Trainspotter Almost Killed By A High-speed Train

So I was browsing YouTube the other day.

And I saw a clip of a guy who was ALMOST hit by a high-speed train because he’s too busy watching the train on the other side of the tracks.

It was quite ironic, to be honest.

The trainspotter (who’s supposed to be spotting trains) didn’t even spot the train behind him that could potentially send him knock, knock, knocking on heaven’s door.

Well, guess what?

We’re not that different from the loco guy.

Why?

Because we tend to miss the point a lot, too. We’re so focused and engrossed on other things WHILE being oblivious to what’s really important.

Here’s what I mean:

I talk to a lot of business owners and hordes of them think that making more sales using emails is all about writing great email copy.

And sadly, they completely miss the point!

They say, “All I need is a good email copy and I’m gonna make out like gangbusters.”

But what they don’t understand is that email is just a “multiplier.”

In other words, it will just multiply whatever it is you’re making now.

So if you’re not making any sale using other medium, then don’t expect emails to magically bring you more sales.

It doesn’t work like that, bruh!

And I know this because after years and years of helping clients with their email marketing, one of the biggest deciding factors whether the campaign will succeed or not is their present sales.

If a company is making 5-figures sales from their marketing efforts, then emails can easily double or triple that sale as long as they have a responsive list of people who belong to their target market.

Which brings me to the punch line:

Are you already making sales in your business?

Do you want to double or even triple your sale by simply converting your email subscribers into paying clients?

Can you handle more customers and more clients?

If you answer YES, YES, YES to all three questions, then I want to work with you.

All you have to do is SEND ME A DM and I’ll reach out to you for further instructions.

How To Write Subject Lines That Get Opened

By Rom Rulida /

Years ago, I read some awesome copywriting advice.

It’s a tip that improved my “Subject-Line-Writing-Game” by folds.

While also increasing the number of people opening my emails.

I got this advice from the book, Confessions of an Advertising Man, penned by the late and great David Ogilvy:

“The headline is the most important element in most advertisements. It is the telegram which decides whether the reader will read the copy. On average, five times as many people read the headline as read the body copy. When you have written your headline, you have spent eighty cents out of your dollar.”

BOOYAH!

Ogilvy was talking about writing sales letter headlines, but it can also be applied to email subject lines.

I mean, think about it…

If you write a great subject line then people would open your emails.

If people open your emails, then they will read your sales message.

And if you do a good job writing your email copy, then it will result in more sales.

Which brings us back to the question…

“How can you write a good subject line?”

There are tons of ways!

#1. Appeal to people’s self-interest — tell them the benefit they will get when they read your email

#2. Give some news — you know, news can easily get attention.

#3. Arousing curiosity — give them an itch to read your email.

Again, lots and lots of ways to do it.

Now…

In my upcoming book about Email Marketing, I shared seven ways to write email subject lines that “forces” people to open your emails — along with some examples you can model for your campaigns.

The book is launching in the next 2 to 3 weeks.

And honestly, it’s the most comprehensive email copywriting manual I wrote to date!

So watch out for my emails for instructions on how to get it.

Nobody Likes A Bag Of Bones!

By Rom Rulida /

Ever hear about the “Kennewick Man”?

It’s a controversial 9,000-year old skeleton that caused quite a stir way back in 1996. Story went, both scientists and Native American tribes were fighting for ownership of the remains.

Not only that.

But some cult members were also claiming the Kennewick Man. Along with a man who wants to bury the skeletons in his family cemetery and even by the family of the college student who found the 90-centuries skull.

For someone who has been dead for 9,000 years, Kennewick Man seems to have lots of long-lost relatives.

Wondering if he was that famous, too, when he was still alive!

Hah!

Anyway, why bring this up?

Because no matter how popular these bones were, you can NEVER do the same when it comes to your emails.

In other words, don’t send emails that has no “meat” in it. I mean emails with with zero value to your readers.

That’s why each time you’re about to hit send, ask yourself: “Is this email worth interrupting the time of my readers?”

And if it’s not, don’t send it.

(That’s a genius advice, by the way, from the great Ken McCarthy!)

Promise yourself never to send junk.

Because nobody likes a bag of bones!

Cute & Creepy Fake Baby!

By Rom Rulida /

Got this question recently…

QUESTION: Is email marketing applicable for a business selling webinar courses on stock investing?

Well, of course!

In fact, any business with an offer and an email list can profit from my email ways.

You see, email marketing can help you as long as you’re solving a problem and you have a market that’s hungry for a solution.

Here’s a quick example:

Ever hear of Reborn Dolls?

It’s a hyper-realistic doll created by artists to look like a real baby.

Anyway, when I first saw it, I immediately wonder who would buy such a thing.

It’s cute. But kinda creepy as well.

Yet, I learned that there’s actually a huge market for it. (Lots of grown women are crazy over these dolls!)

I also discovered that Reborn Dolls are used for therapeutic purposes.

Such as for women who can’t have their own biological child. Or those suffering from anxiety and depression. Or women coping with grief over a lost child.

The point?

As long as you’re solving a problem — whether it’s securing your retirement through stock investing or dealing with depression using a fake baby — then you have a business.

And you can definitely use emails to make lots of profits!

Why You Shouldn’t Give Too Much Value For Free

By Rom Rulida /

Let me tell you about Ramit Sethi’s terrible experience on “too much giving.”

A few years ago, when Sethi’s business started doing well, some of his friends came to him and asked for help.

They wanted to learn how they can make money online, too.

Being the good friend that he is, Sethi gave them access to his online course worth $2,000.

He didn’t charge them a dime.

He gave them full access to his courses without asking anything in return.

All he wanted was to help them.

But a few weeks after giving them his $2,000 course, Sethi noticed that they didn’t even bother to log in — not even once.

He was baffled — and even felt resentful.

He tried to help for free and those people just took it for granted.

After that incident, Ramit Sethi decided to stop giving away his courses for free.

It doesn’t matter if you’re his friend, if you want his course, you need to pay the full price.

Did he lose some of his would-be customers?

You bet.

Those people who don’t want to pay but want to get the course for free went away.

But those who really want it? Those who are really serious? They paid the full price and watch every single lesson inside his course.

The point is this:

People value what they pay for.

If they get something at no cost, chances are they’ll just take it for granted.

You see, most people just don’t see value in “free.”

So stop giving away too much of your stuff.

If you are good at what you do and you know you can help others, you owe it to yourself to make people pay for your product or services.

Anyway…

That’s only one of the marketing principles I teach inside my book, Email Copywriting Handbook.

Let me say it like it is.

I’m giving you my book in exchange for your expressed permission to market my services to you through my emails.

If you don’t have any problem with that, then go ahead and click the link below to download your book.

https://romrulida.com/

How To Sell Without Really Selling (And Why Giving Away Too Much Value Is Bad For Business)

By Rom Rulida /

Ever heard of the Rule of Reciprocity?

Lots of business owners love it. In fact, a good number of them use it as a foundation on how they do business.

Here’s a quote I saw that explains the rule well:

“If I give you something of value that you perceived to be valuable, you’re going to feel an obligation to return back to me something of equal value in return.”

Sounds good, right? But it can actually harm your business — without you even knowing it.

You see, based on the rule, if you give me something valuable, then I’ll feel obligated, compelled, forced to buy from you.

Uhm…

Heck, no.

If I don’t need your product or service, then why would I buy from you?

Now, for the record, I’m not saying that the rule is a total sham — because to some degree, it works.

But IMHO, this rule caused a lot of business owners to lose their balls when it comes to selling. A lot of people nowadays can’t sell shyt unless they’ve provided enough value to their prospects.

Sounds familiar?

They became marketing wimps who don’t know how to make people buy without giving away the farm along with the kids.

You can even see this phenomenon in emails…

People try their best not to sound ‘salesy’ because they’re afraid their customers might get annoyed and leave their list.

So they sugar-coat their pitch or bury their link in the PS.

Not knowing that they only harm their business doing this.

But who can fault us?

We were made to believe that the Rule of Reciprocity is a universal law — just like the law of gravity.

We were taught that people won’t buy unless they receive value from us first.

Gwurus and shexperts sing in unison, telling us that we should give away dozens of free content first before selling anything.

But after handling dozens of email marketing campaigns, I realized that this is not the case.

In fact, you can sell in every email you send to your list. And your readers would even thank you for selling to them.

How?

By using ‘infotainment’ when writing your emails.

Which simply means combining information with entertainment. Just switch on your TV to see great examples of this concept. News shows that present information in a way that is fun and entertaining.

Now, does it take a lot of time to write infotaining emails?

Not really, as long as you know what you’re doing.

Interested to learn more?

Then, you should download a free copy of my book, Email Copywriting Handbook where you can see actual examples of ‘infotainment emails’

Download it today. It’s totally free.

Here’s the link: http://bit.ly/RomEmailCopyBook

The #1 Most Dangerous & Costly Mistake That Can Sabotage Your Email Marketing

By Rom Rulida /

Here’s some great advice I got when it comes to writing emails:

“The goal of your emails is not to satiate the thirst and hunger of your reader. Because if you do, they would no longer feel the need to buy your product. After all, he has just been fed. Instead of being teased to the point that he’ll pay for his meal, he’s been given enough that he’s forgotten he was hungry or thirsty in the first place.”

That advice literally changed the way I write emails and my entire email marketing approach.

Before learning this, I thought that I need to give good info on my emails.

After all, if they were to buy my product, then they need to know that I can deliver the goods, yeah?

In fact, let me know if these ‘beliefs’ sound familiar…

“I need to give valuable content to my subscribers for free.”

“I need to give away some of my stuff so they’ll be confident that my product is even better.”

“I need to teach in my emails so they’ll see that I know what I’m talking about and I’m really the go-to expert.”

But people who have this mentality often run to the problem of people not buying their product because they already received some great stuff.

Just like this poor woman I saw on Facebook:

Now, if you’re not supposed to teach in your emails, then what are you supposed to do?

3 things…

#1. Inspire

The great email master Matt Furey believe that ‘inspiration sells.’

If you can inspire your subscribers to believe in themselves, in their abilities, and in their skills, then you can also inspire them to buy your product or services.

#2. Motivate

Motivate people to take action.

Give them reasons to get off the couch and start moving towards their goals.

You can also motivate them to go the extra mile by buying from you.

#3. Entertain

Tell stories. Crack some jokes. Make your emails really fun and entertaining.

Let’s be honest: Who earns more money? A professional teacher or an entertainer?

It’s the same with your emails — don’t teach.

Entertain the heck out of your subscribers and you’ll also see your bank account get fatter.

Now, think about it…

You don’t need to share hard info to do those 3 things, do you?

Yes, you can still teach — but make sure it’s not ‘hard teaching’ where you instruct someone, in detail, about how to do things.

If you want to see actual examples of this, then read Chapter 1, 3, 8, 10 and 15 of my new book, Email Copywriting Handbook.

You can see how I teach without really teaching. Ironic much, eh?

Just go here to grab your copy for free: http://bit.ly/RomEmailCopyBook

The Borderline “Abusive” Way of Writing Profitable Emails

By Rom Rulida /

So you want more clients and more revenue for your biz?

Without spending a dime on ads?

Completely on autopilot?

Here’s a quick & simple 3-step tactic for you.

👉 Write 30 emails.

👉 Set it up on your autoresponder.

👉 And bring people inside your list to receive your emails daily.

Then, let your emails do the heavy-lifting of making people know, like and trust you. It’s really simple. No need to spend any money on ads. And you can move on to other parts of your biz as your emails create opportunities for you.

That’s it.

The key here is to make sure that your emails are really good.

And you can do that by simply talking a lot about your market’s pains, challenges, and problems.

I’ll let you in a little “secret”

According to marketing wizard Jay Abraham:

“The more accurately you can describe your reader’s problem in terms they relate to, the more they instinctively feel that you must have an answer to that problem.”

I mean, think about it…

If you’re suffering from back pain, and I come to you to describe what you’re going through — exactly how you would describe it — then, you’d probably think that I know what I’m talking about and I know how to solve it.

The same thing goes with your emails.

If your emails talk a lot about the problems of your market and you can paint the picture of what they’re going through the way they see it — then they’ll conclude that you know the solution.

No wonder we see doctors as geniuses.

If you want to learn how to write email-focused problem effectively, then Chapter 13 of my new book, Email Copywriting Handbook, talks about a ‘borderline abusive’ way to do this.

Grab it here for FREE while it’s still available:

http://bit.ly/RomEmailCopyBook

Are You Afraid of People Leaving Your Email List?

By Rom Rulida /

Want a funny irony?

Dying in the living room.

Want an even funnier one?

Email marketing that doesn’t appeal to your market and doesn’t make you money.

Funny?

Well, not really. Especially if that’s exactly what’s happening in your business right now.

Dunno about you but when I write emails to my list or to my client’s list, my main goal is always to make more money.

Yes, I might sprinkle it with a bit of fun, throw some actionable tips in there, or share a great marketing nugget inside, but the goal is always the same — to make money.

Someone may ask, “Well, isn’t that annoying that you’re always asking for your subscribers to buy from you?”

To which I reply, “Is your business a charity?”

Because if it is, then it’s perfectly fine not to sell them anything.

But if you’re doing business, people expect you to sell something to them.

That’s why every time you tiptoe your way into selling OR you try your best to just be ’nice person’ because you don’t want to annoy your subscribers, you’re actually breaking the trust of people inside your list who are looking for your help.

Think about it this way:

If my neck is bleeding and I go to the doctor, I expect him to treat me. And of course, I expect to pay for his services.

It’s the same thing with your email list.

If your market has a problem and they subscribe to your list, they expect you to show them the solution — and they expect to pay for it.

Now, if your subscriber gets angry because you’re selling something, then it could only mean 2 things:

#1. He doesn’t have a problem so he doesn’t need your solution

#2. He has a problem, but he expects you to give him the solution for free

And I’m guessing that that person is not your ideal customer, yeah?

So don’t be afraid to be more aggressive in the way you do email marketing.

Besides, what’s the worst thing that can happen?

I’ll tell you.

The worst thing that can happen is that people who are not your ideal client will leave your list.

But don’t worry because those who really need what you’re selling will stay and buy from you.

Cool?

Anyway, if you want to learn more about this, then read Chapter 3 of my new book, Email Copywriting Handbook.

I talk about why you should get people to ‘unsubscribe’ from your email list so you can make more money.

Grab it here for FREE: http://bit.ly/RomEmailCopyBook

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How To Write Email Faster

By Rom Rulida /

Ever heard of a Rube Goldberg machine?

It’s a machine intentionally designed to perform a single task in an indirect and overcomplicated fashion.

Dunno ’bout you, but it made me chuckle a bit.

It actually reminds of how a lot of people I know are doing when writing email copy.

They overcomplicate a very simple task.

It starts with closing the door behind them. Then, spending a few minutes to attract the energy of the universe and magically come up with an inspiration. That’s when they’ll start the arduous task of writing the email. They’ll spend hours and hours hammering the keyboard to come up with the ‘perfect email’ that will blow the pants off their subscribers.

That might be a little exaggerated. Lol!

But you’re getting my point?

When it comes to writing emails, the proof of the pudding is not in the words you use, but the sales you made.

Here are two things you can do to write email faster:

#1: Write Like You Talk

When writing emails, just write like you talk — warts and all.

What I mean is, write like the way you talk with a normal person in a face-to-face conversation.

Use words that you normally use when talking with someone.

Avoid being verbose and don’t dare to look more intelligent with words that your readers won’t understand unless they get a dictionary.

#2: Limit Yourself to 30 Minutes

I’m also a huge believer of the old adage that says, “Money is attracted to speed.”

So you should not spend more than 30 minutes writing an email.

‘Dumb down’ things a bit.

Get a timer and decide that you’ll only write for 30 minutes.

It might take a bit of practice, but you’ll get faster every time you do it.

What you should expect?

When you do this, two things will happen:

First, You’ll write faster.

And second, you’ll let your unique personality shine through your emails.

Both important to writing emails that don’t sound like a robot or an overhyped ad guy on TV.

Anyway, if you want some cool demonstration of emails written using this approach, then make sure you grab a copy of my new book: Email Copywriting Handbook.

All you have to do is model those emails and adapt it to your market, and soon enough, you’ll be one of the most prolific email copywriter in your industry — leaving your competition thousand miles behind.

Get it on the link below.

For More High-Level Tips About Email Marketing & Email Copywriting, Grab Your Free Copy of My New Book: EMAIL COPYWRITING HANDBOOK

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