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Ben Settle’s Weird Copywriting Tips – Part 3

by Ryan M. Healy on April 20, 2011

Welcome to Part 3 of my 4-part Q&A series with Ben Settle. In today’s installment, you’ll discover: How often you should email your list. (And how to minimize spam complaints and unsubscribes in the process.) How to test new ideas that your market may not be familiar with. How to write copy for high ticket [...]



2-Step Process for Getting More Clients
Getting booked solid with clients is actually not as hard as it seems. Let me share with you a simple 2-step process that I have used for more than five years.  Click here to read full article »

Ben Settle’s Weird Copywriting Tips – Part 2

by Ryan M. Healy on April 19, 2011

Have you ever wondered how Ben Settle comes up with so many fascinating ideas for his emails and sales letters? Well, today you’re going to find out. You’re also going to find out what Ben thinks about long copy (is long copy dead?)… and… how long your emails should be. So, without further adieu, here’s [...]



2-Step Process for Getting More Clients
Getting booked solid with clients is actually not as hard as it seems. Let me share with you a simple 2-step process that I have used for more than five years.  Click here to read full article »

Ben Settle’s Weird Copywriting Tips – Part 1

by Ryan M. Healy on April 18, 2011

Today marks the beginning of a 4-part series of copywriting questions and answers with Ben Settle. At first, I thought I would publish everything in a single post. But then I saw how much Ben wrote! 5,049 words, to be exact. A bit much for a single blog post. So after discussing it with Ben, [...]



How to Get Your First Real Copywriting Client in 14 Days or Less
I launched my freelance copywriting career on June 13, 2005. Much to my surprise, I landed three clients in the first two weeks. If you'd like to discover how I did it,  then click here now »

Are You Accidentally Missing Out?

by Ryan M. Healy on March 3, 2011

If you were to go to CopywritingCode.com and look at the lessons on the home page, they would probably look like any other blog posts: a few paragraphs with a link to read more if you want. But what you wouldn’t see is how long each lesson actually is… or the level of detail each [...]



Which Half of Your Advertising Is Wasted?
John Wanamaker once said, "Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half." But thanks to technology, it's now easy to know which half of your advertising is working... and which half isn't. That's because LinkTrackr reveals the profitablity of ALL your advertising.  Start Tracking Now! »

Eugene Schwartz: “It Is the Copywriter’s Job to…”

by Ryan M. Healy on January 26, 2011

Attention in the 21st Century is like light that has passed through a round cut diamond: It is fractured in a thousand directions. The copywriter’s job is to capture that fractured attention and refocus it on the sales message of the product he is selling. Eugene Schwartz writes on page 15 of Breakthrough Advertising: “It [...]



How to Get Your First Real Copywriting Client in 14 Days or Less
I launched my freelance copywriting career on June 13, 2005. Much to my surprise, I landed three clients in the first two weeks. If you'd like to discover how I did it,  then click here now »