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Internet Marketing

List Management, Fake Endorsements, and The Syndicate

by Ryan M. Healy

in Ethics, Internet Marketing, Product Creation, Product Launch

As a list owner, I feel a certain responsibility to you, my dear reader. Therefore, it’s my goal to provide you with rich content mixed with occasional offers for products and services that may benefit you.
Obviously, if I endorse somebody else’s product or service as an affiliate, then that means I’ve either purchased the product [...]




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Perpetual Students, Perpetual Debt

by Ryan M. Healy

in Internet Marketing, Success

I recently read an anonymous comment from a person who is going back to college after spending two years buying expensive products from Internet marketing gurus. He/she writes,
The light at the end of *my* tunnel is that losing two years of my life to these jokers has made me serious for the first time in [...]




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The Guru-Sycophant Syndrome

by Ryan M. Healy

in Internet Marketing, Psychology, Success

It all started as a tweet:
Most gurus surround themselves w/ sycophants to build their egos. And most gurus don’t like me because I’m not a sycophant.
Actually, it started before that.
You see, yesterday (August 11, 2010) I was talking on the phone with a close friend. In a roundabout way, he discovered a certain guru does [...]




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Reasons Why People Unsubscribe

by Ryan M. Healy

in Blogging, Case Studies, Internet Marketing, Lessons

Lots of people come and go on email lists. A few of them actually tell me why they unsubscribed. These are some of the most fascinating responses because they’re usually passionate — and I struck a nerve.
Here are a few reasons people have unsubscribed from my email list this year and last year.
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I am unsubscribing [...]




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The Right Way to Use Social Media

by Ryan M. Healy

in Blogging, Business, Internet Marketing, Twitter

Social media can be a huge time waster when it’s used incorrectly.
Unfortunately, most people use social media the wrong way. They spend hours every day tweeting, Facebooking, and who knows what else — only to find that they’re a day older and not a penny richer.
Here’s a useful principle for business:
If what you’re doing for [...]




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