Posts by Mark Morgan Ford
Get Rich Starting With Just $50!
With less than one hundred dollars, you can get rich by joining an investment club like Liberty Street League and get a successful portfolio.
Read MoreThe Myth of Branding: Why Entrepreneurs Should Focus on the USP
I recently got an interesting e-mail from Brian Ochsner, an ETR reader in Denver. He said, “As a direct-response copywriter, I’m skeptical about the number of marketing people who are enamored with the need for ‘branding’ or to ‘build their brand’ to effectively market their business.
“I know that brands such as Kraft and Coca-Cola have power and influence with Americans, but I’m not sure ‘branding’ has much of a place with most small- to medium-sized business marketing.”
Read MoreA Simple Formula for Getting Rich
Following the Walton family who created Walmart, the most simple formula for getting rich involves finding a popular product and selling it for less.
Read MoreHow to Write Well: The World’s Simplest Formula
My income is based almost entirely on writing. And it has given me a very rich life — rich in every sense of the word. It can do the same for you.
I spend half of my working time coaching copywriters on how to write better marketing copy. I spend the other half writing memos.
Read MoreGetting Wealthy From Inflation
Today, I’m going to tell you how to make a lot of money.
If you are (a) not happy with the 0.5% return you are getting from your bank account, (b) worried about inflation, or (c) uncertain about the future value of your stocks and bonds, pay attention.
In fact, you might want to keep this issue of the Journal around so you can thank me later.
Read More10 Ways You May Waste Money When Starting a Business
Here’s just a short list of the misguided (and even ridiculous) business start-up advice I’ve read recently:
-
Create an instant-impact message that describes the chief benefit of your business. Put it on business cards and brochures.
-
Hand out hundreds of those business cards and brochures at business functions and meetings.
Read More
How to Live as Well as a Billionaire
When you think about the rich — the really rich — you may find yourself marveling at their… well, their money. Take Bill Gates. If you think $10 million is a fortune, consider this: He has 5,000 of them. If he put his money in $1,000 bills, he’d have 50 million of them! But how…
Read MoreRiding the Trend Wave
Early to Riser Mark Fitzpatrick sent me an e-mail with some questions about Central American real estate. He has owned some ocean-view property in Nicaragua’s Brito foothills for about six years. (It sounds like it’s near the development I have an interest in, Rancho Santana.)
Read MoreHow to Make Difficult Business Challenges Easier
My friend Bernard opened a furniture shop shortly after he immigrated to Boca Raton, Florida from Manchester, England in the early 1980s. That’s when I met him. I was shopping for an armoire for our bedroom. Most of the nice ones I’d seen were priced above $500. He had a half dozen of the same quality for only $195. I asked him how he was able to do it. With a twinkle in his eye, he said, “It’s not that my prices are good. It’s the other prices that are bad.”
Read MoreAn Invitation to Make a Lot of Money Fast
Today, I am going to give you a way to make a lot of money. And after I have explained it, I will tell you exactly how to get started.
It is a very simple strategy. I have used it and have personally seen it being used at least 100 times in the last 10 years. In the beginning, the success rate was less than 50 percent. But now, because of what we have learned, it is probably over 90 percent.
Read MoreHow to Make the Trend Your Friend
I’ve been in the investment advisory business for more than 30 years. During that time, I have fallen in love with all of the most voluptuous investment systems — fundamental investing, contrarian investing, technical investing, etc. Without exception, those relationships began euphorically. I was happy to have discovered some new way to wealth, confident in…
Read MoreEvolution, Not Revolution
The average person believes that great wealth is created by revolutionary breaks with tradition. The Instinctive Wealth Builder (IWB) believes in Darwin. It’s not surprising that so many people believe in revolution. Many best-selling books have supported it. Read the popular biographies of Andrew Carnegie, John Rockefeller, or Bill Gates and you will be regaled…
Read More