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How One Underlined Sentence Increased Donations 400 Percent
In this episode of The Copywriting Podcast, Lucas and Luna dissect a famous direct-mail fundraising letter from the 1990s where the copywriter underlined a single sentence in the body copy. They break down exactly why that underline worked, what it signaled to the reader's subconscious, and how the technique is still used today by organizations like the Wikimedia Foundation and The Nature Conservancy. Lucas explains the psychological principle of 'cognitive ease' and why breaking the visual monotony of a block of text can double or triple response rates. Luna pushes back…
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