The Simple Concept That Made Me $6 Million Last Year
On Monday morning, you get a message indicating there’s a new balance in your PayPal account. You check and see that — while you were at the beach that weekend — more than $6,500 was deposited into your account. On Tuesday, you receive a check from a client: $4,000, which he…
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How to Profit from Your Bad Ideas
I learned this when I was working in Hollywood… Whenever I hear someone say this, my ears perk up. I don’t know what it is about Hollywood that I find so fascinating, but there seems to be a lot of interesting wisdom being passed down from people in the biz.…
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How to Go from Good to Great — and Enjoy the Rewards — In 4 Easy Steps
It was awkward. A colleague had asked me to revise a sales letter he’d commissioned. He called it “run of the mill.” He wanted me to “bring it to life.” It was rather ordinary copy, and bringing it to life required changing nearly 30% of it. But the problem wasn’t…
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How to Spend Yourself Poor
Making more income is the best way to build wealth. So long as you don’t spend it as fast as you make it. In other words, the shortcut secret to getting wealthy quickly and efficiently is to: Increase your net investable income. Save the lion’s share of that extra income.…
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The Secret to Selling Anything Online: Don’t Summarize
The secret to selling a digital product online to someone you’ve never met before is the same as the secret to selling your script to a Hollywood movie producer: Don’t summarize. I learned this from reading one of Michael Hauge’s articles on storymastery.com. Michael is a top Hollywood story expert, author, and lecturer who…
READ MOREDid You See These 2 BIG Questions From Ryan?
While I was on the road for 7 weeks, all the time spent in airports gave me an opportunity to read a lot more than usual. One of the few email newsletters I still get is from Ryan Deiss, and he recently put together a great series on the biggest…
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I Doubted Everything In My Life… Here’s What Happened
Someone wrote on Quora: “I want to benefit all of humanity as much as possible. But how can I get over all the doubts I have?” My response: You’re going to totally fail. Your doubts are completely correct. I’m not saying this in some reverse psychology way. You’re not a teenager…
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How to Grow Your Wealth for Decades Without a Single Losing Year
Maybe I’m lucky. Or maybe it’s just common sense. I’ve been involved in the investment advisory business for 30 years. And except for a few early mistakes buying real estate, the big financial hoaxes and bubbles that devastated so many investors never burned me. That made a huge difference over…
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How to Make Your Customers WANT to Give You a Referral
As I was leaving the dentist, the receptionist asked if I would give a referral. “Maybe you could tell your contacts about us. We’d really appreciate it,” she said. Then she handed me a couple flyers. I smiled and replied, “sure.” Then I walked out of the office. If you…
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Freak Show
This is a freak show. Or better put… a show about a man with ‘freakish self-discipline’. The show is my latest podcast… …and here’s the email that my friend, copywriting chief, Kevin Rogers, wrote about it. Enjoy! Craig *** Here’s something I didn’t expect when I became a full time…
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How This Student Could Make $1.6 Million in ‘a Couple of Hours’
Here’s a cool Friday-feel-good story for you with one very important lesson. Earlier this week, a video of a student from NYU Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music went viral. Maybe you saw it? The video was from a Masterclass where Grammy Award-winning-recording artist Pharrell Williams sat in as a guest lecturer,…
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Step One to Accomplishing All Your Life’s Ambitions
By today’s standards, what I’m about to suggest might sound unhealthy. However, I can assure you it’s a proven strategy that will set you on the fastest path to accomplishing all your life’s goals. In an old interview, ETR founder Mark Ford did with Mike Dillard, Mark offers this one…
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