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I’m making some more switches to my business to make it more mobile.
Coinciding with the death of my laptop, I’ve decided to make an extra effort to make all of my business files accessible from the web. And preferably in more than one place.
This way if my laptop suddenly shuts down on me, is stolen, or [...]

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I’m a big music fan, but sometimes I’m a little behind the times.
Seth Godin recently posted about stumbling across a collection of albums he had never heard of before… and decided that even though he was an avid album collector, it just wasn’t worth his time to try any of them out. It’d cost much more time [...]

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I never thought I’d be making this post. I credit my attitude with much of my success.
When people told me I had to go to college to make sure I got a good job, I laughed. When people told me I’d never make money working online, I pressed on.
Now I’ve worked 4 years full time [...]

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Clients are often nervous before hiring a copywriter for the first time. We’re not cheap. I told you before that the lowest I write a sales letter for is $3,000.00. (Except for mini-letters.)
Sometimes I quote as high as $6,000.00. And that’s before any add ons, like autoresponders or promotional emails. Typically, I write for about [...]

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Wanted to let you guys know about some new music I’ve been listening to. I’ve told you before that I like to listen to mellow music when I write copy… because it doesn’t distract me but keeps me in an upbeat mood.
Well Brandi Carlile had an iTunes single of the week not too long ago [...]

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I mentioned my favorite economist, Thomas Sowell, in my last blog post. I actually wrote that blog post on Sunday, so it was a surprise to see an email from Amazon.com this morning (Wednesday) with “Thomas Sowell” in the subject.
Turns out his new book, “Economic Facts And Fallacies” is now available on Amazon. It’s [...]

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I got a call on my cell phone last night from Matt Bacack. I’ll tell you why in a minute. But first a lesson about blogging…
…If you want to receive a ton of comments to your next blog post, make your post controversial.
Michel Fortin chimed in on the Forced Continuity ‘controversy’ yesterday and [...]

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