Tom Ruwitch
The email from Rocky screamed at me from my spam folder… …with a subject line so stinky I had to share it with you: “Re: #Give me Appointment Please…!!” I opened the email (only because I thought I’d write an email about it)… …and found a pitch for credit card processing services. My reaction: No…
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We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you this important announcement: You still have time to register for today’s free masterclass, How to Turn Your Book (or Other Content) Into a Lead-Attracting, Client-Generating Machine. Details and registrationĀ here. Now, back to our program… After seeing Lucinda Williams in concert on Sunday, I bought her memoir, Don’t Tell…
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First, a quick correction… In yesterday’s email, I said this Thursday’s masterclass would be on June 12… …which doesn’t make any sense… …because we’re in October… …meaning this Thursday’s masterclass is actually on October 12 (2:30 p.m. ET, 1:30 p.m. CT). So if you want to attend the training called… …How to Turn Your Book (or Other Content) Into…
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I racked my brain this morning to come up with a great anecdote to promote Thursday’s masterclass… …How to Turn Your Book (or Other Content) Into a Lead-Attracting, Client-Generating Machine… …and I kept going back to one I emailed just a few months back. So, yes, this is a rerun… …but I can think of no…
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Recommended Reading Ā Re-Building Your Brain & Becoming The Person You Want To BeI love this post by August Bradley — who has helped me “re-build” my brain and implement life management systems that transformed how I work. At the end of the post, you can subscribe to his Life Design Newsletter which I highly recommend.…
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On Thursday at 2:30 p.m. ET (1:30 p.m. CT), I’m hosting a live masterclass: How to Turn Your Book (or Other Content) Into a Lead-Attracting, Client-Generating Machine You’ll want to attend this event if you have a book (or plan to write one)… …or if you have any other kind of lead magnet (e-book, video,…
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Last night, I had the craziest dream. I invented a wi-fi-enabled blender with a vertical video screen built into the side of the container… …so you can watch TikTok videos while making smoothies. Ā Brilliant!Ā …or so I thought… …until I asked my GPT-powered copywriting robot, B-9(?), for his opinion. He said the younger, “tech-savvy” crowd…
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A cautionary tale about missed opportunities… I recently met a fitness trainer who wrote a bestselling book. On his website, he offers a .pdf copy of the book for free (good). I filled out the form to get the book and jumped to a confirmation page with this message: š„± š„± š„± That’s missed opportunity…
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Greetings from Denver, Colorado, where I’m grabbing a quick breakfast before delivering a TED-style talk called How to Generate Client Attracting Content — Without Writer’s Block. The big idea in my talk: Anyone can assemble great content if they can master a simple framework. Content creation is more craft than magic art… But that doesn’t mean…
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Recommended Reading Ā Stop Trying to Measure EverythingI believe in measuring and testing. But I also know a lot of the most popular marketing metrics are meaningless — including email opens. This is a great article that says we should view out marketing through an “outcome based lens,” rather than measuring “everything.” š¤The Man Behind ChatGPTAs…
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