I recently attended my 25th high school reunion )You want to feel old? Go to your 25th reunion. Wow.( All in all, it was a very fun experience. I got to see people who I haven't seen in years. I chatted with folks I didn't know well back in the day. And I learned how everyone was balancing work/home/family/other obligations. One of the sentiments frequently expressed was, "I would love to do X, but I don't have time.

While the buzz around Google+ has quieted down somewhat, social media and search marketers are still humming about its potential and what it does and does not mean to Facebook. Meanwhile content marketers discuss all things content, from curation to chasms to conversions. Take a moment and catch up with this week's latest and greatest web writing news.

Guest Author, Sid Smith Congrat's! Your site's been found: so now what? Well, for only a couple hundred bucks a month you can join one of several members-only programs that let you "spin" articles into dozens of variations and post those articles on "high-ranking" blogs all over the world. You'll get hundreds of inbound links to your website, and all the good Google vibes that go along with those links. Or,

Greetings! Today's web writing video post answers a question from the SEO Copywriting LinkedIn group : "How can I tell if an SEO copywriting tip is legit?" An excellent question, as the online world is thick with misinformed SEO "advice." Join Heather as she discusses how to judge if that "expert SEO tip" is legit or flat-out b.s. Beware of the B.S.: In this particular instance,

Anyone who knows me knows that I tend to ask a lot of questions'. Why? Because that's how I learn. Whether I'm chatting with a new friend or a new client, I ask a bunch of questions. Then, I shut up and let them answer )yes, I know, this is more easily said that done sometimes!( When you're working with a new copywriting client, asking lots of question is the key to success. Sure, that means that you'll be spending an hour )or more( on the phone.

Oh boy, a new toy! Google Plus continues to capture )own?( the spotlight in this week's latest and greatest Web writing news. Every kind of marketer - content, SEO, search, and social - has been playing with this Google+ gizmo, reporting their impressions, making comparisons, analyzing it, and finding applications. Meanwhile, other tasty marketing news and links beyond the big G)orilla('s Plus awaits you.

Jacqueline is a web author from Glasgow . Her first business failed and that's how she got into SEO Copywriting. But let's back up a little and start at the beginning, on Christmas Day 2005 to be precise. At 5.30pm on said day Jacqueline became a first time mum to a baby girl and not content with being a new mum, she decided to start a new business as well. Full of enthusiasm, she set out and promptly made every mistake in the book,

Greetings! This week's SEO copywriting tip is in response to an email S.O.S .: "Help! My competitor's spammy Web copy outranks my site. What should I do?" Even in the wake of Panda, spammy copy remains a problem: Google's Panda algorithm didn't catch all spam and probably never will - it's a continual process. There are still sites and landing pages out there with thin copy that are ranking well, and yes, better than your high-quality content.

"Circles, my head is going round in circles" - Circles, by Pete Townshend. Last year, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, said in an oft-reported quote: "Guess what? Nobody wants to make lists ." I'd disagree with his statement. There is one group that loves to segment data and make lists - and that's marketers. And marketers are going to have one hell of a fun time with Google+. Here's why.

And now'weighing in at well over 800 pounds, the big bad Panda's social cousin'the Google Plus gorilla! In this week's latest and greatest Web writing news, the Google +1 sharing button usurps Twitter's Tweet, and the Google Plus social networking platform )now estimated at some 10 million users( is projected to double to 20 million users' strong by this week's end. In the meantime, record numbers for FourSquare and LinkedIn make social media news,

Guest Author, Eric Enge The trouble with the term "SEO Copywriting" is that so many people misinterpret what it means. A large number of people associate the term SEO with a mindset that involves manipulation and trickery, and they bring this faulty mindset to copywriting as well.

Welcome back! Today's video SEO copywriting tip concerns how to tell if your Web SEO copywriting is any good. Whether you hired an SEO copywriter or are doing it yourself, you may not be sure how to gauge the quality and effectiveness of your SEO copy. Join Heather as she outlines three tests to tell if your SEO copywriting is any good, focusing on what you need to watch out for: Test #1: Does the writing work?

What's important to your freelance writing life? I was thinking about all the "rules" I live by as a freelance writer - most of them learned the hard way. I started surfing around, and I found this post by Carol Tice outlining her freelance writing manifesto. "Great idea," I thought. "I need to do that too." So, here you go - my 15-point freelance writer manifesto. How many of these points resonate with you?

You've surely noticed: Google's most recent attempt at carving out a social platform, Google Plus, has everyone abuzz with speculation, opinions, and analyses. As highlighted in this week's latest and greatest Web writing news, social media grows ever more influential, and is now undeniably an integral part of search and SEO. Embracing this union is content marketing in its myriad forms.

Guest Author, Pam Foster After 2-3 years of trying several different social networks for my SEO Copywriting business, I had a breakthrough in the past 6 months where most of my biggest web projects came from one source: LinkedIn. I've come to realize that my LinkedIn connections have been more fruitful for my business, BY FAR, than any other marketing method I've tried.

I didn't know that one of Rand Fishkin's Whiteboard Friday videos could cause someone to worry about her career path. But that's exactly what happened. Yesterday, I received an email from a talented SEO copywriter who had watched Rand's video, " How Google's Panda Update Changed Search Engine Optimization Forever ." She said: "What stood out to me was this notion, to paraphrase, Writing good, unique and useful optimized content is not enough anymore.

So have you managed to achieve page rank and social influence while keeping your integrity? Much talk about this )and much more( in this week's latest and greatest web writing news. Content and search marketers, SEO and social media leaders alike address ethical marketing, as well as the inevitability of mobile marketing, Google's plus initiatives, and social Klout.

Cherryl's never thought of herself as a writer. After college, she worked as a liaison between design engineers and factory personnel in the aerospace and automotive industries for some 25 years. Cherryl converted engineering drawings created by design engineers into step-by-step instructions for factory personnel to use. She loved the challenges and interacting with the people. But when the manufacturing industry started cutting back,

Welcome back! Today's SEO copywriting tip is in response to a question from the SEO Copywriting Facebook group : how do you market a )local( business online when you don't have any money? This can be tricky, because ideally if you're launching a new business, you usually have a marketing budget, however small. At the same time,

You see the perky blog post titles everywhere. "If you do what you love, the money will follow." "If you're on the right path, you can easily clear six figures this year." "Roadblocks are the Universe's way of telling you that you're on the wrong path." The message? If you "do what you love," everything else will fall into place. Every day will be filled with singing birds, bright sunshine and a big fat bank account.