A couple years back I got to spend some time with copywriting legend Ted Nicholas in a day-long copywriting workshop.

Ted gave a lot of insight into many of the ads he has written over the years, and it’s easy to see why his copy has generated more than $4.9 BILLION for himself and his clients, including Nightingale-Conant, Agora, Marriott Corporation, Dearborn Financial Publishing, and Fischer Publishing, to name a few. Read more…

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If you want to get more comments on your blog, while at the same time providing an extra value for your visitors who do comment, then you may want to give this tool a try.

It’s called CommentLuv, and it’s available for a variety of blog platforms, including the one I use, WordPress. Read more…

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There’s a lot of bloggers out there who tell you all the time why their blog is the greatest thing since sliced bread.

Some of them even offer shameless bribes to get you there. (Why? If they’re blog is so great, why do they need to bribe you??)

Well, I definitely need to bribe you hardcore to go to my blog. Because it sucks. And here’s why… Read more…

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Ok, it’s been some time since I’ve posted, and I feel I should explain why.

You see, not only am I booked solid writing for my clients, I also have a project of my own in the works that I’ve been trying to get moving along when I have the time.

I moved this blog from the old Blogger site to here with the intention of taking it in some new directions. That’s still my goal.

In the past, I’ve only posted when I had time to sit down and write an article about a worthwhile topic. While I still intend to write about worthwhile topics, I’m going to make it a point to write more frequently, even if it’s just a quick update on something, a rant, or something I think you’ll find interested. Even if it isn’t a polished long article.

So, that being said. Let me give you a brief update on what’s been happening lately. Read more…

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My friend and colleague Ryan Healy recently posted a topic entitled Why Do I Blog, and opened up the floor with an invitation to others to give their own reasons…on their own respective blogs.

I think that’s a great idea, as many of his readers may find other interesting points of view by doing a little exploring. Plus, rather than encouraging comments on his site, he’s tagging these other blogs, just like Mike Sansone did in his response to the Why Do I Blog theme making its rounds across the Net today. Read more…

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I’ve been meaning to start a blog for some time, and not because everyone else is doing it or that I feel I have to share my life with the world. It’s really my desire to start and engage a dialogue about a special topic for me: copywriting and marketing.

Now there are many others out there with some of my experiences, expertise, and goals. But there’s nobody else in the world who has all the combined knowledge as me, and has experienced the exact same successes and failures. The same is true of you. Read more…

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