{"id":3973,"date":"2010-11-22T00:00:54","date_gmt":"2010-11-22T08:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=3973"},"modified":"2010-11-22T00:00:54","modified_gmt":"2010-11-22T08:00:54","slug":"this-word-is-murdering-your-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/this-word-is-murdering-your-response\/","title":{"rendered":"This Word Is Murdering Your Response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Got quite a few people in a tizzy last Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone wants the scoop on the &#8220;naughty&#8221; copywriting word.<\/p>\n<p>The word everyone uses in their ads, but that&#8217;s killing your response (even though all the BEST and brightest copywriters have used it for decades).  Like I said, the December <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.CryptoMarketing.com\" rel=\"noopener\">Crypto Marketing Newsletter<\/a><\/strong> (which mails next week) shows you what it is.  And also why it&#8217;s <em>killing<\/em> everyone&#8217;s response rates on sales letters, opt in pages and even PPC ads.<\/p>\n<p>Until then, methinks I&#8217;ll fan this curiosity flame a bit more.<\/p>\n<p>What could this deplorable word be?<\/p>\n<p>What. could. it. be?<\/p>\n<p>Is it &#8220;free&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>Uhm, no.<\/p>\n<p>Free is still cool in ads.<\/p>\n<p>What about &#8220;guarantee&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>Nope, not that, either.<\/p>\n<p>What about &#8220;new&#8221; or &#8220;easy&#8221; or &#8220;simple&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>No, nope and nada.<\/p>\n<p>Those words all work like gangbusters.<\/p>\n<p>Look, we could do this dance all day long. And I bet if I looked at one of YOUR ads, I&#8217;d see you using this extremely common word, and probably murdering your own sales, opt ins and other conversions.<\/p>\n<p>But for now all I&#8217;ll say is this:<\/p>\n<p>Since NOT using this word my sales have gone up.<\/p>\n<p>My conversions have gone up.<\/p>\n<p>And, yes, my PROFITS have gone up.<\/p>\n<p>Do you wanna know what this word is?<\/p>\n<p>You would?<\/p>\n<p>Then check out the next Crypto Marketing Newsletter issue.<\/p>\n<p>However, this puppy goes to print soon.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe before it&#8217;s too late at:<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cryptomarketing.com\">www.CryptoMarketing.com<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got quite a few people in a tizzy last Friday. Everyone wants the scoop on the &#8220;naughty&#8221; copywriting word. 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