Goal Setting and Other Signs You're a Procrastinator
Recently I was traveling abroad. (And actually, I was traveling with a broad, if she'll forgive the expression. It was my honeymoon And on this journey, we met a Frenchmen ... [read more]
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9 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} Trust Your Instincts and Get More Projects Done?
The other day I was re-reading a Michel Fortin article about getting more done faster. He mentions one of my favorite productivity tips, Parkinson's Law, that says "Work either expands ... [read more]
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7 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} How to just "BE" instead of WISHING to be
A goal is a wish. i.e. "I want to be an Internet marketing guru." Sometimes you can back it up with a plan, where you work each day or week ... [read more]
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0 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} My 2nd Best Productivity Tip (and the 1st one)
To understand my 2nd best productivity tip, you have to understand the first one. And yes, I realize that highlighting the 2nd productivity tip first seems wrong. But you'll understand ... [read more]
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3 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} My 3rd best productivity tip...
There are 2 productivity tips I rate as better than this one, but I'd like to share my 3rd best productivity tip now. My 3rd best productivity tip is just ... [read more]
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50 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} Failure Secrets
I've been a freelance writer for 6 years plus now, so it's important that I learn to be as productive as possible without the aid of a boss peaking over ... [read more]
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1 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} Is it a "To Do" list, or a "Forget" list
Some people write "To Do" lists and do an incredible job of completing each task quickly. You know who you are. And if that's you, congrats. You're a rare bird. ... [read more]
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4 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} What fear of success? I call BS
When you read about procrastination and the causes, you'll inevitably read that one of the major causes is the fear of success. This "fear of success" mantra is as annoying ... [read more]
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6 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} How would you replicate this Amazon feature with CSS?
Hi all - I'm trying to create a page with CSS, but I'm an amateur. One element I'm trying to create is a row of products, like Amazon has on ... [read more]
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24 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} Copywriting Riddle Tests Your Skills
If you test this headline: FORMER BARBER EARNS $8,000 IN FOUR MONTHS AS A REAL ESTATE SPECIALIST against this headline: HOW I MADE A FORTUNE WITH A "FOOL IDEA" And ... [read more]
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2 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} Dance With The One Who Brung Ya
The order form copy should match the call to action. The call to action should match the promises in the copy. The promises in the copy should match the headline. ... [read more]
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17 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} Tragedy Of The Copy Writer
I'm guilty. When I first started writing copy, I thought I was dang good because I could copy the hype I saw in other sales letters. I saw outlandish claims, ... [read more]
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1 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} The Disappearing Spoon
While digitally rifling through my past copywriting resources I was reminded to check out best selling books for ideas for headlines, hooks and leads. I found a good one. It's ... [read more]
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22 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} Tell 'Em To Go Away, Because They'll Be Back
Recently I've noticed a lot of copywriting applicants with, to say the least, interesting expectations. I get questions about money-back guarantees, if I can deliver over night, if I can ... [read more]
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36 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} Crossing The FTC? Priceless
An "insane" but actually boring PLR bonus at the end of your sales letter? A $47 Value. The "amazing" but off-topic software bonus you're "crazy" to be throwing in free ... [read more]
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10 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} Throwing Exclamation Points Around Like Darts
I started writing copy about 10 years ago. And in the beginning I learned from trial and error as opposed to reading the classics or hiring a coach (both of ... [read more]
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24 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} My Copywriting Research Tools, What Are Yours?
Just wrote a blog post about my favorite research tools. I bet a couple of them are underutilized by copywriters on here, so I wonder which research tools I'm missing. ... [read more]
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21 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} Mel Gibson in Gladiator
I just heard a radio ad for a local car dealership. About 2-3 sentences in they say... "like Mel Gibson in Gladiator." That made me think, "Mel Gibson wasn't in ... [read more]
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21 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} Internet Guru Xxxx Xxxxx Retires! (Sound familiar?)
Does this sound familiar at all? "Then I stipulated that he call it "My Farewell Car." That to signify a degree of finality and his satisfaction with it. But he ... [read more]
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11 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} How Claude Hopkins Lived To 144 Years
Claude Hopkins (1866 - ) Recently in a great copywriting discussion on this forum we brought up Claude Hopkins. This stirred me to reopen his 2 most famous works, especially ... [read more]
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43 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} The Great Copywriting Divorce
First, I'd like to say welcome to one of our newer and probably more enthusiastic members of the WF Copywriting Forum. I've enjoyed your posts and many of them have ... [read more]
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17 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} How does wordpress do it?
So I've got a problem I need to figure out. Hopefully the answer is in php. You know how with Wordpress, posts can end up looking like this... http://www.blog.com/post/ ...even ... [read more]
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32 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} Test, Test, Test! Ya, I know, but is anyone actually doing it?
I've always found it funny how many people spout out "You need to test!" but I rarely ever see evidence of anyone testing. Even more rarely do I see testing ... [read more]
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36 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} Faux Copywriters Vs. Pro Copywriters
I recently was reminded of a quote from Michel Fortin that I blogged about once before. In one line, he sums up the problem with many of the new copywriters ... [read more]
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9 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} My 04/08 prediction of copywriters during the downturn...
I did an interview for Edgar Boutaric in April of 2008. One question was about how copywriters would fare during the economic downturn. And this was before things really hit ... [read more]
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8 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} A Good Way To Test Your Headlines
If you want to quickly find a winning headline for your new product, it's a good idea to test different headlines on a squeeze page rather than a long sales ... [read more]
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10 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} Can PHP identify identify uppercase letters in a string?
I'm trying to find uppercase letters in a string and make them bold (meaning, put html tags around them <b></b>). Is that possible? And really I only want this to ... [read more]
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0 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} Blogroll Link Exchange - Free
My copywriting blog is more than a year old with 145 pages listed in Google and 599 links coming in. If you have a blog and will agree to link ... [read more]
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7 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} Which Copywriter Will They Hire In A Recession?
People are guarding their money these days, and I think that will only become more true as the economy stumbles along. I've noticed a trend lately where clients are asking ... [read more]
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20 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} Twitter Traffic Strategies
I've had some decent success with generating targeted traffic from Twitter lately. My main method is 4-5 tweets of content followed by a tweet linked to my squeeze page. I ... [read more]
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0 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} 4 DVDs Reveal How James Brausch Made Millions, Then Sent Me This $10,000.00 Gift. --> Free Shipping
Get Your Piece Of My $10,000.00 Gift AND Earn An Online Income With These DVDs... Way back when James Brausch decided he was going to send me a gift ... [read more]
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21 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }} Should you be on Twitter? Two ways twitter surpasses blogging...
The other day James Brausch asked via Twitter: Someone tell me why I should twitter in addition to blogging at JamesBrausch.com | 23 days ago from web Good question. Here's ... [read more]