Lesson 160 of 1570
Email Subject Lines: The 50-Character Mini Hook
Subject lines are tiny hooks. Use AI to draft 20 versions, then pick the one that sounds least like spam.
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- 1What a great subject line does
- 2email marketing
- 3subject lines
- 4open rates
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An email subject line is the most-read sentence in marketing. If it doesn't make someone open the email, the email might as well not exist. The good news: it's only ~50 characters. AI can help you write a lot of them fast.
Section 1
What a great subject line does
- Tells the truth about what's inside
- Hints at something useful, fun, or surprising
- Sounds like a person, not a brand robot
- Avoids spam-flag words like 'FREE!!!' or all caps
Quick examples
- "the post that made me delete TikTok for a week"
- "3 things I changed and got more views"
- "is your bio actually helping you?"
- "I tested 5 AI hooks. Here's the winner."
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