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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.
He talks about how he had to fight tooth and nail to […] -
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: Wickedly-Clever Grabbers
You can't see the grabbers that were attached to the following letters. The first was a simple, commercial packet of flower seeds. The second was a clever magnetized calendar for the fridge. The last was a simple business card with a hand-written...
John Carlton’s Best Ads: No-Rules Cage Fighter
My clients had roasted the self-defense magazines for years using what we called “down and dirty” print ads — no photos, no graphics, just 3 solid pages of hard-charging copy. Worked like gangbusters, hauling in cash by the barrel load. Then the competition started...
John Carlton’s Best Ads: Hyper-Effective Cover Letter #8: An Urgent Note
THIS IS THE EIGHTH IN THE SERIES OF HYPER-EFFECTIVE COVER LETTERS...THIS INTRODUCTORY POST REFERS TO ALL OF THEM. WE ARE REPRINTING THE SAME POST FOR EACH LETTER. One of the biggest mistakes marketers make... is to get tired of their own advertising before the ads are...
John Carlton’s Best Ads: Hyper-Effective Cover Letter #7: Bargain Alert
THIS IS THE SEVENTH IN THE SERIES OF HYPER-EFFECTIVE COVER LETTERS...THIS IS AN INTRODUCTORY POST THAT REFERS TO ALL OF THE LETTERS. WE ARE REPRINTING THE SAME POST FOR EACH OF THEM. One of the biggest mistakes marketers make... is to get tired of their own...
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