All posts by Ryan Healy

One Thousand Comments & Counting

Over the holidays, this blog hit an important milestone: 1,000 approved comments and counting. It happened in just under one year from the time I started this blog on the new domain. Since there are currently 1,048 comments and 115 published posts on this blog, that’s about 9.1 comments per blog post. Anyway, I’ve been […]

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How Laziness Sneaks In

There’s common laziness, of course. It’s usually expressed as procrastination, channel surfing, and basically not doing anything. This is the first hurdle most of us face when we’re trying to start a business or keep one running. We’ve got to overcome inertia to get things done. Here’s the thing. Once you’ve overcome ordinary laziness and […]

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The Ultimate Risk Reversal

Risk reversal is often a critical component of a successful sales piece or marketing campaign. This is because the biggest objection you must overcome in a sale is the prospect’s concern about the quality or effectiveness of the product he’s buying. “What if it doesn’t work the way it’s supposed to?” he worries. “What if […]

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To Those I’m Thankful For

When I rewrote my to-do list a couple of days ago, I wrote: “12. Write a thank-you post.” This is that post. My success as a copywriter has not been an individual journey. I’ve been supported by dozens of people all along the way. And I want to take a moment to thank them. God […]

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Mastering Adwords

When I first got started in Internet marketing, my first assignment was to learn how to use Google Adwords. This was way back in June 2002, soon after Adwords was first introduced. At the time, there was no “definitive” source I could turn to. Everybody was just experimenting to see what worked and what didn’t. […]

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