If you check out my About Me you’ll find my last line “My mindset: The more I blog, the better at blogging I will get.” That is certainly true. I’m at month three, and I can tell my blogging skills are getting better each and every day. But that’s not enough because it’s never enough. I can always challenge myself more.
Today I posted a Facebook status:
Every blog I post will at least be 300 words. And I will find activities each and every day to write at least 1,000 words. That’s my new goal.
Why 1,000+ Words/Day?
I’ve been getting into copywriting. For those of you who don’t know, copywriting is a non-sleazy way to market your product. Copywriting is marketing at it’s finest. It’s how you get people interested in your websites, ideas, and blog posts. I don’t write for copywrite-optimization on this blog, I write as if it were my daily journal, but I have uses for copywriting. Mainly personal endeavors I hope will result in profit.
Anyway, the reason I chose 1,000+ words/day is because of a post on copyblogger.com titled 20 Warning Signs That Your Content Sucks. I want to get better at writing, and copywriting, 1,000 words/day seems like a way to get better. Plus, since I started blogging, 1,000 words doesn’t seem daunting anymore.
How I Got on Copywriting
My favorite chapter of a book I’ve read recently is hands-down Chapter 3 of The Education of Millionaires. Honestly, buy the book for this chapter, it’ll pay dividends. In chapter 3 is an outline for learning copywriting. The people you should follow. The ideas you should take from copywrite masters. I have set up a separate email account to get tons of copywriting emails, and I’ll tell you, they’re awesome.
I am by no means a copywrite expert (or even a novice, really), but these ideas are universal. If you want to connect to your community, marketplace, or friends, these are the lessons you need to learn. Copywriters are the people who connect everyone.