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The Marketing Rebel Team wrote a new post 11 years, 3 months ago
John Carlton Copywriting Tips: How to Do Effective Research In this copywriting hotseat John Carlton shows how to dig down and get the real story on why a product is selling. Not the company […]
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The Marketing Rebel Team wrote a new post 11 years, 3 months ago
John Carlton Copywriting Tips – How to Become the Go-To-Guy In this copywriting hotseat John Carlton explains how to become the one that people go to for advice (and to buy products). John’s […]
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The Marketing Rebel Team wrote a new post 11 years, 3 months ago
John Carlton Marketing Tips: Start to Monetize Your Traffic In this marketing hotseat, John Carlton explains how to start monetizing traffic. John’s comments: Once you find traffic, you have […]
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The Marketing Rebel Team wrote a new post 11 years, 3 months ago
John Carlton Copywriting Tips: Ride the Wake of the Big Boys In this clip from the second copywriting hot seat, John Carlton tells how to ride the coattails of the big boys in your market and […]
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The Marketing Rebel Team wrote a new post 11 years, 3 months ago
John Carlton Copywriting Tips: How to trash your competition John Carlton explains how to trash the competition without sinking to their level. Most people just put down the competition…John shows how […]
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John Carlton’s Best Ads: Hyper-Effective Cover Letters #1 — My All-Time Favorite Cover Letter
There are two keys to the following cover letter. First is the personalization in the subhead. That alone is a compelling way to engage the reader. Second, though, is a much more subtle tactic. It's disarming, clever, and hits directly at the...
John Carlton’s Best Ads: Short, Old-As-Dirt “Nice Guy” Finishes First
Let's count the ''tricks" I pulled out of my bag for this ad: A take-away superscript. (Gone in 11 days.) Instant urgency. Long headline. A compelling "not what you expected" type of headline. This is self-defense ...and yet we're talking about old short guys in the...
John Carlton’s Best Ads: We Screwed Up Big Time
Here is a good example of a "lipstick" letter. The reference is to the old comedy routine of coming home with lipstick on your collar -- and obviously dire situation that would crush a normal man. But a top – notch salesmen should be able to talk his way out of...
John Carlton’s Best Ads: The “Piss Everyone Off and Then Apologize” Letter
Here is the letter I mention in “Kick-Ass Copywriting Secrets” where the personalized headline enraged so many people. I was only trying for a “visceral” connection in the headline — you know, give people’s hot button about vulnerability a gentle rap. Get a reaction.
Boy, did it ever cause a reaction…
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