Articles by Jonathan John

Productivity is huge in freelance writing and blogging. Like, make or break your business huge.

What a lot of people don’t often realize is that any freelance writer actually has a ton of stuff to do.

First and foremost, there’s the actual work: the article writing/blogging/copywriting.

Then, there are clients to email. Prospects to Skype. Sources to interview. Other freelancers to communicate with. Invoices to send. Finances to keep track of. Health insurance to pay. Personal marketing to do.

I hope you’re getting the picture.

While it’s always good to be creative and innovative to the utmost in all types of writing (especially blogging), you will also do well to remember that there are several writing standards (or best practices) that you should conform to.

These 11 practices detailed here may not apply to every single industry/niche, but implementing the majority of them will greatly benefit your overall writing.

Storytelling is a major part of any content marketing strategy. Why?

You see, there’s one big problem with online marketing. It’s online.

In other words, since Internet marketing is … well, on the Internet, there’s no way for the visitors who happen to come across your brand to get to know you. In short, they don’t get the opportunity to understand who you are and what your brand stands for.

Someone, somewhere, once said something that was untrue. Maybe the person said it in jest, or maybe the person said it out of his or her ignorance, but the person said it.

Someone else heard what that person said and then repeated it to others. And then those guys repeated it to even more people – and then the chain continued eternally.

Article writers – truly amazing ones who create content that will knock your visitors’ socks off – can sometimes be hard to come by, depending on your niche.

If you’re currently on the lookout to hire an experienced, top-quality writer but can’t seem to find one by yourself, then you’re reading the right blog posts. Here’s a list of 9 quick tips to help you spot amazing article writers.

Engaging a blog reader is a hard thing to do, especially in this digital age. As more and more content is produced on the Internet, people are less and less likely to read your blog in particular and stay interested in it.

To keep ahead in the blogging rat race, you need to be constantly improving your writing. Here are 11 actionable writing tips to help you do just that.