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  • In this video John breaks down a letter he wrote for Rodale… an otherwise staid, conservative company which decided at one point to go after the sex market.
    He talks about how he had to fight tooth and nail to […]

  • In this video John Carlton discusses using money attached to a letter to both enhance the story behind a product and capture a prospect’s attention. The topics include using personalization, sales detective work, […]

  • License to Steal: The Amazing Discovery This video is a discussion of a golf sales letter. The topics include how to define and create a “hook” for a product, writing headlines, and […]

  • This video is an overview of John Carlton’s famous “One-Legged Golfer” sales letter. The topics discussed include getting the story behind a product, the definition of a “control” in copywriting, bonding with your […]

  • This video is an overview of a sales letter directed at chiropractors.
    The topics discussed include continuity programs, mailing lists and list brokers, the use of testimonials for a niche market, defining […]

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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…

You can check out John Carlton’s “Piss Everyone Off and Then Apologize” ad…

… and some of his other top-grossing ads…

PLUS, get additional commentary and insights from John on this and many more of his best ads.

Learn the background, insights, structure, a persuasion techniques that went into some of the ads that launched John Carlton into the world of copywriting and advertising legends.

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