Posts by Mark Morgan Ford
Why Every Copywriter Needs a Big Idea
Think you have the most compelling copywriting in your industry? Unless you have this “big idea” concept at the heart of it, you could be dead wrong.
Read MoreHow To Reach A Net Worth Of Seven Figures In Seven Years
A year-by-year breakdown of how to make seven figures in seven years, even if you were broke and making only $50,000 a year.
Read MoreA Serious Answer to a Silly Question
I get asked a lot of silly questions. But today, I read a silly question that I’m going to give a serious answer.
Read More5 Skills to Help Anyone Build Wealth (Regardless of Career)
if you want the ability to create consistent, lasting wealth, regardless of your age or circumstances, you must master at least one of these financially valuable skills.
Read MoreHow to Get a Big Raise in 2017
You can get rich as an employee. But it’s not going to happen with regular employee pay raises. Here’s how to get a big raise in 2017.
Read MoreHow to Buy Real Estate Right
If you want to learn how to profitably invest in real estate, I think the best way to begin is with the most important rule of real estate investing: Buy right. You have probably heard that commandment before. Or this equivalent: “You don’t make money by selling real estate; you make it by buying it.”…
Read MoreThe Single Most Important Thing You Can Do to Build a Rich Life
Getting to work early is such a common virtue of successful people that I’m tempted to call it the single most important thing you can do to change your life. I wasn’t always an early riser. For most of my twenties, if I saw the sun rise it was before going to bed. And in…
Read MoreThe Only Three Ways to Get Rich
It is still possible for ordinary, unconnected, wage-earning Americans to become wealthy. And I believe it can be done in seven years or less.
Read MoreHow Every Decision Can Make You Richer
You go to lunch with a colleague. Everything is good. When the waiter puts the bill on the table, the total is $26. Do you pick it up? Do you wait and hope he does? Or do you suggest you split it? On the surface, this is a minor decision. But in truth, it is…
Read MoreHow to Break the Shackles of the Financial Industry
I am not an investment professional. I have never made any money managing other people’s money. I went from rags to riches the old-fashioned way: by working hard and then investing my income as carefully as I could. Because I’d done well on my own, I never considered seeking financial advice. Then a funny thing…
Read More7 Steps for Turning Big Ideas Into Big Money
Big-money ideas are almost always new and different. As such, they are often only vaguely articulated, and therefore difficult to implement in a methodical way. You need a plan that includes specific objectives you’ve already identified… along with deadlines and designees. Above all, you need persistence. Because, despite whatever plan you devise, there will be…
Read MoreAre You Wasting Too Much Time On Email?
“People forget how fast you did a job — but they remember how well you did it.” – Howard W. Newton E-mail has made a big difference in the way we communicate. It’s made written correspondence easier and faster — and that’s the American dream! I remember the old days and how employees used to line…
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