Sticky Notes - You should be happy.

A lot of folks talk about how P.T. Barnum was the best goddamn thing since sliced bread. But, having done quite a bit of reading on the bastard, I find him to be a racist, trickster asshole. 

One of the first "exhibits" Barnum toured around the country was a woman named Joice Heth.

He lied to the public, claiming Heth was a 161-year-old ex-slave who once upon a time was George Washington's nurse.

The public fought tooth and nail to get their paws on tickets to see her, only to find that Barnum was full of more shit than your guestroom toilet the day after Thanksgiving. 

When Barnum noticed the world had begun to lose interest in Heth and his despicable puffery, he rebranded her to a "automaton" made up of whalebone, rubber and springs. 

This, to me, is what Cyber Monday (and, honestly, much of marketing) feels like today: brands attempting to one-up themselves and their competitors year after year, quarter after quarter, with bold claims, clever cover-ups, new models and discounts on already heavily marked-up products. 

While I'd certainly consider myself a much better man than P.T. Barnum, I'm still, at the end of the day, an adman.

Recognizing that I'm far from a saint, I try to at the very least to shoot folks straight. 

So, before I hit you with my Cyber Monday deals, I want you to be wildly aware of the following first... 

Nothing you will ever buy from me (or anyone for that matter) will change your life, get you rich, wash away your sadness or make you happy. 

Before you buy anything that you see down below, please do me a favor and go handwash all the dishes in your sink without anything to distract you from your thoughts.

Once you're through, if you still want to buy my doo-dads, well, you know where to find me.

Anyway, that aside, for the next 24-hours, you can get 25% off any and all Honey Copy products by using discount code 'holysmokes' at checkout. For your convenience, I've dropped links to everything down below...

* How to become the Don Draper of Cold Email.

* Freelancing your way to $100k.

* How to write words that sell like... blah, blah.

* Chasing Hemingway.

* One Minute, Please?

* After Her.

Everything you need to know about these products can be found by clicking on their titles.

But, in summary, if it's dough you're after, see #1 or #2.

If you're wanting to string together pretty sentences like Christmas lights, see #3.

If you want to join a small, intimate group of readers and receive a newsletter the rest of the world knows nothing about, see #4. 

If you want to cry, see #5 or #6.

Cheers, 

Cole Schafer.

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