You know, a lot of writers and other creative folks don’t spend a lot of time chasing down the latest productivity tools and tips, and with good reason. Most of us are too busy actually writing and making stuff.

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1,000 songs in your pocket. Sounds great, doesn’t it?

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Quick note letting you know that John Carlton has released a home study version of his Simple Writing System .

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Here’s another compilation of blog tips from three prominent bloggers - Jeremy from Shoemoney , Steve Pavlina and Andy Wibbels . The video was shot at Blog World Expo 08 on a Flip Video Mino Series Camcorder . See this video at full size on YouTube , Blip.tv and Viddler .

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More than half the battle of creating compelling content and copy is solid structure . Disorganized writing inhibits understanding, and without understanding, you’re not going to get a warm reception when you ask for action. Plus, without structural guidelines to follow, you end up leaving out information necessary to your case or promotion

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If you’re own or work for a small to medium business and are trying to get your head around how to use the internet, social media, blogging and other emerging online technologies to promote your brand, build income and drive sales then you should check out Internet Marketing Masterminds .

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If you’re own or work for a small to medium business and are trying to get your head around how to use the internet, social media, blogging and other emerging online technologies to promote your brand, build income and drive sales then you should check out Internet Marketing Masterminds . This course will kick off on 12th of November and is being put on by fellow Aussies Alister Cameron and Ben Galt from Australis Media . Over the last year when I’ve been approached by businesses (large and small) wanting blog consulting I’ve referred them to Alister.

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Last month I ran a poll here at ProBlogger which asked readers if they make money online from sources other than blogging. The result was almost completely split with 1022 of the 2053 people who responded saying Yes and 1031 saying no.

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Two or three times a week, struggling freelance writers will email me questions. The messages are usually something along the lines of: “I’m having a hard time finding writing gigs now.

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OK - so I didn’t ask people to comment ’spam’ my blog - I asked them to ‘pitch’ us with their blog. Here’s what I learned from the experience…. On the spur of the moment over the weekend I decided to run a little experiment here on ProBlogger where I invited readers to leave a comment giving an ‘elevator pitch’ for their blog .

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