I’m going to keep this week’s intro brief because my dog is biting me. My mother says he bites us all because he’s herding us (he’s a collie mix and barks and corrals when anyone runs), but I think it’s because he wants to be on the winning side. If anyone is play-attacking anyone else, he bites the person being attacked. He’s kind of an ass that way. So it really can’t bode well that I’m being harassed while writing the Wrap. Speaking of ass, it’s just like that time he bit Jennifer Lopez while she was busy working on Gigli . Now for the part where I massively fail to tell you what happened this week on Copyblogger (with bite marks): Monday: 4 Simple Ways to Get More High-Paying Clients with Your Blog If you’re not getting clients with your blog, chances are you’re not doing the four things in this post. Or possibly, you’re doing them but are wearing a clown costume. So remember also #5: Don’t wear a clown costume. And off you go. Read the full post here . Tuesday: The Simple Tricks Experts Use to Always Get Paid For Their Time Sometimes the person asking to “pick your brain” isn’t a zombie, and when that happens, you’re really in trouble. Rather than awkwardly stumbling through a conversation containing sentences like, “But my brain is supposed to make me money, you freeloader!”, Laura Roeder has better ways to deal with sticky situations. Read the full post here . Wednesday: Captivate Your Readers with a Marketing Story that Sells Let me tell you a story: There once was a guy named Johnny, and he had the very unprofitable hobby of writing stories. Then he discovered that if you can learn to tell your own true story in business, you can make money… so he did just that, and taught others how to do it, too. Then he hooked up with seven Victoria’s Secret models and lived happily ever after. Read the full post here . Thursday, part 1: The Easy-to-Use Tool that Helps You Build a Breakthrough Blog Apparently there’s this newfangled trend out there in the Interwebz called “being organized.” The way I read this, some people actually plan things out on a calendar and do NOT blog totally randomly. Apparently this crazy new trend has some advantages that you can read about in this post, like “knowing what the hell you’re doing.” Hmm. Interesting. Read the full post here . Thursday, part 2: Two Conferences for Serious Online Marketers Brian Clark will be speaking at the BlueGlass Internet Marketing conference in Florida November 2-3, and at PubCon Las Vegas on November 8-11. That’s pretty much it. Not funny enough? Okay, imagine him speaking in a clown costume. Read the full post here. Friday: Blogging with a Learner’s Mind This post made me think of how people say that kids pick up languages naturally and well, and how my response is, “If you were content to just say stupid and incorrect things and had people tirelessly correct you for months until you got it right, you’d be good at languages too.” Pamela says it best: “A learner’s mind is fearless.” Learn to lose that fear and be content to learn over time and your blogging will become so much more awesome. Read the full post here. This week’s cool links: Three Problems that Make Me Leave Your Blog in Three Seconds : It’s kind of a problem if people arrive at your blog, are really turned off, and leave. Here’s what may be driving them away and how to fix it. Why Free Plans Don’t Work : A lot of software offers a free plan, with the intention being to convert those people to paid users later. But is it a good strategy? Yes, the Internet Is Changing Your Brain : So, the use of Google and the net in general is changing the way you think. The question is, how, and in which directions? Sales Psychology: Why People Won’t Pay Your Rates : The fact that you look expensive or cheap doesn’t have much to do with the price, because everything is relative. Here’s an explanation of what really matters. The Basics : Sometimes we make simple things too complicated, like when a restaurant adds a bunch of things to Macaroni & Cheese. Always remember the basics. (Mmm… basics.) About the Author: Johnny B. Truant specializes in selling through stories and would like very much to set you up with a cheap blog or website . (That’s “cheap” as in “inexpensive,” not as in “tawdry.”)

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Copyblogger Weekly Wrap: Week of October 3, 2010