Great Subject Lines
By Brian Hawkins
on Oct 18, 2008 in Great Lines
Like most of you I have several email accounts and skim over hundreds of subject lines every day. By far most get deleted without ever being opened. I thought it would be fun to list subject lines that worked - at least on me and on you if you feel like sharing. If this catches on it will be a weekly column.
This is not a scientific study or even a legitimate list. It is simply personal opinion. There are a ton of online articles available and perhaps one day I’ll add to that but this is not it. This will not help your email open rates or even offer quality tips. It is simply a list of great lines.
Great Lines:
Brian, Turn your Wordpress into a review site! $10!!
I’m not crazy about the exclamation points but it is simple and straightforward.
by Paul Mihai Pavel
http://paulwebmarketingpro.com/
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Is Your Job Safe?
and
Desperate Mom Gets Off Her Butt
Michelle Hoffmann
http://24karatmarketer.com
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How To Build A Better Brian. Seriously.
Who could resist building a better you?
by Ron Davies
http://newbiemarketingplan.com/
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Catapult Your Blog To #1 In Google…
‘#1 In Google’ is getting very old but I thought the word ‘Catapult’ was great. It says,”action”.
and
I have a very cool free bonus for you today…
‘free bonus’ is used a lot but still stands out and draws in clicks
by Soren Jordansen
http://wordpresshowtovideos.com/seo/
http://sorenjordansen.com/recommends/dni
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Dominate Your Competition with these Killer Tactics!
and
Free Lead Generation and Marketing System!
by
Brenda Franzo
http://hotshorturl.com/or42
http://brendafranzo.veretekk.com/
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Not So Great Lines:
- “THIS IS NOT SPAM!”
- Wow - Have You Seen This Yet Brian?
- ** Brian, We Want Beginners! **
- REAL Money making opportunity! 100% Scam-Fr.e.e
- Brian, I NEED Your Input!
- Brian - the price doubles Wednesday night…
- Would You Like To Make $7000 Per Day?
- Boost your income..
- do YOU want too earn $10,650 every month GUARANTEED?
- Get Your Money Now
- BLAST 12 Million Ads for FREE!
- I’m Really Puzzled…
- URGENT “First–Alert” !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- (no subject) by Yours Truly. Yes, I sent one without a subject line at all! You can image my horror to see that hit my in box. I let myself get in to big of a hurry.
I’ll add more next week 
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4 Comment(s)
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Last Minute Shopper (Who am I?) on Oct 20, 2008 | Reply
Email spam can be so much fun, I thought about collecting the most hillarious lines a few years back, but never did it. I find it funny to read the spam you recieve out loud when you sit there with someone. You’ll get at least a few chuckles.
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Brian (Who am I?) on Oct 20, 2008 | Reply
Hi Max, I find myself watching the subject lines there too. Just today I received one that read, “Upsize your manhood”. I’ll never look at McDonalds the same again lol
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Matt Helphrey (Who am I?) on Dec 12, 2008 | Reply
The emails that I get that say “Congratulations, Youve Just Won the Lottery!!”….delete
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Brian (Who am I?) on Dec 12, 2008 | Reply
That definitely sounds spammy.