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Invitation to Meet a Marketing Legend

By Tom Ruwitch

I remember the first time I read Brian Kurtz’s book “Overdeliver” and got to the part where he refers to your email list as “your online family.” I thought, “What a great way to describe your list!” Kurtz’s idea: Your list is not some inanimate asset. It’s a collection of human beings — all who…

RecomMONDAYtions ~ 2023.10.16

By Tom Ruwitch

Recommended Resource Ā The Financial Freedom Formula E-BookI’ve met more than a few “successful” business people who are not financially free. They wonder if their money will last through retirement. They work extra hours because they need the extra dough. They worry they have to sacrifice one thing in their life to afford something else they want or…

A Subject Line that Stinks More Than Blue Cheese 😷

By Tom Ruwitch

The email from Rocky screamed at me from my spam folder… …with a subject line so stinky I had to share it with you: “Re: #Give me Appointment Please…!!” I opened the email (only because I thought I’d write an email about it)… …and found a pitch for credit card processing services. My reaction: No…

How to Evolve Beyond Paint-by-numbers Marketing

By Tom Ruwitch

We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you this important announcement: You still have time to register for today’s free masterclass, How to Turn Your Book (or Other Content) Into a Lead-Attracting, Client-Generating Machine. Details and registrationĀ here. Now, back to our program… After seeing Lucinda Williams in concert on Sunday, I bought her memoir, Don’t Tell…

A Success Secret From “The World’s Greatest Salesman”

By Tom Ruwitch

First, a quick correction… In yesterday’s email, I said this Thursday’s masterclass would be on June 12… …which doesn’t make any sense… …because we’re in October… …meaning this Thursday’s masterclass is actually on October 12 (2:30 p.m. ET, 1:30 p.m. CT). So if you want to attend the training called… …How to Turn Your Book (or Other Content) Into…

No More Missed Opportunities — If you Attend This…

By Tom Ruwitch

I racked my brain this morning to come up with a great anecdote to promote Thursday’s masterclass… …How to Turn Your Book (or Other Content) Into a Lead-Attracting, Client-Generating Machine… …and I kept going back to one I emailed just a few months back. So, yes, this is a rerun… …but I can think of no…

RecomMONDAYtions ~ 2023.10.09

By Tom Ruwitch

Recommended Reading Ā Re-Building Your Brain & Becoming The Person You Want To BeI love this post by August Bradley — who has helped me “re-build” my brain and implement life management systems that transformed how I work. At the end of the post, you can subscribe to his Life Design Newsletter which I highly recommend.…

You’re Invited…

By Tom Ruwitch

On Thursday at 2:30 p.m. ET (1:30 p.m. CT), I’m hosting a live masterclass: How to Turn Your Book (or Other Content) Into a Lead-Attracting, Client-Generating Machine You’ll want to attend this event if you have a book (or plan to write one)… …or if you have any other kind of lead magnet (e-book, video,…

Did I Just Dream The Next Big Thing?

By Tom Ruwitch

Last night, I had the craziest dream. I invented a wi-fi-enabled blender with a vertical video screen built into the side of the container… …so you can watch TikTok videos while making smoothies. Ā Brilliant!Ā  …or so I thought… …until I asked my GPT-powered copywriting robot, B-9(?), for his opinion. He said the younger, “tech-savvy” crowd…

Holy Missed Opportunity, Batman (A Cautionary Tale) 😫

By Tom Ruwitch

A cautionary tale about missed opportunities… I recently met a fitness trainer who wrote a bestselling book. On his website, he offers a .pdf copy of the book for free (good). I filled out the form to get the book and jumped to a confirmation page with this message: 🄱 🄱 🄱 That’s missed opportunity…