I have this friend who is a pretty famous book author.  A couple of years ago in the thick of his book launch, he paid just under a hundred grand to a top social media influencer to promote his book to their audience of tens of millions of followers.  That’s a lotta bread.  But hey, when your goal is to make a NYT or WSJ Best-Seller list, you prepare to fire up the financial ovens and get baking.  Still, you may be wondering, as I did, so I asked him… “Whaddya get for paying an influencer the cash equivalent of a Tesla Model X to promote your book?” A couple of posts endorsing the book, and a podcast interview. Yup. That was all this hugely popular influencer was obligated to provide under the agreement.  But don’t throw your neck out shaking your head just yet…  Turned out this influencer came to genuinely respect my author friend and believed in the message of his book SO much that he even “threw in” a few extra things. A couple extra mentions of the book title in other interviews… maybe even staged a Lo-Fi-filtered Insta snap of him reading it intently on the subway… or whatever it is influencers do to “subtly” promote things they’re paid bags of money to promote. So, what did purchasing all this “love” to someone’s giant audience do for the author’s book sales?  “Basically nothing”, he told me.  That’s right. Eighty grand to become instantly “relevant” and have your book anointed a “must read” by a person with tens of millions of followers… and… “The sales barely register on the list count.” “Shit, man!”, was all I could muster. Then he summarized the whole experience with this simple reality:

“What I learned is, social media is for social proof, but for sales it’s always email.”

As someone in the early stages of writing a mass audience book, I’m wicked grateful to my friend for sacrificing his budget to confirm what we all suspect is a rock solid truth, but can’t help but question when there’s so much attention on social advertising… Yes, you need multiple streams running into your lead flow, but it’s THE LIST that drives your business.  The list, the list, the list, the LIST! This is especially true with information products (because we need that next level of personal connection beyond some 5-star reviews to earn our buyer’s trust)… But, even with hard good E-com products, we discover and maybe even make the first purchase from social media ads, but we become loyal and make repeat purchases through email. That’s why every product ad you click on bribes you with anywhere from 5-20% off your first purchase for joining their list. They KNOW you are far more likely to buy from their email list than to complete a purchase in the social ad itself… See, that’s why becoming great at writing email copy is the most essential money skill for any copywriter or business owner. All sales flow through the list… so it’s ONE place you can constantly improve your conversions.  Plus, if you’re a freelance copywriter, any asset you’re hired to create (landing pages, FB ads, YT scripts, VSLs) your client will ALWAYS need email along with it.  So, there you go… the truth about social vs email when it comes to actual SALES!  Now you know…

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