Ray Edwards Show
Ray Edwards is a sought-after Copywriter, Author, Speaker, and Communications Strategist. His clients include Tony Robbins, Jack Canfield, Jeff Walker, Robert Allen, and more. On this show, Ray helps you start, run, and grow their Internet-based businesses. The show includes interviews with well-known experts like Michael Hyatt, Jeff Goins, Dan Miller, Cliff Ravenscraft, Michael Stelzner, Amy Porterfield, Don Miller, and many others.

We just returned from Social Media Marketing World 2016, and this episode is filled with our impressions, some takeaways, and tips.

We get into what you can do to make any conference trip better, and how to get the most from your conference dollars.

  • How to be happy, regardless of what happens.
  • How to turn your phone into walkie-talkie.
  • …and flair!

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Spiritual Foundations

Don't Get Attached to Outcomes

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.” But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
– James 4:13-16

Verse 17 says: “Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.”

I think this is saying: we should just be looking for ways to help. Make plans, but don't obsess over things going exactly your way every time. There may be more important opportunities at work than you can currently see.

Tip of the Week

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Feature Segment: Top 10 Takeaways & Tips From Social Media Marketing World 2016 Conference

Or, How to Get the Most From Your Next Conference

  1. Live video is hot.
  2. You are not Gary V.
  3. Traditional Media outlets (radio, TV, magazines) are now looking for people with Platforms. You should build one.
  4. Yes, Social Media does work “in your business”… whatever your business is.
  5. Arrive at conferences a day early, and leave a day late.
  6. Hydrate. Avoid alcohol, sugar, and heavy meals.
  7. Get plenty of sleep.
  8. Learn to take care of your voice,
  9. Learn to take care of your feet.
  10. Build in space for processing, pondering, and pacing.
  11. Don't be “super-networker guy”. Just care about people and make friends.

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This is a special edition of the Ray Edwards Show where I interview the founder of Meet Edgar, Laura Roeder.  I love her story and I think you will too!

Laura Roeder is…

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It's a wild-west version of the show, as Sean and Ray are operating on too little sleep and too much caffeine.

The subject: why you must master copywriting, especially if you think you don't need to.

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Tip of the Week

Would you like some in-depth video training on how to create copy that makes more sales? Would you like to learn how to write copy that sells like crazy, but doesn’t sound sleazy or pushy? And best of all, would you like to get access to these information-packed, professionally-produced, and incredibly helpful tutorials absolutely free?

Today we’re releasing the second in a series of four videos that will give you the very best ideas, tactics, and even formulas that we encourage you to borrow and use in your own copy to make more money. Starting right now.

Just go to WriteCopyThatSells.com, and put in your email address, to get access to the video series. All FOUR videos are ready and waiting for you.

 

Feature Segment: 7 Reasons You Must Master Copywriting

In which we explore why it's important for you to master copywriting – whether you thin you're selling anything or not.

How To Help

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Today's podcast is filled with action steps you can put to work in your business right away. These steps are designed to make more money. It should be no surprise to you but all seven steps involve your copywriting skills.

But we're not going esoteric on you. This podcast is not about theory, it's about practice. You'll be able to put this stuff to work right now. Today. In this week's episode, you'll find…

  • How to know it's time to give up trying to solve the problem you face, and try something crazy. Something supernatural.
  • How to get access to our new copywriting training series, free.
  • 7 keys to more effective copywriting-you'll be writing words that sell better, faster, and easier than ever before.
  • …And there's more!

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Spiritual Foundations

Stop Trying to Figure It Out

Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding.”
(Proverbs 3:5, NKJV)

Have you ever faced a situation that seemed impossible? We all do at some point. Sometimes it just seems that a certain problem has no logical solution.

It's in moments like these that we need to give up trying to figure it out. Sometimes it's best to remember that we have access to “the mind of Christ”. I did not make that up, the Apostle Paul says so in the New Testament.

So if we have access to “the mind of Christ”, that means we have access to the vast storehouse of knowledge of God himself. And trust me, He knows the answer to your problem.

How do we access this source of wisdom and power? We have to do the most counterintuitive thing: turn off the logic machine, stop researching our problem on Google, stop overanalyzing the problem, and stop looking for answers in the natural realm.

It's time to tap into the supernatural. Stop leaning on our own understanding, and instead, choose to trust God.  None of the problems we face are a surprise to God, nor are they a challenge to Him.

Your mind is a powerful thing. But sometimes, your mind will try to distract you, so you don't even notice that God is speaking to your heart all the time. Your mind, not your heart, is the source of fear, doubt, and terror. These emotions can block the signal God is broadcasting to your heart.

That's why it says in the book of Proverbs we should trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.

And if you can simply “let it go”, stop thinking about the problem and the solutions so much, and just listen for what God has to say, you will find faith rising up. You'll start to feel hope, even in impossible situations.

So today, no matter how dark things may look to you now, choose to lean on God. Trust that He has a good future in store for you. Trust that He has poured out grace and favor on your life. Trust Him, because in the final analysis, He's the only one you can totally trust, every time.

Join me in a prayer like this:

“Daddy, I'm making the choice to lean on you. Not on my own understanding. I know that you are working all things out for my good. So I won't put my confidence in the evidence that I see, but I will trust in your Word, and I will trust in You. I receive Your peace, in Jesus's name. Amen.”

Tip of the Week

Would you like some in-depth video training on how to create copy that makes more sales? Would you like to learn how to write copy that sells like crazy, but doesn’t sound sleazy or pushy? And best of all, would you like to get access to these information-packed, professionally-produced, and incredibly helpful tutorials absolutely free?

Today we’re releasing the second in a series of four videos that will give you the very best ideas, tactics, and even formulas that we encourage you to borrow and use in your own copy to make more money. Starting right now.

Just go to WriteCopyThatSells.com, and put in your email address, to get access to the video series. Videos one and two are ready and waiting for you.

 

Feature Segment: 7 Keys to More Effective Copywriting

These seven keys will give you the overall mindset for how to write persuasive copy.

  1. Begin with the end in mind
  2. Tune into the world's most popular radio station
  3. Ask if it passes the “so what?” test
  4. Write liberally
  5. Edit ruthlessly
  6. Read it to real people
  7. The only test that matters

That is the “what to do” part of today's lesson. For the “how to do it” part, head on over to WriteCopyThatSells.com and get our free video training while it lasts.

How To Help

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