Posts by Craig Ballantyne
Affiliate Rant
Hats off to Dan Long (Info Mastermind Member) and Mikey Whitfield for running another 5-figure profit launch last week. Their top affiliate was a guy with confidence – and you’ll hear more about this essential quality in today’s affiliate rant. Back to Dan and Mike…they are succeeding because they treat their readers right and have…
Read MoreIs This Your Life?
You wake up. For one brief moment, after you rub the sleepiness from your eyes, you smile at the thought of a new day. But then reality hits you. Your mind jumps from worry to worry. There are bills to pay, deadlines to meet, and conflicts to solve. Suddenly, you feel like the day has…
Read MoreSecret TRX Workout Trick
Thanks to last night’s winter ice storm (in April!), I’ll be doing my workout inside today, rather than at the park. Oh well, it will still include this one simple and quick workout upgrade that you can add to yours, too. Today, you’re going to squeeze your muscles extra hard at the top of each…
Read MoreBodyweight Exercise Substitutions
Early this week I was contacted by Men’s Health to give them awesome exercise substitutions to make workouts better. I decided to do the same for you. Here are 5 bodyweight exercises to do in place of common free weight moves: 1) Pushup becomes a Harder Pushup It doesn’t matter where you’re at with pushups,…
Read MoreCopywriting Sales Letter Questions
The ‘guru’ of selling, Perry Belcher, has a “Copy Test” that he runs on every new sales letter he writes. It’s simple. He reads it aloud. This is something that you should do with EVERY sales letter you ever write. It won’t be the most exciting 30 minutes of your life, but you’ll catch some…
Read More21 Sales Copy Secrets from Perry Belcher, Co-Founder of Digital Marketer
Perry Belcher is the King of Copy and here are his 21 rules to writing sales copy that converts. This formula will get you started writing winning pitches.
Read More3 Tips From Perry Belcher
Back in the summer of 2011, just after we had taken over EarlytoRise.com, Matt Smith and I were invited down to Austin, Texas for a Mastermind with Ryan Deiss and Perry Belcher (for their top affiliates). Even though I had just been there a couple of months earlier – thanks to Joel Marion’s affiliate trip…
Read MoreSuspension Training Revolution Workout Hits Canada
If it’s sunny and above freezing, then it’s warm enough to do a suspension training workout at the park here in Canada. Right, Bally? Thanks to Dan Long for giving me the inspiration to hit this TRX workout. It was awesome, and like Dan says in his videos, it’s the best way to hit all…
Read MoreTo Get What You Want
I recently started reading a long lost sales manual called, “The Secret of Selling Anything”. It went unpublished for decades before the author’s widow uncovered the manuscript. It’s a good thing she did, because the information is priceless. In this book, author Harry Browne explains that in order to get something that you want (i.e.…
Read MoreQuestions about your customers
Try as I might, it’s been tough to carve out my regular writing time while on attending Dan Kennedy’s seminar this weekend. So I’m turning over today’s message to a worthy mentor. I’m sure you’re familiar with the prolific and illustrious Seth Godin. I’m currently reading his latest book, “The Icarus Deception“.” It’s a perfect…
Read MoreThe Tough Love Diet
Time for some tough love. It’s tough because it’s true, but it’s still love because I care so much about helping you overcome the obstacles in the way. First, a damaging admission…I like chocolate. I also like eating snack food for meals (like almonds and cashews…mixed with chocolate). While, technically, these food choices are still…
Read MoreHow to Deal with Criticism
You ever hear the phrase “liquid courage”? That’s what some people call booze. After all, it gives otherwise timid folks the ‘courage’ to speak up and say what they really feel. Of course, they often regret what they end up saying. Well, the Internet is “virtual courage” because it gives folks the ability to hide…
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