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MI339: Copywriting Unleashed w/ Neville Medhora

Mar 26, 2024

Neville Medhora, successful online entrepreneur, shares his early experiences in day trading, Warren Buffet's influence on his investing mindset, AIDA method for capturing attention, and his portfolio structure. He also talks about his journey into copywriting, creating a popular course, and his unique approach to time management and self-improvement investing.

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Neville Medhora

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Quick takeaways

Copywriting Course was inspired by creating engaging emails for AppSumo.

AIDA formula in copywriting: Attention, Interest, Desire, Action.

Copywriting principles extend beyond sales to dating profiles.

Improving writing skills leads to impactful communication and performance enhancement.

Deep dives

The Origin of the Copywriting Course

The copywriting course was born out of the speaker's experience with writing engaging emails that garnered positive responses from readers. Starting with a course on the behind-the-scenes of a muse business, the speaker transitioned to focus on copywriting after building a successful copywriting course from the engaging emails created for AppSumo.

Introduction

2min

Entrepreneurial Ventures and College Reflections

15min

The Evolution of Financial Blogging and Data Privacy

9min

Exploring the Journey into Copywriting

17min

Marriage, Daily Routine, and Sponsor Advertisements

4min

Exploring the Philosophy of Mortality and Time Management Strategies

22min

Long-Term Investment Strategy and Self-Improvement Investing Approach

4min

In this today’s episode, Patrick Donley (@JPatrickDonley) sits down with Neville Medhora to hear about his early adventures into online businesses and how that led to creating online courses including the Copywriting Course. You’ll also learn about his early experiences in day trading, how Warren Buffet changed his mind about investing, how to capture anyone’s attention with the AIDA Method, how he structures his own portfolio and so much more!

Neville Medhora runs Copywriting Course where 1,000+ business owners get trained on writing better emails, newsletters, landing pages and social media posts. He's been involved with AppSumo, TheHustle, Copy.ai, and a host of other internet businesses.

Neville learned to invest in college with spare money made from side projects, and quickly learned the perils of day trading, and the reward of long-term investing.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

02:45 - What Neville’s path was like during and after college.

05:39 - How he arranged to meet Michael Dell and other famous people.

10:07 - What his early experience in day trading was like.

15:49 - Why he started a financial blog and the doors it opened for him.

17:42 - How he got connected with Noah Kagan and Sam Parr.

21:56 - How he first got involved with copywriting and how he learned it.

33:13 - How to capture someone’s attention with the AIDA process.

38:23 - What someone would learn in Neville’s copywriting course.

41:30 - What a typical day looks like for him and how he spends his time.

43:52 - What are some of the “crazy experiments” Neville has done.

51:09 - What Neville’s productivity hacks are.

55:58 - How to think about your own death to plan and live your life.

64:08 - How Neville thinks about living a good and happy life.

67:04 - Why you shouldn’t be 100% content.

68:55 - How he structures his own portfolio.

*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

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Check out: MI318: Million Dollar Weekend w/ Noah Kagan | YouTube video.
Recommended Book: The Boron Letters by Gary Halbert.
Recommended Book: Ask by Ryan Levesque.
Recommended Book: Buy Back Your Time by Dan Martell.
Recommended Book: You’re Gonna Die by Neville Medhora.
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