As part of the older millennial group, I am fortunate enough to have a unique perspective. I didn’t grow up with a mobile phone—in fact, it wasn’t until college that I owned one. I studied abroad without any GPS technology and I still found my...

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Before sitting down to write this blog post, I did my usual due diligence via Google to find how many articles contained the words blogging secrets.

It took Google less than a half-second to discover about 22 MILLION results with Social Media King Chris Brogan’s five-year-old post right at the top.

That’s a lot of mentions about a subject in which there are few, if any, secrets left. Unless, of course, you’ve picked this post out of those millions to read first, hoping to glean so much wisdom that you can hit a first-pitch home run on your initial at-bat.

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Our recent Stephen King-inspired post about writing anything centered on one indispensable golden rule: Read and lot and write a lot. There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcuts. Last time, the feeding of your head -- reading anything and everything you can get your hands on (time permitting) -- was the primary goal of the successful marketing writer. Again, it's not nearly as sexy to most as the real work of writing, but it's so necessary if you want to be a good and resourceful scribe. Today's post takes the opposite tack with a list of eight actionable writing tips -- some unusual and others quite familiar -- that will inspire you to become a better writer right now.
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