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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…

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 th…

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 believ…

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 t…

Let's guess. I guess...92% digital, 8% print.

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 y…

I wrote up how I use freemium strategy -- including a combination of a blog and multiple email lists -- to sell a $1,000 course on my blog. The course is on freelancing and I also …

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

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 m…

There is actually a specific STS specialization in CS if you're more technically inclined.

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 persuasi…

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 …

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 …

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…

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 amazin…

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…

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. Sinc…

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),…

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 2. I've only had ~3 customers ever c…

I've noticed that some people think marketing is bad/dirty/manipulative -- that facts alone should persuade people to change their behavior. But actually, this rarely works. We nee…

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 u…

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…

On my blog, I've been teaching people how to earn more money on the side via freelancing. The #1 barrier of 5,000+ people I surveyed was finding an idea, so I wrote this up (includ…