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Try Your Hardest, Then Let It Go

by Ryan M. Healy on January 30, 2012

I’m reading Bossypants by Tina Fey. It’s hilarious, but also includes some useful lessons and anecdotes about life as a writer. On page 123, Fey writes about “Things I Learned from Lorne Michaels.” (In case you don’t know, Lorne Michaels is the creator and producer of Saturday Night Live. He is the guy who hired [...]



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 »

Forcing Efficiency

by Ryan M. Healy on June 9, 2011

Time is strange. When we’ve got too much of it, we tend to squander it. When we don’t have enough of it, we tend to use it more wisely. To put it another way… The less we have to do, the less efficient we are. The more we have to do, the more efficient we [...]



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 »

How Timed Essays Helped Me Become a Stronger Writer

by Ryan M. Healy on February 4, 2010

In high school, I joined the newspaper staff as soon as they would let me, and I took all the honors English classes I could. I was in love with reading and writing — I couldn’t get enough of it. In honors English we would read a book every two weeks (usually a classic), then [...]



Need a Copy Critique?
Copy critiques are probably one of the least sexy ways of increasing online sales. And yet a good copywriting critique can pay off in spades, both in lower customer acquisition costs, as well as healthier profits.  Book Yours Now »

How I Overcome Inertia

by Ryan M. Healy on March 6, 2008

Nearly everybody deals with inertia at some point. The law of inertia says this: things at rest tend to stay at rest; things in motion tend to stay in motion. Nobody is immune to this law. Maybe this is why whenever John Carlton writes a sales letter, he imagines his prospect as a fat slob [...]



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 »