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Email of the Week

[Email of the Week #55]: Zappos

“Go out there and write me THE BEST customer service response email in the world of e-commerce marketing.” And well...
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[Email of the Week #54]: Surfshark

Watch how Surfshark used this as an opportunity to delight their customers with some fun, lighthearted copy.
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[Email of the Week #53]: Brain.fm

A Welcome Email is one of the most important emails you will ever send.
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[Email of the Week #52]: Joel Klettke

Joel doesn’t sell many products (aside a few video trainings). But he does write pretty damn good emails...
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[Email of the Week #51]: Legacy of Hope Coffee

Matt wrote a three-email sequence to sell coffee and raise money for Legacy of Hope. These emails really do have it all.
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[Email of the Week #50]: Mister Jones Health

The other day, I got a "prelaunch" email for Mister Jones Health's upcoming campaign... and I thought it was exceptional.
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[Email of the Week #49]: Alaska Salt Co.

This email is one of the best, if not THE best welcome emails I've ever read in my life. It's got everything.
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[Email of the Week #48]: Mixtiles

When Emmy Kissinger forwarded me this email from Mixtiles, I fell in love this this "First-time buyer" email.
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[Email of the Week #47]: Fellow

My good friend Abbey Woodcock sent me this email to break down from a company called Fellow who have some really cool, really sexy coffee serving and preparation products.
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[Email of the Week #46]: Mailman

My inbox is a dumpster fire. That's when I first learned about Mailman.
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[Email of the Week #45]: Tiger Fitness

This is the first time we've had the pleasure of taking a look at a "second-time buyer" email automation. This one is from Marc Lobliner, their CMO.
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[Email of the Week #44]: Blockhead Skateboards

You probably haven't heard of a lot of the brands I feature. Some of them are intentionally small. They're built to serve THEIR people. THOSE are the brands I love the most.
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[Email of the Week #43]: Seth Godin

Seth is a true artist. That's why he's one of my personal heroes. At some point, I knew it'd come time to break down one of his emails here as an Email of the Week.
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[Email of the Week #42]: Haus

I've wanted to try Haus for a very long time. And now that I finally got the chance...
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[Email of the Week #41]: Mr. Davis

I had never heard of Mr. Davis before. Apparently, they sell The World's Best Undershirt. I checked them out - when I saw the email... I was blown away.
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[Email of the Week #40]: Slice

A few weeks ago, when I was looking for a local pizza place's website, I was a little annoyed when the URL kept redirecting me to this "Slice" app that I'd never heard of.
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[Email of the Week #39]: Level Up Mushrooms

I had never heard of Level Up Mushrooms until Michael Campos, an Email Copy Academy student, forwarded me their COVID-19 email. And boy, am I glad he did...
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[Email of the Week #38]: Beckett Simonon

If you look around the world of eCommerce email marketing, most brands rely on 'image-heavy' emails. The email we're going to look at today from Beckett Simonon is almost entirely plain text, with NO picture of the product they're selling.
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[Email of the Week #37]: Drizly

Have you ever royally screwed up an email broadcast? Drizly turned 99 words into a viral sensation that exposed the world to their brand and built an instant bond with millions of new customers...
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[Email of the Week #36]: Baked By Melissa

A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I wanted to send a gift to a friend of ours for her birthday. We landed on sending some cupcakes via Baked By Melissa (totally her idea, btw).
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[Email of the Week #35]: Vidyard

Broke: Zoom; Woke: Loom; Bespoke: Vidyard
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[Email of the Week #34]: Carnivore Snax

A little over a week ago, one of my clients launched their brand on Kickstarter.‍ They're called Carnivore Snax.‍ And they're taking off like a rocket.
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[Email of the Week #33]: Gold Medal Wine Club

I love breaking down emails from e-commerce companies who make it a point to put their time, energy, and bandwidth toward writing emails with great copy. One brand that does that very well is Gold Medal Wine Club.
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[Email of the Week #32]: Well Built Style

Manny from Well Built Style knows how to do email and sell clothing... the RIGHT way.
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[Email of the Week #31]: Privy

We're going to look at Privy. Now, although they're not a physical product business they do so many things well with their email marketing.
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[Email of the Week #30]: Shinesty

This Shinesty email might be the best COVID-19 email you see all quarantine.
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[Email of the Week #29]: Donors Choose VS. Capital One

Sending out an email to a customer on or around their birthday is generally a good idea. However... It's not the easiest thing to pull off.
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[Email of the Week #28]: NoCry Tools & Gear

‍There are no boring products. There are only boring writers. We're gonna look at an email... about...Kneepads
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[Email of the Week #27]: U Suck At Golf

This perfectly described how I felt when I read this email from U Suck At Golf that Justin Blackman sent me a couple weeks ago.
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[Email of the Week #26]: Package Free Shop

Let's talk about dildos. And, some other interesting products.
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[Email of the Week #25]: Ryan Lee

Ryan Lee's Rewind was one of the companies I always thought embodied the daily email philosophy and style of email marketing...
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[Email of the Week #24]: Laura Belgray

For this week's Email of the Week, we're going to be looking at an email from one of my copywriting heroines, Laura Belgray. But wait... she doesn't sell physical products!
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[Email of the Week #23]: The Black Swan Group

I got an awesome email forwarded to me by an up-and-coming copywriter named Bailey Rogg. The email was from The Black Swan Group, but by my third and fourth read through it, I found a few huge missed opportunities.
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[Email of the Week #22]: Underground Cellar

Nowadays, about 95% of the emails you get are actually just ads. Here's the thing tho... This is actually good news.
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[Email of the Week #21]: The BroBasket

I received an email from my buddy Justin Blackman a while back, from a company called BroBasket... who did a great job with their "welcome" email after one of these promotions. They did all but ONE thing perfectly in this email.
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[Email of the Week #20]: Outlier

When I saw an email from Outlier.org come into my inbox... I was thrilled to see them embracing the fundamentals of great salesmanship with their very own testimonial email.
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[Email of the Week #19]: Burlap & Barrel

Watch how Burlap & Barrel take you on an adventure with this email. They whisk you away from your boring, shitty life and sell you a little piece of excitement...
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[Email of the Week #18]: Supply VS. Lululemon

"Hot dang... this is actually one of the best 'ask for a review' emails I think I've ever seen."
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[Email of the Week #17]: Rev

Name a company with a product or service that's more boring than fucking transcribing audios into text files. Yet... they made this email (and landing page) funny as hell!
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[Email of the Week #16]: UpCircle Beauty

I'm at a loss for words. I think this email is the best Black Friday email I've ever seen.
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[Email of the Week #15]: William Painter

One of the big decisions you have to make as an email marketer is deciding WHO your email will come from.
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[Email of the Week #14]: Bright Cellars (Part 2)

Last week, we saw a small slice of Bright Cellars' six-month cart abandonment follow up sequence. But... What happens if you DON'T buy after those six months?
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[Email of the Week #13]: Bright Cellars (Part 1)

Two MIT grads created a quiz that matches you with your favorite wines.
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[Email of the Week #12]: Vivino

I found an email list that perfectly demonstrates the power of the "Insider Model" concept I created.
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[Email of the Week #11]: Morning Brew

Let me show you an email example that tips so far into the "valuable" category... that the email itself IS the product.
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[Email of the Week #10]: Truvani

When it comes to e-commerce email marketing, there are only a handful of companies that do it well. One of those companies is Truvani. Here's why:
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[Email of the Week #9]: Ride | Austin

This week's email does an incredible job of handling objections, positioning, and establishing Ride | Austin in a category of it's own.
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[Email of the Week #8]: Whisky Loot

If you love whisky too... you are going to love this article.
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[Email of the Week #7]: Dry Farm Wines

This email has it all: long copy, a great story, dimensionalization... you might even be a bit buzzed by the end of it.
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[Email of the Week #6]: Anson Belt & Buckle

You don't really have to PUSH your marketing message on people when you can organically identify a need and solve that problem with an elegant solution.
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[Email of the Week #5]: Wikipedia

What happens when you're asking for money (selling), but you're not actually "giving" people anything they didn't already have?
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[Email of the Week #4]: Filippo Loreti

Most people think you need to just put a bunch of pictures and discounts into an email and make it look real pretty to sell a physical product. Thing is...
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[Email of the Week #3]: Dollar Shave Club

Dollar Shave Club does an incredible job of having fun with their marketing... and making their customers the hero of their own little daily adventures.
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[Email of the Week #2]: Derek Siver

An email that SHOULD have been boring... that actually was remarkable!
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[Email of the Week #1]: ConvertKit

I am no stranger to writing these intricate, behavior-based email funnels for webinars. But the first "confirmation" email I got from ConvertKit was so incredible, I just had to share it.

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