2012, some predictions, and why I’m quitting IM

by Linus Rylander on January 2, 2012

Happy new year! Here’s my first prediction: 2012 will be the most bizarrely interesting, inspiring and opportunity-ridden year in a long-ass time. I think more fortunes will be made than ever before. I think more people will realize the silliness of the 9-to-5 than ever before, and more people will have the chutzpah to go [...]

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Dog shit in paper bags, free Ferraris and how to triple your customers

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What I’m talking about is this: Creating a killer offer. A blockbuster smash-hit offer can make you very rich. One great offer can change your life forever. In mainstream “internet marketing” doctrine this is one of the least-talked-about subjects, but it should be in the top 3. (the shortlist is currently: driving traffic, driving traffic [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving… silly americans ;)

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Happy thanksgiving from Sweden I know I haven’t posted much lately, but I thought I would take this moment to ‘preciate ya’ll. It’s American Thanksgiving. We don’t have that over here. I think it’s kind of dumb. The fact that you need a specific holiday, a predefined date where you’re supposed to be grateful. Why [...]

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How To Become A Testing & Tracking Ninja (part 2)

In the last issue we talked a little about what to split test in your business… this one is about when you should test them… and the #1 metric you need to track (it ain’t conversion rates). Part 1: Split testing sales funnels So let’s get started. Here’s lesson numero uno: The earlier an element is [...]

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How To Systematically Engineer Conversion Quantum Leaps

This is part 4 in “7 Advanced Tactics For Boosting Response & Visitor Value“ I was originally just going to talk about A/B split testing… but that’s a bit old hat, innit? Old split testing methodology goes something like this…

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How To Make Customers Addicted To You

This is part 3 in “7 Advanced Tactics For Boosting Response & Visitor Value“ Ever had trouble getting people to pay attention to what you say? What if you could make people, prospects and customers addicted to you… and hang on to every word you say? One word: personality. You’re gonna need some goddamn personality. [...]

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“I just need to get it all together in a system that works”

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I have a survey running on this site, which helps me get ideas for what kind of stuff I need to write about here. (please respond to it! I’ll give you a cool little report in return…) One of the major themes I see is the confusion factor. People who lack a sense of direction. [...]

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How To Get Near 100% Email Open Rates

This is part #2 of “7 Advanced Tactics For Boosting Response & Visitor Value” — enjoy! 100% might be slightly exaggerated. How about 40%, 50%, 70% or even 90%? This is all possible. The specific tactic I’m talking about is what smart cats know as List Segmentation. It means dividing your email list up in [...]

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How To Make $1,000,000 Per Month With Information Marketing

Most people have a twisted view of info-marketing. They think it means throwing up websites and selling $27 ebooks. And some may think that sounds kind of dumb. And it is. But that’s not real info-marketing. I wanted to share this with you, and show you how some people make the big bucks… selling digital [...]

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Tuesday Thoughts: Economy and cynicism

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Here is an observation which just occurred to me: People who are considered cynical by most people usually aren’t. They’ve simply widened their view and see things in a harsher, more discriminating light. Another observation is that people considered to be cynical are also negative. For example… I’ve often been called cynical after expressing that [...]

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