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How To Add Great Graphics, Images and Animations to Your Site for 8 Cents A Day

Aug 31, 2008 at 3:49 pm in MUSINGS by ian · Comments Off

One of the biggest irritants that you’ll find if you are publishing sites across a bunch of different niches is having to find free ( or low cost) graphics that you can use to spice up your sites. The simple truth is that visuals DO contribute to the end user experience, site stickiness, and certaintly repeat visitors to boot.

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How To Write Craigslist Ads That Get The Click Quick: Simple “Secrets” To Amping UP Your Affiliate Sales on CL

Aug 30, 2008 at 8:04 pm in CRAIGSLIST by ian · 1 Comment »

This is actually a fairly common question I get via email – and one that many us struggle with when writing ad copy, especially when you are in a bunch of different affiliate markets simultaneously ( which I kind of believe you should be). Good affiliates are mercenaries in many respects, and the path to least resistance in monetizing affiliate opportunities that you DON’T want to invest a ton of time in is in fact the mercenary approach.

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Hope, Help & Hardship

Aug 29, 2008 at 1:18 pm in MUSINGS by ian · Comments Off

crazy….sexy….cancer?

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How To Get Millions Of Dollars of Killer Copy for Free ( or – how to ethically steal stuff from dead people)

Aug 28, 2008 at 10:03 am in KARMA by ian · Comments Off

A couple days ago I started playing around with some old “classic” copywriting ads, inserts, letters, etc – not stuff that is mine, rather, just really masterful pieces I have collected over the years to study, survey and emulate.

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A Gold Mine of Direct Response Marketing Magic One Simple Mouse Click Away

Aug 26, 2008 at 12:16 pm in COPYWRITING by ian · Comments Off

Some of the ads that are laid out here in all of their elegant beauty are TRULY classic pieces worthy of close inspection, studious study and creative emulation. (read: knock them off for your OWN campaigns!)

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5 Simple Laws of Getting Ahead in Business ( and in Life)

Aug 25, 2008 at 8:39 am in COACHING by ian · Comments Off

Here is nice little list of important lessons shared by Guy Kawasaki on things he’s learned about business, startups and people….on the way to the top. One of the truly “good guys” in the start up mentoring space – and always find these little axioms humbling and helpful.