{"id":5500,"date":"2012-03-07T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T14:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=5500"},"modified":"2012-03-07T06:00:41","modified_gmt":"2012-03-07T14:00:41","slug":"poo-pooing-the-p-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/poo-pooing-the-p-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Poo-pooing The P.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I used to think the &#8220;PS&#8221; was super important.<\/p>\n<p>And I still think it is in direct mail.<\/p>\n<p>But in email?<\/p>\n<p>Not so much.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, (depending on what market you&#8217;re selling in) I suspect people mostly ignore PS&#8217;s in emails because they know a sales pitch is coming. (Not saying to never use them, of course, just understand the reality of the situation.) Which is why I kinda did you a disservice in yesterday&#8217;s email. 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