{"id":5125,"date":"2011-12-14T06:00:27","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T14:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=5125"},"modified":"2011-12-14T06:00:27","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T14:00:27","slug":"5-red-flags-your-email-may-suck-out-loud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/5-red-flags-your-email-may-suck-out-loud\/","title":{"rendered":"5 &#8220;Red Flags&#8221; Your Email May Suck Out Loud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most emails suck out loud.<\/p>\n<p>(And that&#8217;s being nice about it&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>And below are some &#8220;red flags&#8221; that reliably and accurately reveal whether an email you&#8217;re about to send (or already sent) is probably going to do you much good.<\/p>\n<p>There are exceptions, of course.<\/p>\n<p>(No email <em>dogma<\/em> here.)<\/p>\n<p>But this short &#8220;guide&#8221; can be worth its weight in gold&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>1. It gets you no sales<\/ul>\n<ul>2. It&#8217;s pure sales pitch<\/ul>\n<ul>3. It&#8217;s pure content<\/ul>\n<ul>4. It&#8217;s hard to read (too many $50 words, big block paragraphs, etc)<\/ul>\n<ul>5. Finally&#8230; it&#8217;s not FUN to read<\/ul>\n<p><strong>People CRAVE fun.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yet, let&#8217;s be honest &#8212; most emails are as dry and barren as a <em>horse&#8217;s skull<\/em> in the desert. No &#8220;flavor.&#8221; No drama. Not even anything interesting in any way, shape or form.<\/p>\n<p>And methinks that&#8217;s a tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>The world NEEDS more good emails.<\/p>\n<p>More FUN emails.<\/p>\n<p>Emails that are easy to read, not a chore.<\/p>\n<p>Enter the January &#8220;Email Players&#8221; issue.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s about writing emails that both entertain AND sell.<\/p>\n<p>With lots of examples.<\/p>\n<p>Lots of explanation.<\/p>\n<p>And even, &#8220;how to&#8221; formulas.<\/p>\n<p>To subscribe, go to:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.EmailPlayers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.EmailPlayers.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most emails suck out loud. (And that&#8217;s being nice about it&#8230;) And below are some &#8220;red flags&#8221; that reliably and accurately reveal whether an email you&#8217;re about to send (or already sent) is probably going to do you much good. 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