I have spent years studying the topic of wealth building and wealth creation.  I have read book after book after book.  Along the way I have learned some very priceless tips, tricks as well as headaches.  There are so many books that recommend doing things that are not practical to the majority of people.

We all hear the advice from wealth creation know it alls: Start a business, save more, spend less and my personal favorite – live within your means.  Well thank you Captain Obvious!  The book “The Richest Man in Babylon” puts these principles in easy to understand dialogue and changed the way I thought about wealth forever.  George S. Clason, offers a real sotution to our financial problems.

Before I share with you the “7 remedies for a lean purse” this book has taught me, I only ask that you have an open mind.  If you are close minded to the idea that you can begin creating a better life with the money you already earn, Please Stop Reading and Leave My website immediately.  If you are open and ready to change your financial life forever, than this blog post is for you.

Remedy # 1: Pay yourself first. This is the foundation to wealth creation.  The book recommends that you save 10% of all your earnings.  This advice has literally changed my personal finances.  Having money saved has a positive effect on your psyche.  It immediately changes your broke mentatlity.

Remedy # 2: Control Your Spending. While reading remedy number one, my first thought was “How can I save tem percent if I am struggling to make ends meet right now”.  Remedy #2 is the key to saving more.  This takes discipline, but is well worth it.  Think about it, just by cutting out fast food you will be able to cut the fat out of your budget and your midsection. Don’t confuse necessities and desires.  Start by making a budget today!

Remedy # 3: Invest. Start putting your money to work for you.  I always here people say the wealthy don’t work for money.  Very true, they make their money work for them.  In today’s economy investing may seem scary.  Feel the fear and do it any way.

Remedy # 4: Guard your investment from loss. Only invest where your principle will be safe.  Always seek sound advice from people who know how to make their money work.

Remedy # 5: Own your home. People are terrified about the real estate market.  But the truth is if you are renting you are paying someone else’s mortgage.  Today is the best time to buy real estate in your life time.

Remedy #6: Insure a future income. One day we all will be old.  No matter if you are a business owner or an employee; the day will come when you will no longer be able to work.  When that day arrives you will still have needs and desires.

Remedy #7: Increase your ability to earn. This is when wealth creation explodes.  There are so many ways to do this: Go back to school, learn a new trade, go to seminars, start a business.  There are countless ways you can increase your ability to earn.

These are just a few principles you will learn in this book.  I strongly recommend this book to any and everyone.  The principles in this book lead to me having my best financial year in 2009 while earning less than I did in 2008.  I can’t wait to see what 2010 brings.  I am well on my way to a bulging wallet, What about you?

Article marketing has changed forever. Let me explain. Gone are the days where you can write an article, spam it with keywords and get traffic. Everyone is writing articles and blogging because it’s free. And lest face it, there are a lot of horrible articles out there. (I may have been responsible for quite a few in the past).

I am sure we all can agree that the internet is filled with people fighting for the same pool of customers. Once any medium of advertisement becomes common place, it looses its effectiveness. Once this takes place there is only one way to outperform your competition; Words. Words that grab your attention like a date watching a scary movie.

Your potential prospects and customers are bombarded with advertisement every day, including articles and blog posts. The words you choose will either break out of the clutter called internet marketing or be added to the land of the lost articles forever.

I remember the first article I wrote. Ugh. Terrible. Horrendous. Scary. You get the point. I was lucky enough to have someone give me a book on copywriting and I’ve been a sponge ever since. I’m still learning and have a lot of learning to do. But I have picked up a few copywriting skills that have made my writing better tenfold.

Here are a couple of copywriting tips I learned along the way. Hope they help.

Attention:
The best way to break through the internet clutter is to write headlines that demands the reader’s attention. Be funny. Be controversial. Be valuable. How – to articles are my favorite to write because they keep the readers engaged.

Stories Sell:
Tell a story. If your niche market is weight loss, tell a story of someone who lost a lot of weight. It doesn’t even have to be your story. Tell stories that are emotional and captivate your audience.

Make it easy on the eyes:
We are living in the ADD generation, especially when it comes to reading internet copy. You have to be able to keep your readers’ attention long enough to get them to take action. The easiest way to write copy that’s easy to read is with bullet points, short paragraphs, and use short words.

Make it valuable:
Before I write an article ask yourself, “Why am I writing this article”, “Who am I writing this article for”. If you are writing articles just to get traffic to your site, you will never be an effective article marketer. Decide who your most important reader is and write for that person. Answer a question or solve a problem and you will be well on your way to creating raving fans that will send your article into viral marketing world.

Writing good internet copy is without a doubt the most important skill you can learn in today’s internet marketing world. It doesn’t matter if you are using pay per click or you tube. It still comes down to you copywriting skills.

I hope these tips help you become a better copywriter.

If you have some tips, please leave them in the comments section, my readers will love you for it.

Thanks,
Jameel Rush