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The Legal Swipe File

Most swipe files floating around online are full of copyrighted ads that nobody has the right to hand out. This one is different.

What's inside

  • Classic ads old enough to be in the public domain, like John Caples' 1926 "They laughed when I sat down at the piano" ad, broken down line by line: the hook, the promise, the proof, the ask.
  • The formula behind each one, written as fill-in-the-blank steps you can use for your own offer.
  • A study list of the modern greats like David Ogilvy, Gary Halbert, Dan Kennedy and John Carlton: what each did best and where to read their work for yourself, with links, not copies.
  • The copy-the-formula rule: a one-page checklist so what you write is yours.

The swipe file itself is being put together. Ads are only included after their public-domain status is checked.

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