For the past few months, I've been subscribed for free to a Substack called Dead Language Society. They finally got me. Last week I upgraded to paid. It's the only newsletter subscription I pay for. Dead Language Society is about English, as in the language. The history and the structure of English. I find myself reading each post from beginning to end finding myself enlightened. A few recent examples: - The ancient logic of “snuck” ("sneaked" is what the English say, so where did Americans get "snuck"?) - No, Shakespeare didn’t invent those words ("assassination," "eyeball," "obscene," ...) - How far back in time can you understand English? (a story told in progressively older variants of English to show you where the language becomes unrecognizable to modern speakers) With a paid subscription you get all the articles... and there's a book club. Where you read middle- and old-English texts. In the original. I'm looking forward to joining. It takes a special kind of perversion, leaning towards masochism, to take pleasure in this stuff. But if you swing this way, I got 5 free 1-month subscriptions to give out when I signed up for paid. If you genuinely want one, comment below, and I'll get you one. While supplies last.

Not related to emails, but I think there are people in this group who've written books, so figured I'd ask. What are your thoughts on partnering with authors specifically for a fixed sum of money? Kind of like newsletter ads, but can be sponsored content across websites (book reviews, author interviews, inclusion in some type of list), social media mentions, and newsletter mentions, too... I haven't really seen authors do this except for going on podcasts... And I don't think those are paid (I could be wrong?) Anyway... is this a good or a bad idea?

Time for the Episode 2 of the reality TV show known as Daily Email House! As you might know, last month I ran an auction here in Daily Email House. It went purty good. The winning bid was $31k. The winning bidder was @Nick Bandy, who I endorse for President and also to guide you to bigger, better clients and more stability. All that was Episode 1 of Bejako Reality TV. In the aftermath of Episode 1, I had a number of people reach out and say... "Yeah auctions are good and all, BUT what if you're not auctioning off custom, unique, done-with-you stuff? What if you've got, say, a course, which has infinite copies? How do you auction that off, huh? I could tell ya. But I'd rather show ya. And that's why I'm gonna hold: Episode 2: An EVERYONE CAN WIN auction! Along with people asking me how to auction off courses and such, lots of people asked me to create a course on how to run an auction. To everyone who wrote me that, I said that will not be happening, because that course already exists, and it's the course I myself followed in running my auction. And combining those two ideas — a course on how to run auctions, and an auction for a course — we get the main plot line of Episode 2. Here's what's on offer: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1. The "24 HOUR FUN AUCTION" training ===> This training was originally ONLY available inside Travis Sago's $2k/year Royalty Ronin community ===> I followed Travis's training STEP BY STEP in running my own auction, and Travis's auction secrets are absolutely responsible for this auction going up to $31k the way it did. ====> Everybody else who you might have seen running an auction lately is following this same blueprint — because it works! 2. My own notes on Travis's "24 HOUR FUN AUCTION" training ====> I went through this training twice: once before my auction, and once after the auction, with new understanding. I'll share with you everything I think is key in this training 3. Everything I learned from my own auction (51 points)

Welcome WELCOME The pool party is ON. You can find the margaritas and soft drinks over in the corner... ... the DJ has set up and is playing already... ... and after you've had a chance to dip yourself in the pool, and as the party heats up... ... perhaps you'd like to also take a look at this little offer I am making? The offer in a peanut shell: I am offering to take the winning bidder — let's imagine it's you — and... 1. To give you a NAME and credibility on the Internet, along with MY FULL ENDORSEMENT, and... 2. To DRIVE MY RESPONSIVE READERS to the optin for your list, and... 3. To work with you and co-create a SEXY ACQUISITION FUNNEL (free giveaway + paid thank-you page offer), which you can use to build up your email list AND make money on day zero by turning new subscribers into buyers right away, plus... 4. I'm guaranteeing, with my two hands, that if you win this auction you will MAKE BACK 100% OF YOUR MONEY before I'm done endorsing and promoting you. Again, I will send out a dedicated email to endorse you and your offer, and to drive my audience to you. If you don't recoup all your investment with that first email I send, I will keep sending more dedicated emails, for as long as it takes, to promote and endorse you until you do recoup your winning bid. (If needed, we will also keep working together to tweak your funnel to make sure the right people sign up AND turn into buyers.) That's the little auction offer I'm making, for you to consider while you baste in my pool. I'm also offering a few POOL PARTY FAVORS if you happen to win the auction: 1. Wine and tapas on me whenever you get to Barcelona. (I know a good place around the corner from my new apartment, in the Gothic quarter. Once you finish with the pool and dry off, we can head over there.) 2. A list of newsletters you can run ads in, so they drive their own readers to you, and so you can keep growing your list at breakeven or at a profit, regularly, month after month. (And yes, you can approach these newsletter owners and tell them, "John Bejakovic already endorsed this offer... and his audience loved it.")

I reached out to a trusted friend who’s on the email list I was writing for. And asked for her feedback. She has a gmail address. Here’s the odd thing. After some small talk on the phone I asked what made you click on the last email. She said three things. She has not opened the email as yet. She has not read the emails as yet. She did not click. But ConvertKit was saying the email was opened and clicked. Again I trust her, and she actually opened the email and read it while on her phone with me. Any one has this experience?