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Archives for November 2017

Write Three Drafts for Three Different Readers

By Jared Dees

I’ve heard bestselling author Neil Strauss say on a couple of occasions (links at the bottom) that he writes his books in three drafts. As I finish writing another book, I find this advice to be extremely helpful and challenging. Most of us just do the first draft and maybe the second. I think we…

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November 30, 2017 Filed Under: Author Tips, On Writing

Gary Vaynerchuk’s $1.80 Strategy for Instagram

By Jared Dees

When you are first starting out, no one knows who you are. You pick a platform pump out some content and you get crickets. No traffic, no impressions, no likes, no comments, and no shares. The mistake a lot of people make is just to create more content. Eventually, they will get seen or heard,…

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November 29, 2017 Filed Under: Author Tips, On Entrepreneurship Tagged With: blogging, content marketing

Own the Hour: The Most Important Question to Ask Yourself When Developing a Product

By Jared Dees

It is common practice and advice to identify who your ideal customer, client, reader is when developing your product. In fact, it is surprising how many people don’t have a specific type of person in mind in the development stage. Identifying what a product does for someone (benefits) is also common practice and advice. Being…

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November 28, 2017 Filed Under: Author Tips, On Entrepreneurship

Lessons Learned

By Jared Dees

Take action and tell others what you learned. This isn’t just a philosophy to follow, but a system used by NASA, the United Nations, project managers, and engineers of major companies. The idea is pretty simple. Here’s NASA’s definition taken from the Wikipedia entry on this topic: “A lesson learned is knowledge or understanding gained…

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November 27, 2017 Filed Under: Author Tips, On Entrepreneurship, On Writing

The Two Kinds of Bloggers

By Jared Dees

I’ve been blogging since 2009. I’ve read thousands of blog posts and written hundreds myself. I’ve experimented with different formats and found a lot of success in my career thanks to the practice of blogging. If it wasn’t for my “blog,” I wouldn’t be living my dream of becoming an author and professional speaker. This…

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November 26, 2017 Filed Under: Author Tips, On Entrepreneurship, On Writing Tagged With: blogging

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Jared Dees is passionate about sharing practical resources to teach faith. He is best known for his website The Religion Teacher and is the author of many books including 31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator, To Heal, Proclaim, and Teach, Praying the Angelus, Christ in the Classroom, and Beatitales: 80 Fables about the Beatitudes for Children. See all of Jared's Books →

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