Just yesterday, I posted an article about whether or not blogging affects a writer’s ability to write. I’d like to go into a little more detail, and cover my ten ways writers and freelancers can use blogging for marketing their work, building careers, and enhancing their professional “brand” personality. You may (or may not) agree […]
Tag: Blogging
Does Blogging take Writers away from Writing?
Whether you have a MySpace page or on LiveJournal, Blogger, Blogspot, WordPress or TypePad, many writers get pretty frustrated when bloggers put themselves out there as “writers.” Fantasy author Robin Hobb wrote about this recently in a creative rant entitled, “Vampires of the Internet. I’d like to quote you a passage from this rant. Ah, […]
Google’s Blogger: Pros and Cons for Freelancers
Last year, when I started learning about SEO and blogging I tried an experiment. The goal was to learn as much as I could about Blogger (owned by Google) to build visibility and get some readers. After months of toying around with different aspects, I’d like to share with you the pros and cons of […]
Blog Updates and Links
I’m going to be updating my blogroll over the next couple of weeks in order to provide useful areas on the web for writers, readers, and Madisonians to visit. Feel free to email me or post a link in the comments if you have something to share. Also, I’m accessible on Facebook and LiveJournal. Feel […]
Writing for the Web (What it’s Really Like)
Ever since I got my new job in April, I have been exploring another universe of copywriting as it relates to a little something called “organic search.” Organic search is all about a human typing in keywords or search phrases into Google, Yahoo! or any other search engine, and then getting specific results to your […]