Archive for the “Traffic” category

23 Reasons Your Blog Isn’t Making Any Money (And What To Do About It!)

by Danny Iny on August 29, 2011

Sure, you want comments. And subscribers, and shares, and likes. But you don’t really care about any of these things. You want what they will eventually lead to … Money. Yes, traffic is good, and so is reader engagement. But if you’re reading this, chances are you’re running a blog with the intention of marketing [...]


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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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3 Steps to Finding Your True Writing Voice

by Cori Padgett on August 9, 2011

As a professional copywriter, there’s one question that tends to pop up constantly from my readers and clients … “Can you teach me to write like you?” My knee-jerk answer is usually something like, “Um. No. There is no other like me! I reign supreme! Me! Me! Me!” OK, I’m not really that egocentric. But [...]


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The Four “Productivity” Personality Types and How to Write for Each One

by Kirsten Simmons on August 3, 2011

If you’re a diligent researcher, you might think you know everything there is to possibly know about your prospect. Deepest fears, pain points, income, business, marital status, family status. You might even know their hair and eye color. If you’re writing to that person (and you really have those details correct), your copy will likely [...]