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ramit

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Author of New York Times best-selling book "I Will Teach You To Be Rich," founder of http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com, formerly co-founded PBwiki.

Also find me here: - http://twitter.com/ramit - http://delicious.com/ramitsethi - http://www.quora.com/Ramit-Sethi/answers

Background in social influence, persuasion, and behavioral change. Experience in high-value information products, publishing, pricing, and marketing.

Based in NYC.

  1. Experiments from the world of psychology and persuasion (iwillteachyoutoberich.com)
    16 points 0
  2. My 1st article for the New York Times -- the psychology of financial willpower (bucks.blogs.nytimes.com)
    40 points 10
  3. How I use a freemium strategy to sell a $1,000 product on my blog (iwillteachyoutoberich.com)

    I wrote up how I use freemium strategy -- including a combination of a blog and multiple email lists -- to sell a $1,000 course on my blog. The course is on freelancing and I also have a book sold in bookstores. If you…

    3 points 3
  4. Think marketing is manipulative? Why we need MORE marketing that actually works (iwillteachyoutoberich.com)

    I've noticed that some people think marketing is bad/dirty/manipulative -- that facts alone should persuade people to change their behavior. But actually, this rarely works. We need MORE, BETTER marketing. I've written…

    1 points 0
  5. Earning more money: Finding the right idea (iwillteachyoutoberich.com)

    On my blog, I've been teaching people how to earn more money on the side via freelancing. The #1 barrier of 5,000+ people I surveyed was finding an idea, so I wrote this up (includes customer-development techniques to…

    6 points 0
  6. Whose Idea Was the Dry-Cleaning Bag Anyway? (nytimes.com)

    Good NYTimes story about someone who "stole" the idea of a dry-cleaning bag from another person. Did he steal the idea? Does it matter? Interesting to see the "idea doesn't matter" meme in other areas besides tech.

    2 points 1
  7. The Briefcase Technique -- to earn tens of thousands of dollars in interviews (youtube.com)

    Cool little technique I've used in interviews to earn tens of thousands of dollars over the last few years. Thought you guys might like it.

    28 points 11
  8. How my friend negotiated an $8,000 salary increase (video) (iwillteachyoutoberich.com)

    I helped a friend negotiate an $8,000 salary increase and 50% boost in equity, and we decided to put together a video showing how. Thought you guys might find it interesting for future job interviews.

    4 points 0
  9. "Ugh, why don't fat people just eat less?" and other inane comments (iwillteachyoutoberich.com)

    Thought you guys might like this. It's become popular (especially online) to think that cutting spending or eating is simply about willpower, when it's really more complex than that and involves motivation, social…

    3 points 1
  10. Questions your financially unprepared friends fear (iwillteachyoutoberich.com)
    1 points 0
  11. I just launched a $2,500 scholarship for entrepreneurial ideas...please apply! (iwillteachyoutoberich.com)
    22 points 22