Newsletter Tips

Dear Direct Response Letter Subscriber:

Here are 5 tested techniques to help you write stronger e-mail
subject lines.

These are not rocket science, anyone can use them, and - they
work:

1-Put a number in the subject line.

Numbers work. Why? Because when the recipient sees "7 ways to do
X," she wants to know what the 7 ways are - and she opens your
e-mail to find out.

Subject: The 22 habits of financially successful writers

2-Be mysterious.

Arouse curiosity. Hint at what you are offering, but withhold
revelation of the answer. The recipient has to click on the
e-mail to find out exactly what you are talking about.

Subject: The easiest product to sell online

An e-mail with the above subject line generated 392 orders for
an e-book. Had we actually named the easiest product to sell
online, I do not think it would have pulled as much.

3-Make a big promise.

A big, bold promise can get the recipient's attention.
Putting a question mark after the promise can help address the
reader's inherent skepticism.

Subject: Get paid $22,500 to write a letter?

4-Ask a question.

Do question subject lines work? Yes. Here's one that generated
good sales for an audio program I publish on how to become a
published book author.

Subject: Is there a book inside you?

5-Offer to reveal some secrets.

"Secrets" is a powerful word in a headline, and "lost secrets"
are even more intriguing.

Subject: 3 "lost secrets" of a winning USP

Also, putting quotation marks around text in a headline or
subject line increases readership.

Sincerely,

Bob Bly

P.S. You can find dozens of successful subject lines like these
along with the full text of the e-mails ... the sales results
generated by each ... and an analysis of the copywriting
techniques used in my "Million-Dollar E-Mail Marketing Swipe
File."

It's a collection of more than 60 e-mail marketing messages sent
to my list. Combined, these e-mails have generated online
revenues in the neighborhood of a quarter of a million dollars -
so you know that these are not theoretical examples, but
real-world marketing pieces that actually made money!

For more information ... or to use my "E-Mail Marketing Swipe
File" risk-free for 90 days ... just click here now:

www.emailswipefile.com

Bob Bly
Copywriter / Consultant
22 East Quackenbush Avenue
Dumont, NJ 07628
Phone 201-385-1220
Fax 201-385-1138
www.bly.com



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September 25, 2008 Weiss Research sent U.S. policymakers a white paper advising that the federal bailout of banks was not likely to succeed. See the white paper here. Weiss also made specific recommendations on additional actions that needed to be taken by the government to add staff to the FDIC to help speed any relief that it would provide in the event that the FDIC deposit insurance was needed by investors.

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