{"id":12575,"date":"2016-09-14T20:05:06","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T18:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dobermandan.com\/blog\/?p=12575"},"modified":"2016-09-14T20:05:06","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T18:05:06","slug":"this-way-is-officially-obsolete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dobermandan.com\/blog\/this-way-is-officially-obsolete\/","title":{"rendered":"THIS way is officially obsolete&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re marketing online, there&#8217;s\u00a0a change happening.<\/p>\n<p>Not in a good way either.<\/p>\n<p>Email open rates&#8230; clickthrough rates&#8230; and conversions\u00a0are down.<\/p>\n<p>In some cases, almost cut in HALF.<\/p>\n<p>It started the end of March.<\/p>\n<p>When I first noticed this, I thought it was a fluke just happening to me.<\/p>\n<p>Ain\u2019t so.<\/p>\n<p>Based on my survey of darn near EVERYBODY I know marketing online, it\u2019s affecting us all.<\/p>\n<p>Some, like me, have recognized the impact of this early. And we\u2019re making major changes to avoid losing any more ground.<\/p>\n<p>Others have chosen to cling to hope.<\/p>\n<p>Hope that\u00a0this soon shall pass.<\/p>\n<p>And they\u2019re making no adjustments in their business model.<\/p>\n<p>Foolishly so, based on my more than two decades in online marketing.<\/p>\n<p>So all I can do is let these folks stew in their own juice of delusions until their sales have tanked enough to do something about it.<\/p>\n<p>Or not.<\/p>\n<p>You see, I\u2019m not out to save the world.<\/p>\n<p>Only my knights.<\/p>\n<p>And I\u2019d like to save YOU, too.<\/p>\n<p>How?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m revealing all the details of this recent Internet-wide glitch. One that\u2019s affecting just about\u00a0every online marketer I know.<\/p>\n<p>Even better&#8230; I\u2019m allowing you to look over my shoulder as I reveal the investigation I\u2019ve done to discover the solution.<\/p>\n<p>AND&#8230; you\u2019ll get to witness with your very own eyes&#8230; almost in real-time&#8230; as I implement this solution in my own business.<\/p>\n<p>Everything is in <a href=\"http:\/\/clicks.aweber.com\/y\/ct\/?l=BTVqf2&amp;m=JRxBnXN_emfPRX&amp;b=m3606DREM7iXyfpjKdsT0A\">the August issue<\/a> of The Doberman Dan Letter.<\/p>\n<p>And in the interest of \u201cgoing the extra mile\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;you\u2019re also going to get two extra bonuses with the August issue.<\/p>\n<p>One of them will have me PERSONALLY implementing my newfound solution to this Internet-wide disaster in your business FOR YOU.<\/p>\n<p>(It\u2019s only the second time in the history of the Marketing Camelot that I\u2019ve done this. And may be my last, too.)<\/p>\n<p>The other bonus shall remain a surprise.<\/p>\n<p>HINT: One of my knights&#8230; a living LEGEND&#8230; one of the most successful people in the entire HISTORY of direct response marketing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;is giving you &#8212; on a silver platter &#8212; more than 40 years of distilled marketing and copywriting tests&#8230; PROVEN to work like crazy.<\/p>\n<p>This is \u201cHYOOGE\u201d stuff you can use to make MILLIONS!<\/p>\n<p>All this (and a LOT more) is available to you when you make the intelligent, no-lose, no-risk decision to <a href=\"http:\/\/clicks.aweber.com\/y\/ct\/?l=BTVqf2&amp;m=JRxBnXN_emfPRX&amp;b=m3606DREM7iXyfpjKdsT0A\">get knighted into my Marketing Camelot<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But you can\u2019t twiddle your thumbs and dawdle.<br \/>\n(Besides, look where THAT has gotten you.)<\/p>\n<p>The August issue of The Doberman Dan Letter was sent to the printer yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>As we speak it\u2019s being meticulously prepared&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;in a crystalline clean, FDA-inspected and approved, HEPA-filtered room&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;by squires (assistants to knights) wearing brand new clean-as-a-whistle white cotton gloves, hair nets, respirator masks and cotton \u201cclean room\u201d coveralls and footies.<\/p>\n<p>Then it will prayed over&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;then packed in pure nitrogen for preservation<br \/>\n(like\u00a0the Smithsonian does with rare exhibits)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Next it will be certified as\u00a0kosher&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;then blessed by yours truly while vividly envisioning your financial, emotional and spiritual success.<\/p>\n<p>Then the squires will gently and lovingly place it in an envelope with YOUR name and address&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and in 2 to 5 business days&#8230;\u00a0via First Class postal\u00a0mail&#8230;\u00a0you\u2019ll get the\u00a0life-changing miracle you\u2019ve\u00a0been dreaming about.<\/p>\n<p>Or maybe even praying for.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/clicks.aweber.com\/y\/ct\/?l=BTVqf2&amp;m=JRxBnXN_emfPRX&amp;b=m3606DREM7iXyfpjKdsT0A\">Click here to claim your knighthood TODAY<\/a>&#8230; before you miss\u00a0out on this breakthrough issue.<\/p>\n<p>All the best,<br \/>\nDoberman Dan<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dobermandan.com\/the-best-ways-to-reactivate-past-customers\/dobedansig\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11365\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11365\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dobermandan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/dobedansig-300x147.jpg\" alt=\"dobedansig\" width=\"132\" height=\"65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dobermandan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/dobedansig-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dobermandan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/dobedansig.jpg 321w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 132px) 100vw, 132px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re marketing online, there&#8217;s\u00a0a change happening. 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