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Do Emojis in Email Subject Lines Increase Open Rates?
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As we discussed in Part 1 , the call-to-action is not as clear cut as marketers tend to make it. It’s not just a button or link. To the customer, the clickable thing has no meaning outside of its surrounding context. To them, the call-to-action is a request based on a cluster of content related to that request. Why? Take this classic example of context from Leonard Mlodinow’s book “Subliminal.” Read this sentence: “T Read more
Chinua Achebe says of his first job at the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation: It was tedious work that involved reviewing scripts and turning them into readable content for radio. It turned out to be the thing that helped him most in crafting realistic dialog for his novels. Jane Austen had to read early drafts of her books to her family after dinner. The reactions and feedback from a live audience helped shape them Read more
After having spent years experimenting to discover the kind of messages, headlines, headers that get real response from real people, I have heard more than enough of the ‘gospel of get.’ What is this ‘good news’ I am referring to? It’s the idea that if you want to get the most response, especially in headlines, you should always focus on what that person is going to get. And focus on it Read more
