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JK Rowling shows, in excruciating detail, why you shouldn’t write like you talk
One of the most pervasive copywriting tropes is this idea that you should write like you talk. The ideas being… Most people suck at...

John Brandt
Nov 29, 20233 min read
HTML vs plain-text? Here’s more proof that “ugly as sin” emails convert better
Checky: I landed a new client who, despite my many warnings, still foolishly believes that heavily designed HTML emails convert better...

John Brandt
Nov 28, 20232 min read
Ozempic Olympics
Yesterday, I wrote an email about Ozempic—the latest pharmaceutical drug to take the world by storm because it can supposedly reverse...

John Brandt
Nov 27, 20232 min read


Daniel Throssell raided my Google
True story: Last week, as I wrote podcast show notes for a client, I had to type the last name “Daniel” into the title. But something...

John Brandt
Nov 26, 20231 min read
The weird “Wisconsin cheese whips” business lesson
Peanut and I had friends visit us from Green Bay over the weekend. They got in Saturday night: We had a bonfire in our backyard, enjoyed...

John Brandt
Nov 25, 20232 min read
The easiest $20k any hoo-man ever made
True story: Once upon a time, when streaming music (and paying for the streaming music instead of Limewiring it like us 90s babies did)...

John Brandt
Nov 24, 20232 min read
“hey, shut up, woman”
I got a message from a client on Slack today telling me to send over the invoice. Nothing’s better than an invoice paid day, and this’n...

John Brandt
Nov 23, 20232 min read
Ennnnnnnnn Efffffffffff Elllllllllllllll? (NFL)
True story: Yesterday, I wrote an email for a client. It started out as a pretty typical day, but quickly turned into mayhap one of the...

John Brandt
Nov 22, 20232 min read
lemme brag for a sec…
Full disclosure: I have a jam-slammed day ahead of me. And so, I figured why don’t I use this opportunity to put sum respeck on me neck....

John Brandt
Nov 18, 20232 min read
Why the drawbacks of your products are more persuasive than features
I’m certainly not re-inventing the wheel here: Ben Settle first taught me this powerful persuasion tip (and I believe he first learned it...

John Brandt
Nov 17, 20232 min read
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