Amazon School of Copywriting

by David Burch on May 18, 2008 · 1 comment

in Internet Marketing

I’ve started writing copy for some of my clients…

While doing some research online, I stumbled across this great video by Jay Abraham that I’d like to share. It shows how to use Amazon.com reviews as a shortcut for writing brilliant copy.

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Video of my Office

May 3, 2008

Here’s a video post showing my office. Erin Blaskie of BSETC recently put up a video of her office and requested that others do the same. The video was taken with a Flip video camera, which I also discovered through Erin’s blog. Warning: It’s my first attempt at both using the Flip and posting a [...]

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WordPress 2.5 Plugin Upgrade Problem and Solution

March 29, 2008

WordPress 2.5 is out and it has some great new features: A WYSIWYG editor that (supposedly) won’t bungle your HTML code, an image gallery that is just pretty darn cool, and a super-slick automatic upgrade option for plugins.
There’s just one problem…
If you are using the Wordpress Automatic Upgrade plugin, as I am using to upgrade [...]

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Erin Blaskie Hosts Internet Business Makeover Contest

March 23, 2008

My good friend and colleague, Erin Blaskie of BSETC (www.bsetc.ca), is hosting an Internet Business Makeover contest and the contest is open for entries today! The deadline is May 15, 2008 and entries can be submitted in written format or in video format (best chance to win is by submitting videos – Erin features them [...]

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Pimp your Blog

February 26, 2008

Technorati Tags: blog customization
 
"David," you say, "My blog is lackluster. It’s bloated with plug-ins and slow to respond. I need to whip it into shape, and set it to work making money for me."
"Sounds like you need me to Pimp your Blog," I reply. And here’s how I’ll go about it…
First, if your blog’s slumming, [...]

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Testimonial: Michelle Schoen

February 4, 2008

I just started using David to troubleshoot one of my client’s sites and was so impressed by his knowledge and willingness to help that I had to hire hire him for my own. It seems that everything I asked him to do for my WordPress site he was able to do so quickly.
He [...]

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Before You Hire a Virtual Assistant – Set Your Goals

January 22, 2008

The following is a guest post by Angela Wills, an Internet Marketing Virtual Assistant who I’ve worked with on several occasions.
Your business is growing monthly and so are the tasks you need to do to keep up. Right about now you’re thinking “it’s time to get a virtual assistant to help me with this [...]

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Testimonial: Angela Wills

January 22, 2008

David saved the day when I had gotten myself in over my head with a client project I agreed to take on. I’ve actually gone to him more than once a little panicked about a project I thought I could handle and he’s been a huge help. David’s advice saved me from taking on [...]

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Teaching Sells Charter Member

January 18, 2008

Last month I became a Teaching Sells Charter Member. I was intrigued with the concept because, at the time, I was becoming disillusioned with learning Internet Marketing. I didn’t want to learn psychological tricks or make money in a fly-by-night manner. I also saw that most high-priced Internet Marketing courses contain the same ideas, recycled [...]

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Intermittently yours,

January 17, 2008

Lin Stone noticed my site name (and tag line), “Virtually yours,” and wrote a treatise on signing off entitled, “Intermittently Yours.”
These days signatures have deteriorated so badly even our crudest sales letters simply get signed with: “Sincerely yours.” “Sincerely yours” is so trite and worn out that it needs to be abolished.
For what it’s worth, [...]

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