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How to Generate Traffic from Blog Comments
There are dozens of different ways to get free traffic to your site. One of them is to leave comments on other people’s blogs and link back to your own site. This by itself is a decent strategy. The quicker you comment on a new blog post, the more likely it is you’ll get some […]
Continue readingWhy I Allow Only 14 Days for Comments
A few months ago, I quietly changed my blog comment settings to automatically close comments after 30 days. After this worked so well, I decided to reduce the “comment window” to only 14 days. Here’s why I decided to do this. Reason #1 – I’ve had quite a lot of work to do this year, […]
Continue readingBasic Sales Appeals Go on Forever
On page 110 of How to Make Your Advertising Make Money, John Caples writes: Techniques change, but basic sales appeals go on forever. Therefore, when you are searching for an idea to sell your product or service, don’t forget to review the ideas that have been successful in the past. I’ve gotten some great ideas […]
Continue readingA Theory of Value
After a few Belgian beers at The Cheeky Monk, my friend Chad and I began to talk about economics. As we discussed the source and nature of money, we began to zero in on the idea of value. What is value? How is it created? Where does it come from? Initially, I argued that value […]
Continue readingAre Pen Names Ethical?
Last week I received an email from a concerned blog reader. He writes: Hey Ryan, How do you reconcile Ryan Healy’s core value of honest copy with the _________ persona? Don’t get me wrong, I understand the concept of pen and stage names, but am not aware of a marketing equivalent. Thanks for taking the […]
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