Think you have what it takes to be an consultant or a coach? I wasn’t so sure I knew when I first started in 1999. All I knew was I desperately wanted to work from home to raise my two sons after my divorce. It took a lot of trial and error to get to [...]

Headlines are arguably the most important component to eye-catching copy. If you don’t have a compelling headline, odds are you’ve lost your prospect for good. Ideally you should write anywhere from 50 to 100 headlines before choosing one. But sometimes you just don’t have time. I have the solution. Swipe these 3 templates, fill in [...]

Serif versus sans serif There are two basic types of font faces -serif versus sans serif. But which is better? In fact, which is which? Let’s start there. Serif is the kind with finishing curly cues or finishing strokes on the ends like Times New Roman. Sans serif is the straight lined counterparts, like Arial. [...]

“Psst. Mind telling me your single most important question about writing copy?” Well I’ve been collecting these questions to find out what my subscribers most need. 1) How do I write faster? The faster you can turn out copy, the faster you get to the marketplace. I have 3 suggestions to speed up your output. [...]

Love ‘em or hate ‘em, you can’t argue that pop queen Madonna and domestic doyenne Martha Stewart are two master marketers. One is a calculated maverick who’s stayed at what has to be the world’s toughest and most fickle business for nearly a quarter century. The other turned an at-home catering business into a multimedia [...]