Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 
15th December 2015, 08:24 AM
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Views: 3,561  Re: Mail Chimp vs Imnica Mail?
One thing I learned over the years as a webhost, webmaster, script installer, and trainer etc. is that one man's "easy" is another man's "WTF!" I have made COUNTLESS how to videos over the past 12...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
3rd December 2015, 09:45 AM
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Replies: 959
Views: 64,184 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
20th September 2015, 01:12 PM
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Replies: 959
Views: 64,184 |
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Forum: Copywriting
9th September 2015, 12:54 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,267 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
2nd September 2015, 01:49 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,170 |
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Forum: Copywriting
13th June 2015, 11:56 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,201 Re: WF copywriting forum dead?
I try to check in but honestly it's the same troll threads being bumped up, an old post from years ago being resurrected with "thanks, good post!", or the endless critiques.
I'll chime in on a...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
28th May 2015, 08:33 AM
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Replies: 86
Views: 5,800 Re: Taking a job selling windows
It's different selling.
If you are selling a complex sale to a company, it may take several calls, because the decision making process is systematized...and there are several that need to be in on...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
27th May 2015, 11:06 AM
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Replies: 86
Views: 5,800 Re: Taking a job selling windows
I can give you some ideas that may help, especially at first.
You need to see sales being made. Ask if you can go with an experienced rep on several appointments. Don't talk, just watch. Most...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
26th May 2015, 12:45 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 4,482 Re: PayPal "Loophole" Gone
Quality product or not, I have found that refund request for products
sold on CLICKBANK are 100X that for PayPal. My same product
sold on PayPal receives far fewer refund request than on PayPal.
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Forum: Copywriting
22nd May 2015, 10:13 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 2,867 |
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Forum: Copywriting
22nd May 2015, 01:27 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 2,867 |
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Forum: Copywriting
19th May 2015, 05:52 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 3,006 |
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Forum: Copywriting
18th May 2015, 03:06 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 3,006 Re: The Most Powerful Copywriting Secret Ever!
There's an old saying that goes like this...
"You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink".
Well you can make it drink by putting enough salt in it's hay!
So this is 'salting'...
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Forum: Copywriting
18th May 2015, 12:15 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 3,006 |
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Forum: Copywriting
5th May 2015, 10:13 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,074 Re: Fair Pay For Copywriters
Great advice from the guys.
My two cents: I don't get it.
Seriously, this whole structure you've set up - I don't get it. Why on earth would you want to pay $500-2K for a 20 page sales letter...
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Forum: Copywriting
5th May 2015, 04:16 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,074 Re: Fair Pay For Copywriters
A VSL to sell pro copywriters into writing for you on a weird, risk-averse pricing ladder that starts off with a $20 article and ends with a $7K sales letter?
I'd seriously rethink your strategy...
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Forum: Copywriting
4th May 2015, 05:52 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,074 Re: Fair Pay For Copywriters
While it's highly individual, what you want to do is engineer compensation such that it inspires a copywriter's best efforts.
That's usually accomplished with a combination of an upfront fee and...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
1st May 2015, 09:23 AM
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Replies: 150
Views: 19,332 Re: So who is a millionaire on here?
I cannot agree more. I never understood why somebody that makes $10k or less a year has a tax bracket of 10% and I am on a tax bracket of 39%
The message we send people is that if you work hard,...
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Forum: Copywriting
30th April 2015, 12:03 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,269 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
26th April 2015, 02:54 PM
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Replies: 150
Views: 19,332 Re: So who is a millionaire on here?
I can tell you why I posted an answer.
The question is slightly invasive, and in kind of bad taste. I thought that was funny.
The idea of telling someone outright that you make a good living,...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
26th April 2015, 11:51 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 668 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
24th April 2015, 08:29 AM
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Replies: 150
Views: 19,332 Re: So who is a millionaire on here?
Only if you don't know how to manage your money. If someone makes $1.75 million on gross profit, and pays $750,000 in income tax, that person is a fool.
And that's why I said it took 2 years, even...
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Forum: Copywriting
18th April 2015, 09:34 PM
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Replies: 62
Views: 10,395 similar thought
I had a similar thought Mark.
A person who has never written a sales letter criticizing Gary B reminds me of a mosquito with an erection floating down the Mississipi river on his back yelling,...
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Forum: Copywriting
15th April 2015, 10:59 AM
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Replies: 62
Views: 10,395 Re: Gary Bencivenga --- I'm not impressed!
There is a a certain magic about good writing.
If you read a piece and it sounds like good writing, then it is not.
Good writing is transparent. You don't even know you are reading it.
If a...
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Forum: Copywriting
14th April 2015, 04:54 PM
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Replies: 62
Views: 10,395 Re: Gary Bencivenga --- I'm not impressed!
What is your opinion?
That anybody could sell an olive oil of the month club by giving away a free bottle?
Or that the copy doesn't work but he keeps giving the olive oil away hoping to make it...
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Forum: Copywriting
9th April 2015, 01:12 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 2,265 |
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Forum: Copywriting
9th April 2015, 11:05 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 2,265 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
6th April 2015, 10:34 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,207 |
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Forum: Copywriting
6th April 2015, 10:01 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,415 Re: Best Way to Approach ClickBank Clients?
I wouldn't approach them at all. If you don't have a strong portfolio or track record, you have little or no leverage to close a deal with them. Then there's the issue of whether they can/will pay...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
19th March 2015, 03:32 AM
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Replies: 202
Views: 36,037 |
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Forum: Copywriting
17th March 2015, 08:03 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,038 Re: RIP Sylvie Fortin
I'm deeply saddened to learn about Sylvie's death... what a tough, inspiring woman.
The way Michel and Sylvie loved, lived and worked with each other is a model we can all learn from.
My mom...
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Forum: Copywriting
17th March 2015, 07:26 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,038 RIP Sylvie Fortin
A note of sympathy and condolence for Michel Fortin. His wife Sylvie passed away after a long battle with breast cancer.
I Died Today - Michel Fortin (http://michelfortin.com/died-today/)
I...
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Forum: Copywriting
6th March 2015, 03:20 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 8,175 |
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
21st February 2015, 10:22 AM
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Replies: 217
Views: 26,949 Re: Making My First Million Online- My Story
Maybe because of this?
Maybe i'm just too much of a skeptic but iv'e seen this so many times on these forums.
Guy/Girl appears from nowhere, has this unbelievable story of rags to riches and...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
11th February 2015, 09:08 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,982 Re: Critique my new flyer, please.
Good on you for coming on here and asking for critique.
Some quick thoughts:
1. Needs a proper headline, it should promote the biggest benefit you can find, not an image caption. Spend a lot...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
10th February 2015, 10:42 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,532 |
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Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings
25th January 2015, 11:29 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,723 Re: Getresponse BLACK LISTED as SPAM,... Again!
That isn't an "obvious sign" at all. In fact, it could easily be unrelated.
One thing that has been an issue for GR and some larger mailers who have been using GR exclusively for the past few...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
19th January 2015, 03:43 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,778 Jason Kanigan - Punched in the Face
''You're gonna get punched in the face for at least a couple of years if you're going to choose this self-employed route, so be ready for that''.
Great advice from Jason Kanigan about what it's...
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Forum: Offline Marketing
17th January 2015, 09:19 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 5,080 Re: A Bite of Reality: Why New Businesses Fail
From someone who's taken too many punches since going into business in 1991 I'd like to share four simple to use spreadsheets that I still use to this day to manage cash-flow and other key areas.
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
2nd January 2015, 10:07 AM
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Replies: 163
Views: 5,636 Re: WSO sales copy being Rejected! - Tips please
I think there's a huge difference between someone saying "I made xxxx" and "You will make xxxx". "You will..." is a real income claim where the seller has absolutely no idea if that would be true of...
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Forum: Copywriting
27th December 2014, 10:29 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 3,629 |
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Forum: Copywriting
26th December 2014, 04:10 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 3,629 |
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
23rd December 2014, 05:19 AM
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Replies: 81
Views: 4,071 Re: Ain't That A Shame
Now I know what my problem has been all along. I have to get my wife a new pair of shows.
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
22nd December 2014, 09:34 PM
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Replies: 81
Views: 4,071 Re: Ain't That A Shame
Bruce,
You're right. That needed to be said, but you weren't the one it should have been directed toward. You were entirely correct, and I apologize.
One small nit... The comment about not...
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
22nd December 2014, 10:40 AM
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Replies: 81
Views: 4,071 Re: Ain't That A Shame
Good to see you Bruce. Hearing this coming from you is a real eye opener but I guess not all that surprising.
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
22nd December 2014, 09:04 AM
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Replies: 81
Views: 4,071 Re: Ain't That A Shame
It is a shame...
I agree it's their right, but it's more like "they made their bed now they have to lay in it " in terms of ROI.
All of this was (insert 90+ percentage figure here)...
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
22nd December 2014, 08:29 AM
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Replies: 81
Views: 4,071 Re: Ain't That A Shame
That's really insteresting and a long way from: "pre-eminent marketplace and community for Internet marketing professionals across the globe. Ranked by Alexa as the 225th most visited website in the...
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
21st December 2014, 07:32 AM
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Replies: 81
Views: 4,071 Re: Ain't That A Shame
Alexa,
I believe I know where the "inability" thing comes from. If I'm right and it's still happening, this place is pretty much done. If they don't have a single moderator they trust to make the...
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
18th December 2014, 12:25 PM
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Replies: 81
Views: 4,071 Re: Ain't That A Shame
I'm very sorry to say that I agree, for the most part.
Three months ago I'd have dissented from this view.
Three months ago, I think the situation was actually different: it wasn't so...
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
18th December 2014, 08:13 AM
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Replies: 81
Views: 4,071 Re: Ain't That A Shame
Online right now:
Currently Active Users: 11863 (1872 members and 9991 guests)
Online one year ago today:
Currently Active Users: 23093 (2177 members and 20916 guests)
I think that...
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Forum: Off Topic Forum
18th December 2014, 05:24 AM
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Replies: 81
Views: 4,071 Re: Ain't That A Shame
Joint as in who Sal ... the over 100,000 or so idiots they recruited as "members" who are primarily spammers, link droppers and other non contributing members or the who as in the tiny handful of...
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Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings
3rd December 2014, 10:25 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,327 |
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Forum: Copywriting
25th November 2014, 09:27 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,263 Re: How to Get Clients Now and in the Future
Good post Mark.
The longer I've been doing this, the more I realize that it can be a lot more profitable, and a lot less stressful... to work with those clients who KNOW the value of good copy and...
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Forum: Copywriting
16th October 2014, 12:53 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,784 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
21st September 2014, 05:21 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 1,370 |
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Forum: Offline Marketing
21st September 2014, 12:05 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 1,370 |