Melanie Saxton

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It was a great honor to serve as a military memoir editor for Bill Mercer. This renowned sportscaster and inductee into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame had an astounding career in broadcast media. He was also inducted into the University of North Texas Athletic Department Hall of Fame, the Texas Baseball Ex-Pro’s Baseball Hall of Fame, the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association Hall of Fame, and the University of Texas-Dallas Athletic Department Hall of Honor.

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Grammarly

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Did you know that a big share of email recipients decide whether or not to open an email based on the subject line alone? If you want recipients to read your email, you’ve got to get it opened first. For work-related emails, you’ll need to write a professional subject line—but how do you know what email subject line will be successful? In this guide, we’ll answer that question and tell you more, including tips for writing a professional email subject line, examples of professional email subject

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Jane Friedman

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Photo by cottonbro studio Today’s post is by Tzivia Gover , author of Dreaming on the Page. Journals, like dreams, are the unsung heroes of the literary world. Countless works have been inspired by both and represent great repositories of raw material for books, poems, movies, plays, songs, and more. Each of my published books was birthed from the pages of my notebooks and is peppered with snippets of dreams and morsels of dream wisdom.

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ContentWriters

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Marketers frequently ask, “How long should blog posts be?” It’s a great question because the length of your content impacts readability and SEO. However, it’s not a simple answer because the ideal blog post length depends on your purpose and the topic. This article reveals the average blog post length to increase traffic to your website, including information that will help you determine the ideal word count.

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Speaker: Mike Rizzo, Founder & CEO, MarketingOps.com and Darrell Alfonso, Director of Marketing Strategy and Operations, Indeed.com

Though rarely in the spotlight, marketing operations are the backbone of the efficiency, scalability, and alignment that define top-performing marketing teams. In this exclusive webinar led by industry visionaries Mike Rizzo and Darrell Alfonso, we’re giving marketing operations the recognition they deserve! We will dive into the 7 P Model —a powerful framework designed to assess and optimize your marketing operations function.

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Contently

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

According to WordPress, users create 70 million blog posts per month through its platform. Add to that all the content created across other platforms, and you’ve got a world saturated with content. Helping your brand stand out requires not just creativity but also strategic alignment. At the heart of this alignment lies a well-structured content framework grounded on solid topic pillars, which act as the foundation for content marketers to build compelling, relevant, and targeted content.

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Jasper

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Jasper’s Head of Platform Engineering explains some of the nuances of interoperability in AI and why it’s important for enterprise marketing teams.

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Ben Settle

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Mostly I refer to copywriting clients. But, really, this could apply to most any other service too. Or can be adapted as such. Anyway, here’s the whole “secret” — 1. Make list of companies whose products you already use & who already hire direct response copywriters (i.e., sell to buyers) 2. Contact them 3. Ask who to talk to about writing copy for them 4.

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Ben Settle

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Came a drive-by comment from a grammar nazi: (totally unedited, exactly how it showed in my inbox) You really ought to fix the little error in your text… “…emails now they see so lame in comparison” Should be… “…emails now, They seem so lame in comparison” Sheer perfection. The irony of his grammar nazi’s advice to edit a testimonial Ken McCarthy sent me, while the grammar nazi literally capitalized a letter after a comma in his grammar lesson to m

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Ben Settle

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Let me tell you a story. A couple months ago my favorite news source ZeroHedge tweeted about how Elon Musk internally discussed blocking Twitter access in the EU. And I then quote tweeted it, talking about how I have, several times over the years, toyed with banning all EU countries from my shopping cart. To which I was asked why I would do that by one of my loyal EU customers.

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Ben Settle

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

I’ve talked many times about the audio I have where John Carlton interviewed Gary Halbert about: “The Go To Guy” I first heard it over 20 years ago (on audio cassette). And I still listen to it several times per year now. Not because there are any tactical, marketing, copywriting, selling, or any other tricks for making more sales in it, because there’s not.

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

Join this brand new webinar with Tim Buteyn to learn how you can master the art of remote onboarding! By the end of this session, you'll understand how to: Craft a Tailored Onboarding Checklist 📝 Develop a comprehensive, customized checklist that ensures every new hire has a smooth transition into your company, no matter where they are in the world.

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Ben Settle

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

A daily email reader writes: “sometimes think of your emails as sex without the orgasm lol.” Now we’re talkin’ Whatever the case, the comment reminded me about a very safe & effective way to approach marketing and offers. And that is, if you can make giving your business money a overwhelmingly pleasurable & exciting act for your list, market, customers, and clients… and if you can make it something they not only don’t mind doing but look forward to doing and can’t wait

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Ben Settle

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Last month I did a deal with Email Players subscriber and syndicated talk radio show host Mark Kaye — where I gave him an hour of consulting in exchange for him plugging my opt-in page to his entire audience. i.e., one long testimonial about lil’ ol’ me. And I liked it so much I decided to swipe some of it. Here goes: Ben is a very reclusive, highly conservative business buddy of mine who is trapped in a very red part of a very blue state.

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