Why I Dumped This Rotten Trickster…
I got an email the other day with the subject line that said, “Receipt for P’pal payment…” It came from a marketer named Victory Akpos. I bought software from him last month.
I couldn’t understand why Victory sent a receipt now, weeks after my purchase. I worried that, maybe, I accidentally signed up for something I didn’t want.
So I opened the email and found…
…a screaming, in-my-face pitch for another product.
A receipt? Nope.
This was just a trick to get me to open the email.
So I scrolled to the bottom of this rotten email and opted-out.
You know the old song, “Breaking Up is Hard to Do?”
This was NOT hard. Couldn’t have been easier. Scroll and click. Opt out. Bye bye, Victory. We’re finished!
I don’t like to be tricked — especially when the trick fuels anxiety (as in, “Oh no…Did I accidentally sign up for something I didn’t mean to buy?”).
I don’t trust tricksters — especially those who already connected with me and who already have some of my money.
Trust. It’s a big deal in marketing. Work hard to earn it. Work harder not to squander it.
Some marketers don’t care about that. For them, it’s all about quantity, not quality.
They’re approach: Mislead the masses and upset a few.
“No big deal,” they think, “There are plenty of suckers out there who won’t notice or won’t care. I’ll sell to the suckers.”
You don’t need to market like that.
If you need to trick people to open your email, your content probably wasn’t worth sending in the first place.
You can attract new clients without tricking them.
Provide real value — by creating relevant, informative, entertaining content. I can help you do that (see the p.s.)
Don't go away yet..
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