Writing subject lines for home business emails that will intrigue and capture an audience is tricky. It took me a long time to get it right. And even then, I didn't get it 100% right.
So, I started looking at some of the spammy emails I get. I took note of the ones that made me even the remotely curious. From that, I created a swipe file.
A swipe file is just what it is. You swipe and save the subject lines that might be appealing in a word program, adding to it as you see fit. From the swipe file, you might come up with a list like this one:
The Secret of Making People like You
A Little Mistake That Cost a Farmer $3,000 a Year
Advice to Wives Who’s Husbands Don't Save Money - By a Wife
The Child Who Won the Hearts of All
Are You Ever Tongue-Tied At A Party?
How a New Discovery Made a Plain Girl Beautiful
The Last 2 Hours Are the Longest - And Those Are the 2 Hours You Save
Who Else Wants A Screen Star Figure?
Do You Make These Mistakes In English?
Why Some Foods "Explode" In Your Stomach
Hands That Look Lovelier In 24 Hours - Or Your Money Back
You Can Laugh At Money Worries - If You Follow This Simple Plan
Why Some People Almost Always Make Money in the Stock Market
When Doctors "Feel Rotten" This Is What They Do
It Seems Incredible That You Can Offer These Signed Original Etchings - For Only $5.00 Each
Five Familiar Skin Troubles - Which Do You, Want To Overcome?
Which Of These $2.50 to $5.00 Best Sellers Do You Want For Only $1.00 Each?
Who Ever Heard Of A How I Improved My Memory in One Evening
Discover the Fortune That Lies Hidden In Your Salary
Doctors Prove 2 Out Of 3 Women Can Have More Beautiful Skin in 14 Days
How I Made a Fortune with a "Fool Idea"
How Often Do You hear yourself saying: "No, I Haven't Read It: I've Been Meaning To!"
Thousands Have This Priceless Gift - But Never Discover It!
Who’s Fault When Children Disobey?
How a "Fool Stunt" Made Me a Star Salesman
Have You These Symptoms Of Nerve Exhaustion?
Guaranteed To Go Through Ice, Mud or Snow - Or We Pay The Tow!
Have You A "Worry" Stock?
How a New Kind of Clay Improved My Complexion in 30 Minutes
161 New Ways to a Man's Heart - In This Fascinating Book for Cooks
Profits That Lie Hidden In Your Farm
Is The Life OF A Child Worth $1 To You?
Everywhere Women Are Raving About This Amazing New Shampoo
Do You Do Any Of These Ten Embarrassing Things?
Six Types Of Investors - Which Group Are You In?
How To Take Out Stains... Use (Product Name) and Follow These Easy Directions
Today... Add $10,000 to Your Estate - For the Price of a New Hat
Does Your Child Ever Embarrass You?
Is Your Home Picture-Poor?
How to Give Your Children Extra Iron - These 3 Delicious Ways
To People Who Want To Write - But Can't Get Started
This Almost-Magical Lamp Lights Highway Turns Before You Make Them
The Crimes We Commit Against Our Stomachs
The Man with the "Grasshopper Mind"
They Laughed When I Sat Down At the Piano - But Then I Started To Play
Throw Away Your Oars
How to Do Wonders With A Little Land
Who Else Wants Lighter Cake - In Half The Mixing Time!
Little Leaks That Keep Men Poor
Pierced By 301 Nails... Retains Full Air Pressure
No More Backbreaking Garden Chores for Me - Yet Ours Is Now the Showplace of the Neighborhood
Often a Bridesmaid, Never a Bride
How Much Is "Working Tension" Costing Your Company?
To Men Who Want TO Quit Work Someday
How to Plan Your House to Suit Yourself
Buy No Desk - Until You've Seen This Sensation of a Business Show
I Lost My Bulges - And Saved Money Too
Why (Brand Name) Bulbs Give More Light This Year
Right and Wrong Farming Methods - And Little Pointers That Will Increase Your Profits
New Cake-Improver Gets Your Compliments Galore!
Imagine Me - Holding an Audience Spellbound For 30 Minutes
Did You Ever See A "Telegram" From Your Heart?
New Shampoo Leaves Your Hair Smoother - Easier To Manage
It's a Shame for You to Not Make Good Money - When These Men Do It So Easily
You Never Saw Such Letters as Harry and I Got About Our Pears
Thousands Now Play Who Never Thought They Could
Great New Discovery Kills Kitchen Odors Quick! - Makes Indoor Air "Country Fresh"
Take This 1-Minute Test - Of an Amazing New Kind of Shaving Cream
Announcing... The New Edition of the Encyclopedia That Makes It Fun to Learn
Things For the Woman Who Is older Than She Looks
Here's A Quick Way to Break Up a Cold
If You Were Given $200,000 To Spend - Isn't This The Kind Of (Type of Product, But Not Brand Name) You Would Build?
67 Reasons Why I Would Have Paid You to Answer Our Ad A Few Months Ago
Suppose This Happened On Your Wedding Day
Are They Being Promoted Right Over Your Head?
What Everybody Ought To Know - About This Stock and Bond Business
Money-Saving Bargains from America's Oldest Diamond Discount House Former
Barber Earns $8,000 in 4 Months as a Real Estate Specialist
Free Book - Tells You 12 Secrets of Better Lawn Care
Greatest Gold-Mine of Easy "Things to Make" Ever Crammed Into One Big Book
Own Florida Land This Easy Way... $10 down and $10 A Month
Take Any 3 of These Kitchen Appliances - For Only $8.95 (Values Up To $15.45)
Save 20 Cents on 2 Cans of Cranberry Sauce - Limited Offer
One Place-Setting Free For Every Three You Buy
Using a Lawyer May Be Dangerous To Your Wealth
The People Who Read This Book Will End Up With Your Money
The Truth about Getting Rich
Own a Business of Your Choice without Investing 1 Cent
How to Make a Fortune Today Starting From Scratch
The Secret to Being Wealthy Dare To Be Rich
A Startling Fact about Money
How to Discover What You Are Really Good At
The Most Expensive Mistake of Your Life
How to Write a Business Letter
7 Ways to Collect Your Unpaid Bills
How to Start from "Scratch" And Become a PO Box Millionaire
Need More Money?
Want To Be A Legal Investigator?
Now, I know, some of these may sound funny and downright corny, but for some internet marketer, somewhere, they work. They work well enough to get a signup or an upgraded signup to their home business. Make yourself at home, take any or all of them. Let me know which ones work for you.
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