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The Most Awesome Resume that Never Got Me the Writing Job

January 23, 2012

Resumes are supposed to be pretty serious things, right? I hadn’t worried about a resume in years since starting Phenomenal Content, but a few months ago, I did try to land a gig with the Cheezburger Network, so I got a little crazy. They never got back to me, and I assume it’s only because [...]

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Why Spray and Pray PR Pitches are Full of Fail

September 6, 2011

As the owner of a parenting blog – one of those mommy blogs I’m sure you’ve heard about – I receive a high volume of pitches and press releases from PR professionals every day. I must confess that I delete most of them without reading them. But sometimes that little one-sentence preview I can see [...]

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Social Media Breakfast Tech Valley #4

December 2, 2009

In case you haven’t heard, Amy Mengel managed to convince me to get up in front of people and talk about blogging at the fourth installment of Social Media Breakfast Tech Valley, which is being held at the headquarters of the American Red Cross of Northeastern New York in Albany. Thankfully, it’s not just me [...]

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Google Says Quality is Dirt Cheap, Don’t Hire Copywriters

June 10, 2009

According to Matt Cutts of Google, Internet marketers should avoid the unethical practice of buying links by paying a few pennies to the folks who complete tasks via Amazon Mechanical Turk and scoring free links from their efforts. Let me rephrase that: Google says it’s wrong to pay for other people to link to your [...]

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Blogger Brand Advocate for Hire

May 28, 2009

Yeah, I’m going there. I love to watch @graywolf get his panties in a bunch about paid links and sponsored reviews, especially in light of the proposed FTC regulations. I love it mostly because I agree with him. I’m totally in the “white hat” camp – anything I work on is done with Google’s rules [...]

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Announcing the Launch of Phenomenal Content LLC

May 11, 2009

After two months of preparations, it’s finally time for me to announce the launch of my new company – Phenomenal Content LLC. If you are looking for content creation services, you’re no longer hiring “just” an individual – no matter how talented this individual may be.

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Do Bloggers Even Know They’re Breaking Google’s Rules?

March 4, 2009

Before my introduction to the world of Internet Marketing, I had never even heard of a no-follow link. I’ve been blogging for a few years, so it’s not like I’m a complete Web noob.  But as a blogger who just wanted a place to write about her son and her obsession with LOST, I didn’t [...]

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Schedule Yourself as a Client

February 24, 2009

I’m learning a lesson as I build my business here, and I have a feeling I’m in good company. I’ve been making good progress on my client work, but my own sites have been… neglected. It’s really a bit embarrassing. Here I am, promoting myself as a writer and a blogger, while my poor blogs [...]

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Blogging Services

February 10, 2009

Article writing and blogging are completely different animals. There are some spectacular bloggers who couldn’t write a quality SEO article if their lives depended on it. Likewise, there are many article writers who just aren’t cut out for the world of blogging. It’s a lucky find when you encounter a person who can do both. [...]

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