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Having worked with Seth on Squidoo, I can tell you that he is a pretty genuine guy. That is just his writing style.


My only problem with this letter is it is not clear if it was personal or sent to everyone rejected.

Getting a personal "you are amazing" is very different from "you are amazing" sent to few hundred people. This is a bad choice of words IMO.


I think that would be key. If they were all individual, wow, that is sincere. If not - then its really just his writing style and you need to translate that into what it really means.


I know a few people whose business is to write ebooks and sales letters to sell the ebooks. They prey on desperate folks. And make a killing writing in a style very similar to this email.

This was totally miscalibrated for the audience, UNLESS the overall audience really did find "joy" from it and we're just exceptions.




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