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The Marketing Rebel Team wrote a new post 14 years, 4 months ago
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.
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The Marketing Rebel Team wrote a new post 14 years, 4 months ago
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, […]
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The Marketing Rebel Team wrote a new post 14 years, 4 months ago
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 […]
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The Marketing Rebel Team wrote a new post 14 years, 4 months ago
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 […]
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The Marketing Rebel Team wrote a new post 14 years, 4 months ago
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: 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…
You can check out John Carlton’s “Piss Everyone Off and Then Apologize” ad…
… and some of his other top-grossing ads…
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