7 hooks for your emails

Read any copywriting book and pretty much the first thing you’ll learn is to put emotion in to your copy.

Emotion is far stronger than reason – so you need to appeal to it.

But what emotions are the best to go for?

Here are the seven I always fall back on:

  • Greed
  • Flattery
  • Fear
  • Guilt
  • Salvation
  • Anger
  • Exclusivity

Of course, it’s difficult to crow bar them all in to one mailing. I’m not saying you should do that. But at least two should make a guest appearance.

Greed and Flattery are by far the most effective.

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