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Monday Mash-Up ~ 2022.10.24

By Tom Ruwitch

Recommended TrainingGenerate a Stream of Ideal Prospects Through Referrals When it comes to building your business through referrals, there’s no one better — and no one I trust more — than Virginia Muzquiz. (I don’t promote other people’s stuff often, but I’m promoting Virginia’s.) Today, Virginia kicks off her Referral AlchemyĀ® Bootcamp, and you still…

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How to Inspire Would-be Subscribers to Say, “I Must Sign Up…”

By Tom Ruwitch

Wow! I touched a nerve this week when I asked yā€™all about list building (hereā€™s the email in case you missed it).  So many questions from aspiring list-buildersā€¦ ā€¦including this one (which was similar to several I received):  ā€œWhat can one say that would make someone feel ā€˜I must subscribe right away?ā€™ā€ I visited her…

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How We Fall for “Free” — Even When It’s The Wrong Choice

By Tom Ruwitch

The Halloween candy is here. Melissa stopped by Costco and brought home the treats over the weekend.Ā  Three giant bags of KitKats, Reeseā€™s, Rolos, Whoppers, and Heath Bars. 455 pieces of chocolaty goodness per bag.  1,365 pieces totalā€¦ ā€¦tempting meā€¦ ā€¦taunting meā€¦ ā€¦every time I walk past them in the living room.  Melissaā€™s words echo…

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A Request for a Quick Favor…And an Offer to Give Share Some Advice…

By Tom Ruwitch

In a couple of hours, I’ll be a speaker at a live business seminar. The topic: Email list building. As I put the finishing touches on my presentation, I thought, “This is good stuff. Good enough to include in a course.”  And so was born my idea to create a short course on lead generation…

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How a Tabloid Rag Drew More Readers Than The Bible

By Tom Ruwitch

Back in the 1980s, copywriting legend Gary Halbert once claimed: ā€œMore people read any single issue of The (National) Enquirer than have read The Bible since it was first printed!ā€ (Zoinks!) Halbert did not share the ā€œsickening statisticā€ (his words) to bash The Bible.  He was heaping praise on The Enquirer whose writers were, according to Halbert, ā€œamong the best…

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Monday Mash-up ~ 2022.10.17

By Tom Ruwitch

Recommended ResourceAttract a Predictable Stream of Quality Clients My friend Virginia Muzquiz may be the best referrer I know. She’s a referral machine — and a great resource for anyone who wants to grow their business through referrals. Last week, Virginia released a The Referral Alchemy Report — a free resource that reveals how to attract a…

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Why Prospects Find You Then Flee — and How to Fix It

By Tom Ruwitch

Hereā€™s a cautionary tale about LinkedInā€¦ ā€¦and why you must power-up your profileā€¦ ā€¦even if you rarely spend time on the platform. Yesterday, I met a guy named Bill whoā€™s trying to ramp up his tutoring business.Ā  He struggles to generate leads and land clients. And he described those struggles while sitting on the ā€œhot…

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How a Legendary Marketer Overcame Writer’s Block

By Tom Ruwitch

Before he stood out as one of the worldā€™s great copywriters, Gary Bencivenga was stuck. So he enrolled in a course called ā€œOvercoming Writerā€™s Block.ā€ Turns out the course was a bust. The instructor ā€œdidnā€™t have a clue how to cure this problem.ā€ And his classmates turned each dayā€™s class into a whine-and-moan session. Lots…

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I’ve Got a Bad Case of Palace Envy

By Tom Ruwitch

My new neighbors are making me look bad. They moved in over the summer and immediately began pumping big bucks into their century old house.  A new roof. Fresh paint. Landscaping makeover.  And thatā€™s just what we can see from the front of their house.  Yesterday, as I returned from walking my mutt Moose around…

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You’re Invited: 2 Opportunities for Free Story Power

By Tom Ruwitch

I’m packing my virtual bags and heading out on the speaking circuit this wee Opportunity #1 (Today): What: Free training Why Storytellers Sell More and Have More Fun Doing It.  When: Today, Tuesday, October 11, 2022, 12 p.m. EDT, 11 a.m. CDT. Where:Ā Zoom. ClickĀ hereĀ to register.Ā  Hosted by: Marc Mawhinney, founder and chief admin at The Coaching Jungle — the…

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