"Yours are the only emails I actually open and read" - a regular reply in my inbox since 2009...and I'll bet in yours, too, once you subscribe and learn by pure, lazy osmosis to become the most compelling writer around. That said, no promises on improving your moral character.
A single email made me cough up $5k
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Hey! Just realized it’s been a year — Around this time last October, I got a subscriber email from my friend (and Shrimp Club alum) Frenchie Ferenczi. Subject line: I’ve gone woo(ish). She wrote about a spiritual teacher who was helping her connect to her intuition and let it guide her business. She had me at woo(ish). Hi, I thought, that’s me. I even coined a term for it years ago: “Woo-Adjacent.” Wrote a manifesto, started a Substack, even looked into trademarking the phrase, then wondered if I’m now so close to full woo that I’m woo-adjacent-adjacent, as in, over the border. I still think most of the spiritual industry reeks of bullshit, but I do love a good psychic or astrology reading, these days more than ever. Most of all, I’m drawn to the ideas of “being in flow” and feeling inspired. A friend once told me, “You do know that the word inspired means in spirit.” Huh. And what Frenchie had been looking for? I was looking for, too. I’m constantly envious of friends who’ve found a new creative spark, that “everything clicking into place” feeling. I’m like, Oh, shut up about your alignment and your calmed nervous system and capacity for receiving but also, hey, I want that! Frenchie raved about this teacher, Deb, and provided a link to book a free session. I clicked immediately and grabbed the next available slot. Met with her, loved her, signed up on the spot for six months. I’ve never plunked down $5k so fast. I’ve now been working with Deb for a year. I haven’t started getting “downloads,” at least not in the lightning-bolt-of-wisdom (or new-file-appearing-in-brain) form I thought I would, but I’d still say it’s been life-changing. And I owe it all to Frenchie’s email. That one didn’t sell anything directly, but others of hers do. I’ve added one to my course Inbox Hero — part of a “p.s. only” campaign of fun, story-based emails that sold effortlessly at the bottom and brought in $16K from a list of just 1,200 people. Plus, even when they’re not making a sale, personal stories and recommendations like in the Woo(ish) email build connection and trust…priming readers to buy later. Your emails can do that, too. Want me to show you how? Reader, COME ON DOWN…to: End-Of-Year Bonus Thursday, October 29 at 3pm ET/12pm PT Grab your seat with one click here. See you there -– and come live so you don’t miss the action in the chat, the chance to ask qs, and the live-attendee-only bonuses. xoLaura PS - I hit a big writing milestone this week! Wrote about it here. Love Shrimp Mail? Forward this to a friend so they can get in on the action and sign up below.
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Laura Belgray (Talking Shrimp)
"Yours are the only emails I actually open and read" - a regular reply in my inbox since 2009...and I'll bet in yours, too, once you subscribe and learn by pure, lazy osmosis to become the most compelling writer around. That said, no promises on improving your moral character.
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