Simple, Fun, Direct Email Copy
Ellisen Wang For some reason, in my office, there are a lot of books lying around. And sadly, I don’t think anyone reads them, but it’s completely understandable. One day, I decided to pick one of them up to read. It’s a customer service book. Unfortunately, I don’t remember the title nor the author. But I do … Read more
Throughout my life, I’ve seen many different types of commercials. Some were humorous. Some were eh. And some were quite questionable. My favorite commercial? Kmart’s “Ship my pants” commercial. One of my most hilarious commercials I ever watched with their clever play on words. If you haven’t watched it, I highly recommend you do if … Read more
Today is Independence Day. If you live in America, you probably already know this. If you don’t….well now you do. Anyways, I saw a lot of funny content online about Independence Day. For example: How the Declaration of Independence was memed as the greatest breakup letter of all time. Or how ironic it is that … Read more
I was on an elevator one day. And on that elevator, there’s a screen where I read the following sentence: “People’s bodies work better when they think they feel younger.” At first, it sounds a little like woo-woo thinking. But at the same time, I remember back in high school learning about psychosomatic illness, where … Read more
I thought this would be a fun challenge for me and a great demonstration that you can indeed write an email using any idea. So what’s the topic, you ask? 80’s fashion This topic came up because we had an 80’s themed summer party yesterday (Which is why I didn’t send out an email then). … Read more
To me, it’s always fascinating to watch how things operate in other countries vs in America. For example: In Asian countries, people actually reserve public transportation priority seats for the elderlies, disabled, or pregnant women. No matter how crowded it is inside a bus or train, no healthy person will, in most cases, not take … Read more
I’m talking about Poop Senders. It’s exactly what it sounds like. A website where you can order poop to be delivered to people. Yes, it’s a legitimate site, and yes, it’s completely legal. Which means you can send it to anyone you want without worrying about getting arrested. You can send poop to a friend … Read more
When I first started learning copywriting, I remember some experts would say that the way advertisements are done by large companies is wrong for reasons like no description of what the product does or no call to action. And being the naive student that I was back then, I accepted it as truth and didn’t … Read more
About two months ago, I talked about this mobile app called Libby, which is essentially a digital library. You need a library card to be able to use it, there’s a queue to borrow ebooks and audiobooks, and there’s only a limited number of digital copies lent out at once. Anyways, I told my friend … Read more
Not too long ago, I got an email from a manager of a company that I applied to work for two years ago, literally, to schedule an interview. I replied saying I’d get on a call only if they’d be interested in working together on a freelance basis, and if not, I pointed him to … Read more