You may not be able to attend a conference or even subscribe to the videos of a conference. You may not be able to afford a mentor at this stage of your career, but that does not mean you cannot benefit from a conference like training. Set aside three days for comprehensive 8 hours a day training for yourself. Self-study, the internet way. The tools are there for you to use, use them.

What follows is a comprehensive list I’ve put together for learning on the internet. Some of it is copywriting, some is marketing, and some is motivational. All of which you need to pay attention to if you’re to make it in this business.

Find your three days to self study and make it a priority now to jumpstart your life!

Eban Pagen (GetAltitude.com series)
Marketing Tips – 1 of 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k51vFkjtf3g
Marketing Tips – 2 of 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9tjgsJk6pE&feature=related
Marketing Tips – 3 of 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blTOv3oXdbk&feature=related

Eban Pagen (GetAltitude.com series)
Keys to Success – 1 of 7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyXSaZATMvM&feature=related
Keys to Success – 2 of 7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0sU0hws1-o&feature=related
Keys to Success – 3 of 7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0Gjvgj0gfE&feature=related
Keys to Success – 4 of 7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUhE5qeF9HQ&feature=related
Keys to Success – 5 of 7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xw75aPto2M&feature=related
Keys to Success – 6 of 7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaTSNhTRH6k&feature=related
Keys to Success – 7 of 7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S80N-rVMoAI&feature=related

John Carlton Interview How To Make Your Copywriting Better
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujUmWD6AOsU

Bob Bly Improving Your Sales Pitch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDLJuOhNvo0
Bob Bly How to Build Your List and Profits Part One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GrtLMddQ_4&feature=PlayList&p=D1E10089FD5DF11C&index=0
Bob Bly How to Build Your List and Profits Part Two
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2oB3CyxG-Y&feature=PlayList&p=D1E10089FD5DF11C&index=1
Bob Bly Landing Page Tune Ups and Hot Seat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZqysLewUTo&feature=PlayList&p=D1E10089FD5DF11C&index=2
Bob Bly Landing Page Tune Ups and Hot Seat Part Two
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F98tctvKwko&feature=PlayList&p=D1E10089FD5DF11C&index=3
Bob Bly Master Copywriter Interview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgotoiIHQ64&feature=PlayList&p=D1E10089FD5DF11C&index=4
Bob Bly AWAI interview part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EojC_RCHMLw
Bob Bly AWAI interview part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPzfge97w1c

AWAI Awards Presentation to John Forde for Copywriter of the Year from the bootcamp: Very valuable for motivation to listen to Michaeal Masterson talk about what one can achieve with hard work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g8BtX5lhhk

Copywriting Tips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGRMAVpng8c

Case study on a product launch method (almost 50 minutes) (Jeff Walker)
http://productlaunchformula.com/

Ken McCarthy’s yearly System Seminar is a treasure trove of information. Listening to the pre-system interviews on his blog is a very good way to learn more about all areas of the business.
http://www.thesystemblog.com/

Bob Bly has free audio to download here:
http://www.bly.com/newsite/Pages/freeaudio.php

Bob Bly has free articles to download here:
http://www.bly.com/newsite/Pages/article2.php

Alice Seba AKA the Internet Marketing Sweetie offers a free course. She’s great to learn from.
http://www.internetmarketingsweetie.com/sweetie

For Pay Per Click Ads, Perry Marshall is great to learn from:
http://www.perrymarshall.com/9-lies/

Going to Youtube.com and searching for Perry Marshall is very informative. I’m not getting into the PPC ad links here, because Google revises their methods of approving and setting those a lot. At least it seems like they do to me. And I don’t use them. But I have studied them a bit, and I suggest that you do also. When you write a landing page and you know your client is also using PPC ads to drive traffic to that page, making sure the keywords match is very helpful to your client.

Website Optimization articles to study:
http://www.websiteoptimization.com/

To study:
The Death of the Saleletter – download from Michel Fortin’s blog side bar (right side)
http://www.michelfortin.com/

Watch Ryan Deiss – his topics are interesting, timely, and his business models have worked well for me.
http://drivingtraffic.com/

Free Reports from Jimmy Brown – he’s a small report, membership site, and list building coach – this stuff is good for copywriters to know about, especially if you’re thinking of writing and offering your own reports and ebooks.
http://www.123webmarketing.com/free-reports.html

Good website to study
http://www.psychotactics.com/

A MUST STUDY!
Scientific Advertising by Claude C. Hopkins
(illustrated version) http://www.scientificadvertising.com/
(PDF format) http://www.scientificadvertising.com/ScientificAdvertising.pdf

Another varied resource is http://www.free-ebooks.net
I have not used this resource, and there are many books with many different authors. Google the author and find out their experience before downloading any books.

Finally, if you’re broke, you’re broke. But you still need copywriters above you to cheer you on. For a little bit of money, a very small amount per month, AWAI has a great product called the “Monday Morning Jumpstart”. Every Monday, you get a video message each Monday from Joshua Boswell.
Check it out! (not an affiliate link)
http://www.awaionline.com/mot/awaicatalog/

And this is just a fraction of what’s out there. Keep hunting and you’ll never never stop learning!