So why the hell bother telling me????

by artwebster

Posted: 15 years ago 16 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

Which bloody guru started this latest fad for sending emails with the subject line "Sorry Arthur, you are probably too late . . . "

I've no idea what I was too late for but I received 17 of them today!

#bother #hell #stupid guru fad #telling

Roger Mayne 15 years ago

Maybe I was really late then, because I've not seen these. Seems I always miss the boat!!
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- John Taylor 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by swiftdeal
  
  Maybe I was really late then, because I've not seen these. Seems I always miss the boat!!
  
  Roger,
  
  You'll need to travel to a port, boats
  don't usually sail from your in-box.
  
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  Roger Mayne 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by John Taylor
  
  Roger,
  
  You'll need to travel to a port, boats
  don't usually sail from your in-box.
  
  John
  
  Thanks for clearing that up John. I have so much yet to learn.
  
  Mind you, spam used to come in cans, but that seems to end up in my inbox!!
  
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15 years ago

Originally Posted by artwebster

just a sly way to get you to open the mail

most people are followers, and would hate to think they "missed something" or were the "last to get on the boat"

so usually they provide a second chance with those emails for those who "missed it" ...lol

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Debbie Songster 15 years ago

Thats the same as using the line
"final notice" - this one always gets a response since most people associate it with bills
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- Adam Kenzington 15 years ago
  
  I automatically delete those messages. Even Frank Kern uses this cheap trash Title. If I've missed it, then I'm not going to waste my time teasing myself with what I can't have.
  
  I also personally hate the Headline, "Who Else Wants To...?"
  
  I'm not a "me too" kind of guy.
  
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Debbie Songster 15 years ago

There are 2 ways you should be looking at these titles.

Considering what most of us do online (market products) vs what the rest of the world does online (research and buy products) we have to be careful that we don't become jaded.

We are exposed to these marketing techniques, lines, methods - whatever you want to call them, everyday.

But we also market our products to others who don't (I hope) revolve in the IM world and get blasted 10X per day with messages from the same marketer using the same "pickup lines".

Isn't this forum all about what works in marketing?

Like it or not - those lines work and if you want sales you'll use them too. At least to test with.

Don't look at those emails with a buyers hat on. Put on your sellers hat and then look at them.
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talfighel 15 years ago

Seems to me like spam. Just ignore it.

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- Debbie Songster 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by talfighel
  
  Seems to me like spam. Just ignore it.
  
  Tal
  
  Whats your definition of spam? Emails you don't like?
  
  If you've signed up to the guys list its not spam
  
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  talfighel 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Debbie Songster
  
  Whats your definition of spam? Emails you don't like?
  
  If you've signed up to the guys list its not spam
  
  If he got this email from a list that he has subscribed then it is OK. I just thought that it was an email that he did not know where it came from. That's all.
  
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Joseph Ratliff 15 years ago

This type of email subject also falls in line with "IMPORTANT"...or the ...(personal) triggers being used in email marketing subject lines.
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globalpro 15 years ago

Two more annoying ones...

"It's Bad News..."

"RE: blah blah blah..."

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- CurtisN 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by globalpro
  
  Two more annoying ones...
  
  "It's Bad News..."
  
  "RE: blah blah blah..."
  
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  John
  
  It was so funny when Frank Kern revealed that video with his email headlines, one with a normal headline and the other with a "doom and gloom" headline. The next day, most of the big name marketers and medium name marketers had emails saying "Bad news..." expecting their open rates to double!
  
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  jmidas 15 years ago
  
  Art,
  
  I'm pretty sure it was Kern who started it. And when does something, every wannabe guru follows.
  
  I would give some more detail, but, Arthur, you are too late in asking...
  
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Clark 15 years ago

They're telling you that you are on far too many promotional email lists (17 so far) and that you must unsubscribe from every one of them if you intend to build a business online.
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Raydal 15 years ago

Well, you know what they say, "You can't sell to anyone without
upsetting some."

Every marketing message and method must upset some people
in order to reach new customers. This is not to say I agree
with the method, but just a note that Zig reminds us that
timid salesmen have skinny kids.

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