🎤 S.T.U.P.I.D. Email (Friday June 10th, 2022)

The S.T.U.P.I.D. Email (Swipe, Thought, Uplifting, Picture, Interesting, Drawing) This is a fun email for Friday June 10th, 2022. Hope you like it :) ​ 🎤 Listen to this email here: =​ ​ Swipe: Sometimes we get hung up on internet advertising as the ONLY way to get the word out to people, but I'm a huge fan of the humble "stick on the back of a car" such as this: ​ This is a simple (yet effective) add from Glass Guru on one of their work vans: GOT FOGGY WINDOWS?​ ​Guaranteed Repair Saves 50% or More! This is very straightforward and clear….and if someone has foggy windows they might give them a call….all from a simple stick on the back of a van! Some of the benefits of vehicle advertising: - Potentially thousands of people a day see the ad. - If selling a local service you show it to local people. - While parked at a location, others can see the ad and reach out (it's how I found my lawn guy). In fact as online advertising is getting increasingly expensive, offline advertising is getting more love now! Checkout this billboard AppSumo made in Austin recently: ​ Not sure if some of you new newsletter subscribers remember this, but 5 years ago I was curious about billboards and [got one made for $900!](=)​ ​ ​ Thought: Here’s [101 Daily Writing Prompts](=) you can use to build a writing habit: Just pick a prompt, and practice writing! --10 BOOK PROMPTS-- #1) Your favorite fiction book. ​#2) Your favorite nonfiction book. ​#3) What’s a book you’d like to write? ​#4) Do you prefer physical books, on a Kindle, ebooks, or audiobooks? ​#5) What’s the last book you recommended to someone? ​#6) What’s your favorite copywriting book? ​#7) Send an email/tweet to your favorite author (post the screenshot here). ​#8) Write a book review in a tweet. ​#9) What’s a book you’ve read more than once? ​#10) What’s a book you bought because a friend recommended it? --10 SOCIAL MEDIA PROMPTS-- ​ ​#11) Who are your top 3 favorite accounts on Twitter? ​#12) What was your most popular tweet this year? ​#13) Post your LinkedIn profile and introduce yourself here. ​#14) DM someone from your industry and introduce yourself (and post a screenshot) ​#15) Auto-schedule your tweets for a week. ​#16) Add a high-value comment to a conversation on Twitter. ​#17) What’s your social media goal? Post it here + explain why ​#18) Where do you want to send people from your social profiles? ​#19) What’s a tweet/thread you bookmarked/saved? Why? ​#20) Update your headline/profile and post the before/after here. --10 CAREER PROMPTS-- ​#21) What are 3 things you enjoyed in your career? ​#22) What are 3 things you’re proud of accomplishing with work? ​#23) What are 3 goals you have for your career? ​#24) What’s something that you don’t like about your industry? ​#25) What’s a common misconception people have about your industry? Why’s it wrong? ​#26) If money wasn’t an issue, what would you be doing? ​#27) Who are 3 people you’d love to work with or for? ​#28) Which 3 brands would you love to work for? ​#29) What sort of profession did you want when you were a kid? ​#30) Tell us a funny story from work. You can see more prompts on the [Writing Prompt Generator](=)! ​ ​ ​ Uplifting: I had a few hours to spare last Sunday, so I figured I'd try to launch ["What Should I Tweet Generator"]() on Product Hunt: ​ Creating all the images + copy + email took under an hour. The [Generator](=) works like this:​ • Shows a randomized tip on what to post on load. • Click "Generate" it comes up with 3 more ideas. • Has a text field where you can practice writing. =​ It worked well, getting around [100 upvotes on Product Hunt]()!! ​ ​ ​ Picture: This was me at 10am the other day working from bed...comfortable, safe, and happy: ​ By 10am my ancestors would've been up for 6+ hours, doing manual labor, toiling in fields, bitten by bugs, beaten by sun, working to survive, they get no breaks, have no backup plan. THIS is a great time to be alive 🙂 ​ ​ ​ ​ Interesting: You can make a trackable "Content Calendar" with this new Google Docs feature: Insert → Table Templates → Review Tracker Watch me create one here: ​ This is a simple feature other doc programs like Notion have had for a while, so I'm excited to see it on Google Docs finally! Very useful! ​ ​ ​ Drawing: I made a [Death Calculator]() a long time ago based on what an average life looks like: ​ According to the calculator on that page here's how long I have to live (If my "end date" is my 85th birthday: ​ It's kind of an uncomfortable feeling for many people to view their life in this way. For example, here’s the high-level program of my life: load (Neville){​ 0: Born 20: Make money, Fit in, do dumb things 30: Slow down 40: Family + Friends 50: End competitive working life 60: Family + Friends 85: End; } At a high level a life doesn't seem that eventful. However it's the journey through life that counts (that sounds so cliche) 😂 ​ ​ Hope you enjoyed these little tidbits, have a happy Friday! ​Sincerely, Neville Medhora - [CopywritingCourse.com]() | [@NevMed]()​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ [Unsubscribe]( | [Update your profile]( | 801 W 5th St. , Austin, TX 78703