SPECIAL SERIES ==> Why Your Listicles Are Failing 🛑 (And How to Fix Them) <== | BATHROOM Break #97 COLLAB: The Marketing Millennials + Do This, Not That

Join Daniel Murray and Jay Schwedelson for a quickfire "Bathroom Break" session packed with immediate marketing takeaways. They break down why specific phrasing in listicles is now essential for ranking in AI search results and share a counterintuitive email subject line hack that is driving open rates up. You will also hear a bizarre personal story about food safety that might make you think twice about your leftovers.

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Best Moments

(01:25) Jay explains why he keeps getting food poisoning from questionable airport and takeout choices

(02:22) Daniel recounts the time he had to rescue raw salmon from the garbage for potential lab testing

(03:40) Why using "Top 3" or "Number 1" in your headlines is outperforming standard numbered lists

(05:00) The smart way to use tools like Perplexity to find high-authority sources for your content

(06:25) Testing shows that putting newsletter edition numbers in brackets is actually working right now

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Check out Jay Schwedelson's new book: Stupider People Have Done It

All net proceeds are donated to The V Foundation for Cancer Research, let's kick cancer's butt: https://www.amazon.com/Stupider-People-Have-Done-Marketing/dp/1637635206

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