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5 Things You Can Do to Make Sponsored Post Clients Love You

Sarah White March 10, 2015 Writing and Blogging5 Comments

There’s been a lot of talk lately in my little corner of the blogging world about professionalism and being a writer versus being a blogger versus being more of a reporter or writing for the web from a news perspective. While it’s certainly fine to give yourself any of these …

Blogging Advice for My Cousin {Craft Your Blog}

Sarah White September 18, 2014 Writing and Blogging4 Comments

My cousin Katey — who is a certified Insanity instructor, fitness coach and goodness knows what other awesomeness — got in touch recently because she was planning to start a blog for her business. It was right at the end of my book deadline, so I didn’t have a lot …

Get Back in Blogging Gear with Content Brew

Sarah White September 11, 2014 Writing and BloggingLeave a comment

Note: I’m a Blog Clarity affiliate, which means if you buy anything through the link in this article I’ll get a kickback. And I’ll appreciate you. But I love this program! I am slowly but surely getting back into blogging more regularly after a summer in which I blogged nine …

Blog Editing Tips, Part Two {Craft Your Blog}

Sarah White January 8, 2014 Writing and Blogging2 Comments

Last year I started a series called Craft Your Blog, in which I hoped to share writing and blogging advice, tools and tips that get me through my busy days of writing dailyish for three different websites. Last February I wrote a post called “Blog Editing Tips, Part One,” in …

The Importance of Taking Breaks {Craft Your Blog}

Sarah White January 24, 2013 Writing and BloggingLeave a comment

A blog post with the title “The Importance of Taking Breaks” could be about a lot of things, but in this case I’m writing specifically about the need to take a break from your writing before you edit it (and you are editing before you hit publish, right?). I will …