{"id":2393,"date":"2009-09-22T15:03:18","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T15:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=2393"},"modified":"2009-09-22T15:03:18","modified_gmt":"2009-09-22T15:03:18","slug":"how-to-write-sticky-email-subject-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/how-to-write-sticky-email-subject-lines\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Write &#8220;Sticky&#8221; Email Subject Lines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No email tip today.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, I got something a whole lot <em>better<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out these apples:<\/p>\n<p>Last Friday I was on Internet radio yapping about how to write emails and sales letters.  We also talked about how to tell stories, the single most powerful emotion you can target in your ads and emails (and no, it has NOTHING to do with the &#8220;usual suspect&#8221; emotions the goo-roos talk about) and how to write email subject lines that stick in peoples&#8217; &#8220;psychology.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, pretty interesting stuff.<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s all yours for the taking at:<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/GetMoreBusiness\/2009\/09\/18\/Ben-Settle-Direct-Response-Copywriter-marketing-specialist\" rel=\"noopener\">Copywriting And Email Interview<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S.<\/strong> If you want more copywriting and email tips, check out my Copywriting Grab Bag book at:<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.CopywritingGrabBag.com\" rel=\"noopener\">www.CopywritingGrabBag.com<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No email tip today. 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