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What Bestselling Fiction Can Teach You About Writing Better Landing Pages

by Sean D'Souza on September 26, 2011

Imagine you’re having a discussion with a talkative, hyperactive teenager. The conversation goes something like this … We went to the mall, and like, there was this fire in the mall. And we went from there to the movies, but we didn’t have any money and anyway the popcorn machine was broken, and so we [...]


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You Already Know How to Write an Ebook … So What’s Stopping You?

by Ali Luke on September 1, 2011

There are plenty of great reasons to write an ebook. A short, free ebook could be precisely the cookie you need in order for your email list to grow beyond a handful of members. A big, paid-for ebook could be an important part of your revenue stream — and the first product in your sales [...]


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6 Design Tips That Will Have Your Audience Licking Their Screens

by Pamela Wilson on August 30, 2011

We made the buttons on the screen look so good you’ll want to lick them. ~ Steve Jobs You’re creating great content to attract an audience. A loyal audience that comes to know, like and trust you. But what if you never get the attention of that audience in the first place? What if your [...]


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A 7-Step Guide to Mind Control: How to Quit Begging and Make People Want to Help You

by Jonathan Morrow on August 25, 2011

Well, why not? They are the problem, right? Here you are with a blog or a product or a charity you believe will change the world, and yet no matter how excited you are about the possibilities, no matter how much faith you have in yourself, you can’t help being worried: If you ask a [...]


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How to Build a First-Class Email List in 30 Days — from Scratch

by Ben Settle on August 23, 2011

If you want to quickly build a responsive email list in the next 30 days — especially if you’re just starting online and don’t have a lot of money — the following strategy can get the job done. Here’s the story: Several years ago, I was struggling to build my email list and nothing seemed [...]


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Is Your Social Media Strategy Stalling Because You’re Not Doing This One Thing?

by Dan Zarrella on August 17, 2011

Marketers of most stripes know how important and powerful calls-to-action are. If you want someone to take a specific action, you have to actually ask them to take that specific action. But, it seems like social media marketers have either forgotten CTAs, or rejected them altogether. A researcher by the name of Irving Kirsch at [...]


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