Copywriting For Resellers (Reader Question) Most people get their start in online business by being a reseller in some form or another. It might be in affiliate marketing. Maybe they start a dropship store. Or they might take horrid websites, improve them and flip them later for more money. Is this the best way to…
How To Leverage The Skill Of Writing Into Other Areas “Anyone can write.” “Is it possible to make money writing? No! If it were, everyone would be doing it!” People get hit from all angles when they suggest that they might be tempted to pursue the noble art of exchanging words for money. The crux…
If you want to make a living writing, publishing and working online, then you’ve got a tough road ahead. There are a million and one strategies that you could use, but the majority of them come down to one key aspect: you need to create content regularly and publish it as often as you can….
Business Ideas For Starving Artists I read a question by a “starving artist” a few weeks back on some site which I can’t remember. (It was probably some subreddit.) He’s an artist and actor, and wants to be an entrepreneur. Sadly, this guy didn’t see my article on being a professional artist. That said, I’m…
How Do I Just Start Something? This post was inspired by this thread on reddit. We’ve got a young guy/girl who wants to do something but doesn’t know what to do. This is my general advice to people in that situation, based on my own experience. (I made most of these mistakes.) Look, you’re…
Ranking For Keywords and Keyword Competition Stuff A reader emailed me a few days back asking various questions about keyword research, ranking for keywords and keyword competition stuff. I answered his question, but in a typical fashion I started exhaustively listing various arbitrary thoughts on ranking for keywords before stopping myself and planning it for…
A Few Thoughts On Finding What You’re Good At This article is a collection of thoughts about finding what you’re good at. Most people make a couple of mistakes which can set them back a lifetime; they’ll not dedicate themselves to being good at a particular thing, or they’ll pick the wrong thing. Really, as…
Seven Stages Of A Business Idea I’ve been putting together a business plan over the past couple of days. During this time, I’ve been making notes and trying to understand and optimise the entire process. Anyone who is into business stuff will know that there’s a ton of inefficiency when it comes to starting a…
OODA Loops and Online Business Revisited A while back, I wrote about the OODA loop for copywriters. It was one of those articles where I get into overly niche ideas with quite specific details. It’s time to widen that thought out. The OODA loop, for those of you who can’t be bothered to click…
How Much Should Writers READ? When it comes to writing professionally, there are two bits of advice that are universal: You need to read a lot You need to write a lot Yesterday I wrote about how many words writers should aim to write in an average day. In today’s article we’ll deal with the…