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September 19, 2017

Why Simple Writing Works Better

Someone once asked me… Why I would, so often… (At least in copy)… Use so many… One-line sentences… And so...

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Finding the Benefit • Know Your Audience • Offers and Closes • Psychology • Scientific Selling • Writing Style

September 18, 2017

How Sid Sold So Many Suits

Sid and Harry run a tailor shop in New York City. If you can picture it, Sid is the salesman working the floor, while Harry works over the...

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Copywriting Secrets

September 17, 2017

Pixar’s Rules For Storytelling – Business Insider

Former Pixar storyboard artist Emma Coats reveals some behind-the-scenes wisdom. What makes for a good — no, strike that, great...

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Creativity • Scientific Selling

September 17, 2017

Scientific Study Asks, “Are You Creative?”

Say researchers published in Scientific American, while their isn't really a measurable "Creativity Quotient" (C.Q.) that they can pin to...

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Know Your Audience • Psychology • Scientific Selling

September 16, 2017

9 Ways The Mind Resists Persuasion and How To Sustain or Overcome Them – PsyBlog

Running into resistance, when you set out to make sales? Maybe that’s because you’re running up against one of these nine big...

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Know Your Audience • Psychology • Scientific Selling • Videos

September 15, 2017

The Science of Persuasion

If you haven’t heard of Dr. Robert Cialdini, you’re probably not a copywriter. And if you are, but you haven’t read his...

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Copywriting Secrets

September 14, 2017

What Trump Gets Seriously Wrong…

Nope, I’m not gearing up for a political diatribe. That’s not our beat. But when it comes to productivity, there’s been...

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September 13, 2017

We’ll Always Have Paris…

A REPOST… A lot of you guys have asked how we’ve fared here in Paris, after the shootings on Friday the 13th. I thank you for that....

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Confidence • Copywriting Secrets • Fact Box • Freelancer Tips • Getting Clients • Getting Paid • Writing Process

September 12, 2017

7 Easy Ways to Get More From Writers

What’s the single best way to make sure you get what you want out of the writers you’ll hire? I’ll give you not just one...

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September 11, 2017

The Transubstantiation of a Cheeseburger

Sometime back, I read the book "Fast Food Nation." In many places, the book is the anti-junk diatribe I expected. And it also takes pain to...

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