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How I Motivated My Lazy Ass To The $1M Mark – A Timeline

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[This was originally an email to my list (Subject: About that 1M…). Shrimpers get my best stuff. Are you one of them yet? C’mon, get on the list!] At dinner the other night, my friend Avo told my husband, Steven, “You better install Ring [security system] on your door and put cameras everywhere, because this […]

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copywriting, digital courses, email marketing, marketing, success digital course academy

“Salt your cucumber” and other handpicked Talking Shrimp emails

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Here’s a curated archive of Laura Belgray’s Talking Shrimp emails. That’s me, referring to myself in the third person, just in case it’s good for SEO. That’s also me, hoping lots of people are searching for “archive of Laura Belgray’s Talking Shrimp emails.” Or maybe “Best email newsletter examples from Talking Shrimp.” And that’s not […]

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content marketing, copywriting, email marketing

Every kind of writing I’ve ever been paid for (and two kinds that paid $zero).

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“You have to be EL James or JK Rowling to make a decent living as a writer! Don’t even try! Get a real job!” Ever hear that? Ignore it. There are countless ways to get paid to write. To give you some ideas, I went all the way back to the early Nineties – the […]

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business, copywriting, email marketing, work entrepreneurs, marketing, success, TV, work, writing jobs

“What If My Life is Boring?” – How To Find Great Stories For All Your Content, Even If Your Life Is Dull AF

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I’m about to shove a stick of dynamite into a big ol’ excuse, and light it. RUN! (Cut to me walking away calmly, with a small mushroom cloud exploding behind me.) The excuse, I mean, very good question is: “Oh sure, Laura Belgray, easy for you to always tell fun stories in your emails, posts, […]

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content marketing, email marketing, storytelling email marketing ideas, newsletter ideas, stories that sell, storytelling

Blog post vs. email — the death match

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What should go in my emails and what should go on the blog? Can they overlap? Should they be the same, or different? I struggled with this one for a long time. Here’s what I used to do:

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blogs and blogging, business, content marketing, copywriting, email marketing, marketing, writing

Screw bitcoin. Cash in on email instead. (21 ways to do it better!)

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Put on stretch pants and settle in. This is a meaty one. Or, if you’re short on patience today, you can skip right to the goods with this table of contents: 7 Reasons Email is Great For LAZY Creative Types 9 Reasons Email Is So Powerful For Your Business 21 Tips For Emails People Actually […]

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copywriting, email marketing

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