This made me laugh. seriously.

This post initially got my curiosity.

Now you've got my attention.

Btw, have to agree with the points.

Unfortunately some people just copy paste email templates and a blast its to their list. That is a sure fire way to decrease the message relevance.

That is right, but I am sure the guy who sent the email doesn't mean to be rude and insult their client. These guys are just inclined to use a method that "works". Maybe that is the limit of his creativity and he just lose respect because of that. I read that email and it is full of fake emotions. Please don't blame these people, you should tell him to stop and warn him. Taking the high road is quite hard but it worth the journey.

SOP for email marketing.
So much so that it's become cliche.
I've received that same email from 4 - 5 different IMers for the same product, on the same day.

One of my favorites is the count-down timer.
Go to the page and the the copy says you MUST act in the next x amount of time and then I'm pulling this offer down.
Go to the page later and, miraculously the timer has been re-set.

I started in IM in 2003 and they were doing it then.

funny indeed

Well, there is 2 ways of looking at this.

1. Whatever the subject heading was (stop what you're doing) - It worked. You by your own admission said you hadn't done that in years, but you opened this one. That's positive

2. Insulted your intelligence with lame tired copy. That's negative.

The number of email subject lines that can grab my attention is very few. Content-wise, it's even fewer, but I do subscribe to perhaps three or four marketers who do it well. This email is lame and boring and would only induce me to unsubscribe. Thanks Newbieee for saying exactly what I think about such emails.

They do their email subscribers worst than how i do mine lol just kidding. Unsubscribe from this guy asap.

Once again you all are missing a very important point: most "members" are newbies. We as experienced (to whatever degree ) marketers are not the "target" market.

These tactics work like gangbusters on the inexperienced. That's why so many use them. They don't care if you un-sub. There are many thousands of others who won't.

"Buy now, or the price will be increasing in X hours"

*comes back a day/week later*

--Price is still the same--

oh dear. :/

Hey Newbieee,

pretty funny or rather dumb. It is only one of many ridiculous emails that people receive on daily basis. Hopefully you unsubscribed.

I have similar feelings.

You might be surprised. In the long run at least.

These are the people we see here all the time posting: "This account got closed" or "I've been banned from this, now what?"

Amazing email. I also get several crazy emails from my newsletters, But who cares i just see what they are offering and then decide what to do. I never read the whole email.

It doesn't matter what works or what doesn't work. You don't just treat your subscribers like idiots because 'it works'. Well sadly a lot of marketers do but it's not going to keep you in this game very long.

Unfortunately I receive emails like the one the OP listed every single day of the week. A lot of them are from well known marketers who just peddle crap to keep the money coming in. It's so clear from a mile away that they look at their lists as nothing more than a money tree. They promote every product under the sun and then try and tell themselves they are helping people? Yeah right.

One of the best things you can ever do is to never forget that on the end of every email is a real person. It could be your mother, your father, your sister or your bother. How would you want them treated? A person who had to go and work to earn the money you are asking them to spend on your products. A person who is giving you their money instead of spending that money on food or clothes for their family.

Far too many marketers take their lists for granted, that's for sure.

Getting this kind of email everyday. Sometimes,
"You have earned $557 commission today. Click here to claim it."
Wow, a lot of money for doing nothing :O. This is absolutely nonsense.

I rarely put my real email to opt in.
I use my disposal email to spy niches.
Learn how the top dog play their so=called insider game.

I totally agree with you.

Sometimes these emails become quite annoying. I do not consider them insulting. However, the authors may need to change the approach or at least the text they use. People get tired and feel they have been taken for idiots.

Sometimes those emails create a feelings, "wait, what is so good in me?". Because every time those sellers wants me to know the secret before anyone else.

That's the easiest way to join my spam folder.

If people do that to my email, I will not show any mercy, seriously. I will make sure the people who sent that is reported as a spammer. There are more intelligence way to send people a sales email. I just learn that if guru can make a simple mistake like this, I am not sure I will listen to them anymore.

This is the reason why I don't use email swipes. They are written as if you're talking to 10 year olds. If you're selling to your list the least you can do is write a personal email to them. Or better still send them a video tutorial as to why the product or service you are promoting works.

You are right on your reasons but such idiotic tricks can work if the members are really new to IM or simple Internet.

I get emails like that ALL THE TIME. Now I know the subject lines and just immediately DELETE without opening it.

I consider myself to be on the other side as of now... I'm a noob with not much experience under my belt. I've bought helpful WSO's to get me started, some not so much, but I've opted in to many lists.

I can't count how many 24 hour gifts I've gotten... that are still there after 24 hours. Then it redirects me to a WSO I should fork over my money to. The gift as well as info on what the hell I'm being redirected to would be nice... especially if you have done what's in that WSO and gave a report. Those I really like personally.

The ones that annoy me are the ones where I already bought their WSO, but they push an upsell, and that's basically it. No other helpful information, just BUY THIS IF YOU -insert fluff here-.

Like people have said, we are people too. The worse are those apart of email swapping. The guy didn't even hide the fact that he was apart of it, and I didn't click the link either. I thought you're suppose to build a relationship with your list? Where is the longevity?

Eventually people with unsubscribe or just not open up your emails. Or worse, spread that your emails to your lists are garbage lol.

I swear when I build my list one day I won't be such a snake that throws 24 hour gifts -_-

What I do is click spam. That is what this email is. If you have time, you can call the 800 number and say - "I do not want any more spam. Please take me off your list sir. Thank you."

Any crap like this lands in my inbox and the unsubscribe button gets hit straight away.
I am currently on 2 people's list only, WillR and Wolfmmi, both rarely send emails and when they do its usually decent info in there. As a result I have bought from both.
THAT'S how you treat your list.

You don’t need to be too intelligent, or to be an internet marketing expert to understand that this message is ridiculous.

Yes, there's a lot of this sort of thing popping up.

I'm guessing that some 'guru' said to do it this way, so everyone is having a try at it.

I don't think its insulting, just poorly thought out.

False scarcity is a silly thing to do anyway - people can always see through it. And this particular example is dumb! He's looking after you by giving you a sneak peek then he's going to release it to the public where it will become over saturated. The meaning is, don't buy this because even if you get on board early it will become over saturated by all the public having a go.

The problem with this from the start is it doesn't say anything about what the subscribers' interests are, or how this will related to those interests.

This might as well be written on a flyer, and blow around in the breeze until someone finally picks it up and puts it in the bin.

The 80:20 rule applies more like 99:1 when it comes to whose email we actually open!!

I am on the list of about 15-20 such people (just so that I know what's happening around) but for the past couple of weeks, the only emails I ever open are from Perry Marshall and Glenn Livingstone.

Reason's these guys don't sell loopholes and techniques, they teach principles!

Talk like your talking to your friend in your emails and you'll get a better response than hype most of the time...

Ha! I always need a good laugh, so your excellent HEADLINE COPY caught my eye! Good thread! Yes, some of the emails are comical for those of us who have been online for years. I love this one "YOU HAVE QUALIFIED"! and my LEAST favorite one is "YOU HAVE JUST RECEIVED A PAYMENT." When that is NOT legit, it causes people to unsubscribe faster than I can type this! We should remember what works for us is something of value that helps us, not false sizzle on the stick . Kristie from Georgia

Actually most of them use this methods of emailing and I have seen not just one but plenty.
They will keep asking to go click the link as it will be only live for 24 hours but It is still up after a week and the next email also features the same urgency. LOL

Of course, we are not fools and we can easily see through. Once bitten, twice shy!

lol I think everyone use that tactic. I get many emails like this from the list I subscribed. But I don't mind it. After all, it is me who will decide to buy the offer or not.

lol I think everyone use that tactic. I get many emails like this from the list I subscribed. But I don't mind it. After all, it is me who will decide to buy the offer or not. I think you're always given an option to unsubscribe.

Nothing gets me more than those emails/ads that say that the "offer is going down" and it never does... It bugs me ... yet somehow they work and they sell !!

Yeah, especially when you have other warriors on your list, you need to know that they DO KNOW what IM is, and how it works...