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writercises2012-08-16 07:05 pm
mbarker.livejournal.com) wrote in writercises2012-08-16 07:05 pm
EXERCISE: Spam Subject lines!
Original Posting 3 July 2012
There's something almost endearing about "Want to be Hulk in bad?" (yes, it was spelled exactly that way)
Not enough to convince me to read the spam that the spam filter picked up, but...
It did make me ponder, briefly, what kind of subject line might convince me to open the email.
I mean, it should catch my attention, be relevant to me, make me confident that I want to read the email, and promise satisfaction, right? (ARCS -- attention, relevance, confidence, and satisfaction)
Then, of course, the body of the email really should make it worthwhile. And believable.
But that's the next step. For now, let's just see what kind of subject lines you think would make really good spam (now that's an oxymoron -- good spam?).
Anyway, something to play with while shooting of fireworks.
There's something almost endearing about "Want to be Hulk in bad?" (yes, it was spelled exactly that way)
Not enough to convince me to read the spam that the spam filter picked up, but...
It did make me ponder, briefly, what kind of subject line might convince me to open the email.
I mean, it should catch my attention, be relevant to me, make me confident that I want to read the email, and promise satisfaction, right? (ARCS -- attention, relevance, confidence, and satisfaction)
Then, of course, the body of the email really should make it worthwhile. And believable.
But that's the next step. For now, let's just see what kind of subject lines you think would make really good spam (now that's an oxymoron -- good spam?).
Anyway, something to play with while shooting of fireworks.