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    Jumpstart Writing Your Book with This Proven Formula

    Monday, June 30th, 2008

    Two acquaintances emailed to see about hiring me to write their copy — one wanted me to write her ebook for a new product (and quite a promising one at that!) and the other to hire me for rewriting their fitness site.
    Since I included a lot of information that is good to know, I combined [...]

    Secret Strategy #3 - Will People Buy What You Sell? Here’s The Easy Way to Find Out . . .

    Friday, May 23rd, 2008

    Lets face it, most market research tools suck, plain and simple. WordTracker and Keyword Discovery, while powerful — also burden you with too much information and it’s up to you to sift what you need from the chaff.
    Those of you who know me know that I speak quite a bit about the KEY importance of [...]

    Letter To The New Info-Product Creator - Concluded

    Monday, April 21st, 2008

    Have you ever tried to push a rope? Well, getting the subject of our series on new info-product creation, “Bob” to act in his own intelligent best-interest has been just like  pushing a rope, or trying to teach the proverbial pig to sing.
    In Part 1 I told you about a new info-product guy with one [...]

    Letter To The New Info-Product Creator - Part 2

    Friday, April 18th, 2008

    In Part 1 I told you about a guy with one of the most promising product ideas I’ve heard in a long  time.
    But he suffers from “failure to get started” syndrome and it’s going to be a VERY costly mistake . . . for him.
    Unless he starts taking MASSIVE ACTION to overcome the mental inertia keeping [...]

    Free $10K Expertise - IMC’s Internet Wealth Mastery Summit 2008

    Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

    3 days downloading the info-product creation and marketing strategies from the top experts making the most money doing exactly what they were teaching us.
    Easily, over $10,000 of tips, tactics, strategies . . . even whole campaigns laid out for us — and it was all free.
    Yup . . . F-R-E-E.
    After 3 days of drinking from [...]

    Do You Have The Edge of Success? Get The Infusion Edge

    Friday, April 4th, 2008

    Created this little video for the Infusion CRM “Get The Edge” contest by Infusion CRM by Infusion Software.
    What the heck is it? It’s a full-bodied contact manager, list manager, autoresponder, fax responder and oh yes . . . it totally manages your online AND offline campaigns.
    Did I mention it was a completely integrated package? [...]

    How To Consciously Get Unconscious Mastery — Mental Best Practices For Success

    Monday, February 4th, 2008

    Special Guest Post today from Mark Cunningham, one of the top hypnotists in the world. I am a student of his training, a fan of his work and most importantly, I am privileged to call him friend.
    Here, Mark reveals how to separate the information wheat from the chaff, how to set your goals (and reach [...]

    When Inner School Marms Strike: Man Becomes King Of The Squirrels!

    Monday, January 28th, 2008

    What do grammar heathens and King of The Squirrels have in common? Why do schoolteachers malke less than copywriters? And what is an “inner school marm”anyway? The answers and laughs in today’s post about the latest settling for the booby prize moment and being a royal rodent.

    Are You Taking Advantage of these 22 Startling Economic Predictions?

    Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

    Michael Masterson has some startling predictions for 2008 that will impact your bottom-line. So why should you  care? Maybe you shouldn’t . . . maybe you should . . . either way, it all depends on what you DO with the information that matters, isn’t it?
    Normally, (as Masterson) acknowledges, I couldn’t give a spit about [...]

    Newsletters Without Websites, Part 2 — From Questionable To Worst

    Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

    [cue 60's Lost In Space announcer voice] . . .
    ‘Last week we left our intrepid hero confronted by a Mental Cyclops bent on selling newsletters without an online presence to support it. Desperate, he tried to lure our hero into his lair, but Professor Robinson (ok, work with me here) was not so easily misled.
    Little did [...]

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