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22d •
A cure for writer's block (no side effects)
John has given us a lot of resources to fight writer's block for daily emails. Some in this group (including me) bought John's daily emails 101. And others are getting his daily email habit emails. That means you have at least some idea about what to write. But maybe that's not enough. I know it isn't for me. I'll send out my first email on Monday, 3 August. And I plan on sending one every day. Here's how I'm making sure I'll never face writers block. I'm going to use a framework by Shaan Puri. He's the guy who co-hosts the My First Million podcast. Before that, he co-founded The Milk Road newsletter (which sold for 8-figures!). And, if you follow him on X, he's a pretty good writer to boot. So here's his framework: Think of the Best, Worst, First, Last, or Weirdest thing you've experienced and write about it. The thing could be work related, like a boss, a project, or a client. It could be life-related, like a date, a friend, or a partner. Or it could be anything else (a teacher, a book, a movie, and so on). If you combine the above framework with John's prompts, I guarantee you'll never face writers block. And if you still need more help, here's another framework from Shaan Puri. You can talk about the 5Ds: - things you've DONE - things you're DOING - things you DELIVER - things you DREAM about - or things you DORK OUT Hope that was helpful! Do you have any frameworks to share?
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damn I just realized I posted this in the wrong thread!
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@John Bejakovic A friend who studied film and I argue that Twin Peaks and Seinfeld are the apogee of Western civilization. By the way, here's an Instagram account that mashes together the above shows: https://www.instagram.com/seinpeaks/ It's genuinely funny.
11d •
Who loves you/hates you?
Couple weeks ago, @Vasileios Apostolou gave me a nice testimonial that I turned into a promo this week, and made about $8k on. Today, I got a new subscriber to my list who apparently really doesn't like me (screenshot attached) I don't know yet how to turn that into money, but I'm thinking about it. And in the meantime, maybe it can turn into money for you. What offensive/irritating/stupid messages from readers have you gotten recently? Or what glowing/great/pleasant messages have you gotten? There's a promo or a new offer or at least an email hiding in there. Share what you've got below, and we can work on it together.
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Funny thing. I was about to write an email to my list about a hater. A guy reached out to me a few months ago after he watched a podcast interview I did. He asked me who I wrote copy for etc etc. When I replied, he asked me if the company I work for cares about AOV. Stupid question because every (serious) company on earth does. So after I told him that we do care about AOV, and telling him that a friend and one of the few people that I'm jealous of their skills does AOV for us, he started pitching me his AOV services. He had some stupid suggestions that sounded like things he heard from a guru but never tested himself. I found both his approach and his ideas lacking taste. I ignored him. He followed up two times. The second time he asked if I could get him a copywriting gig for the company I work for. I ignored him again and thought that would be the last time I saw his name. But last week, I went looking for the link to my podcast interview on YouTube. Normally I use a chrome extension that hides suggested videos, and other distractions like comments (so I don't get sucked into a Youtube rabbit hole.) But this time, somehow, the extension was turned off. And there he was... The guy had left two comments on the interview. The first insulted the interview host for not knowing two financial copywriters. (The host had never worked in financial niche.) The second comment said that the video title was misleading. The title was "The Last Copywriting System You'll Ever Need." The guy argued that what the interview covered was not a system. But the title came from a line I said in the interview. The line described my way of thinking about copy, which I call the 6S System. By the way, the definition of the word system is very loose. You can call almost anything a system. I didn't reply to any of the comments but I did some research on the guy. I found his old website and his Linkedin. Turns out he's been a copywriter for 20+ years. His claim to fame is writing copy for a semi-famous self-help guru. I looked in my swipe file for promos of this guru. I found some old promos that confirmed my suspicions.
25d •
Odyssey
Have you seen it? Have you not? What did you think? Do you refuse to see it? I went to see it Saturday. As per usual, I have some online-business-related takeaway I can make about it, but I'd like to hear first what you thought, or didn't think.
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Haven't seen the movie but I will when I get the time. I'd love to hear the online-business-related takeaway.
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@Demetra Lambros I watched Barbie there hah
27d •
How I use AI to find valuable ideas (for content and copy)
AI content sucks. I’d never use it to write anything associated with my brand. But when it comes to finding ideas, AI is one of the best tools available. I recently bought John’s Daily Emails 101. And this time I'm determined to start a list. Here's I'm going to use the below tools to come up with ideas. (I'm already using these tools for copywriting ideas.) ## REDDIT SCANNER This one scans reddit threads for keywords and lets me download them. I built it with Claude Code. (Don't ask how - just vibes.) Here's how it works: First, I describe my target audience. Then A local LLM identifies relevant subreddits. Next, I enter a search query. The LLM expands it into several related queries, and the app uses Reddit’s API to find matching threads in the subreddits from step 1. I download those threads, feed them to ChatGPT, and ask questions. In fact, I often start my audience research by giving ChatGPT these threads along with a few winning sales letters. (Most of the winning sales letters come from Lawrence Bernstein's website.) ## PODCAST SUMMARIZER Claude Code also built me an app that transcribes podcasts and summarizes them. I've picked a mix of marketing, health, screenwriting, and general interest podcasts (Tim Ferriss, Altucher, etc.) Every day, I scan the summaries for interesting ideas. The app also saves each summary to my Obsidian notes. This pairs nicely with the next tool. ## NOTE TAGGER All my notes from books, courses, interviews etc. plus random observations live inside Obsidian. I've created an app that automatically tags all my notes, including the podcast summaries. I've given it what tags to use so I don't end up with a million tags that I'll never use or remember. So when I write a new note and add tags, I can quickly find similar ideas. ## VIRAL IDEA FINDER I built this one with Poe and it works as a web app. It uses several LMM models (GPT, Claude, Grok, Temini) that can crawl the web.
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@John Bejakovic haha love the imagery of a caveman using a typewriter. The AI tool doesn't matter as much as the person using it and the ideas he inputs. Some of the best hip-hop music came out in the 90s when mad-talented producers were using simple samplers. But they picked some of the best samples ever (partly because no one was asking for royalties for the samples). The tools I have could easily be adapted (or built from scratch) for your purposes. Let's talk, I'll send you a message.
28d •
John's most underrated training
I've bought almost all John's trainings. The one that has made the most money for me and my clients is one he no longer promotes. The training I'm talking about is Age of Insight. Seriously, nothing boosts your copy's persuasive power like giving your readers a new insight. You can sell stuff without a big idea or a unique mechanism if you deliver a new insight. Recently, one of my sales letter passed $1 million in sales. This letter starts by giving readers a new insight. More specifically, insight type number 2 from John's training. (So consider this post a thank-you to John.) Also, I'm coaching a bunch of creative strategies who work for 8- and 9-figure brands. When I review their work, I often notice that the creatives that scale are those delivering new insights. Usually the winning creatives use insight type number 1. There's also an insight type number 3. Which is harder to pull off but it might be the most effective. In fact, the idea that landed me a job at Agora as a newbie copywriter was an insight of that type. (At the time I didn't know of John, so I just developed this idea instictually. But now that I'm aware of this type of insight, I can develop these ideas more often) Anyway… If you want to make more money from your marketing – or make your content more interesting – beg John to start selling Age of Insight again.
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@John Bejakovic I too wish you had written one haha. Actually, you can still write it
2 likes • 27d
@Nick Bandy Let's run an auction for my account with access to the course.
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