Get 📈more emails read (by writing less)

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It’s August. 2023’s nearly extinct.

So let’s not waste a moment or a word. Your subscribers have even less time to read your emails than you think. Let’s learn what to do about it.

Smart Brevity for Short Engaging Emails

Your choice. Read Smart Brevity. Let me read it for you. Or see highlights below from the Ted Talk…

“Brevity is selfishly good for you because you’ll be heard again.”

“People read almost NOTHING.”

Author received tons of thank-you notes after drastically shortening articles.

Concise Writing Basic Points

26 seconds is all we give to text we really want to read

Don’t hide key content at end of posts

50+% of shared social posts are not even read by the sharer

No, our brains aren’t being rewired for content oceans

⭐Brevity is worthless if unclear though.⭐

Smart Brevity Tips for Getting Your (short engaging) Emails Read

Audience first (they’re time-bankrupt)
Set the hook w/ 1 big thing
KIS. Short words/sentences. Plain talk
Write ~~Stuffy~~❌ ~~Scared~~❌ Human🟢
Stop writing. Then cut out much

Short Engaging Emails are Hard to Write

Writers like to write. Making it hard to cut what you wanna share with subscribers.

But if you think much of your readers, give them their time back.

It’ll go perfectly with the solid info you’re slinging. You might even get some thank-you notes yourself.

Plus, you’ll save a mountain of time yourself. There’s plenty to write on other topics. Use your extra time there, or write a few books, or take more naps.

That’s all I’ve got to say about brevity😉.

Need more resources for short engaging emails?

🏫University of North Carolina paper

💯Brevity’s 1st step? Shorten sentences

📧Email newsletter to emulate— big info, tight writing

*Visibly bigger intros grab attention

**Attention span depleted to 47 secs

***How Gen Z reads (KW hunters)

Best Subject Lines in my Inbox (+why they work)

(Urgent, the word “fiascos”)

(Word play on the Great Reset)

(Drip email on a course I signed up for – a numbered nudge)

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Knowledge Base

🧠Knowledge is power, but first, dog ignores unimpressive child

How to make your loyalty program’s rewards unique

🎥Test this AI for creating short clips from long vids

Quick copywriting clinic via Apple

📩Video: choosing an email service provider

Self Help

Keith is a fella I run into walking in town sometimes.

Yesterday, I ran in the heat with a hoodie on to sweat more (I’m not smart).

But Keith’s way tougher than that. I can’t even mention what he came back from.

I can tell you he’s lost 50+ pounds this year.

And I doubt that’s the best thing that’s resulted from his daily walks.

*Shout-out to Inbox Hackers:

📢Victor at GroupM (advertising)

🛀Vishwas Newbathtoday (baths)

Facts and Stats

Just 15% of users who clicked on an SMS campaign converted, compared to 54% of users who converted after clicking on a segmented campaign (Localytics)

51% of marketers said they’re not sure what to do to prepare for 3rd-party cookie extinction (Email Insider)

68% of consumers say content & reviews on a retailer’s website are more influential than in-store signage/displays (Media Post)

Bonus: Meta’s metaverse and virtual-reality division lost how much last quarter? $3.73 billion (Bloomberg)

Dire Straits

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