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Here’s every single newsletter I’ve sent since June 2019. Enjoy.

87:One idea, a vintage train ad nails the one idea principle, improving the top-down content production process

86:How to write compelling feature descriptions, ProShop ERP have a great headline, the short-term costs of switching service offers

85:Tell people how, great demo page, business blunders

84: Writing more specific calls to action, Keap's great calls to action, investigating my lower-than-expected income

83: Fix your landing page in an afternoon, Dooly’s great feature description, design or copy first?

82: Ask how your audience got here, the mighty nappy pail, consultant vs vendor

81: Replace your adjectives with facts, iconic Ogilvy example of facts>adjectives, async is killing me

80: Get rid of “will”, SalesRabbit has a messaging/positioning disconnect, great article on personas

79: Ask “why” to get better testimonial quotes, Built for Teams has a great testimonial quote, tune in to me on a livestream

78: Shrinking commitments, BambooHR's secondary CTA, annoying gurus

77: Asking “so what”?, Coda’s clever headline, new newsletter format

76: Not every website needs a copywriter

75: Making pain points explicit

74: The difference between direct and indirect competition.

73: How to make free work work for you

72: I wish I’d read this book in 2017

71: “Simple” and “powerful” are terrible descriptors

70: Table stakes aren’t differentiators

69: Four easy ways to make your demo pages better [WITH VIDEO]

68: Unlimited revisions

67: Stop burying your value propositions

66: Delete your generic benefit statements

65: How to make vertical landing pages work

64: Let your business model write your home page

63: The problem with newsletters

62: Why I’m consolidating my service offering

61: How to write headlines that get people to keep reading

60: How to write better testimonial quotes

59: Email marketing metrics can be deceiving

58: Your copy does not need to be short

57: [Rerun] Write more persuasive copy by going deep on just one benefit

56: How to get more value out of screenshots on your home page

55: How to keep your subscribers engaged by pruning your list

54: How not to do a call to action

53: An easy framework for your calls to action

52: How to use category benefits in your messaging

51: Category benefits are not product benefits

50: [VIDEOS] What we can learn from Drift and Toggl’s home pages

49: Three problems that a copywriter can’t solve

48: How to produce better content, faster by repurposing

47: How to have more productive customer interviews

46: Why I don’t bother with SEO

45: How to choose what kind of content to write (a framework)

44: My unsubscribes went up by 3x - what happened?

43: Your vague headline is killing your website

42: Copy review: How to differentiate in a crowded field

41: Are lead magnets a waste of time?

40: Copy review: value props, proof points and more

39: Throw your tone of voice guide in the rubbish

38:Show, don’t tell

37: Write about something your readers care about

36: My small change had a big impact

35: Your free offer has no value

34: Renting a wood chipper can teach you a lot about marketing

32: The ad that said too much

31: Three easy ways to make your writing more persuasive

30: Four things that I believe

29: The power of a PS

28: Your website is not as important as you think

27: Why you should be talking to your sales team

26: Differentiate by talking about your process

25: How to get the most out of your case studies

24: “Features tell, benefits sell” is unhelpful advice

23: Four tips to hire a great copywriter

22: The magic in the middle of the funnel

21: Pointless personas

20: This is about writing better headlines

19: Why you need to interrogate your copy

18: Lockdown marketing

17: All those COVID-19 emails

16: Don’t let your ongoing content become an ongoing hassle

15: Simon Sinek’s bad advice

14: Marketing can’t solve a business problem

13: Social proof and big numbers

12: Positioning three window repair companies

11:Hello Fresh’s copy is wide when it should be deep

10: How to create better offers

9: SkyBus fails to create benefits out of thin air

8: Why (most) companies are lying when they say they can help you get paid faste

7: The difference between writing and copywriting

6: Is your marketing team providing a service or building assets?

5: I produced 2 lead magnets. One was 7x more effective than the other

4: Writing better case studies

3:Positioning in the wild

2: Please stop inviting me to webinars

1: Strava writes a great automated email