They Sent This Email Not Once, But Twice…
Just about all practitioners of direct response marketing know: When a piece is mailed twice, it’s most likely profitable.
Well, the same thing is true for email. When you see the same email — with the same subject line — sent out twice, it’s probably a winner.
What’s interesting is that almost NOBODY does this. The thinking is, “I’ve already sent this email once. Surely I can’t send it a second time because my subscribers will notice.”
True, some may notice. But chances are most of them won’t notice… because… they ignored the first email anyway.
Perfect example.
I wrote an email for a client with the following subject line:
“What If…”
We’ve now sent it out five times, with similar results every time. It is the best-performing email we’ve ever used for this particular market and product.
Here’s another example:
The Oxford Club sent me an email on June 16. They sent the same email with the same subject line again on June 21. (The only change was a short intro paragraph at the top of the 2nd email.) Here’s the subject line they used:
“Why August 12 Starts Phase Two of the Euro’s Meltdown”
Pretty compelling, wouldn’t you say? When I saw this, I literally HAD to open it.
Sometimes you can find great email subject lines just by “farming” your email inbox. Here are four recent examples (and one older example) that caught my attention:
The best advice I never received…
-AWAI
The Info-Marketer’s Most Precious Business Asset…
-Daniel Levis for The Makepeace Total Package
uh-oh. he’s naming names.
-Ray Edwards
Your copy bombed – now what?
-Carline Anglade-Cole
How to Break Into Financial Copywriting
-Doug D’Anna
Notice that most of these have to do with copywriting or direct response advertising. That’s because these subjects are major interests of mine.
Looking through my own inbox can be fun, but tedious. It takes time to find the gold.
But just imagine how easy it would be to come up with great subject lines if you had 527 of the best ones all compiled into an easy-to-use PDF?
That’s exactly what Lawrence Bernstein has done with “Made You Look: 527 Subject Lines that Dare You to Look Away.”
He and his partner, Art Crowley, reviewed 18,000 subject lines mailed over a three-year period to come up with the 527 that stood head and shoulders above the rest.
They then broke these down even further into 12 separate categories for easy reference.
This little gem normally sells for $97, but Lawrence is giving it away free when you join The Ultimate Online Swipe File through this link:
Not to mention, I’ll also give you a free membership to Copywriting Code — my private web site where I share some of my best how-to copywriting info.
But please act quickly.
This offer expires on Friday evening, June 25. Please sign up now to claim your free gifts…
-Ryan M. Healy
