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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th April 2019, 08:04 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 2,942
Posted By James Druman
Re: Content Marketing

What you produce content on is as important as how you go about covering it or promoting it...

In fact, content can work for you even if it produces very little traffic and exposure at all. How? ...
Forum: Copywriting 6th April 2019, 07:45 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 232
Posted By James Druman
Re: What would you charge to sell someone's property with copywriting and online marketing?

Fair enough - I'm in a 3rd world country. But probably still a good idea to pop in with a local lawyer and find out what the laws are.

Dealing with locals can be a real headache in a place like...
Forum: Wanted - Members Looking To Hire You 23rd November 2018, 10:44 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 934
Posted By James Druman
Re: Looking for copywriter for funnel -

Hey Roman,


I've got over 10 years experience in sales writing and I can help you craft some "stories" that get your offers in front of your target market on Facebook.


Check out samples of...
Forum: Copywriting 14th December 2015, 07:40 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,666
Posted By James Druman
Re: The Difference Between Storytelling and Lying

^ You mean Captian Crunch isn't really a Captain?! haha

Yes, the above is the only reason I had myself questioning the ethics. I've seen tons of companies use "characters" in their marketing,...
Forum: Copywriting 15th May 2015, 11:16 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,225
Posted By James Druman
Re: Planning Out Sales Pages - in Word (???)

Thanks, RIck - I'll give it a go. I think I could handle someone looking over my shoulder, and I could see how it'd be a huge value-add to the service. Simple but solid tip.

Are you able to do...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th May 2015, 05:07 AM
Replies: 102
Views: 6,644
Posted By James Druman
Re: Best place to hire ghostwriters in 2015?

Challenge accepted.

And I don't have to hire one because I am one.

My writing against your $1 writer.

Of course, if he's "already" your $1 writer, it's only fair I see the context of where...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th May 2015, 02:24 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 722
Posted By James Druman
Re: Landing page perfected, now I need more traffic

^ Don't get me wrong. I think you're on the right track by moving forward and taking action now. That's HOW you test, right?

I was just nitpicking the word and not being 100% serious. I'm not that...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th May 2015, 01:42 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 529
Posted By James Druman
Re: What would you do if you need to make money a year from now?

Pick one serious, in-demand skill.

Study it. Learn to promote yourself.

Period.

Good places to start include -

Copywriting.
Content Marketing.
Forum: Copywriting 1st May 2015, 05:07 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,993
Posted By James Druman
Re: What Are The Most Important Elements To A Sales Page?

The most important elements to a sales pages are...

...emotions.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th April 2015, 03:04 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 790
Posted By James Druman
Re: How would you spend $1500 to launch a startup

It's really hard to say because there's no "one-size-fits-all" marketing prescription.

It really depends on the business, the product, and the audience.

If it's a site people would jump to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th January 2015, 07:53 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 704
Posted By James Druman
Re: I Didn't Wanna Do It...

Awesome!

I just got done scolding you about faulty blogging assumptions on your other thread.

Way to not only reexamine your paradigms but have the wisdom to change your mind, take action, and...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th January 2015, 07:45 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,628
Posted By James Druman
Re: I Want A Website, Not A Blog

Phil, you most certainly don't need to run a blog to make a living online.

That being said, you seem to be starting this with quite a few faulty assumptions.

A blog is not something you have...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th January 2015, 12:25 PM
Replies: 137
Views: 9,392
Posted By James Druman
Re: How to make $10,000 Per day FAST - Step by Step

Hey everyone - I've got a way to make billions over here!

Start a business.

haha Great post, Jeff.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th January 2015, 02:04 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,312
Posted By James Druman
Re: Breaking Away From Content Mills...

Good on you for getting out of there. No one should have to subject themselves to that kind of slave labor.



Daily for how many days? Three a day is not a ton, but it's good you're putting time...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th January 2015, 01:38 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 1,619
Posted By James Druman
Re: 5 Steps for New Comers to Internet Marketing

Hey, a vague checklist to nowhere.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th January 2015, 01:31 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,306
Posted By James Druman
Re: Is my marketing strategy any good?

Sunoy, this isn't really a marketing strategy. This is a barebones framework of different channels, or traffic generation methods, as someone else pointed out, that you can use to implement a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th January 2015, 09:08 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 728
Posted By James Druman
Re: How to find a guest blogger

Sprinkled with a healthy topping of it depends...

:)
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th January 2015, 09:38 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 2,125
Posted By James Druman
Re: Is List Building Actually Important?

Any good marketing strategy handed to the masses and dumbed down by individuals who don't give it the type of attention Alexa is talking about will be worthless in their hands.

Producing little in...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th January 2015, 09:41 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,447
Posted By James Druman
Re: How To Rewrite PLR ? (For Those Who Not Native in English)

First off, I admire you.

I don't know anything about your particular situation, and I don't know where you're from, but my assumption (which does end up wrong from time to time) is that since...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st April 2014, 06:25 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 2,895
Posted By James Druman
Re: how to write a good article within 60 minutes?

All arguments about what can be accomplished in a 60-minute time frame aside, if I wasn't a good writer, as OP mentioned in the start of the initial post, my main priority wouldn't be to become a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 31st March 2014, 02:31 AM
Replies: 92
Views: 3,380
Posted By James Druman
Re: is 10$ for 700 - 1500 word articles too much

Going back to the OP again, there's one thing I failed to address in my previous posts - and most of the other writers in here seem to be missing this point as well.

The initial concern of the OP...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th March 2014, 08:58 AM
Replies: 92
Views: 3,380
Posted By James Druman
Re: is 10$ for 700 - 1500 word articles too much

You're right, John. Browsing back through I can see there were 2 or 3 people who indeed thought he was a writer. I missed those and misunderstood the purpose of your post as well as who you were...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th March 2014, 07:55 AM
Replies: 92
Views: 3,380
Posted By James Druman
Re: is 10$ for 700 - 1500 word articles too much

Really...? With all due respect, John, your own reading could use some brushing up. The OP threw out this question word for word in his post as well:



He invited freelancer opinions and got...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th March 2014, 05:50 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,307
Posted By James Druman
Re: Outsourcing to Phillipines

I agree that hiring Filipinos to write English content is generally a bad idea - I've come across about 2 or 3 solid ones in my time online, but they usually knew they were good enough to charge the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th March 2014, 05:17 AM
Replies: 92
Views: 3,380
Posted By James Druman
Re: is 10$ for 700 - 1500 word articles too much

The fact that you really think that says a lot about your reading comprehension and why you might consider $10 to be too much for articles...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th March 2014, 06:17 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,376
Posted By James Druman
Re: How much time do you take to write one post of your blog?

I can write an article in a half hour or less.

BUT...

...for super high-quality stuff written for my own blogs, it's not unusual for me to spend 4 - 8 hours, if not more, on each piece (I only...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st March 2014, 06:01 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 532
Posted By James Druman
Re: How Do You Deal With "Budget" Clients When Writing?

Don't bother trying to talk "budget" clients into paying more for your services. Just politely tell them you don't write for those rates and then go focus your attention on marketing your services...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st March 2014, 04:09 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,000
Posted By James Druman
Re: Multiply your return on every piece of content

Okay, my bad. I'm sure you've seen some of the posts by newer writers around here...you never know what people are going to post next. :eek:

By moving away from freelancing, I mean moving towards...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th February 2014, 09:49 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,000
Posted By James Druman
Re: Multiply your return on every piece of content

You are a ghostblogger. The very word implies that the content you write for others is not yours to reuse and make money on elsewhere. If you want to increase your revenues, offer the client...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th February 2014, 12:52 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 2,895
Posted By James Druman
Re: how to write a good article within 60 minutes?

No offense, but if you're not a very good writer, as you say, than it may take quite a bit more than an hour to produce a good article.

In fact, you don't see many people who aren't good writers...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th February 2014, 02:25 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 751
Posted By James Druman
Re: video or written content?

I'll third this sentiment. People like absorbing their information differently.

I personally don't like watching videos because you can't really scan it and have to watch it through to absorb the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th February 2014, 06:34 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 1,607
Posted By James Druman
Re: Is Internet Marketing Dead?

The Warrior Forum.

Where non-tangible things are accused of dying every few weeks or so...

:D
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th February 2014, 03:18 AM
Replies: 67
Views: 1,815
Posted By James Druman
Re: Where to get article witers?

God bless America, right?

Where some idiot decided (more like a bunch of idiots) it was a good idea to extort men and lock them up when they couldn't pay.

Because it's so easy to make money in...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th February 2014, 03:36 AM
Replies: 70
Views: 4,297
Posted By James Druman
Re: Content Writing - Am I Paying Too Much?

Based on your mention of "minimum wage," I can only assume you were referring to my post.

I like and agree with most of what you said here - fantastic post! But I feel like you may have...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th February 2014, 09:04 AM
Replies: 67
Views: 1,815
Posted By James Druman
Re: Where to get article witers?

Elance.com
Odesk.com
Guru.com
Google
The Warrior Forum: Wanted - Members Looking To Hire You (http://www.warriorforum.com/wanted-members-looking-hire-you/)

As a warning, it pays to do a bit of...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th February 2014, 04:54 AM
Replies: 70
Views: 4,297
Posted By James Druman
Re: Content Writing - Am I Paying Too Much?

This is a very good point, Nicole.

I'm a full-time writer, and I must admit that I often completely skip job descriptions that mention they want "grammatically correct writing," a "native...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th February 2014, 06:58 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,225
Posted By James Druman
Re: 25,000 words post

I will say this.

I've come across posts like this before. With epic information.

Are they what Google likes? I would venture Google probably thinks they're pretty sweet. But even more...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th October 2013, 03:26 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,040
Posted By James Druman
Re: Is this some sick joke, Godaddy?

Wow, simmer down already. It's clear that the OP was just not aware he was doing something wrong - otherwise, why would have sent them his driver's license "instantly" thinking that would solve the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th October 2013, 09:34 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 891
Posted By James Druman
Re: Contest winner goes NUTS? What to do?

I say stick to your word and deliver the gift.

She'll feel stupid (which really doesn't help you much besides a bit of satisfaction on your part), and you've learned some valuable lessons about...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st July 2013, 05:15 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 1,684
Posted By James Druman
Re: is 480$ is a good price for 32 articles

I agree and my experiences match yours. On my own sites I don't write with keywords in mind at all (though I occasionally use a string in the title) and I pick up a lot of long-tail traffic.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st July 2013, 04:52 PM
Replies: 83
Views: 5,366
Posted By James Druman
Re: Couple makes $100,000/month through self-publishing

If you're just looking for basic formatting and publishing info, Amazon offers two free Kindle Publishing guides.

As for marketing and writing, hit up the Writer's Cafe at the Kboards:
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st July 2013, 03:00 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 1,684
Posted By James Druman
Re: is 480$ is a good price for 32 articles

Good on you for taking your business seriously!

And there's no better way to understand the value of a good writer than to pen some high-quality content yourself. Once you've seen the effort and...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th June 2013, 09:54 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 1,684
Posted By James Druman
Re: is 480$ is a good price for 32 articles

Threads like this remind me of why so few Warriors are making consistent money online...

$15 is too much for quality articles??? LOL What a joke.

Many IMers, it seems, wouldn't know a quality...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th May 2013, 06:01 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 578
Posted By James Druman
Re: I Hate Writing

Content that is original is rarely cheap.

Content that drives sales is usually original but definitely not cheap.

If it was cheap and easy, well, I guess we'd all be rich, wouldn't we?
Forum: Offline Marketing 5th May 2013, 01:30 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,163
Posted By James Druman
Re: Offline Marketing - Do I need degree? Should I do online first?

No problem, and thanks for not getting defensive.

What I would suggest if the business model is really that new to you is perhaps pick up 2-3, maybe even more, REPUTABLE products or books on...
Forum: Offline Marketing 5th May 2013, 01:08 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,163
Posted By James Druman
Re: Offline Marketing - Do I need degree? Should I do online first?

Not to put a wrench in your spokes, Man, as I really do hate to be a downer, but it seems like you're asking the forum to make a decision for you on every single small step of your business.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th February 2013, 12:40 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,401
Posted By James Druman
Re: Have you been homeless and pulled yourself up?

We lived on the streets for a little bit when I was a kid, and then my mom worked her way out of it and got us a place. I don't really remember it, but I do remember growing up pretty poor. Hard...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th February 2013, 05:36 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 576
Posted By James Druman
Re: What little tricks did you do in the past to make little money

You guys are killing me.

There ARE honest ways to make a buck out there...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th February 2013, 04:47 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 942
Posted By James Druman
Re: What's your real 'Why' for setting up an internet business

I'd say my biggest "why" is location independence. Running a business online allowed me to live in Southeast Asia for quite a few years. I've been home for about a year now but am planning to hit...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th February 2013, 04:31 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 877
Posted By James Druman
Re: 10 ways to make money on the Side....

Not sure what the big deal is - I thought the article was decent. I mean, it was a basic Internet fluff piece, but (other than one or two) most of the ideas were sound.

Getting a job at Starbucks...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th December 2012, 02:46 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 932
Posted By James Druman
Re: i am on the first page on google.how to make money now?

Figure out what your traffic wants.

Then, sell it to them...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th December 2012, 02:15 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 480
Posted By James Druman
Re: Advise For Newbies ! That I wish someone wold have told me..

If you want a basic understanding of how internet marketing works and terminology, etc - yet avoid getting scammed and sold on everything under the sun - consider purchasing a couple top books off of...
Forum: Offline Marketing 30th November 2012, 10:04 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,358
Posted By James Druman
Re: **How I Closed a $1,700 and $597/month deal with a Lawyer - Step by Step Method for Newbies**

If you mean $1200 per month, that doesn't make any sense, especially not knowing the average lifetime per client. Your fees for the year would be $14,400, and they'd make $2000 that year off the 10...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 17th July 2012, 02:14 PM
Replies: 93
Views: 3,627
Posted By James Druman
Re: Doing IM While Traveling The World

On the contrary, I'd argue that renting an apartment for a few months is even more "traveling" than skipping through a whirlwind of destinations, never embracing the time it takes to truly enjoy or...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 13th July 2012, 12:32 AM
Replies: 93
Views: 3,627
Posted By James Druman
Re: Doing IM While Traveling The World

I had a "condo" in Chiang Mai Thailand for about $60 per month. Wi-fi and electric were extra but not much extra. Not the nicest place but a Western-style toilet, bar and restaurant, internet...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th May 2012, 01:53 AM
Replies: 86
Views: 3,635
Posted By James Druman
Re: Would You Pay Me $0.04 Per word per article?

Nah. Pay no attention to the troll.
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