ramit

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by ramit 14y ago
I've run a bunch of tests on this with 100,000+ email users. In nearly every test, we found that varying the copy of the text link from "Click Here" to "Join Now" or "Get the Video" or "Buy Now" or a bunch of other copy...made almost no dif
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Experiments from the world of psychology and persuasion(iwillteachyoutoberich.com)
16 points by ramit 16y ago|0 comments
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by ramit 16y ago
I haven't written all four yet, but I do have outlines of the ideas. I collect ideas/research/examples for a long time -- often years -- so when I go to write a post, I can sort through tons of stuff. That helps with writer's block.
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by ramit 16y ago
This is the 1st of 4 posts I'll be doing for the New York Times (their Bucks blog) on the psychology of willpower, automation, and earning more. This one is about how people believe if they just "try harder," they can save more money...yet
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My 1st article for the New York Times -- the psychology of financial willpower(bucks.blogs.nytimes.com)
40 points by ramit 16y ago|10 comments
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by ramit 16y ago
This is actually pretty interesting as I've been testing this for the last 2 years. I've been on The Today Show, ABC News (once/week), G4TV, PBS, CBS Early Show, etc. Most of the time, the anchors/screen will say my domain, http://www.iwil
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by ramit 16y ago
Let's guess. I guess...92% digital, 8% print.
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by ramit 16y ago
I know it's easy to think that everyone trying to show others how to monetize their skills is trying to make a quick buck, but that's really not the case. I've been writing for 6 years and have 300k+ readers/month. Give it another look. If
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How I use a freemium strategy to sell a $1,000 product on my blog(iwillteachyoutoberich.com)
3 points by ramit 16y ago|2 comments
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by ramit 16y ago
Hey Atomical, I've seen a similar study before, but can't find it. Could you point me to it? For other interesting studies on health: http://delicious.com/ramitsethi/health
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by ramit 16y ago
This is a complicated question. I know of a direct-response guy who had horribly ugly sales pages that literally included misspellings. He tells this story about how all kinds of marketing consultants and designers would come in and say, "
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by ramit 16y ago
There is actually a specific STS specialization in CS if you're more technically inclined.
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by ramit 16y ago
2 suggestions: 1. Here are some good books on psychology (specifically behavioral change): http://astore.amazon.com/iwillteachyou-20?_encoding=UTF8&#38... 2. Hang out with persuasive friends. Try to understand the meta-lessons of what the
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by ramit 16y ago
Very interesting. This describes my coursework at Stanford almost exactly. My major was STS (Science, Technology, and Society) with a minor in psychology. Then I studied sociology in grad school. What I focused on was social influence, pers
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by ramit 16y ago
Not for a while : ) I'm focusing on helping people earn more via my Earn1k freelancing course right now, so it's basically an IWTYTBR business course. We teach a lot of techniques that can apply to freelancing or even product-based companie
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by ramit 16y ago
Let's be careful here. Patrick, you and I both know how the conversion models in this area work, and while the info-marketing world is filled with scammy sleazebags, there are also some very credible ones. For example, I sell information pr
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by ramit 16y ago
I'm one of those people whose Google Apps account takes 15-30 seconds to return a result when I search for something. It drives me nuts. I just installed CloudMagic and it's amazing.
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by ramit 16y ago
Doubtful. In order to find out why people don't buy, we do heavy, ongoing customer research/surveys/phone calls with people who are on our prospect list but haven't purchased after the expected purchase time frame. Hardly anyone, ever, has
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by ramit 16y ago
Great question. No, we haven't split-tested the addition of Paypal. We're constantly running tests, but this is a low-priority one for us based on extensive customer research. Since we can't test it all, we pick the biggest potential wins (
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by ramit 16y ago
I use Authorize.net with 1Shoppingcart. It works pretty well. I'm starting to come up against some technical limitations (like a lack of trigger emails for shopping-cart recovery), but overall, I'm very happy with the solution. EJunkie and
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by ramit 16y ago
I accept a fairly high volume of payments and intentionally don't accept Paypal. Here's why: 1. 99.9% of my paying customers have a credit card <---this is #1 for a reason 2. I've only had ~3 customers ever complain about my lack of Pay
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Think marketing is manipulative? Why we need MORE marketing that actually works(iwillteachyoutoberich.com)
1 points by ramit 16y ago|0 comments
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by ramit 16y ago
Unfortunately, nobody wants to learn about statistics -- they just want it to work so they can make more money. I just wrote a post about behavioral change and understanding your users here: http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/why-pe
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by ramit 16y ago
The January effect takes place in a lot of disparate areas. Gym memberships spike in January. No surprise there. But what's more interesting is that most self-development books are published in January. Publishers know this is a key time to
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Earning more money: Finding the right idea(iwillteachyoutoberich.com)
6 points by ramit 16y ago|0 comments
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Whose Idea Was the Dry-Cleaning Bag Anyway?(nytimes.com)
2 points by ramit 16y ago|1 comments
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by ramit 16y ago
A full-time traveler wrote a massive guest post on my site describing how she travels for $14,000/year: http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/cheap-travel/
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by ramit 16y ago
I got my own merchant account because I needed to do some more sophisticated monetization work than Clickbank, Paypal, or Amazon allowed. Now I use Authorize.net + Powerpay.biz + 1shoppingcart. Works pretty well together.
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by ramit 16y ago
Doesn't Gilt do this?
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by ramit 16y ago
Can you say more about this? I'm a big fan (and customer) of Gilt, and I'd love to know where I can read more about this. Thanks for the heads-up.

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