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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 19th February 2022, 07:24 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 339
Posted By verial
Re: How to plan YouTube content?

I run a fairly successful YouTube channel. My method is to simply find popular search terms via keyword analysis and make videos to fit those terms.
Forum: Offline Marketing 9th December 2014, 12:02 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,077
Posted By verial
Re: Cheapest service you offer small businesses?

I have a $40 SEO guide on my site.

When I prospect a customer or a prospect comes to me, I ask them to show me they're serious about working together by buying my guide at $1.

It sounds like...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th December 2014, 11:47 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 500
Posted By verial
Re: Voice overs

There's plenty. I know of voice actresses who got their start doing voice overs.

My suggestion to you would be to focus your marketing on foreigners who can't or don't want to speak good English....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 17th January 2014, 08:12 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 865
Posted By verial
Re: Best way to skyrocket my email list?

1. Set up a squeeze page
2. Run a PPC ad to get traffic

It's that easy.

Now you've just got to find a product to sell, write copy for your autoresponder, and start testing.
Forum: Mind Warriors 14th January 2014, 10:41 AM
Replies: 275
Views: 63,619
Posted By verial
Re: The Secret in Think and Grow Rich?

Napoleon Hill's best book was and always will be:

Grow Rich with Peace of Mind

Yet this isn't the book most people read. Perhaps because it's a more complex version of Think and Grow Rich?
Forum: Wanted - Members Looking To Hire You 14th January 2014, 09:37 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 522
Posted By verial
Re: [New Magazine] I Need Your Help With Ideas For An IM Magazine I Am About To Launch

How much are you charging for advertising? Send me a PM.

Thanks!
Forum: Copywriting 9th August 2013, 10:19 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 822
Posted By verial
Re: Advice for a college student

You can start your copywriting career with little-to-no experience if you target small businesses. Even beginners know more about marketing than most small business owners, and you could even use a...
Forum: Mind Warriors 9th August 2013, 10:09 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 509
Posted By verial
Re: Short Power Point On Consumer Motivation

Among novice internet marketers, the idea of targeting emotions as the end-all-be-all of marketing has been going around for years. But any marketer who gets too hung up on the emotions of a consumer...
Forum: Copywriting 10th May 2013, 04:30 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,610
Posted By verial
Arrow How to Write Good Copy Fast

I've been getting a lot of emails from both newbs and professionals praising my last blog post. Weird thing is, this blog post is a dumbing down of a nine-part blog post of copywiting. I only wrote...
Forum: Copywriting 14th April 2013, 12:48 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,060
Posted By verial
Re: Can you checkout my copy? I'm a first-timer...

Free critique coming through. Toot, toot!

1. Who's "You?" I.e., "I'll teach you..." Who's "I'll's" "I" and why do I care? Are you famous? If so, put your name? Not famous? Change "I'll teach you"...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th April 2013, 11:39 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 1,292
Posted By verial
Re: Been here 10 minutes and I am stoked.

Rules for success at MLM (choose one):

1. Don't join an MLM company.
2. Get in early and get out early.
3. Create your own MLM so you're at the top.

There are no other ways.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th April 2013, 09:36 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 5,301
Posted By verial
Re: Conversion rate for a ClickBank product

Depends on the amount of hurdles they have to jump through. I recently gave up on one program; switching to Adsense made me more money. Here was the problem:

1. Prospect has to opt-in on my site....
Forum: Copywriting 5th April 2013, 09:14 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 842
Posted By verial
Re: How Much Hype do you need to sell a product?

Hype's an awful marketing decision (assuming you can control it).

All hype does is turn long-term sales into short-term sales. You're more likely to make less profit selling through hype than...
Forum: Copywriting 29th March 2013, 05:30 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 874
Posted By verial
Re: Feedback on my first sales page

Direct, blunt criticism, but at least it's free. Ready?



Shit URL. You haven't branded yourself. It's clear you're selling a generic product.
Make music in "any style?" You gonna teach me...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th March 2013, 06:03 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 367
Posted By verial
Re: What to do with this domain I just bought?

Start selling wine, bro. It's the only reasonable option. You just bought yourself a job in the wine industry.

Don't sample your wares too much, lest you become an alcoholic.

When you're all...
Forum: Copywriting 27th March 2013, 06:01 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,729
Posted By verial
Re: Getting Started in Copywriting

Don't undercut yourself just to "learn" or to "get started."

If you need to build a portfolio, you might wish to take on a couple free projects for a local businesses. That worked out for me. The...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th March 2013, 03:47 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 743
Posted By verial
Re: New To IM, it's a struggle !

IM does not exist.

It's an illusion.

What exists is business.

If you know what money is, how it works, and where it goes, you might have a chance of striking rich.

Otherwise, you'll fall...
Forum: Copywriting 26th March 2013, 03:36 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,360
Posted By verial
Re: Conversion Data Gurus - Multivariate or A/B Split

I go with incremental A/B testing. When I get a large sample size, I test for statistical significance. If it exists, then I remove the weaker copy (obviously) and replace it with new copy.

I do...
Forum: Copywriting 26th March 2013, 03:32 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,300
Posted By verial
Re: The Death of the 30 Second TV Spot

Kind of defeats the point when they set it on an infinite loop.
Forum: Copywriting 22nd March 2013, 09:57 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 688
Posted By verial
Re: Nature -vs- Nurture

Smiling has been shown to temporarily reduce IQ.

Copywriting has a single objective: sell.

This is an objective that you can reach through training.

Of course, IQ and native language...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd March 2013, 09:41 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 594
Posted By verial
Why Most Warrior's Products Fail

Let's first admit that most people here are independent workers, not big companies.

We don't have the resources to do extensive market research (actually, we do, but that's another issue) to find...
Forum: Copywriting 21st March 2013, 01:02 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 684
Posted By verial
Re: looking for critique / input.

You start out your copy saying who you are. Yet you provide no credentials or proof that you (for example, and in your words) are "specialized," "professional," or "put your clients first."

SHOW....
Forum: Copywriting 12th March 2013, 03:59 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 559
Posted By verial
Arrow Finding a Balance: The art and science of copywriting.

I've been spending more time in consulting and less in copywriting these days. But the fact that I now have to explain WHY I do what I do has brought to light why some of my copywriting techniques...
Forum: Copywriting 12th March 2013, 03:38 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,041
Posted By verial
Re: Best Story/Copywriting Course?

You can actually learn enough about using stories in copy just from writing and reading fiction.

In short, the takeaway is this:

Once you know your story (and can connect it to your...
Forum: Copywriting 26th February 2013, 01:24 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,230
Posted By verial
Re: How to: News Paper ad

I feel this is better, but I have a general suggestion for whatever ad you go with.

I notice that all your suggestions break up sentences in unnatural places. This makes your ad hard to read. Try...
Forum: Copywriting 26th February 2013, 12:21 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 974
Posted By verial
Re: Need Sales Letter Critique

Simple but useful rule:

Never use a question in the headline to which a reader can easily answer NO.

In short, you're essentially saying upfront that your service only offers one benefit.
...
Forum: Copywriting 21st February 2013, 05:10 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,676
Posted By verial
Re: “My” Versus “Your” — Which Call to Action Copy Got 90% More Clicks?

I once run a test that improved conversions by INFINITY:

And all I did was change the text from white to black!
Forum: Copywriting 21st February 2013, 05:05 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,362
Posted By verial
Re: Attention copywriting Newbs...

Here are some more:

Valuable.
Super.
Friendly.
Magnificent.
Great.
Gallant.
Enthusiastic.
Passionate.
Forum: Copywriting 8th February 2013, 08:55 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,596
Posted By verial
Re: Does the 10,000 hour rule apply to learning copywriting?

I've always seen him as a master of time management, more than anything. The dude knows how to apply himself to the things he wants to do. Most people in live are working at one thing the majority of...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th January 2013, 10:40 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 988
Posted By verial
Re: How do you keep motivated in IM

I gotta disagree with all three of these.

1. There is no scientific connection between liking nature and being productive. Also, point 1 assumes a lot. Taking myself as an example:

I don't live...
Forum: Mind Warriors 24th January 2013, 10:28 PM
Replies: 3,690
Views: 128,803
Posted By verial
Re: Inspirational Quotes ... Post Yours!

"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."

-George W. Bush
Forum: Copywriting 24th January 2013, 10:22 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 904
Posted By verial
Re: Need help selecting an ad tagline

Are you selling websites? If so, realize competition is still. Consumers are being bombarded with advertisements like yours.

Go against the grain.

Gain rapport by starting with something...
Forum: Copywriting 24th January 2013, 10:17 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 2,245
Posted By verial
Re: What is the most important factor in the decision to buy something?

One of the things a good copywriter recognizes before even beginning to write is whether the decision-making process is a:

1) Should I buy this?

or a:

2) Which one should I buy?

Knowing...
Forum: Copywriting 23rd January 2013, 06:05 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 6,086
Posted By verial
Forum: Copywriting 22nd January 2013, 12:01 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 943
Posted By verial
Re: What do you think of this copy?

Honestly, I stopped reading at the first line.

"100% of Everyone..."

What.

Not to be unproductive, but what does this even mean? Could you relate your headline to readers in a logical or at...
Forum: Copywriting 21st January 2013, 11:55 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 943
Posted By verial
Re: How TO WRITE sales copy when you don't NEED to?

You can write sales copy without being a "salesman."

If you truly believe that what you are selling will be helpful to your readers, then you would be talking about it in an enthusiastic way. Let...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st January 2013, 11:35 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 906
Posted By verial
Re: Freelance Writers - What did you do to improve your writing?

If you want to get more clients MARKET YOURSELF.

If you want to get paid more LEARN NEGOTIATION SKILLS.

If you want to become a better writer WRITE.

But know one thing: Being a good writer...
Forum: Copywriting 17th January 2013, 07:51 AM
Replies: 184
Views: 13,970
Posted By verial
Re: Is NLP Utter Hogwash?

NLP is a Complete Pseudoscience.

Take it from a psychologist.

The fact that this thread is so long bothers me, actually.

But I guess threads on astrology are the same way...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 17th January 2013, 07:35 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 523
Posted By verial
Re: What should I do to improve ctr ?

Look at your site. Seriously. It is utterly beyond me how often webmasters don't look at their own sites and see how the texts meshes with their site.

In particular:

Look at the text color....
Forum: Copywriting 9th January 2013, 12:05 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,082
Posted By verial
Re: Not asking for a free critique - just some feedback!

As a professional copywriter, I'm not going to address your copy directly, but will address what you've said with two points:

1. Vocabulary size does not matter. Most successful copy aimed a...
Forum: Copywriting 14th December 2012, 04:01 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 882
Posted By verial
Re: sales page review please

I usually charge for critiques, but I'll give you a handful of pointers that can give you immediate results (assuming you have targeted traffic).



Change your header. Make it a picture, or at...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th December 2012, 03:50 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 836
Posted By verial
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