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Build the Comparison Before You Write the Review
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The Best Affiliate Link Feels Like the Next Step
The link works better when it completes the thought instead of interrupting it.
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Document the Money Path Before You Add More Traffic
More visitors do not make a business easier to run when the revenue path lives in the owner’s head.
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Don’t Add the Homepage Button Until the Next Page Exists
A button is not progress when the page behind it cannot finish the promise.
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One Homepage. One Paid Outcome.
The old Avocadu homepage was simple because the business knew which outcome mattered most.
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The Open-Rate Drop Wasn’t Just the Subject Line
Before blaming the copy, I learned to separate the people receiving it.
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430 Sends. Two Clicks. The Open Wasn’t the Goal.
An email can be opened and still fail the one job it was sent to do.
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The Homepage Test I Use Before Adding Another Button
A simple four-column test that turns a homepage from a brochure into a useful router.
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