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    Why copywriting is a bunch of Bull$h^t and you shouldn't learn it...

    MARKETING RANT 
    I love how this forum is willing to call each other (correctly or incorrectly) on what they perceive as BS. Tough love! We are all better because of the fighting spirit everyone has. I think of copywriting as the cornerstone of business. Knowing what sells helps you develop your product...
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    DISCIPLINE=FREEDOM

    MINDSET 
    I think that fear, passion, and discipline all work their magic by increasing the amount of time people are engaged with whatever skill or project they are working on. So if the motivation is creating the same amount of engagement, then the motivation doesn't matter. Some motivations may be...
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    DISCIPLINE=FREEDOM

    MINDSET 
    It doesn't matter why someone is on the field, just how long. Motivations, e.g. passion, discipline, fear are fungible.
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    Limitless

    EXECUTION 
    I think you need to aggressively control your audience's experience. Lead them around more. For example, your website was very confusing to me. On top it's a consulting offer, on the right it's training DVDs, and on the bottom it's a blog. There's no about page so I can find out why you are...
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    Ascent to Greatness and Success

    EXECUTION 
    If all you are writing is a lame SEO article then you can't expect to be paid much. The article won't be worth much no matter how well written it is. "This needs to make back it's investment!". How much will a single long-tail SEO article impact the bottom line? Not much. The same goes for all...
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    Lex DeVille's: How to Make $1,000 a Week with no Degree, no Feedback, & no Portfolio.

    GOLD! SIDE HUSTLE 
    It depends on how good your graphic design skills are. If you are genuinely talented and can do good work, then you might not be getting jobs because you aren't writing good proposals. If that's the case, you should look into copywriting to help you write better proposals, but I would...
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    The Couple Who Quit Their Ad Jobs to Travel the World Ended Up Poor and Scrubbing Toilets The uglier

    I hope that's really just "dirt" under their nails...
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    Lex DeVille's: How to Make $1,000 a Week with no Degree, no Feedback, & no Portfolio.

    GOLD! SIDE HUSTLE 
    I am very literally just starting to look. I submitted my first proposal and was confused by how to fill out certain parts of the form so I came here.
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    Lex DeVille's: How to Make $1,000 a Week with no Degree, no Feedback, & no Portfolio.

    GOLD! SIDE HUSTLE 
    I sent a help request to upwork with my questions and I'll repeat what they told me here. Basically the fixed-budget refers to the cost of the entire project, and milestones are decided on where part of the fixed-budget will be released. I can only assume for these types of jobs that the...
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    Learning from the Aurora Colorado Massacre: Applying the OODA Loop

    NOTABLE! HOT! 
    On second thought dodgeball might be the most applicable thing people do in gym class...
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    Learning from the Aurora Colorado Massacre: Applying the OODA Loop

    NOTABLE! HOT! 
    This is great. I wish that high schools taught this in gym class instead of just having them play dodgeball.
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    Lex DeVille's: How to Make $1,000 a Week with no Degree, no Feedback, & no Portfolio.

    GOLD! SIDE HUSTLE 
    I am not looking to figure out how much to charge. I am just confused by the upwork proposal system in these circumstances.
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    Learning from the Aurora Colorado Massacre: Applying the OODA Loop

    NOTABLE! HOT! 
    I disagree with the commentary about video games and the likelihood of getting caught in a mass shooting situation. Violence in the US is very real though. Here is a link talking about some of the murder statistics in the US...
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    Lex DeVille's: How to Make $1,000 a Week with no Degree, no Feedback, & no Portfolio.

    GOLD! SIDE HUSTLE 
    Yes, this was after 1 job proposal, but I'm not frustrated. I just assumed this was a common issue considering a lot of the jobs I have looked at are fixed price, pay-per-word jobs. To be very clear some of these people already specify what they are willing to pay-per-word and I am more than...
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    Lex DeVille's: How to Make $1,000 a Week with no Degree, no Feedback, & no Portfolio.

    GOLD! SIDE HUSTLE 
    The jobs aren't asking for my hourly rate, but the fixed price for the entire project. These jobs are posted as a fixed price job, but they specify in the description that they pay by the word. I have no idea what to put if they don't estimate the number of articles they are going to need.
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    Lex DeVille's: How to Make $1,000 a Week with no Degree, no Feedback, & no Portfolio.

    GOLD! SIDE HUSTLE 
    I have studied copywriting, but I haven't done any of it professionally. I am looking at every type of writing job. Hopefully I'll be able to transition my way into higher paying copywriting jobs after I get my feet wet with things like article writing. I haven't gotten hired yet, but there are...
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    Lex DeVille's: How to Make $1,000 a Week with no Degree, no Feedback, & no Portfolio.

    GOLD! SIDE HUSTLE 
    I need some advice for applying to jobs where the client is asking for a fixed payment based on # of words, but they don't say the total number of articles they want written. How am I supposed to fill out the payment section of my proposal? It asks for me to put in a fixed price for the whole...
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    Ascent to Greatness and Success

    EXECUTION 
    I have the same fear right now with applying to upwork jobs, but you just have to do it. Sometimes you can't wait for a perfect opportunity and you just have to pick the best option that you have available, even if there might be downsides. Typing this for me as much as for you.
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    What if you could live at the Starbucks in say...Scottsdale.

    OFF-TOPIC 
    It can happen for a lot of weird social reasons. Basically anything that allows you to develop a friendship with them (wealthy people don't only spend time with wealthy people). A lot of successful people are religious. I have a friend who was offered a mentorship opportunity with a mid 6...
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    Less is more

    EXECUTION RANT 
    I would recommend everyone read this link on reading level: http://contently.com/strategist/2015/01/28/this-surprising-reading-level-analysis-will-change-the-way-you-write/ 50% of the US reads at or below an 8th grade reading level.

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