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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 30th March 2012, 10:20 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 5,802
Posted By Joseph Robinson
Re: Why did my thread get deleted?

Yeah, because with an entire world filled with nearly an infinite amount of things to do these guys dedicate large chunks of time to stamping out random threads in the hopes of either crushing a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th March 2012, 10:41 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 3,861
Posted By jpeddler
Re: Writers: Ask for More…But Only If You’re Worth It

Thanks Tiffany!

For those that really understood what I was doing in my last post, I gave you a business model - not just a helpful tip. Many of you that are good businesspeople know this is what...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th March 2012, 06:45 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 3,861
Posted By Joanne Reid
Re: Writers: Ask for More…But Only If You’re Worth It

This is a great thread. I've been writing for most of my very long life. Recently I became proficient in Dr. Andy Williams' Web Content Studio and started writing WCS articles. These tend to be...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th March 2012, 01:54 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 3,861
Posted By Joe Benjamin
Re: Writers: Ask for More…But Only If You’re Worth It

Great advice, Tiffany.

If it's okay I'd like to share my bit of experience on
writing for clientele:

When you're making more than you imagined writing
for others and they rarely flinch at...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th March 2012, 04:18 PM
Replies: 258
Views: 13,538
Posted By Vince Runza Online
Re: Don’t Call Yourself a Writer If What You Really Are Is a Thief

No, we're not "having a debate". We are discussing thievery. You like it -- most of us don't.

Speaking to you now as a writer, I can take a subject of which I knew little, actually research it and...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th March 2012, 03:55 PM
Replies: 258
Views: 13,538
Posted By Vince Runza Online
Re: Don’t Call Yourself a Writer If What You Really Are Is a Thief

I guess that fits right in with this quote, which you seem to like very much: "The logic of a common man is not the same as that of a man in power, because the common man's logic is infected with...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th March 2012, 11:39 AM
Replies: 258
Views: 13,538
Posted By PLRExpress
Re: Don’t Call Yourself a Writer If What You Really Are Is a Thief

Agreed.

I can easily see why people think it’s acceptable to rewrite content that they don’t own the original rights to it – it looks like it’s all down to the “Copyscape mentality” where...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th March 2012, 11:30 AM
Replies: 258
Views: 13,538
Posted By TerryL
Re: Don’t Call Yourself a Writer If What You Really Are Is a Thief

Plus, if you're just re-writing someone else's content, it's hard to write in your own, distinctive voice. If you're a professional writer, your "voice" is often what keeps clients coming back to you...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th March 2012, 11:18 AM
Replies: 258
Views: 13,538
Posted By TiffanyLambert
Re: Don’t Call Yourself a Writer If What You Really Are Is a Thief

Oh God I know Becky. I can rewrite your reply perfectly so it passes copyscape. Doesn't mean I didn't rip you off.



Ah no I'm not referring to anyone in particular. It was a comment I saw in...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th March 2012, 11:16 AM
Replies: 258
Views: 13,538
Posted By 2ndopkate
Re: Don’t Call Yourself a Writer If What You Really Are Is a Thief

Somewhere I read that the best writing comes from people who have actually experienced living the topic. I think there is a lot to that. I know the writing I do that involves my personal experience...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th March 2012, 11:05 AM
Replies: 258
Views: 13,538
Posted By TiffanyLambert
Don’t Call Yourself a Writer If What You Really Are Is a Thief

Hey Warriors!

I’m being a bit harsh in my thread title, I know. Thief is such a strong word – especially for people who are just uneducated about what writing is. But it doesn’t make it untrue,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th February 2012, 10:15 AM
Replies: 128
Views: 5,540
Posted By Chris W. Sutton
Re: Another Wonderful Warrior Passes Away

A lot of people are commenting that they didn't know Vanessa! Let me tell you a little bit about her...

Vanessa was 36 years old and she would have turned 37 on March 10. She was a single mother...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th February 2012, 10:03 PM
Replies: 128
Views: 5,540
Posted By AnitaCross
Re: Another Wonderful Warrior Passes Away

I just want to wake up, and find it's all just a bad dream.

V and I were working on a redesign of her plr site. And in the months before, we'd become really close. Although I never met her face...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th February 2012, 08:15 PM
Replies: 128
Views: 5,540
Posted By warriorkay
Re: Another Wonderful Warrior Passes Away

.
With all the good things people are already saying about her - I am
confident she is already in heaven and will surely rest in peace!

Sudden untimely deaths like these should remind us all...
Forum: Copywriting 2nd November 2011, 10:43 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 955
Posted By Ross Bowring
Re: How much time do you spend THINKING when you write copy?

I stare out of the window an awful lot.

--- Ross
Forum: Off Topic Forum 21st September 2011, 07:53 PM
Replies: 221
Views: 7,381
Posted By Jeannie Crabtree
Re: Journey Of A Warrior Grandfather.

John, you are most welcome and thanks for the compliment about coming from the heart. Glad I could pass on a little info and David could help you.

Keep your chin up. Now you have the info you need...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 21st September 2011, 07:07 PM
Replies: 221
Views: 7,381
Posted By John Durham
Re: Journey Of A Warrior Grandfather.

Great phone calls with Jeanie and her Brother David today. Wonderful people with great hearts. Truly Godsends. Thank you Jeannie, and David if you are reading. You two are close to my heart. Thank...
Forum: Social Media 6th September 2011, 04:57 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 5,984
Posted By Jamie Charles
Re: Social Media Guru Trey Pennington Dead

Mental illness is very real, depression is very real.

Its not about being weak or lazy or anything of the kind.

It can make successful, smart, capable people do things like shoot themselves in...
Forum: Social Media 5th September 2011, 03:01 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 5,984
Posted By sbucciarel
Re: Social Media Guru Trey Pennington Dead

Depression is a disease. A very serious disease, accompanied by unbearable physical and emotional pain. Had he been treated effectively, this may have been averted, but since treatment wholly depends...
Forum: Social Media 5th September 2011, 10:45 AM
Replies: 54
Views: 5,984
Posted By Joshua Rigley
Re: Social Media Guru Trey Pennington Dead

Matt, have you ever been depressed to the point where you are suicidal?

I never, never judge another person harshly when it comes to matters like this, which is easy for most people to do. I don't...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 27th August 2011, 11:21 AM
Replies: 221
Views: 7,381
Posted By Jacqueline Smith
Re: Journey Of A Warrior Grandfather.

Sal is absolutely right.

The government often depends on the fact that you are exhausted from jumping through hoops and, therefore, don't have the financial or emotional means to step things up a...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 27th August 2011, 10:53 AM
Replies: 221
Views: 7,381
Posted By HeySal
Re: Journey Of A Warrior Grandfather.

I would think that it's time to take some action in a different direction, John. Go tell a newspaper how frustrated you are and let them do a human interest story on it -- these gov agencies that...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 25th August 2011, 11:40 AM
Replies: 221
Views: 7,381
Posted By John Durham
Re: Journey Of A Warrior Grandfather.

Thanks Jacqueline,

Yeah I had a good long cry... My lawyer was amazing, but he wasnt on his home field... and even though its their fault the homestudy isnt complete, and not my own... I got put...
Forum: Copywriting 30th July 2011, 10:06 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,166
Posted By Rose Anderson
Re: Difference between copywriting for the web and article writing

Cynthea,
I'm trying to make a similiar shift. After reading, studying, and actually writing "copywriting" for the last two years I'm planning to make a switch from articles and ebooks.

Based on...
Forum: Copywriting 30th July 2011, 09:47 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,166
Posted By Alexa Smith
Re: Difference between copywriting for the web and article writing

I always quoted on the basis of my own estimation (after understanding clearly the job requirements) of how long it would take me.

I had my "hourly rate" in mind (I think it was about $60 when I...
Forum: Copywriting 29th July 2011, 11:34 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,166
Posted By ParadiseDocuments
Re: Difference between copywriting for the web and article writing

First, let me say hello! I'm new to WF and am just checking everything out. I agree about the price difference. This has happened to me twice and both times were with regulars. What it boiled down to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th July 2011, 06:32 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,740
Posted By Michael Tracey
Re: Astrology

Astrology works! That is if you've studied it properly and can draw up a horoscope with the planets and rising star in their correct houses.

But there's more to it than that, I believe not...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th July 2011, 08:39 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,740
Posted By KimW
Re: Astrology

Your statements show you really don't know much about the subject. As far as if there is a market, I'm not naming names but there is one very well known member of this board that I believes makes...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th July 2011, 03:33 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,740
Posted By David A Griffiths
Re: Astrology

Depends on your star-sign! :)
Forum: Copywriting 28th July 2011, 07:42 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,166
Posted By lometogo
Re: Difference between copywriting for the web and article writing

Damn, Cynthea, even NM cowgirls get the blues?

Most of my work used to be article writing, and I was quite happy at the time with the rates I could charge.

However, when I made the transition a...
Forum: Copywriting 21st July 2011, 06:59 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,013
Posted By Mark Andrews
Why Not Offer Something in Return for a Copywriting Critique?

There seems to be a never ending stream of people lately asking for critique after critique and many of them it's obvious that not a lot of thought or care and attention has gone into the sales copy....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th July 2011, 11:32 AM
Replies: 89
Views: 2,520
Posted By Paul Myers
Re: BS Posts, Old Post Revivals and Useless 1 Liner Posts

Oh yeah... while I'm thinking about this...

There was a guy teaching people to do this stuff to get sig file exposure. His lessons included the admission that he'd done a lot of it himself. He got...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th July 2011, 10:36 AM
Replies: 89
Views: 2,520
Posted By Paul Myers
Re: BS Posts, Old Post Revivals and Useless 1 Liner Posts

John,

They get reported, we delete them. That's the only realistic option, other than going back to approving every post by hand until someone hits a specified threshold before allowing them to...
Forum: Copywriting 5th July 2011, 07:18 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 839
Posted By Rose Anderson
Re: Looking for someone who can proofread my copies!

Jenifer,
First, it's better to start your own thread when asking a question. It will be easier for people to see your question and answer.

Second, article writing and copywriting are two...
Forum: Mind Warriors 5th July 2011, 04:57 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 709
Posted By jonnieke
Re: What is your structure?

I totally do agree with you mike because what gives strength to any building or a structure is not the walls or the rooftops but the foundation.If the foundation of any building is weak or faulty...
Forum: Copywriting 28th June 2011, 05:01 AM
Replies: 68
Views: 4,564
Posted By BrianMcLeod
Re: Top Copywriting Tips for Newbies

Seek and destroy the passive voice in your copy wherever possible...

Passive Voice:

"Your sales will skyrocket"

Active Voice:

"Skyrocket your sales"
Forum: Copywriting 22nd June 2011, 08:49 PM
Replies: 68
Views: 4,564
Posted By max5ty
Re: Top Copywriting Tips for Newbies

Tip #9

Never sell the roll of film - sell the memories it creates (old saying).

- meaning - no one buys a roll of film because it's a roll of film, they buy it because they can take pictures of...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th June 2011, 04:25 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 610
Posted By Frank Donovan
Re: Way to block a user from PMing you?

Cynthea,

There's an "ignore" facility in your UserCP - settings and options. That would probably stop PMs.

If not, you should just report any misuse of the PM system.


Frank
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th June 2011, 04:23 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 610
Posted By weblink29
Re: Way to block a user from PMing you?

I see an ignore option under Settings & Options but I don't know if this is also tied to PM'ing.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 16th May 2011, 04:24 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 513
Posted By HeySal
Re: Are you allowed to post anything here anymore besides "what is your favorite TV show" and the li

Well crap - there goes work, play, men, organic food, weather, rockhounding, grilled cheese, coffee, and asti.

Now what?
Forum: Mind Warriors 16th May 2011, 12:07 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,283
Posted By ChrisKahler
Re: What NLP Really Is

Also, you can think about what NLP stands for in a literal sense. Neuro Linguistic Programming. Programming of our neurons (the mind) using language.

The word programming is important, and one way...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th May 2011, 11:37 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 4,338
Posted By Christian Little
Re: Big Mistakes I Made When Outsourcing... (Philippines, Kenya, USA, Canada)

Tip #1: Provide Training

I was in a session with TMN on thursday night that focused a lot on hiring workers from the philipines. One really important tip I got out of the discussion was to...
Forum: Mind Warriors 13th May 2011, 07:13 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 838
Posted By assertiveone
Re: Movie: The Way - starts in UK and Ireland 5/13/11

I listened to a good review of the movie on an Irish radio station yesterday.You can listen for yourself if you go to newstalk.ie Click on the Tom Dunne show,then select Listen back,click Thursday 12...
Forum: Copywriting 9th May 2011, 02:17 AM
Replies: 90
Views: 5,139
Posted By Rigmonkey
Re: Freelance Work

Just a brief update on the trial.

All seven slots were filled last night, and I've communicated with each of the WF members individually. One has already expressed an interest in using me for 20...
Forum: Mind Warriors 8th May 2011, 01:37 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,250
Posted By colingsmith
Re: What are your roadblocks?

Hi cynthea,

What a great question!

What's interesting to me is your use of the vehicle /
road metaphor.

"I was cruising along for about 5 weeks, then hit a wall. It
was more than a speed...
Forum: Copywriting 8th May 2011, 11:51 AM
Replies: 90
Views: 5,139
Posted By Rigmonkey
Re: Freelance Work

The approach I've used is experimental compared to the way I usually approach clients, but the response shows that there's a definite interest in quality on this forum, although that's not too big a...
Forum: Copywriting 7th May 2011, 09:27 AM
Replies: 90
Views: 5,139
Posted By Rigmonkey
Re: Freelance Work

The important thing is you've scoured the bottom of the barrell, baulked at the taste and want to swim to the top. That's progress as far as I'm concerned.

One thing you need to think about with...
Forum: Copywriting 6th May 2011, 05:38 AM
Replies: 90
Views: 5,139
Posted By Rigmonkey
Re: Freelance Work

For my money, this is easily the biggest misconception that surrounds new writers. Bidding sites are for schmucks who want to be chained to a keyboard for 16 hours a day producing low-quality work to...
Forum: Mind Warriors 5th May 2011, 01:53 AM
Replies: 105
Views: 4,569
Posted By Michael Newman
Re: Can you really control how you think?

What is ''action''? It's really just a more concrete and condense form of thoughts. If you believe we're in control of our actions, then you're agreeing that we can also control our thoughts. Their...
Forum: Mind Warriors 4th May 2011, 06:36 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 759
Posted By Clara H
Re: The Problem With Other People

I've had countless times where I've been so focused and enthusiastic about my work and phonecalls from friends or friends organising to see me have actually become stressful because I keep thinking...
Forum: Mind Warriors 4th May 2011, 02:45 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 759
Posted By MissLauraCatella
Re: The Problem With Other People

Thank you Michael and Cynthea,

As always, the thoughts and kind words from other warriors help lift my mood and get my head back in the game.

I can relate to you Michael, I enjoy being alone....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th May 2011, 01:18 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 641
Posted By Rien
Re: Some questions for the writers...

1) I take a look at my current workload, factor in other obligations
and figure out a reasonable time frame to complete the project.
Then I add an extra day or two for cushioning in case an...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd May 2011, 08:51 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 641
Posted By Tina Golden
Re: Some questions for the writers...

More advice not covered by your questions...

Don't undercharge. Figure out what you need to make doing this worth your while. Obviously, you need to be able to determine your own skill level...
Forum: Mind Warriors 30th April 2011, 09:42 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,250
Posted By liewern
Re: What are your roadblocks?

A good mentor will help a lot. I have learned the power of positive projection from my mentor. The moment I am at a road block or in a predicament, rather than dwelling in the negative state of mind,...
Forum: Mind Warriors 29th April 2011, 09:25 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 1,501
Posted By mikecsy
Re: Stay Focused On Your Goal.

Having a partner, coach or mentor is an amazing asset to any entrepreneur. When we try to go it alone it is very difficult to stay motivated. We get into a mindset of working for myself means that I...
Forum: Mind Warriors 25th April 2011, 05:10 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 1,501
Arrow Stay Focused On Your Goal.

Successful people have learnt to stay focused on their dreams, whenever they have an objective at heart that needs to be accomplished, they give it 100% attention, absolutely total undivided...
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