🎤 S.W.I.P.E.S. Email (Friday September 8th, 2023)

Swipe📁 • Wisdom🧠 • Interesting🧐 • Picture🖼 • Essay📄 • Sketch✍🏼
Edition: Friday, September 8th, 2023
A fun email for Friday. I hope you enjoy!
🎤 Listen to this email here:
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Swipe:
I thought this was a cool ad for cufflinks that not only looks great, but also shows off their entire collection + pricing:
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You can see in the eye trace how people's eyes scan through each one!
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Wisdom:
There's a great phrase:
The act of "writing" is usually hard because it involves a lot of thinking and brain power.
But writing things down can help:
- Clarify your thoughts.
- Remember material better.
- Help with decision making.
I use this thing called a "Boogie Board" to write stuff down on all the time...you press a button and it permanently erases everything.
It's such a cool tool to brainstorm with:
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Interesting:
Whoa…this pie chart shows how 3 companies own 93% of the entire soft drink industry 🤯
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Picture:
This past weekend I escaped the Texas summer heat and went to Malibu.
We stayed at an awesome resort called Calamigos and it was amazing:
I enjoyed the nice weather outside:
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Took an outside dunk 😬
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Hung out by the pool:
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And saw a lot of beautiful landscape around Malibu:
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Essay:
In lieu of an essay today, can I ask you a question?
Why (or why not) did you join Copywriting Course?
Example responses:
- I wanted help on some marketing.
- I wanted to learn about a specific subject.
- I wanted to get help in the Office Hours sessions.
Or would you want to hear...
- More about starting a freelancing businesses (not just copywriting).
- Digital Marketing in general.
- Agency work.
I would love if you respond, even if it's short, and I will keep the responses private. Thank you 🙏🏼
Sketch:
Wow…this graphic shows a surprising conclusion:
When Nike sells a $100 shoe, they make only $5 in profit!?!
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These numbers were taken from 2015, and since then Nike has been able to sell direct-to-consumer so much better (through online retail and their own dedicated stores), so that $50 of retailer margin gets to be kept.
I hope you enjoyed these Friday tid-bits!
Sincerely,
Neville Medhora
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