The Death of The Salesletter
The New Year is here. And in keeping with that famed New Year tradition, people are making their predictions for 2007: Web 2.0, online trends, Internet flops, business successes, new technologies, ad nauseum.
It’s been a week since I posted, and there’s a very good reason. (You’ll see why in a moment.)
For the first time ever, I’ve decided to make some predictions of my own. I’m no futurist by any stretch. But I wanted to particularly share with you something I’m not only really passionate about, but also something I’m seeing happening, right now, mostly behind the scenes that’s going to affect online copywriting in significant ways.
(It’s going to blow some minds, turn some heads, cause some yawns, provoke some fits or waste some bandwidth.)
But regardless, here’s the problem: it’s something I truly believe in and have a lot to say about. But what started out as a blog post turned into a 50-page document! (52, to be exact.)
So rather than posting is here, I’ve decided to put it into a downloadable PDF document and entitled it “The Death of The Salesletter.”
Download “The Death of The Salesletter.”
I highly encourage you to pass it around. Give it away, offer it as a download or just point people to this blog post. It doesn’t matter. And there’s nothing “covert,” here, too. I just want to get this off my chest.
Rants or raves? Post them below. I’d love to hear from you.
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