Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Reggie.
My first two years away at college were a hot mess. I was too immature to interact socially… I had very little coping skills to deal with new people in a new environment… and I felt like a fish out of water. After these two years, I left, and finished off at a local school…
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The World… is Oblivious:
The more I’m out and about… the more surprised I am how some people can even make it through one day on earth. For example, last week, I was out driving around down here in Tampa Bay area north of where I live. The weather was absolutely beautiful and it was a perfect day to…
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Copywriting tip: When to shut up, and when not to:
Last week, I was going through a 7-Step Sales Copy Overhaul with a client of mine. A lot of his issues revolved around a specific problem he was having. And that was, actually “describing” what he was selling. Frankly, he was selling himself short, by cutting his descriptions short. And he did this because he…
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Penalty of Leadership?
You may be familiar with this ad, but maybe not. It was ran by Cadillac in the Saturday Evening Post, on January 20, 1915, almost a century ago. At first blush, as an ad to sell cars, it seems pretty useless. However, read it slowly, and pay close attention to what it’s saying. Sure, some…
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Copywriting: The Division Bell
As a music lover, and a child of the 1970’s, I spent a lot of time in my room listening to albums. One of my favorite bands was, and still is, Pink Floyd. There are a number of reasons I love their music, but one of the strongest was their guitarist, David Gilmour. Gilmour, who…
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Interesting New Business Model:
I recently came across a company with an interesting new business model. It’s called MassDrop and it’s kind of like a crowdfunding project that allows you to buy unusual retail items. It’s like taking a trip to the mall and walking through stores like Spencer’s and Sharper Image, where they have really cool, modern tech…
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Newsletter Publishing Profits Now Open – still MORE bonuses added
Doors are now open for Newsletter Publishing Profits, the only program that shows you how to leverage an offline newsletter into cash-flow for your business that is otherwise unobtainable any other way. I think I must have Bonus FEVER, because I’ve added in yet another bonus to this program. Today’s Added BONUS: I’m including the…
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Newsletter Profits Now Open – more bonuses added, MASSIVE value inside for Newsletter Publishing
Newsletter Profits is open and available to order now. Besides all the bonuses I talked about yesterday, I’m also adding in: BONUS: A copy of the template software in its native file, for my actual newsletter. This saves about two days it would normally take you to design your own newsletter, trying to come up…
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Newsletter Publishing Profits – Free bonuses for tomorrow:
Tomorrow I’m launching a program I’ve been working on for a long time – Newsletter Profits. And here are just a few of the bonuses you’ll be getting with it: There are two levels, Publisher’s and Basic. Publisher’s includes everything in the Basic Program plus some really cool extras. Here’s the Basic Program, which is…
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Top 3 reasons why Offline Newsletters are the most powerful marketing tool ever:
I’ve been publishing an offline newsletter (Seductive Selling) for almost 10 years now. It’s one of the most exciting things I do, and it’s something I truly enjoy doing, every month. Thursday at noon, I’ll be launching my next product, Newsletter Profits. The program takes you by the hand and shows you how anyone can…
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Newsletter Profits: More questions answered – latest video inside:
Alrighty, just click on my smiling face below, and check out this next video in my Newsletter Profits Launch series. And if you want to find out more about the program, make SURE you download the attached PDF: Newsletter Profits Have a great week! Now go sell something, Craig Garber P.S. Launch opens Thursday for…
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Download Newsletter Profits PDF Here:
Had a lot of questions about yesterday’s video, so I’ve attached a PDF to give you the inside scoop on what’s going on. I wanted to give you a sneak preview of the “guts” of the Newsletter Profits program that’s launching next week. The program takes you by the hand, step by step, and shows…
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Can you trust anyone, nowadays?
According to the experts, no. A few days ago in the Harvard Business Review, I was reading a snippet of an article on trust. You can read the original article here (Warning: it’s a research article and it’s long), but the gist of it is that interpersonal trust between us, has hit an all time…
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Copywriting tips… A short conversation with my youngest son went like this:
Cool copywriting tip today: I’ll never forget a conversation I had with one of my kids, a few years back. I was talking to my younger son Casey before his swim meet. School had just started and I asked if there was anything in particular he liked about school this year. He said he likes…
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Copywriting tip – How to get anyone to believe… anything:
If you read the first chapter of my book, then you heard some of my stories about growing up in New York City in the 1970’s. So you know, there sure wasn’t any shortage of drama. You had the Son Of Sam serial killer, David Berkowitz (who used to live in the same apartment housing…
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Direct Marketing 101: Who’s really reading the Bible?
Here are some conflicting statistics that show you the big difference between what people want, and what people SAY they want: 30% of Americans say they’d rather read a book than do anything else (that’s 3 in 10)… 21% say watching TV is their favorite activity (that’s 1 in 5 or 2 in 10)… And…
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Pretend to be a lesbian for 24 hours…
I’ve posted up a bunch of new Offbeat Ads Including one from 1988 that (and I kid you not)… shows you “How to act when you meet a lesbian.” Examples: “Do not run from the room”… and, “If you must back away, do so slowly and with discretion.” Just click on the ad below and…
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Instant “Unique Selling Proposition” – Better the devil known, than the dentist unknown:
Better the devil known, than the dentist unknown: I absolutely hate going to the dentist. I hate it the same way most people hate going down to the Department of Motor Vehicles. It’s the kind of transaction that simply feels like a complete waste of time. Kind of like paying for homeowners insurance – you…
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Real Estate Investing?
Pay close attention to this message – especially if you live outside of America. About 5 or 6 years ago, I wanted to start investing in real estate. So I went to a guy I knew who supposedly did well as an investor, and I asked him what to do. He was a real estate…
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