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Archive for July, 2007

IBM 30 | Insider Secrets for Writing Compelling Copy with Brian Clark of Copyblogger.com

28 Jul 2007 Jay (Jason Van Orden) 15 Comments

Buzz Marketing Case Study, Part 1

23 Jul 2007 Dean Hunt -Guest- 2 Comments

Why You Should Master Buzz Marketing

Buzz marketing: “For me, buzz marketing is the art of creating a “buzz” (sense of excitement) from your content/message.” Dean Hunt

So Why Bother Using Buzz Marketing Techniques?

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Getting Psyched to Write Sales Copy

22 Jul 2007 Jay (Jason Van Orden) 9 Comments

Songwriter Seaking InspirationWriting sales copy is a critical skill for internet marketers. Amongst other things it requires:

  1. A sense of how to sell
  2. A sense of language and psychology and how they influence people
  3. Creativity

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Take Responsibility For Your Learning

13 Jul 2007 Sterling (Jeremy Frandsen) 23 Comments

I grow more and more concerned at the increase in the amount of people I see and hear about that simply refuse to take responsibility of their own learning. They seem to think that simply buying an ebook or course is going to magically make them rich or that buying a few ‘HOW TO’ DVDs they are going to be the next Yanik Silver or John Reese. It blows me away…

When these people don’t instantly get rich because of a $37 ebook, then they bring out the big guns. They start blaming like there is no tomorrow.

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If You Could Buy 5 More Hours for $25, Would You?

12 Jul 2007 Jay (Jason Van Orden) 10 Comments

What small things in your life could you outsource cheaply and reclaim valuable bits of your time. My wife and I just found one and I’m kicking myself for not outsourcing it sooner—the laundry.

We live in Manhattan with no washer and dryer in our apartment (a common thing here). So doing laundry is always an ordeal. We probably spend at least five hours a month doing our laundry (total between the two of us).

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