Comments on: Sick of the Postscript http://lostballinhighweeds.com/sick-of-the-postscript/ A Blogger's Struggle With Online Success Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:31:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anthony http://lostballinhighweeds.com/sick-of-the-postscript/comment-page-1/#comment-5593 Anthony Sat, 02 Jun 2007 20:57:00 +0000 http://lostballinhighweeds.com/weblog/sick-of-the-postscript/#comment-5593 "And I can almost forgive the single p.s. I mean maybe they forgot to include something in their sales letter and couldn’t go back to add it in." Maybe? You know as well as I do that they forget nothing when it comes to selling. “And I can almost forgive the single p.s. I mean maybe they forgot to include something in their sales letter and couldn’t go back to add it in.”

Maybe? You know as well as I do that they forget nothing when it comes to selling.

]]> By: Splork http://lostballinhighweeds.com/sick-of-the-postscript/comment-page-1/#comment-5122 Splork Mon, 21 May 2007 13:18:13 +0000 http://lostballinhighweeds.com/weblog/sick-of-the-postscript/#comment-5122 Sure it works. I guess. I don't know how you would quantify that it did or didn't unless you put a special code in the 20 URLs left in most postscripts. And even then maybe it's just the last link posted is the one clicked. Sure it works. I guess. I don’t know how you would quantify that it did or didn’t unless you put a special code in the 20 URLs left in most postscripts. And even then maybe it’s just the last link posted is the one clicked.

]]> By: TranceMaker http://lostballinhighweeds.com/sick-of-the-postscript/comment-page-1/#comment-5107 TranceMaker Mon, 21 May 2007 03:48:56 +0000 http://lostballinhighweeds.com/weblog/sick-of-the-postscript/#comment-5107 Splork. Long time. :-) The P.S. is put there for one reason: It works. Copywriting and marketing, whether it's on paper, spoken, on the Net, etc. is the same. And, if it works you don't change it... right? The same reason why after 20 years we still hear, "Call TOLL-FREE, 1-800..." We all know it's a toll-free call. But, it pulls better. Why do copywriters put "quotes" around headlines? Because it pulls better. Why do infomercials say, "Call now, in the NEXT TEN MINUTES, and you'll receive this free bonus of..."? Because it... well, you get the idea. Postscripts work. They really do. So we use them. Bryan P.S. — Keyword X-Ray: The BEST thing I ever bought about Internet Marketing. P.P.S. — Undercover Profits: One of the WORST investments. I even asked for a refund. P.P.P.S. — Adwords BlackBook DVD's: Excellent, wonderful. Helping me make money! (So much money spent, so much to read. But... I am gaining momentum.) Splork. Long time. :-)

The P.S. is put there for one reason:

It works.

Copywriting and marketing, whether it’s on paper, spoken, on the Net, etc. is the same. And, if it works you don’t change it… right?

The same reason why after 20 years we still hear, “Call TOLL-FREE, 1-800…” We all know it’s a toll-free call. But, it pulls better.

Why do copywriters put “quotes” around headlines? Because it pulls better.

Why do infomercials say, “Call now, in the NEXT TEN MINUTES, and you’ll receive this free bonus of…”? Because it… well, you get the idea.

Postscripts work. They really do. So we use them.

Bryan

P.S. — Keyword X-Ray: The BEST thing I ever bought about Internet Marketing.

P.P.S. — Undercover Profits: One of the WORST investments. I even asked for a refund.

P.P.P.S. — Adwords BlackBook DVD’s: Excellent, wonderful. Helping me make money!

(So much money spent, so much to read. But… I am gaining momentum.)

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