To get people to click through their emails, most copywriters go hard on curiosity. Sure, curiosity gets clicks. But conversions? Not as many as you’d hope. Try this instead… Go deeper. Go beyond curiosity, being entertaining or useful. Dig deeper into your reader’s psyche. Say something insightful about why they’re stuck which they’ve never heard […]
Affiliate World Asia – Email Marketing Takeaways
This week I was shaking hands and kissing babies at Affiliate World Asia. Met lots of high level people, particularly at the DRMP and Clickbank meetups. What I quickly learned is that the key to networking at these events is not to just talk business, but focus on getting to know people and making friends […]
What Dean Jackson knows average email copywriters don’t
Dean Jackson is one of the world’s top email copywriters. Part of his success comes down to knowing something average email copywriters don’t. It’s this… Only 15% of people buy within 90 days of enquiring about a product. The other 85% buy later on. The key takeaway? People who don’t buy within a 7 day […]
What a $100m Email Copywriter Told Me About Writing High Converting Emails
I was on a call last night with Ryan Saplan from Warrior Media. He’s made hundreds of millions writing emails for clients. Here’s what he told me… Track EVERYTHING. The only way to make smart decisions is to have accurate data, rather than based on feels. Don’t just hire copywriters to write one email. Hire […]
How to Resurrect a Cold Email List
Got a list of subscribers you haven’t contacted in a while? Here’s how to re-engage in a way they’ll welcome and can generate sales at the end… Don’t send a grovelling email saying “sorry for not contacting”. March in with fanfare and ribbon tape like you’re Macho Man Randy Savage. Hit them with your best […]
The 9 Word Email – The Highest Coverting Email of All Time
It’s true. If you have an email list you haven’t contacted in a while or are stubbornly refusing to respond, a nine word email is all it may take to turn silence into sales. What are those nine magical words? You simply say – “Are you still looking for [insert product]?”. That’s it. Not a syllable […]
The 5 Step ‘Sideways Sales Letter’ Method
Yesterday when I was working from a coffee shop when I overheard a conversation between a marketing consultant and a client. Let me tell you, it was painful listening. The consultant was trying to convince a rightly cynical client that social media was the ‘new way’ of marketing. That nobody read emails or visited corporate […]
47 Elite Email Marketing Tips – Strategies to Earn $44 for Every $1 Spent
Forget the mobile and social media hype. Email is the sales powerhouse to focus your efforts on. For every $1 spent $44.25 is the average return. With such a massive ROI, email marketing is the best way to convert leads and increase profits. It’s no wonder, 67% of marketers say that email is key for […]
7 Sales Funnel Mistakes that are Costing You Money
Built a sales funnel for your website yet? If not, you’re missing out on leads every single day. Let’s face facts. Only about 2% of your visitors are likely to buy anything on the first visit (and that’s being generous). Without a sales funnel, you have no way of staying in touch with the other […]
Why it’s Time to Ditch the Autoresponder and Build an Email Sales Funnel Instead
Don’t build your farm on rented land. That phrase continues to make marketers look sheepish who spent too much time on their Facebook page and not enough on a channel that works. What am I talking about? Email marketing, of course. And I don’t mean just sending out a monthly newsletter or setting up an […]