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Improve Your Blog 3 Ways

by Ryan M. Healy · 8 comments

It’s been more than a year since I switched from Typepad to Wordpress… and it’s also been more than a year since I started using the Copyblogger theme for my blog (after a couple months running the Sandbox theme).
Since last summer I had been thinking about upgrading to Chris Pearson’s Thesis Theme. From the moment [...]

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Business Cards in a Pinch

by Ryan M. Healy · 11 comments

in Business, Examples, Lessons, Tools

A few days ago, W.C. bought my ebook on how to get copywriting clients. I then learned via Twitter that he was going to his first Internet marketing seminar, and that he needed business cards fast. Here’s what he wrote:

Business cards are one of those things you don’t normally think about until you really need [...]

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Book Lovers – Pay Attention!

by Ryan M. Healy · 6 comments

in Blogging, Books, Tools

I just got done reading three marketing newsletters.
I used to be good about tearing open the envelope whenever a newsletter arrived and reading it right then and there. These days, I’m more prone to save up two or three and then “batch” them by reading them one right after the other.
Anyway, whether it’s newsletters, blogs, [...]

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Important Blog Updates

by Ryan M. Healy · 6 comments

in Blogging, Tips, Tools

Over the last few months, I’ve tweaked this blog a bit and added a few pages.
So I thought it would be good to let you know about them.
1. I removed the “no follow” tags from this blog.
I did this on Fred Black’s recommendation. You can read his post about removing “no follow” tags here: I’ve [...]

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How to Look Up Words in Seconds

by Ryan M. Healy · 7 comments

in Copywriting, Tools

As a writer, I often need to look up the meaning of words. Sometimes it’s because I don’t know what a certain word means; other times I need to confirm I’m using a word properly.
Of course, I’ve got dictionaries on my shelf. I’ve even got a monstrous Webster’s Unabridged dictionary from 1978. (It measures 4.5 [...]

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Glyphius Predicts Winners 70.1% of the Time?

by Ryan M. Healy · 4 comments

in Split-Testing, Tools

I woke up this morning to a pleasant surprise. My email inbox was filled with PayPal receipts.
I sat there scratching my head for a moment… “Did I run a promotion I forgot about?” Well, the answer was “yes,” kind of.
I did run a Glyphius promotion a few months back and sold half the copies I [...]

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Glyphius – Only 0 Copies Left

by Ryan M. Healy · 1 comment

in Tools

THIS OFFER IS SOLD OUT! But in case you haven’t read it yet, you need to go to Eric Graham’s blog right now and read his study of Glyphius based on 181 test rounds.
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As you may already know, I use Glyphius to help strengthen the copy I write. I also split-test Glyphius copy against non-Glyphius [...]

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