Copywriting
I bumped into a frustrated storyteller/marketer this morning in an online forum who wrote: “The problem I had was choosing a really interesting topic for storytelling. Because nobody cares about your everyday life except you and your team. I wrote sincerely, and in the end I got so few hits.” Ahhhh… A tale as old…
I woke this morning to a LinkedIn post from copywriting legend John Carlton who wrote… “Writer’s block ain’t real.” My initial reaction: “Whatchu talkin’ about, Carlton?!”   Writer’s block ain’t real!? Tell that to all the people who sit in front of a blank screen — hoping to write an email, social post, or other content — while…
I had a Princess Bride moment yesterday. Here’s the story… I was a guest expert (discussing email marketing) at an online mastermind meeting. Co-host (and Story Power email subscriber) Lesley Nase shared some great tips about how to use email to build rapport with followers. Then we entered the Zoom breakout room where a naysayer proclaimed: “You can’t…
I’ve been thinking a bunch about how happy doctors diagnose better (see yesterday’s email)… …and how, as Shawn Achor, wrote… “Even the smallest shots of positivity can give someone a serious competitive edge.” Makes me wonder about my emails. Each weekday I serve you some marketing nourishment — seasoned with personality and sweet humor. I add…
I thought I was (all but) finished creating my new program, “Email Marketing Power.” But I’m not. And I blame Laura Belgray. Here’s the story… I recently saw Laura walk through the “thank you” emails she sends after people download a freebie. In one those emails she promotes a paid service — her 60-Minute Makeover. But…
Sad story… My AI copywriting robot thinks I’m cool, but not that cool. It all started when I asked my rented robot, B-9?, to write a story about me. Today is National Write Down Your Story Day. So I figured I’d write down my story and send it to you. But I’m just back from vacation. I’m…
How do you write entertaining, humorous content if you’re not an entertaining, humorous person? So asked a “Serious Sadie” (name changed to protect the innocent) during yesterday’s meeting of the Mastermind Book Club. We were discussing Joe Polish’s Hello Kitty wallet (I wrote about that yesterday. Subject line: “How the ‘Hello Kitty Effect’ can help you…
Yesterday’s email included a quiz to see if you could tell the difference between posts written by an AI robot and a human. At the very bottom of the email, I wrote: “How’d you do on the test? Reply to this email to let me know (and to share your thoughts about robots and such).” Lots of…
Yesterday, during a live speaking gig, I gave the audience a test to see if they could tell the difference between robot-generated and human-generated content. They flunked. Here’s how it went down. I told them about an executive coach who helps business owners escape the hamster wheel. Before she hired me, she wrote a blog…
I’m having a deja-deja-deja-vu… …thanks to some copycat marketers who filled my inbox with promotions for an upcoming summit. This story is tricky to tell because some of the copycats are my marketing pals who get my emails. I worry they may read this and ask me to return the holiday fruit cake they sent…