Major Announcement

Today I have a major announcement. Here it is...

I'm abandoning this blog!

Today marks the end of On Copywriting on my Typepad domain. I am no longer going to blog on Typepad.

It's a strange feeling. I've been blogging for over four years on Typepad. Here's a little history.

When I got started blogging, I blogged about health. In fact, I wrote over 300 articles about health, exercise, and nutrition. You can see those blog posts here.

I never made much money from this blogging activity. But I sure had fun. I would usually write my posts during my lunch break at work. Every day I'd look forward to writing my next blog post. I built up a decent readership during the first couple years.

It's funny to look back at the home page of that blog. I can see where my thinking was back in 2005. I've come a long way since then.

Later, I migrated my posting about health to The Health Blog. The transition went okay, but not great. One thing I tried to do was bring on other bloggers to help with the posting. My approach didn't work as well as I thought it would, even though I offered to pay for each post.

I had actually grown tired of writing about health. And I had started blogging about copywriting, so it was difficult to maintain my activity on both blogs. So The Health Blog fell by the wayside. It's now like a little blog island floating on the vast Internet ocean.

Now I'm making another change. Instead of blogging here on this domain, I've moved to a Wordpress blog hosted at www.RyanHealy.com. This is the new blog where you will find me.

Why have I decided to do this? There are a few reasons.

1. By having my name as my blog domain, it allows me greater liberty in my daily posting. Instead of my blog being focused mostly on copywriting, it will now have a slightly different focus. I've already written about this on my new blog.

2. When I started blogging, I chose Typepad because Seth Godin used it. I figured, "If it's good enough for Seth Godin, it's good enough for me." Turns out, Seth Godin has said choosing Typepad was the biggest mistake he made. Think about it: he doesn't own the domain and, therefore, he doesn't own any of his inbound links!

3. James Brausch told me to switch. His exact words were, "Stop the Typepad nonsense and get a domain."

So... The new blog is located at www.RyanHealy.com. If you have linked to my blog in the past, you may want to update that link. I've also begun a new blog notification list. This is for a few reasons. Perhaps I'll talk about them later. If you want to be notified of posts on the new blog, you will have to join the new blog email list and/or update your RSS feed.

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Comments

[Greg Thompson]

Quote: "Why have I decided to do this? There are a few reasons."

LOL

Ryan, you've been reading too many Gary Halbert dollar bill letters.

This post would've been hilarious for insiders if you would've began with:

"Dear Friend,

As you can see, I've attached a link to my new blog to this post.

Why have I done this? Actually there are a few reasons..."

[Ryan Healy]

Hey Greg - That's too funny. I actually have read very little of Halbert's stuff... and none of it recently. Be that as it may, I still write like a copywriter I guess. :-)

[Robert Lehrer]

Congratulations Ryan, for your step forward. I went to www.RyanHealy.com and saw nothing about your blog. Is there another URL that I should go to in order to sign up for your RSS feed from the new website?

[Ryan Healy]

Hey Robert - Thanks for the heads-up. There is something there... but GoDaddy seems to be having hosting problems today. This morning the blog didn't show up. I checked all the SQL databases, hosting accounts, etc. Everything checked out.

The blog came up again this morning, but it's possible the hosting glitch hasn't been totally resolved. If that's the case, please try the blog later today or tomorrow. Sorry for the inconvenience.

If GoDaddy continues to have problems, I may have to switch hosting accounts.

[Ruby Garson]

Transfer me over Ryan, I'm with you! Just tell me how!

Ruby

P.S. I'm sorry I didn't know you were looking for someone to write about health. I have more knowledge in that subject than probably any other. Let me know if that situation arrises again. I must have joined, after that posting.

I look forward to your posts. And would be honored to write articles for you. Just let me know.

God Bless

Ruby E. Garson
Copywriter/Consultant
Direct Response Letters
http://www.directresponse.ws

[Joseph Ratliff @ The Profitable Business Edge 2]

Ryan,

Ever since I moved my blog from a Blogger domain to my own...

I have tripled my reader base, own over 1300 links to my site...etc...

You are making a very good call here.

I am visiting your site now...and will change my Blogroll to reflect this.

Joseph Ratliff
Author of The Profitable Business Edge 2

[Pat B. Doyle]

Ryan, I think this is a good idea. I checked out your new blog - how did you get to a Page Rank 2 already?

[Ryan Healy]

Pat - Great question. I've responded in a post you can read here...

http://www.ryanhealy.com/pagerank-2/

[Daniel Mcgonagle]

Congratulations ryan for your step forward! always keep up the good work and i wish you all the best! cheers!

[Angel]

In today's world, our bodies still require the complete balance of pure nutrients and energy provided by live whole foods. The modern demands of our fast-paced world have led to the processing of food to the point of non-nutrition. Unlock the secret code to discover the real truth about Health and Nutrition.

[tower defense]

I think this is a good idea. I checked out your new blog - how did you get to a Page Rank 2 already?

[Herbal ED Remedies]

Hello, I'd like to get my site listed at your 'Health Links' section.
Is it possible?
Thanks for your time.

[Zach]

Hmm. Yes. Same as Herbal ED.
Could I get listed in the health section as well?
Don't want to be a burden.
Take your time.
Thanks.
;)

[Hardgainer Workout]

Sucks to here that, but I'm way to late anyway. haha. Good luck!

[Web Copywriter]

I enjoyed your blog!

I will check out your new blog.

Thanks!

[Matthew Leanna]

That's a pretty smart move, seeing as you already have a rank 2. Maybe it's also liberating for your readers; they do sometimes follow blogs not for the topics being covered, but for the style of the writer. Hehe, that would be a very flattering reason, but in most cases it's true. You're very fortunate for having such loyal supporters.