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    No Web Site, No Voice Mail, No Problem!
    Writing for CBSMARKETWATCH.COM recently, Peter Brimelow profiled an investment newsletter’s founder, and the author noted these quirky bits:“Growth Stock Outlook is almost unique among investment letters in not having a Web site. On calling Allmon to thank him, I discovered that he has ordered his Maryland head office voice mail disconnected on the grounds th
    py, I will first read Gary Halbert, John Carlton, or Dan Kennedy. My tone goes through their filter and comes out on the other end as a unique personality.

    4) Get a Familiar - Don't restrict yourself to a human personality. You can also be more creative by using inanimate objects like your computer mouse, or even a pet. For example, copywriter Michele PW's dog, Nick,

    Where And How To Get Information For Your Newsletter And Ezines
    With the rapid expansion and diversion of commerce, manufacturers, career seekers and even hobbyist move into more and more specialized areas of endeavor, there is an increase need for more information. Newsletters and ezines are the high profit way to cash in on that market for specialized information. This means any profitable newsletter or ezines must have valuab
    The late, great Gary Halbert once said something like copy can never be too long, only too boring. That is why you need to infuse it with character! Don't be afraid to put a little stand-out language in your copy. Know why? Because we are so bombarded with marketing messages all the time, now more than ever we need copy that is a little - no, A LOT more interesting.

    But how do you get a sparkling personality down on paper?

    Here are five options you can try.

    1) Create a "Yarket" - This is a play on my famous tarket technique where you establish your target market, then distill it down to one single person. When writing your copy, you write to him or her. A "yarket" is creating a persona that is YOU. For example, Do you want to be gruff? Irreverent? Approachable? Write out the qualities of how you'd like to come across in your communications, frame them around you, then step into that character.

    2) Identity Theft - Find a larger than life character that you resonate with and model your copy after how that person would talk. For example, there used to be a comedian by the name of Sam Spade whose onstage persona was a gumshoe detective from the forties. All of his phrases and tone used language from the forties.

    3) Swipe an Identity - Read your swipe files and sort out the ones with personality plus. If you find one with the qualities you want your copy to have, go ahead and overlay that voice with your own. For example, if I am writing heavy-duty, testosterone-laden copy, I will first read Gary Halbert, John Carlton, or Dan Kennedy. My tone goes through their filter and comes out on the other end as a unique personality.

    4) Get a Familiar - Don't restrict yourself to a human personality. You can also be more creative by using inanimate objects like your computer mouse, or even a pet. For example, copywriter Michele PW's dog, Nick,

    How To Outwit Overwhelm As An Entrepreneur
    Being an entrepreneur is one of the world's best opportunities, but it can also be stressful at times. Like when you've got an important client meeting scheduled that you have to cancel because of an emergency trip to the dentist. Or you come down with the flu right before a big conference that you've rented a booth for. Or your return home from vacation gets delaye
    sparkling personality down on paper?

    Here are five options you can try.

    1) Create a "Yarket" - This is a play on my famous tarket technique where you establish your target market, then distill it down to one single person. When writing your copy, you write to him or her. A "yarket" is creating a persona that is YOU. For example, Do you want to be gruff? Irreverent? Approachable? Write out the qualities of how you'd like to come across in your communications, frame them around you, then step into that character.

    2) Identity Theft - Find a larger than life character that you resonate with and model your copy after how that person would talk. For example, there used to be a comedian by the name of Sam Spade whose onstage persona was a gumshoe detective from the forties. All of his phrases and tone used language from the forties.

    3) Swipe an Identity - Read your swipe files and sort out the ones with personality plus. If you find one with the qualities you want your copy to have, go ahead and overlay that voice with your own. For example, if I am writing heavy-duty, testosterone-laden copy, I will first read Gary Halbert, John Carlton, or Dan Kennedy. My tone goes through their filter and comes out on the other end as a unique personality.

    4) Get a Familiar - Don't restrict yourself to a human personality. You can also be more creative by using inanimate objects like your computer mouse, or even a pet. For example, copywriter Michele PW's dog, Nick,

    Market Research Panels Are Increasingly Being Found Online
    "Market research" is a term that is heard often in the modern world; but what does it actually mean? Essentially, market research is a form of business research which is conducted in order to discover new, or retrieve existing, information and knowledge for a specific purpose. Market research is broader in scope than other types of research, such as consumer researc
    rent? Approachable? Write out the qualities of how you'd like to come across in your communications, frame them around you, then step into that character.

    2) Identity Theft - Find a larger than life character that you resonate with and model your copy after how that person would talk. For example, there used to be a comedian by the name of Sam Spade whose onstage persona was a gumshoe detective from the forties. All of his phrases and tone used language from the forties.

    3) Swipe an Identity - Read your swipe files and sort out the ones with personality plus. If you find one with the qualities you want your copy to have, go ahead and overlay that voice with your own. For example, if I am writing heavy-duty, testosterone-laden copy, I will first read Gary Halbert, John Carlton, or Dan Kennedy. My tone goes through their filter and comes out on the other end as a unique personality.

    4) Get a Familiar - Don't restrict yourself to a human personality. You can also be more creative by using inanimate objects like your computer mouse, or even a pet. For example, copywriter Michele PW's dog, Nick,

    I'm a Businessperson, I Don't Need To Be Creative - Or Do I?
    You may think you don't need to be creative. But creativity can help you do a better job of what you do. Just look at the military. Who would think that stand-up-straight-and-stick-the-gut-in military needed to be creative? All they do is follow orders - or so we think. But the US military was one of the first modern organizations to realize that innovation could he
    sona was a gumshoe detective from the forties. All of his phrases and tone used language from the forties.

    3) Swipe an Identity - Read your swipe files and sort out the ones with personality plus. If you find one with the qualities you want your copy to have, go ahead and overlay that voice with your own. For example, if I am writing heavy-duty, testosterone-laden copy, I will first read Gary Halbert, John Carlton, or Dan Kennedy. My tone goes through their filter and comes out on the other end as a unique personality.

    4) Get a Familiar - Don't restrict yourself to a human personality. You can also be more creative by using inanimate objects like your computer mouse, or even a pet. For example, copywriter Michele PW's dog, Nick,

    Getting Top Positions About More Hits? Thanks to Google Alert!
    How many of you think this way? Let me repeat my question, is getting top positions about more hits to your website? I guess all will answer in YES, but the truth is a bitter reality, thanks to “Google alert”.Getting King’s place doesn’t mean more Money! In the same manner getting top positions doesn’t mean more hits to your website, when a webs
    py, I will first read Gary Halbert, John Carlton, or Dan Kennedy. My tone goes through their filter and comes out on the other end as a unique personality.

    4) Get a Familiar - Don't restrict yourself to a human personality. You can also be more creative by using inanimate objects like your computer mouse, or even a pet. For example, copywriter Michele PW's dog, Nick, writes a column for her newsletter. It's fun to read (and fun to write - just ask Michele!)

    5) Be Your Heightened YOU - Find qualities about yourself you already like and emphasize them. Act how you would at a party with a couple of cocktails under your belt. For example, I am pretty extroverted most of the time, but sometimes I am not into other people and vant to be alone, dahlink. Nevertheless, when I sit down to write my copy I am always careful to amp up my energetic side.

    Most of all please stop caring what others think. Sure you might offend a few by being edgy. So what?

    You won't make everybody happy unless you write boring, milquetoast copy that's easy to ignore. The first recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, Herbert Bayard Swope wrote, "I can't give you a surefire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time." Nothing more need be said on the subject.

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