{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65d4445a7e29af00164868b8/6a74e9cf676fd7391f749c9c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep. 134 - The Two-Step Framework to Write Sales Emails That Feel Genuine","description":"<p>If you've ever written a genuinely helpful email and then cringed while tacking your offer onto the bottom, this one is for you. Whitney picks up a thread from her conversation with Orly Wachter about why selling feels so uncomfortable in the health and helping professions, and takes it somewhere practical. She walks through a two-step framework for writing emails that sell without the ick: first generating nine content angles directly from one of your services, then matching one of those angles to a simple email format. She also gets into why the bridge into your call to action so often feels like whiplash, how the benefits-versus-features distinction trips people up, and how often you actually need to be inviting people to work with you. She closes with a challenge to write one of these emails and send it this week, even if you haven't emailed your list in months.</p><p><br></p><h5><strong>Takeaways:</strong></h5><ul><li><strong>Start with the service, not the topic.</strong> Whitney's framework works backward from one specific offer, so every email idea you generate already has a straight line to the thing you're selling. That's what keeps the call to action from feeling shoehorned in.</li><li> <strong>Run three buckets, three ideas each.</strong> The outcomes people get from the service, the things clients love about how it's delivered, and the reasons people hesitate to move forward. That's nine angles from a single offer, and you can refill the well anytime you run dry.</li><li> <strong>Keep benefits and features separate, and lead with benefits.</strong> Whitney notes that most practitioners find features far easier to talk about than the transformation, which is exactly why the first bucket takes the most deliberate effort.</li><li> <strong>Match your angle to one of five email formats.</strong> A myth or misconception, a news or research tie-in, a case study, a tip or how-to, or a story about how you learned something. Then keep it to a few skimmable paragraphs carrying one core idea.</li><li> <strong>Talk about your services every few emails, not every email.</strong> Whitney calls this the non-negotiable. The call to action can rotate between booking a call, a sales page, a resource, or a simple reply, but the invitation has to be there regularly.</li></ul><p><br></p><h5><strong>Resources Mentioned</strong></h5><p>Ep. 132 — What You're Getting Wrong About Selling with Orly Wachter MSc, RD - <a href=\"https://whitneybateson.com/ep-132-what-youre-getting-wrong-about-selling-with-orly-wachter-msc-rd/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://whitneybateson.com/ep-132-what-youre-getting-wrong-about-selling-with-orly-wachter-msc-rd/</a></p><p>The challenge: write one of these emails, send it, and forward it to <a href=\"mailto:info@whitneybateson.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">info@whitneybateson.com</a></p><p><br></p><h5><strong>Connect with Whitney</strong>:</h5><p>Follow Whitney on Instagram<a href=\"https://instagram.com/whitneybateson\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> @whitneybateson</a></p><p><br></p><h5><strong>Subscribe &amp; Review:</strong></h5><p>If you’re enjoying the podcast, don’t forget to follow and leave a review! Your support helps others discover the show.</p>","author_name":"Whitney Bateson"}