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club-throwing contest
I recently picked up Your Creative Power, a book written by Alex Osborn — the “O” in BBDO (an advertising agency that still exists...

John Brandt
May 153 min read
The lunacy of the unsubscribe obsession
I got a weird email yesterday. It was from a brand that I’ve never heard of. But it wasn’t spam. In fact, it was a truncated newsletter...

John Brandt
May 72 min read
How to make grown men cry with your copy
I just got off a call with a client where he told me that an email I sent last week, which was chock full of emotional reasons to sign up...

John Brandt
May 62 min read
The case for sticking with bad clients
True story: A couple of years ago, after being reamed out by a client for a silly innocent mistake I made in an email (I don’t remember...

John Brandt
Apr 282 min read
Roid rage, projection, or both?
I got a spicy reply from a cold lead I offered to help the other day. This bozo responded to an innocent email saying something like,...

John Brandt
Apr 272 min read
The dark side of deliverability to Outlook, Hotmail, and Yahoo
Oh boy. One of my clients (the only one to use Keap fka Infusionsoft, which is, in my experience, mayhap the single worst ESP to ever...

John Brandt
Apr 263 min read
my new outreach strategy
If’n you’ve been wondering where I’ve been all week, I’ll tell you: Working on stuff which is, frankly, more important than my daily-ish...

John Brandt
Apr 252 min read
Email gaffes are still prophet-able
My sister’s home for a couple o’ days and we’re using this time to hit the golf course. One of the most valuable lessons I can offer to...

John Brandt
Apr 242 min read
Have I already changed my mind on the em dash?
One of my favorite swipe files, partly because I can swipe from it without ethical concerns and partly because it has much of the...

John Brandt
Apr 182 min read
Opens ain’t sales (no matter how much you try’n convince yourself otherwise)
Story time: A few months back, I reached out to a new-ish business that I personally like to offer them a few pointers on email...

John Brandt
Apr 172 min read
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