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Guy Walks Across America in Less than 2 Minutes, Gains More than 1.2MM Views
In one week. Or how to take an idea, parse it into 2,770 still photos from digital footage, and make it a reality. I am constantly fascinated by new executions that are pulled off nicely. And this is a really good one. 2,969 comments on the YouTube page at the time of publishing say it stirred conversation. ...
Why You Should Write to the Edges of Your Niche
A guest post by Srinivas Rao of The Skool of Life If you are a new blogger, one of the most common pieces of advice you’ll get about how to increase you traffic is “find top blogs in your niche and write guest posts for them.” I want to give you some counter-intuitive advice that I have heard from several ...
The Glass Ceiling, the Inner Circle, and the Key to Building a Popular Blog
“What am I doing wrong?” I whispered to the computer screen. A part of me wanted nothing more than to go to bed and forget about blogging forever. And yet, there I was, hunched over the computer, as I dug through my traffic stats for the millionth time. Somewhere inside was the answer to why I wasn’t getting more ...
Buy Our Book Today for $9.99
As you probably remember, a couple of weeks ago we launched our first book in digital format . The title is: “100 Writing Mistakes to Avoid: A practical guide to 100 common mistakes of spelling, usage, grammar, and punctuation.” It came out with a promotional price of $9.99, and after one week it went up to $19.99. Some readers ...
Mayo Clinic Rolls out Center for Social Media
When my cousin was a little over one year of age, her parents discovered that she couldn't walk. An otherwise bright and happy child, she was facing a life of physical therapy aimed at treating symptoms. Eventually, who knows, a nice institution with others just like her. My aunt wasn't going to give up looking.She stumbled on a ...
Participles and Perfect Verb Tenses
Some comments I received on the post about the forms of the irregular verb “drink” indicate that not everyone is clear as to how participles are used to form verb tenses that use the helping verbs “has, have” and “had.” Here’s a review. Participles are verb forms, but they are incomplete. In order to function as “real” verbs, they ...
IntelligentEditing.com
This is another addition to our ongoing series of tutorials and case studies on landing pages that work. Daniel Heuman’s software helps writers, editors, translators, and proofreaders prepare error-free documents with greater ease and speed. He tried and abandoned PPC pay-per-click advertising, as he discovered the folks who clicked through weren’t his best prospects. That’s a technique that almost ...
The Trip
Welcome to another edition of the Writing Clinic. This time we have an essay about a trip that one of our readers sent us. If you want to submit a piece for this column, please email it to daniel@dailywritingtips.com. Before This trip was anticipated but when it really happened it seemed more sudden then planned. I picked a small ...
How I Use LinkedIn Content for Intelligence
When LinkedIn introduced questions and answers, it gave people the ability to interact more easily with each other without needing to be connected directly. That expanded the pool of potential networking opportunities exponentially for those who don't upgrade their account. Within the span of a couple of months, the membership grew by more than 300% ...
Some more funny headlines
Something went wrong in jet crash, expert says Police begin a campaign to run down jaywalkers Panda mating fails; veterinarian takes over Miners refuse to work after death Juvenile court to try shooting defendant War dims hope for peace If strike isn’t settled quickly, it may last a while Cold wave linked to temperatures Enfield couple slain; police suspect homicide ...
