherent email message, you’ll do well. The demand for freelance writers has never been higher than it is today. And competent writers … Read more
Is your B2B content boring? It needn’t be. Let’s look at how to make it interesting and useful. (B2B = Business To Business.) No matter what the topic, someone needs that content. As content creators, it’s up to us to make it interesting, initially, for ourselves. If the content bores us, we can fix it. Here’s how. To make content … Read more
“I’m bored with content marketing,” the self-publishing author confessed. “I need some better ideas.” Everyone gets bored, me included, but if you’re running a small business, you need to market. In a sense, marketing is easier for writers and authors; writing and developing ideas is what we do. In another sense, I completely understand this author. After a few hours … Read more