Do memes in sales emails actually work?

How we learned to embrace the memes. Things not lookin' right? [View this email in your browser.]( [ Hi {NAME}, Do you get those notifications too? “Attachment: 1 Image” and you know it’s going to be another weird meme you don’t understand. [( Maybe at Easter your strange aunt was like “hey is this still your phone number?” and you couldn’t pretend you didn’t hear her so you begrudgingly took a look at her phone and sure enough it was your number and you didn’t want to lie to your family so you were like “yeah that’s my number alright.” And then she was like “oh good—I follow all these Minions pages on Facebook (have you heard of Minions?) maybe I’ll share a few now that I know I have your number” and your life has been a constant nightmare of Minion notifications and trying to juggle the morality of outright blocking your strange aunt. No? Well I digress… [( Please stop sending me these Aunt Gretchen, I am struggling. Memes are everywhere. They’re lightweight, fun, and do a good job of evoking relatable feelings and experiences quickly, without lots of words. They’re all over social media platforms, my strange aunt’s camera roll, and even sales outreach. “Sales outreach,” you ask? Yup. For better or for worse, salespeople are out there incorporating memes into their communications, grabbing some quick attention from prospects who might not have paid attention otherwise. Naturally, we at Mythbusters™ Nutshell had to get to the bottom of it, and that’s exactly what we did. Our man David Vallance lays it all out in his latest hit [How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Meme Sales](. He was able to track down and interview a handful of renegade meme-y salespeople and get the inside scoop—and surprisingly, the memes really seem to work! … Well, now I’ve done it. I’ve spoiled the ending. But honestly, there’s plenty of other stuff in the article—like most importantly when and how to use memes—and not to mention it’s packed full of tactical advice on stuffing your messages full of minions, or cats, or whatever’s cool on Tik Tok this week. So if memes are your jam, or maybe you just know to see what “those crazy kids are up to these days,” [this article]( was written exclusively for you. Please enjoy. [( [( Jack Virag Growth Marketing Manager Bonus: Reply to this email with your favorite meme and I’ll rate it on a scale from 1 to 10. ⭐ [( Eek [( [( [( [( [( Nutshell | 206 E. Huron Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Getting too many emails from Nutshell? Change your subscription settings [here](.