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This is a fun email for Friday May 7th, 2021. Hope you like it :)
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Ok, this ad didn’t age very well….but the underlying principles of it are solid!
- The ad gives strong social proof showing that doctors prefer
Today we discuss what we’ve learned through running:
➡ Cohort Based Cohorts
➡ Office Hours
➡ Bootcamps
➡ Classes
Those terms are all kinda the same word for: Online learning!
Here’s some learnings from each:
Cohort Based Cohorts Learnings:
I interviewed Gagan Biyani of Udemy about “cohorts” and it was eye opening how rapidly this concept is taking … Continue Reading
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This is a fun email for Friday April 29th, 2021. Hope you like it :)
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Here’s an awesome chart that shows investments in billion dollar companies by “The PayPal Mafia” (the group of people who sold PayPal to eBay … Continue Reading
Kyle Vamvouris worked in sales for a few years, but then ventured out on his own.
He took knowledge he learned about sales, specifically SDR (Sales Development Representatives) and turned that into a whole host of businesses.
Instead of just using his knowledge and applying it to a single company, he took that knowledge and scaled it into agency, consulting … Continue Reading
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This is a fun email for Friday April 23rd, 2021. Hope you like it :)
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I liked this ad because of the awesome imagery that perfectly captures the 1970’s 😂
I would’ve preferred this ad “bullet-ize” the copy….making bullet … Continue Reading
Here’s a simple method I’ve been using to fill multiple platforms with content:
1.) Post random stuff on Twitter.
2.) Take top posts and put them in a blog post.
3.) Email that full blog post to the email newsletter.
#4.) Read out the email as a podcast.
Let’s go through a real life example:
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This is a fun email for Friday April 16th, 2021. Hope you like it :)
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This is a unique Band-Aid magazine ad that made it really simple to understand that for big scrapes you use a big Band-Aid.
I love … Continue Reading
These are 7 really simple steps to improve an OFFLINE business:
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I’ve used every email editor under the sun either for myself or for clients.
They all have their little quirks.
I originally started on GetResponse back in the day, then used Aweber, then used MailChimp a lot through a client, then wanted to accept payments so moved to InfusionSoft, then Appsumo created SendFox, … Continue Reading
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This is a fun email for Friday April 9th, 2021. Hope you like it :)
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In the 1950’s and 1960’s The Manhattan Advertising Agency created a string of wildly successful Volkswagen Beetle ads.
These are some of the more rare landscape layout … Continue Reading
What’s the best copywriting book you’ve ever read?
Neville Medhora and Dan McDermott go over their top 3 copywriting books each.
Neville’s Top 3 Copywriting Book Recommendations:
1.) The Boron Letters – by Gary Halbert:
Price: Free online or $22 on Amazon
What I love about it:
This was originally a set of free letters published by the famous copywriter
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This is a fun email for Friday April 2nd, 2021. Hope you like it :)
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Through the 1950’s and 1960’s the famous advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather marketed Schweppes Tonic Water to the top through a series of advertisements featuring Schweppes’ then president … Continue Reading
I’ve attended 100+ conferences, and towards the end of that streak it seemed kinda dumb to watch a speaker talk on stage, here’s why:
Quick Summary:
• I can watch a better version of the speech online.
• I can take better notes watching online.
• Value of conferences is the connections you make, not speakers.
#1.) I can
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This is a fun email for Friday March 26th, 2021. Hope you like it :)
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There’s something about handwriting that grabs our attention, and this “door hanger” piece of direct mail definitely got me.
Even though the handwriting is TECHNICALLY not real I … Continue Reading
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This is a fun email for Friday March 19th, 2021. Hope you like it :)
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This handheld vacuum company wants to show their product is lighter than a typical dust buster, so they cleverly put it on a scale to “show” that it’s lighter!
I … Continue Reading
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It used to be a reclusive writer goes off for 2 years and emerges with a finished book.
But nowadays it’s possible bang out hundreds of Tweets, see what works, see what sticks, then create a larger piece of writing based off that.
Write in pieces at first,
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This is a fun email for Friday March 11th, 2021. Hope you like it :)
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This old school Coca-Cola ad is just gorgeous. Some of those old ads were so pretty you … Continue Reading
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These are some classic Silly Putty mail order ads.
The way they “sell the product” is by illustrating and writing out fun uses for it! Some of the uses are:
✔ Bounces!
✔ Stretches!
✔ Makes things!
✔ Floats … Continue Reading
We’re starting the Sell While You Sleep class today!
Here’s what it’ll look like:
The first 5 days we’ll move really quick – on purpose. We’re going to push you to move quickly and get your product done.
This part goes faster than most people think. In fact, you likely have the product you will be selling already (a doc, … Continue Reading
No matter what kind of business you have, there is likely a small digital product you can build & sell.
I just brainstormed a couple of micro-product ideas to sell through GumRoad, AppSumo, or PayPal in this email.
These are all products that can be made in 1 day and sold for between $10 and $99. Let’s start →… Continue Reading
A few weeks ago, we invited a couple of Copywriting Course members to join us to build a digital product together.
Here’s the process we used:
- Get on a group call.
- Come up with a list of things we’re already doing in our businesses.
- Turn one of those things into a small digital product.
- Upload to Gumroad, or AppSumo, or
I’ve been selling online for close to 20 years.
Since the early 2000’s, I’ve sold 3 things:
- Consulting services.
- Physical products.
- Digital products.
Physical Product: YOU have to spend money to fulfill each order.
Example: A restaurant sells a burger for $10. They get 100 orders. The restaurant has to spend $7 per burger to deliver those orders.
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Ryan Daniel Moran is the founder of Capitalism.com. We have a quick conversation about which is the best platform for selling:
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“YouTube is the main focus for next 3
… Continue ReadingSee this dude with the cool 1980’s sunglasses, he’s never heard of ANY of these jobs:
Just a few years ago these jobs didn’t exist or would be considered super dumb:
- YouTuber
- Blogger
- Funny TikToker
- Podcaster
- Newsletter writer
- Professional nomad
- Digital teaching
- Online coaching
- Software designer
- UX designer
- Graphics designer
- This list goes on…..
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This is a fun Friday email. Hope you like it :)
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I love when pages of data are condensed into simple graphs you can understand in a second.
Here’s an example of Dog Vs Cat ownership (West Virginia loves them some cats)!!
And here’s an … Continue Reading
A.I. Writing tools are becoming more common, and getting pretty good….so how can we use these to our advantage?
We demonstrate the capabilities of these tools, and even interview Paul Yacoubian of Copy.ai:
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Technology and Writing:
Don’t be afraid of technology, use it to your advantage!
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Promoting a product → Accepting payment → Delivering the product
…all while you sleep.
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… Gagan Biyani is a founder of Udemy, a $3billion platform that lets people sell courses online. Now he’s building a cohort-based courses (CBC) platform.
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This is an all-cohort edition of the STUPID Email. I’ve had a couple of interesting conversations on “cohort classes” in the last few days, so this is all fresh on my mind:
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It’s kind of wild when looking at the pricing of cohort classes.
Generally a … Continue Reading
Sujan Patel is owner of MailShake, RightInbox, Pick, Voila Norbert, WebProfits Agency. He has a a wife, 3 kids, runs 5+ companies, is invested in 10+ more, drives sweet supercars, races motorcycles, and clearly manages his time well!
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