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It’s the first day of the New Year.
I should be working on other stuff.
For instance, I have 8 more small business profit boosters to write for you (I’m up to #13 and I promised 21). But…
I felt compelled to write this post instead.
I’ve been reflecting on who I owe my success to in the copywriting [...]
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The Story: You can learn a lot about selling by watching what Tony Robbins does at his seminars.
The Point: Sometimes it’s more important to emulate what people do than to listen to what they say. Study what Tony does to drive the revenue stream at his company.
The Resource: Tony Robbins
3 Simple Selling Tips From [...]
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Recently I was interviewed by one of my copywriting buddies.
His name is Ben Settle, and if you don’t know about Ben you should. He has one of the best copwriting blogs on the ‘net.
Anyway, the interview was supposed to be a one-hour interview. It ended up being well over 2 hours.
After listening to the finished [...]
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Seth Godin teaches the value of making your business remarkable, most notably in his book Purple Cow (a must-own book, by the way).
So how do we put Seth’s ideas to work in our own businesses?
Why are some businesses remarkable and others are not?
A story about my friend Felix will help you understand how to make [...]
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Fortin has cause a big stir with his report on “The Death of the Salesletter”. Get it. Read it. It’s not a come-on for something else, there’s no “squeeze page”, and no “hidden launch” of some other product.
I agree with most of what Michel has to say in that report.
Want to see some very short [...]
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Just got back from the Customer Appreciation Seminar Alex Mandossian and Armand Morin put on in Orlando. As you know, I am a big proponent of attending seminars as a way to build your business. You never know who you might connect with…as you can see by the photo below, I ran into John Reese [...]
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I just got tipped to this by Stu McLaren:
It’s a full seminar put on by Inc. Magazine and the link above will take you to a place (once you register) where you can watch the whole thing for free.
One of the presentations I especially like was Bernie Marcus (Co-founder of Home Depot). His story of [...]
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Meanwhile, as you’re no doubt impatient to see some kind of photos…here are some shots from Stu McLaren’s Idea Incubator Seminar in Anaheim back in February. It was a full house. Guess it was that great copy in the salesletter that filled the room (wink, wink).
That’s me and Stu McLaren (brilliant event Stu! Bravo!)
Me and [...]
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In the past, I have scoffed at the idea of affirmations. You know, “I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and gosh darn it, people like me.” That sort of thing.
I don’t feel that way anymore, because I have realized every human being on the planet practices affirmations. It’s simply that most of us do it [...]
I’m not usually a fan of “what if” questions. That’s because most of the time, those words (”what if…”) usually precede negative prophecy about something. Negative prophecies like, “What if nobody comes to our new store? What if nobody likes the new product? What if none of our salespeople makes a sale today?” Those are [...]
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I ordered a sandwich this past week at McDonald’s, from the drive-through window.
After pulling out of the drive-through lane, I discovered that my sandwich was cold. The bacon was uncooked. I circled back through the drive-through lane, and explained my dilemma to the young lady at the window. She distractedly held out her hand, reaching [...]
Things got all stirred up here in Ray-land this past week, what with my post about the “gurus”. In today’s podcast I talk about what that was really all about…
As always, if you have feedback or suggestions I’d really like to hear from you.
Call in your questions or comments to our new, fancy “request line” [...]
I got a royalty check from a client in my mailbox. That always makes me smile.
And as I was looking at that check, it made me think about how much fun this particular client is to work with — and I was reminded that I had an audio interview with this guy somewhere in [...]
Wow, I got a lot of feedback on my last podcast about thinking bigger. And not all of it was positive.
So in today’s podcast, I address some of the biggest questions that keep cropping up.
Two main topics today:
1. A tool to help you breakthrough to bigger thinking.
2. A way to overcome your biggest limitation (it’s [...]
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