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The Marketing Rebel Team wrote a new post 9 years, 6 months ago
John Carlton Copywriting Tips: You Don't Know How They Feel In this copywriting hotseat John Carlton reminds us that we do not know how our prospect thinks or feels. We should not say we do. John’s […]
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The Marketing Rebel Team wrote a new post 9 years, 6 months ago
John Carlton Copywriting Tips: How to Get a Great Testimonial In this video clip, John explains how to get a great testimonial. How to use sales detective work to get the real story behind what starts out as a […]
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The Marketing Rebel Team wrote a new post 9 years, 6 months ago
John Carlton Copywriting Tips: Get Your Mail past the Gatekeeper It can be tough to get your direct mail past the receptionist or another gatekeeper when you are trying to contact a professional or […]
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The Marketing Rebel Team wrote a new post 9 years, 6 months ago
John Carlton Marketing Tips: Set a Start Point for Tracking Stan Dahl gives advice on how to set a starting point for tracking your results. Stan’s comments: You’ve obviously got a lot of ideas; you’re […]
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The Marketing Rebel Team wrote a new post 9 years, 6 months ago
John Carlton Marketing Tips: What is a Hot Prospect Worth? John Carlton asks how to determine what a hot prospect is worth. How much you can pay for a ready-to-buy lead: John’s comments: Are you doing […]
Recent Member Lessons
License to Steal – The Only Sex Book You Will Ever Admit to Buying
In this video John Carlton discusses his letter for a major publisher for a book on human sexuality. The video begins with an outline of the seminar, brief introductions of the participants, and moves on to discuss how this letter has been reused in many other markets. The discussion includes structuring headlines, using bullets, and working with clients.
License to Steal: The Nickel Letter
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, finding the story behind a product, the use of guarantees, and the contrarian perspective.
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 using bullets to reinforce the benefits of a product.
License to Steal: One-Legged Golfer
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 audience, and the use of time limits and other take away strategies.