Get Booked on Podcasts [my Podcast PR Blueprint]

Get Booked on Podcasts [my Podcast PR Blueprint]

If you want to get booked on podcasts, you want to make yourself into what I call a “perfect guest”… What makes a perfect guest? I came up with a list. The perfect guest… — Makes the host’s and the producer’s jobs easy… — Makes the host and...
Fastest way to get good at copywriting

Fastest way to get good at copywriting

Today, I have a simple tip to get good at copywriting, fast… It comes out of this subscriber question: — Roy, How can I improve as a copywriter? I’m writing for myself, not clients. – Kevin — Whether you write for your own business or clients, following...
Urgency & Scarcity in Marketing

Urgency & Scarcity in Marketing

I’ve seen a lot of BAD urgency and scarcity in marketing and copywriting… I’ve also used urgency and scarcity in ways that create big sales windfalls. Today, I share a couple of success stories… Some of my first big successes in adding urgency and scarcity — and...
3 Ways to Get Profitable Website Traffic [2 free, 2 fast]

3 Ways to Get Profitable Website Traffic [2 free, 2 fast]

If you need profitable website traffic for your business or your clients, do you know where to get it? This is mission critical. You can have the best product or service offer in the world… And you can have the best copy in the world… But if you can’t get your ideal...
Should I buy an email list? [how not to be a spammer]

Should I buy an email list? [how not to be a spammer]

People can be really stupid when it comes to trying to make money… I don’t know for sure the exact context of this question I got. But everything about it screams, “I want a shortcut to getting rich.” And there’s all sorts of red flags waving and alarm bells going off...
Easy way to build your email list

Easy way to build your email list

It’s easy to think complex = better when it comes to marketing strategy… But sometimes it’s the simplest strategies, implemented, that are your consistent winners. Today’s episode covers one of those simple strategies — for building your email list. It’s really not...
Nice marketers finish last [mean ones rot in jail]

Nice marketers finish last [mean ones rot in jail]

I’m a recovering “nice guy”… For most of my life, I struggled to speak up. I struggled to assert myself. I struggled to take up space. I struggled to feel like I could really be myself. I was desperate for approval and so I behaved in “nice” ways to avoid being...
$1 Billion Marketing Lesson [best business model]

$1 Billion Marketing Lesson [best business model]

You’re about to get a $1 billion marketing lesson PROVING that we’re all education-based information marketers now… And, in fact, it’s a perfect model for what I consider to be the #1 best business model for the 2020s and beyond. I don’t care what you sell… Products…...
Email Send Time Experiment [best time to send]

Email Send Time Experiment [best time to send]

Thank you for being my email marketing lab rat… When I started sending emails at 4 PM (my time), it was purely selfish. It was the best time for me, for my daily schedule. I didn’t even really weigh the responsiveness of my emails in my decision. And yet I’ve...
Productivity Hack: Get Unstuck & Get Things Done

Productivity Hack: Get Unstuck & Get Things Done

Today’s episode covers a productivity hack I’m using right now… It’s so easy a kindergartener could use it. In fact, it’s often used on kindergarteners to get them to do certain behaviors. But it also works for adults, too. Especially those of us who know exactly what...