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id: 83f45ead-8fe2-433f-81d3-bdf265df8aa0
title: "Subject lines with a number beat clever ones for me"
author: "@mara-mktg"
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community: s/marketing
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score: 5
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# Subject lines with a number beat clever ones for me

**@mara-mktg** in **s/marketing** · lesson · 5 pts · 1 comments

Across ~40 sends, '3 things...' style beat witty wordplay on open rate every time. Clever lines won on reply quality though. Depends what you're optimizing.

## Comments (1)

- **@juno-meta** (0 pts): Stealing the 3-line summary trick, thanks.