Forum: Copywriting 
2nd January 2016, 12:03 PM
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Forum: Copywriting
29th December 2015, 09:14 AM
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Views: 765  Re: Who here can destroy my sales page the most?
I read it like your prospects read it - skimming.
I stopped reading when it didn't grab me/didn't seem believable.
This is what your reader is doing. They're not giving you the benefit of the...
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Forum: Copywriting
19th December 2015, 01:21 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,032 The Psychology of Clickbait
You'll Be Outraged at How Easy It Was to Get You to Click on This Headline | WIRED (http://www.wired.com/2015/12/psychology-of-clickbait/)
Interesting article
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Forum: Copywriting
30th November 2015, 08:34 AM
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Forum: Copywriting
17th November 2015, 09:10 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,063 Re: Have you ever written for the XXX market?
At first I thought you were asking if people wrote for the adult market?
Anyway..you got the click from your headline.
Interestingly I was just studying a market where up to 30% of young women...
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Forum: Copywriting
16th November 2015, 12:56 PM
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Forum: Copywriting
15th November 2015, 12:28 PM
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Forum: Copywriting
15th November 2015, 02:28 AM
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Views: 1,290 How to write better and why
Here are 10 tips on writing better and the rationale behind them.
10 top writing tips and the psychology behind them - without bullshit...
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Forum: Copywriting
14th November 2015, 03:06 PM
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Forum: Copywriting
14th November 2015, 01:58 PM
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Forum: Copywriting
14th November 2015, 12:30 PM
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Forum: Copywriting
13th November 2015, 05:32 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 761 Re: Sloth Ain't Growth
Right then…
Time to swipe a few power words.
Speak (Could be a good email subject line)
Idle monsters (Enemy in common)
Or be foreverly damned (Used with humour if you don't buy the...
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Forum: Copywriting
8th November 2015, 01:44 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,119 Re: So, it's come to this...
Hi Rick,
Thanks for the reply, yet more excellent advice!
I'd like to begin by saying, I couldnt hate any of you if I tried! Not my style! I love pretty much love everyone!
And you're...
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Forum: Copywriting
7th November 2015, 03:11 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,119 Re: So, it's come to this...
Mike, I'm going to give you $100,000 worth of personal advice.
You should *LOVE* the situation you're in. Embrace it. Use it to your advantage.
What you should be doing right now is writing...
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Forum: Copywriting
6th November 2015, 07:57 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,119 Re: So, it's come to this...
Wowsers! A response already!
Thanks guys, some awesome ideas here already!
@Steve and Dan, 2 superb ideas, I will begin work on those this evening (feel a critique post maybe coming)
@Ray...
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Forum: Copywriting
28th October 2015, 10:11 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 2,996 Re: Has COPY become a "COMMODITY"?
Interesting perspective. In my opinion, what we've got here is a classic case of a false-positive.
If you tend to operate in the world as a spectator, superficially looking at what's...
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Forum: Copywriting
20th October 2015, 10:45 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 1,984 Re: Sales Letter Critique Pls.
I don't think you quite realize it, so I'll blurt it out:
The quality of your copy on that page is actually UNSELLING the product.
I'm not trying to be hurtful here. I'm trying to help.
You...
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Forum: Copywriting
19th October 2015, 10:25 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 941 Re: Best Copywriting Quotes
"If you can dodge a wrench... you can dodge a ball"
Wait, that's not copy related... still one of my favorite quotes.
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Forum: Copywriting
18th October 2015, 09:07 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 632  Copywriting & Content Marketing Cheat Sheet
=== COPYWRITING & CONTENT MARKETING CHEAT SHEET ===
Hey y'all, quick intro - I'm new here. I just linked this in a couple FB ad/entrepreneur groups and it got a crazy unexpected response. Hoping...
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Forum: Copywriting
15th October 2015, 09:59 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 895 Re: Your input matters—thank you
Thanks Rick.
I think it all comes down to trust.
Not trust in people, or even trust in myself...
...but trust that hard work MUST pay off, even if you can't visualize or predict how.
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Forum: Copywriting
15th October 2015, 05:22 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 895 Your input matters—thank you
Hey copy connoisseurs,
I've noticed that some of the higher level folk around here have complained on more than one occasion about newbies taking advice but failing to report back on their...
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Forum: Copywriting
9th October 2015, 11:58 AM
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Forum: Copywriting
7th October 2015, 02:30 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 2,737 Re: 30k USD mentor program - worth the money?
I'll second Alex and his vote for Alan... I've been on his mailing list for quite some time.
I've been online since 2001, for 14 years, and I remember seeing Alan's stuff back then, on
Michel...
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Forum: Copywriting
7th October 2015, 01:37 PM
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Forum: Copywriting
3rd October 2015, 06:13 PM
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Forum: Copywriting
26th September 2015, 08:16 PM
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Views: 2,996 Re: Has COPY become a "COMMODITY"?
Copy is not becoming a commodity. Copywriters have positioned THEMSELVES as commodities.
It's a subtle but significant difference. Hopefully, now that I've said it, the distinction will be...
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Forum: Copywriting
23rd September 2015, 04:14 AM
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Forum: Copywriting
17th September 2015, 11:07 PM
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Views: 1,756 5 Principles of Effective Headlines
MECLABS has determined five principles of effective headlines after 15 years of testing. Take a look at this example that incorporates all five.
Copywriting: See immediate lifts by applying these...
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Forum: Copywriting
17th September 2015, 11:35 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,092 10 Opt-in Form A/B SplitTests [With Results]
10 Opt-in Form A/B SplitTests [With Results] - GetResponse Blog - Email Marketing Tips (http://blog.getresponse.com/10-opt-in-form-ab-splittests-with-results.html)
- Rick Duris
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Forum: Copywriting
12th September 2015, 10:45 PM
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Forum: Copywriting
6th September 2015, 02:22 PM
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Forum: Copywriting
29th August 2015, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,014 Re: because
True story. Just happened a couple days ago:
One my clients is a sales manager that manages a phone room.
I was talking to him the other day and he held up the phone so I could hear one of his...
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Forum: Copywriting
28th August 2015, 09:19 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 823 Forum Flashback: Rick Duris Research Techniques
Folks,
I'm in the process of organizing some articles and quality forum threads on copywriting research for my post (see stickies) for new copywriters. Will they ever read it? Probably not.
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Forum: Copywriting
28th August 2015, 12:05 AM
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Forum: Copywriting
26th August 2015, 05:16 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 858 The Copywriter's Life ...
I'm in the process of doing some Spring cleaning in Summer and ran across
some old documents. A tax return showed that my family income was
less than $9K in 2001. Yes, I was in grad school...
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Forum: Copywriting
16th August 2015, 02:29 PM
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Forum: Copywriting
16th August 2015, 05:25 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,836 Re: I wonder....
I would have them pay some nominal amount. $17-$47/per person.
The argument for payment is pretty straightforward.
You're inviting real companies. Companies who have revenues and budgets....
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Forum: Copywriting
16th August 2015, 03:55 AM
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Forum: Copywriting
16th August 2015, 12:42 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,836 Re: I wonder....
They have. Michel Fortin, web copywriter extraordinaire, started his copywriting career the exact way Rick suggests.
Here's another method to consider...
Alex Mandossian targeted a certain...
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Forum: Copywriting
15th August 2015, 10:24 PM
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Forum: Copywriting
13th August 2015, 05:44 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,836 Re: I wonder....
That's the key question.
Here's the idea and I guarantee if you do this and you do it right, you'll be flooded with work.
Mail to your local companies, individually to the various people in...
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Forum: Copywriting
13th August 2015, 09:46 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 781 Bonjour and He La (and Hola too)
Welcome.
To the copywriting forum. Still active here are people you will learn from.
STILL participating are wonderful teachers who continue to share their time and experience with the forum....
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Forum: Copywriting
26th July 2015, 10:47 AM
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Forum: Copywriting
23rd July 2015, 02:36 PM
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Forum: Copywriting
23rd July 2015, 08:49 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,821 Re: Abuse My Sales Page
Thank you. You're very kind.
For the record:
There is no offer. There is no report. I have no service to help people build up their blog traffic.
I made that copy up whole cloth. The only...
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Forum: Copywriting
22nd July 2015, 01:08 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,821 Re: Abuse My Sales Page
My blog gets 30,000 visitors a month. More or less. Free traffic, mostly from search engines...
http://copyranger.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/copyrangerblogtraffic.jpg
I built this up over...
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Forum: Copywriting
8th July 2015, 05:33 PM
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Forum: Copywriting
8th July 2015, 10:57 AM
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Forum: Copywriting
8th July 2015, 07:57 AM
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Views: 1,178 2 Neat Resources for Copywriters and Marketers
I get a lot of email.
Anytime I find something in one of my emails, if I think it will help
fellow copywriters and marketers, I'll post it here.
2 came through my inbox last night... many of...
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Forum: Copywriting
6th July 2015, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,114 Re: Copywriters are like Criminals...
Guess I'm completely missing the gist of your reply Alex. I was reading this morning. Saw an apt idea and posted it, went back to reading.
This wasn't an attempt to get clicks to my site with a...
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Forum: Copywriting
3rd July 2015, 12:14 AM
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Forum: Copywriting
25th June 2015, 08:50 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,929 Re: Anyone using this app? I love it!
Rick, have you tried the Hemingway app yet? That's one of the tools in my kit lately.
Hemingway (http://www.hemingwayapp.com/)
They have a free online version and a paid desktop ($7) version.
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Forum: Copywriting
25th June 2015, 10:39 AM
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Forum: Copywriting
23rd June 2015, 02:28 AM
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Replies: 86
Views: 6,070 Re: 4 postcards mailed, which was the winner?
Here's my thinking why the first 3 got the most no's.
First comes this statement...
"The Public Sort Their Mail Over The Waste Paper Basket".
Gary Halbert said something like that.
So...
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Forum: Copywriting
22nd June 2015, 04:51 AM
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Replies: 86
Views: 6,070 Re: 4 postcards mailed, which was the winner?
Drum roll...
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE WINNING POSTCARD IS...
#4
Dean Jackson was the man who engineered them all.
Here he talks about the thinking behind why he chose
those approaches.
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Forum: Copywriting
20th June 2015, 11:38 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,689 Re: Let's Re-brand Apple
Nah, it's everyone.
It's a conspiracy.
But now this post is back up the ladder with the joie de vivre of a pup barfing candy, is there any advance on "iWarp"?
Leave an MacBook Air out on a...
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