The S.T.U.P.I.D. Email (Friday June 10th, 2022)
(Swipe,ย Thought,ย Uplifting,ย Picture,ย Interesting,ย Drawing)
This is a fun email for Friday June 10th, 2022. Hope you like it ๐
๐ค Listen to this email here:
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Sometimes we get hung up on internet advertising as the ONLY way to get the word out to people, but I'm a huge fan of the humble "stick on the back of a car" such as this:
This is a simple (yet effective) add from Glass Guru on one of their work vans:
Guaranteed Repair Saves 50% or More!
This is very straightforward and clearโฆ.and if someone has foggy windows they might give them a callโฆ.all from a simple stick on the back of a van!
Some of the benefits of vehicle advertising:
- Potentially thousands of people a day see the ad.
- If selling a local service you show it to local people.
- While parked at a location, others can see the ad and reach out (it's how I found my lawn guy).
In fact as online advertising is getting increasingly expensive, offline advertising is getting more love now!
Checkout this billboard AppSumo made in Austin recently:
Not sure if some of you new newsletter subscribers remember this, but 5 years ago I was curious about billboards andย got one made for $900!
Hereโsย 101 Daily Writing Promptsย you can use to build a writing habit:
Just pick a prompt, and practice writing!
--10 BOOK PROMPTS--
#1)ย Your favorite fiction book.
#2)ย Your favorite nonfiction book.
#3)ย Whatโs a book youโd like to write?
#4)ย Do you prefer physical books, on a Kindle, ebooks, or audiobooks?
#5)ย Whatโs the last book you recommended to someone?
#6)ย Whatโs your favorite copywriting book?
#7)ย Send an email/tweet to your favorite author (post the screenshot here).
#8)ย Write a book review in a tweet.
#9)ย Whatโs a book youโve read more than once?
#10)ย Whatโs a book you bought because a friend recommended it?
--10 SOCIAL MEDIA PROMPTS--ย
#11)ย Who are your top 3 favorite accounts on Twitter?
#12)ย What was your most popular tweet this year?
#13)ย Post your LinkedIn profile and introduce yourself here.
#14)ย DM someone from your industry and introduce yourself (and post a screenshot)
#15)ย Auto-schedule your tweets for a week.
#16)ย Add a high-value comment to a conversation on Twitter.
#17)ย Whatโs your social media goal? Post it here + explain why
#18)ย Where do you want to send people from your social profiles?
#19)ย Whatโs a tweet/thread you bookmarked/saved? Why?
#20)ย Update your headline/profile and post the before/after here.
--10 CAREER PROMPTS--
#21)ย What are 3 things you enjoyed in your career?
#22)ย What are 3 things youโre proud of accomplishing with work?
#23)ย What are 3 goals you have for your career?
#24)ย Whatโs something that you donโt like about your industry?
#25)ย Whatโs a common misconception people have about your industry? Whyโs it wrong?
#26)ย If money wasnโt an issue, what would you be doing?
#27)ย Who are 3 people youโd love to work with or for?
#28)ย Which 3 brands would you love to work for?
#29)ย What sort of profession did you want when you were a kid?
#30)ย Tell us a funny story from work.
You can see more prompts on theย Writing Prompt Generator!
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Uplifting:
I had a few hours to spare last Sunday, so I figured I'd try to launchย "What Should I Tweet Generator"ย on Product Hunt:
Creating all the images + copy + email took under an hour.
Theย Generatorย works like this:
โข Shows a randomized tip on what to post on load.
โข Click "Generate" it comes up with 3 more ideas.
โข Has a text field where you can practice writing.
It worked well, getting aroundย 100 upvotes on Product Hunt!!
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Picture:
This was me at 10am the other day working from bed...comfortable, safe, and happy:
By 10am my ancestors would've been up for 6+ hours, doing manual labor, toiling in fields, bitten by bugs, beaten by sun, working to survive, they get no breaks, have no backup plan.
THIS is a great time to be alive ๐
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Interesting:
You can make a trackable "Content Calendar" with this new Google Docs feature:
Insert โ Table Templates โ Review Tracker
Watch me create one here:
This is a simple feature other doc programs like Notion have had for a while, so I'm excited to see it on Google Docs finally!
Very useful!
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Drawing:
I made aย Death Calculatorย a long time ago based on what an average life looks like:
According to the calculator on that page here's how long I have to live (If my "end date" is my 85th birthday:
It's kind of an uncomfortable feeling for many people to view their life in this way. For example, hereโs the high-level program of my life:
load (Neville){
0: Born
20: Make money, Fit in, do dumb things
30: Slow down
40: Family + Friends
50: End competitive working life
60: Family + Friends
85: End;
}
At a high level a life doesn't seem that eventful.
However it's the journey through life that counts (that sounds so cliche) ๐
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Hope you enjoyed these little tidbits, have a happy Friday!
Sincerely,
Neville Medhora -ย CopywritingCourse.comย |ย @NevMed
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