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Aleksandar Popov posted an update 11 years, 2 months ago · updated 11 years, 2 months ago
Hi John,
I’ve got a question.
I’m reading your letters now and I find them unbelievable and outrageous.
I know you say that copy is theater and I feel these same letters grab and shake me emotionally.I guess I’m afraid that if I use words that are absolutes like: He’s never lost a game. He’s never been beaten. You can do it every time.
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Hi Aleksandar. Good question, and it’s something I’ve taken great care to explain over the years.
Basically, the underlying “reason” for the way I’ve written many of my more hard-hitting ads is the “message to market match” — I first strove to understand how my prospects in that market think, how they and I might engage in a real conversation……Read more
Hi John!
You hope this helps?
IT HELPS A GREAT DEAL! THANK YOU!
I’ve listened to you a million times saying: Get into their head and talk to them as you’d do if you two were there together in a bar. Talk to them as they talk and tell them what they need to hear to move them into action – the action of buying your product.
And yet, my bea…Read more