John Carlton’s Best Ads: The Amazing Secrets Of A Short, Desperate Nerd From Pomona
Get all of John Carlton’s most successful ads here >> John Carlton’s Best Ads… and The Stories Behind Them The book being touted in this ad was written by a nice young Catholic boy who married the first girl he ever kissed. It’s true. I...John Carlton’s Best Ads: Hyper-Effective Cover Letter #2: I Got a Hole-In-One
Get all of John Carlton’s most successful ads here >> John Carlton’s Best Ads… and The Stories Behind Them One of the biggest mistakes marketers make… is to get tired of their own advertising before the ads are actually dead. Sometimes,...John Carlton’s Best Ads: The Fifty Bucks Letter
Sometimes we all like to pretend we’re not motivated by money. That’s fine to believe if you want…but you cannot afford such delusions if you are a marketer. People respond to money at a visceral level They almost never receive money for free, and...Copywriting Hotseat – Use the Secret Handshake
Jack is marketing a product that shows MLM’ers how to build a downline faster and easier. He is getting a good response to the letter but wants to make it better. The MLM market is one which has a lot of unique terminology. Insiders use the language,...John Carlton’s Best Ads: Hyper-Effective Cover Letters #1 — My All-Time Favorite Cover Letter
There are two keys to the following cover letter. First is the personalization in the subhead. That alone is a compelling way to engage the reader. Second, though, is a much more subtle tactic. It’s disarming, clever, and hits directly at the...John Carlton’s Best Ads: The “Piss Everyone Off and Then Apologize” Letter
Here is the letter I mention in “Kick-Ass Copywriting Secrets” where the personalized headline enraged so many people. I was only trying for a “visceral” connection in the headline — you know, give people’s hot button about vulnerability a gentle rap. Get a reaction.
Boy, did it ever cause a reaction…
You can check out John Carlton’s “Piss Everyone Off and Then Apologize” ad…
… and some of his other top-grossing ads…
… PLUS, get additional commentary and insights from John on this and many more of his best ads.
Learn the background, insights, structure, a persuasion techniques that went into some of the ads that launched John Carlton into the world of copywriting and advertising legends.
And start applying those same techniques to your own sales copy.
All by joining the Marketing Rebel Insider’s Club today. Click on the link below and try it out for just $1.
John Carlton’s Best Ads: Black Hawk Down!
I read a lot. And I advise you to read a lot, too. As an old English teacher once told me: Read a book a week. And then, in your spare time, read another one. Non-fiction, and fiction. Newspapers and magazine excerpts don’t count. (One trick I allow myself: At...John Carlton’s Best Ads: The Naked Girls All Laughed Behind The Little Pudgy Guy’s Back…
Most self-defense ads try hard to look tough. Like the product is tough, the talent is tough, even the receptionist answering the phones is tough. Pick up a Black Belt or Soldier of Fortune magazine and check out the attitude of the writing. Tough guys. Grrrr. Sports...John Carlton’s Best Ads: The Human Computer
This letter almost set a record for the shortest time spent as a control at Phillips Publishing (the newsletter giant)… but it wasn’t my fault. They mailed it, it scored a hit with outside lists… and then they decided not to publish the newsletter...
Products & Services
