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Here are 3 super-useful free tools I love. I’ll be emailing #4 soon. So be sure to be subscribed to the newsletter if you want to get it first.
Here are the first 3:
1. OnlyWire - You can have the best content in the world, but if nobody reads it, views or consumes it…well, what’s the point of creating
it? I’ve been using www.OnlyWire.com to simultaneously syndicate content and articles to the top social bookmarking sites with a single button click. It does take some time to set-up all the sites if you don’t have accounts already, but it’s a task you can easily outsource. As part of an overall link building strategy I’ve found it to be a powerful tool.
2. Added Bytes’ Text Readability – If you write emails, blog posts, articles or any type of persuasive copy, it needs to be very clear and easy to read to be effective. Studies show that most people read at an 8th grade level. So you should aim to write at a level somewhere in the middle. Most of Gary Halbert’s classic letters read at the 4th to 5th grade level. That’s why they worked!
To find out what level your text is, paste your text into http://www.addedbytes.com/tools/readability-score/
I use the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level formula.
The level of this post is 4.20. (You don’t have to be worried about being smarter than a 5th grader to read this one. 
3. FormatIT – Once someone opens your email you want it to be easy to read. The simplest way to do that is to format the width of the text. By the way, this also does something subconsciously in the mind of your reader. I won’t go into that here, just trust me on this.
Depending on the length I like to format my emails between 50-65 characters wide using www.formatit.com. Just paste your text and voila!
You have a perfectly formatted email with long URL’s intact. The “Re-FormatIT” is useful for removing unwanted returns and characters too.
Watch out for tool #4 soon.
Have fun with these!
P.S. Found these useful? Leave me a comment below.
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Oo, I love the FormatIT tool. Thanks for the tip.
Sure Glen! It's a neat little tool. I use it every time I send an email to
my list.
Hi Yisel,
Excellent tips! Details like these 3 points can make all the difference-
Always enjoy reading your posts!
Hey Joe! Good seeing you around here.
Thanks!