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I read this brand makes $600K/mo, so I decided to see what their email marketing looks like

It's called Hostage Tape, and even though I suspect most of their revenue comes from Amazon, being an email marketer, I wanted to take a look at their emails.

The branding is a bit all over the place IMO (not an expert). They use pretty aggressive words that don't make much sense alongside their main word (hostage): army, comrade, revolution.

But let's get to the emails.

Their welcome email is already pretty crazy. They ramble for a few paragraphs to justify a 'buy 2, get 3' promo instead of talking about their brand or the products' benefits.

The welcome sequence stops there. No other product education, brand mission, etc.

Next, I wanted to see their abandoned cart emails.


These are sent pretty aggressively. You get 3 emails in 2 days. Which I think is fine.

In terms of design and copy, I find them rather bland for a company with such strong branding. Only the third one has some punch.

There's even a weird style change in the second email.

Again, they probably make most of their money from Amazon. But I think they could greatly increase their results if they optimized these email sequences.

PS: In case you're wondering, probably not, I'm a big email nerd, and I'm building a curated database of email sequences to help people gain insights and inspiration.

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Growth
on March 5, 2024
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    hi @davidemails I like the idea of sendgoodemails
    Does it also include examples of promotional emails beside transactional?

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      hey hey @berroz! it's all based on email sequences. includes welcome series, abandoned cart, winback emails, trial period emails, webinars, etc.

      but I'll be adding more every month and members can submit requests!

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    There are two kinds of people in this world, normal and abnormal, and maybe they target a small number of abnormal people?

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    If I received this series of emails I would call the police. This is insanity

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      haha! the kidnapping branding doesn't help

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    David,

    How many email sequences do you have in your database?

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      Currently, close to 200 from 40+ companies. Adding new entries every day!

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        Seems like a reasonable offer.... for the price

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          Just got started last month!

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    3 emails in 2 days? Honestly, that could easily irritate your target audience and can have a negative impact as well.

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      That's not necessarily the biggest issue if we keep in mind it's an abandoned cart sequence (super high-interest person). I think it has bigger issues.

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    I also noticed a while ago an issue with the fact that emails in newsletters are often poorly written, unengaging, and boring. That's why I'm now creating a SaaS application that will help content creators :)

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