{"id":1670,"date":"2015-12-29T05:00:48","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/?p=1670"},"modified":"2015-12-28T19:56:05","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T03:56:05","slug":"why-long-feature-lists-suck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/why-long-feature-lists-suck\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Long Feature Lists Suck"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"hall<\/a><\/p>\n

While this email has a lot of information packed into it, it does nothing to command\u00a0the attention of the reader.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead of focusing on a painful problem that Marketo can solve, the first line of the email\u00a0tells the reader to go over an incredibly long list of product features\/stats that resembles the back of a Windows 8 installation package. \u00a0If the reader isn\u2019t immediately captivated in the first line\u00a0with enticing value,\u00a0they\u2019re probably not going to\u00a0<\/span>read through your huge list of bullet points.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why this email fails and got on \u201cThe Hall of Shame\u201d:<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. Too many product specs and not enough focus<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. No strong value or clear benefits–-just a lot of jargon and a bunch of statistics without context<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  3. The Call to Action lacks an incentive<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"long<\/p>\n

    How to Fix This Cold Email:<\/h3>\n

    This email could be improved by starting with\u00a0<\/span>a more focused and captivating value proposition, then cementing it with a convincing statistic that provides an example of social proof.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Have bad cold emails in your inbox? Send them to us!<\/h3>\n

    Help us fight the thoughtless spammers, one crappy cold email at a time by sending us the worst cold emails you\u2019ve ever received.<\/span><\/p>\n

    We\u2019ll put them up anonymously on the \u201cHall of Shame,\u201d and shoot you an email when they go live.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Please send all submissions to \u201c<\/span>shame@salesfolk.com<\/span><\/a>.\u201d<\/span>
    \n(And feel free to suggest what you want to nominate the \u201cbad cold email for!\u201d)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    While this email has a lot of information packed into it, it does nothing to command\u00a0the attention of the reader.\u00a0 Instead of focusing on a painful problem that Marketo can solve, the first line of the email\u00a0tells the reader to go over an incredibly long list of product features\/stats that resembles the back of a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-shame","entry"],"yoast_head":"\nWhy Long Feature Lists Suck - 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