Comments on: 7 Items Your Website Should Include http://www.thursdaybram.com/2008/02/19/7-items-your-website-should-include Creativity is business too. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:20:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: WRITING ADVICE & PUBLISHING ADVICE from Font http://www.thursdaybram.com/2008/02/19/7-items-your-website-should-include/comment-page-1#comment-714 WRITING ADVICE & PUBLISHING ADVICE from Font Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:38:26 +0000 http://www.thursdaybram.com/2008/02/19/7-items-your-website-should-include#comment-714 <strong>Font Blog Carnival: Writing & Publishing Advice...</strong> Hello and welcome to the March 1, 2008 edition of the Font Blog Carnival.  For the past weeks, we’ve been accepting submissions of blog posts related to writing or publishing and here we offer a selection of the best. GET IT WRITTEN Articles are... Font Blog Carnival: Writing & Publishing Advice…

Hello and welcome to the March 1, 2008 edition of the Font Blog Carnival. 
For the past weeks, we’ve been accepting submissions of blog posts related to writing or publishing and here we offer a selection of the best.
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]]> By: babs m http://www.thursdaybram.com/2008/02/19/7-items-your-website-should-include/comment-page-1#comment-610 babs m Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:37:26 +0000 http://www.thursdaybram.com/2008/02/19/7-items-your-website-should-include#comment-610 Thank you for these very good tips! I was pleased to find I've covered most of these on my site! But I still need to update with newer publishing credits... too many hats at the moment!! Thank you for these very good tips! I was pleased to find I’ve covered most of these on my site! But I still need to update with newer publishing credits… too many hats at the moment!!

]]> By: Incurable Disease of Writing » Blog Archive » Just Write BlogCarnival http://www.thursdaybram.com/2008/02/19/7-items-your-website-should-include/comment-page-1#comment-609 Incurable Disease of Writing » Blog Archive » Just Write BlogCarnival Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:06:00 +0000 http://www.thursdaybram.com/2008/02/19/7-items-your-website-should-include#comment-609 [...] Bram presents 7 Items Your Website Should Include posted at thursdaybram.com. Writers and authors these days practically have to have a website — [...] [...] Bram presents 7 Items Your Website Should Include posted at thursdaybram.com. Writers and authors these days practically have to have a website — [...]

]]> By: thursday http://www.thursdaybram.com/2008/02/19/7-items-your-website-should-include/comment-page-1#comment-602 thursday Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:11:56 +0000 http://www.thursdaybram.com/2008/02/19/7-items-your-website-should-include#comment-602 I still struggle with updates myself. I try to write ahead when I can — it does make life easier — but it doesn't happen near as often as I'd like. I've blocked out a few minutes on my schedule each day which are devoted to updating my blog. I've found if I treat my website like just another client, I have a better chance of getting it done. I also plan out posts ahead of time. I maintain an editorial calendar for my blog, assign myself series and theme weeks and generally try to keep a little bit of consistent structure and style. I feel less like I'm starting from scratch every time I sit down that way. A blog or a website is a tangible commitment to your business. Thinking of it those terms is, for some of us, a better motivation that considering it a creative outlet or a place to connect people. A post is a way of showing yourself that today you did something to grow your business and reach your goals. I still struggle with updates myself. I try to write ahead when I can — it does make life easier — but it doesn’t happen near as often as I’d like. I’ve blocked out a few minutes on my schedule each day which are devoted to updating my blog. I’ve found if I treat my website like just another client, I have a better chance of getting it done. I also plan out posts ahead of time. I maintain an editorial calendar for my blog, assign myself series and theme weeks and generally try to keep a little bit of consistent structure and style. I feel less like I’m starting from scratch every time I sit down that way.

A blog or a website is a tangible commitment to your business. Thinking of it those terms is, for some of us, a better motivation that considering it a creative outlet or a place to connect people. A post is a way of showing yourself that today you did something to grow your business and reach your goals.

]]> By: Christopher Humphries http://www.thursdaybram.com/2008/02/19/7-items-your-website-should-include/comment-page-1#comment-601 Christopher Humphries Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:00:15 +0000 http://www.thursdaybram.com/2008/02/19/7-items-your-website-should-include#comment-601 The last one is the hardest for me. While I am not a writer (would like to be, yet on my own terms), the points seem applicable to other job titles as well (like a programmer or designer). Do you write your posts in advance and publish them one at a time? I have about 20 in MarsEdit to finish, yet they've been sitting there forever. Do you have any tips for keeping the posting going? I tend to have bursts of inspiration and passion, then it leaves. How can I keep it up, other than "just do it"? The last one is the hardest for me. While I am not a writer (would like to be, yet on my own terms), the points seem applicable to other job titles as well (like a programmer or designer).

Do you write your posts in advance and publish them one at a time? I have about 20 in MarsEdit to finish, yet they’ve been sitting there forever.

Do you have any tips for keeping the posting going? I tend to have bursts of inspiration and passion, then it leaves. How can I keep it up, other than “just do it”?

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