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RR 8.0 Email Copy Analysis
January 28 โ€“ March 1, 2026  ยท  74 Emails  ยท  All Segments
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๐Ÿ“Š Overview ๐Ÿ‘ฅ Segments โš ๏ธ Warm but Passive ๐Ÿ“… Timeline ๐Ÿ—‚๏ธ Email Types โœ… What Worked ๐Ÿ’ก Takeaways
Launch-Wide Metrics

Overview

Performance across all 74 emails sent January 28 โ€“ March 1, 2026. All stats use verified unique opens, not total opens.

Context โ€” Read This First

The averages below include three Full List sends to 42,000+ subscribers each. Those pulls the blended numbers down significantly. The Segments section below tells the more accurate story of how each audience actually responded.

Simple Average Open Rate
28.8%
Mean across all 74 emails
Above 21โ€“22% benchmark
Blended Open Rate
20.5%
Total opens รท total sends (634K sent)
Pulled down by Full List sends
Average Click Rate
3.86%
Mean across all 74 emails
Above 2.5โ€“2.7% benchmark
Total Emails in Sequence
74
Across all segments, all phases
Best Open Rate โ€” Q&A Follow-up Emails
56.5%
Avg across 5 post-call follow-up emails (29โ€“96 sent each)
Only 1 follow-up sent per call โ€” could be 2
Best Click Rate โ€” Single Email
30.5%
Waitlist "No Dog, No Pony" (187 sent)
High-intent micro-segment
Lowest Open Rate โ€” Large Send
11.6%
Feb 21 โ€” "Last call for the bonus training" sent to Full List (42K+ subscribers)
Audience mismatch, not copy failure
Highest Unsubscribe Rate
1.32%
Jan 28 โ€” Janine case study sent to Prep Course list before the course had even launched
Good content, wrong timing โ€” audience wasn't warmed up yet
The one-sentence summary

When emails went to people who already had a relationship with Susan and TSSG, they opened and clicked at rates 3โ€“4ร— higher than the same copy sent to the broad list. Audience match drove results more than copy.

How Each Audience Responded

Segment Performance

Each segment is a different group of people on the TSSG email list โ€” ranked here from the most engaged at the top to the broadest at the bottom. Once someone purchased RR 8.0 they were automatically removed from all further sales emails, so the data below reflects only people who were still deciding.

How to read this

Teal bar = Open Rate  ยท  Pink bar = Click Rate. The gap between them matters โ€” a wide gap means people opened but didn't act. A narrow gap means the email earned the click.

SEGMENT
OPEN RATE (teal) ยท CLICK RATE (pink)
OR
CTR
EMAILS
Q&A Follow-upAttended a call or clicked Zoom link๐Ÿ”ฅ Hottest
Open Rate
Click Rate
56.5%
12.9%
5 emails
Alumni PurchasersBought RR 8.0 โ€” bonus delivery email only๐Ÿ”ฅ Hottest
Open Rate
Click Rate
52.6%
14.8%
2 emails
WaitlistJoined the RR waitlist page๐Ÿ”ฅ Hottest
Open Rate
Click Rate
50.8%
30.5%
1 email
Sales Page RetargetingVisited sales page but didn't buy๐Ÿ”ฅ Hottest
Open Rate
Click Rate
41.3%
4.1%
2 emails
Alumni โ€” not yet enrolledPrevious RR buyers who hadn't enrolled in RR 8.0๐ŸŒก๏ธ Warm
Open Rate
Click Rate
34.1%
7.0%
13 emails
Inner Circle โ€” not yet enrolledActive IC members who hadn't enrolled in RR 8.0๐ŸŒก๏ธ Warm
Open Rate
Click Rate
27.0%
2.0%
5 emails
Warm โ€” not yet readyWarm subscribers who never clicked to register for free prep courseโš ๏ธ Warm but passive
Open Rate
Click Rate
24.0%
0.5%
8 emails
Engaged (mid-launch)Broad engaged list during open cart periodโ„๏ธ Broad
Open Rate
Click Rate
21.6%
0.5%
10 emails
Prep Course RegisteredSigned up for free Sales on Autopilot courseโ„๏ธ Broad
Open Rate
Click Rate
19.6%
1.4%
17 emails
Full ListBroadest list โ€” 42K+ subscribersโ„๏ธ Broad
Open Rate
Click Rate
13.1%
0.8%
3 emails
Key insight

The Alumni segment (663 people, 13 emails) outperformed the Full List (42K+ people, 3 emails) by 3โ€“4ร— on the same copy. List size is not the lever โ€” relationship is.

The Most Important Finding

โš ๏ธ The "Warm โ€” Not Yet Ready" Story

Warm subscribers who engaged with TSSG content regularly but never clicked to register for the free prep course. Before the course launched, clicking any link in these emails automatically registered them. Once the course was live, clicking through to any lesson would have registered them too. At every stage they had a low-friction way in โ€” they kept opening, but they never clicked.

What the data actually shows
  • 8 emails sent across the launch
  • 151,276 total sends  ยท  36,316 unique opens (24.0% open rate)
  • Only 751 total clicks across all 8 emails (0.50% click rate)
  • 97.9% of people who opened never clicked once
  • Only 93 people clicked to buy RR โ€” 0.26% of all openers
  • Only 33 clicked "not interested" โ€” not disengaged, just not moving
Inner Circle Application

This is exactly who IC is designed for. They trust Susan enough to open every email. They're not ready for a larger purchase. IC is the lower-stakes entry point that builds the relationship before the RR ask makes sense.

OPEN RATE vs CLICK RATE ACROSS ALL 8 EMAILS
1/29 โ€” This ONE thing doubles...
Open
24.6%
Click
1.17%
2/01 โ€” These two little-known facts...
Open
24.4%
Click
0.62%
2/04 โ€” The puzzle piece...
Open
24.9%
Click
0.74%
2/06 โ€” Double your chances...
Open
24.8%
Click
0.40%
2/08 โ€” Get off the rollercoaster...
Open
23.3%
Click
0.37%
2/16 โ€” Your RR invite is inside...
Open
23.9%
Click
0.35%
2/19 โ€” Got Butterfly Brain?
Open
22.8%
Click
0.12%
2/24 โ€” Forecaster got you???
Open
23.2%
Click
0.11%
Daily Sign-ups & Q&A Impact

Launch Timeline

Q&A days averaged 10.8 sign-ups vs. 6.7 on non-Q&A open cart days โ€” a 61% lift directly tied to Susan showing up live.

Key Launch Dates
Feb 3Alumni cart opens
Feb 15Alumni Audit bonus expires ยท New member cart opens ยท Early Bird starts ยท Sales on Autopilot launches
Feb 21Early Bird bonus expires
Mar 1Cart closes โ€” final Q&A call
Mar 2RR 8.0 program begins
Q&A Call Sign-up Impact
Call DateSign-upsNote
Feb 1711
Feb 196
Feb 2122Early Bird deadline same day
Feb 234
Feb 275
Mar 1 (close day)17Close day + final Q&A
Inner Circle Application

Live connection directly moved enrollment โ€” Q&A days drove 61% more sign-ups than other open cart days. These calls work because of the whole team, not just Susan. IC events structured the same way, with the load shared across the team, can build the same habit and the same conversion lift.

Copy Format Performance

Email Types

How different copy formats performed across the launch.

Q&A Follow-up
5 emails in launch
56.5%
Avg Open Rate
12.9%
Avg Click Rate

The highest-performing format in the launch. Sent to small groups of people who had just attended a live call โ€” they were warm, engaged, and the email arrived at exactly the right moment. Every email included a personal VideoAsk link so people could ask Susan a question directly, which made clicking feel worthwhile.

Top examples from this launch
Date Subject Line Sent To Open Rate Click Rate Unsub Rate
02/18 Thanks for joining me on Zoom yesterday Q&A Follow-up
62.5%
13.5%
0.00%
02/21 Thanks for joining me & Sarah today Q&A Follow-up
60.5%
13.2%
0.00%
02/24 Thanks for joining me yesterday Q&A Follow-up
65.5%
13.8%
0.00%
Bonus / Offer
6 emails in launch
41.1%
Avg Open Rate
11.4%
Avg Click Rate

Emails built around a specific named bonus โ€” the Alumni Audit and the early bird pricing. This format is essentially an alumni-only tool. All three top performers went exclusively to alumni who already knew what they were being offered and trusted the value. The one non-alumni bonus email (Instagram Launchpad to the broad engaged list) opened at 21.3% and clicked at just 0.47% โ€” same offer, different audience, completely different result.

Examples by audience
Alumni
5 emails  ยท  45.0% avg open  ยท  13.5% avg click
Date Subject Line Sent To Open Rate Click Rate Unsub Rate
02/03 For Reliable Revenue Alumni eyes only ๐Ÿ‘€ Alumni โ€” not yet enrolled
51.9%
29.9%
 0.30%
02/08 This bonus is for the birds (the early ones, that is!) ๐Ÿฆ Alumni โ€” not yet enrolled
34.8%
5.3%
 0.00%
02/07 Reliable Revenue bonus: you wonโ€™t do this alone ๐Ÿ’ช Alumni โ€” not yet enrolled
33.2%
3.0%
 0.18%
New & Broader Audiences
1 email  ยท  21.3% avg open  ยท  0.5% avg click
Date Subject Line Sent To Open Rate Click Rate Unsub Rate
02/20 ๐Ÿ”ฅ Bonus expires tomorrow!!! Engaged (mid-launch)
21.3%
0.5%
 0.33%
Hook / Curiosity
6 emails in launch
27.1%
Avg Open Rate
2.8%
Avg Click Rate

A mixed bag. When the hook matched what was inside the email, it worked โ€” "dirty little secret" revealed a real alumni benefit (the 75% loyalty discount) and clicked at 5.9%. When the hook was just a tease with no payoff โ€” "Got Butterfly Brain?" opened at 22.8% but clicked at 0.12% โ€” it hurt. The subject line sets an expectation the body has to meet.

Examples by audience
Alumni
2 emails  ยท  34.1% avg open  ยท  6.3% avg click
Date Subject Line Sent To Open Rate Click Rate Unsub Rate
02/08 Reliable Revenue alumni have a dirty little secret ๐Ÿคซ Alumni โ€” not yet enrolled
35.0%
5.9%
 0.36%
02/05 Reliable Revenue just hits different the second time around Alumni โ€” not yet enrolled
33.2%
6.8%
 0.00%
New & Broader Audiences
4 emails  ยท  23.7% avg open  ยท  1.1% avg click
Date Subject Line Sent To Open Rate Click Rate Unsub Rate
03/01 I didn't want to not say this โค๏ธ Inner Circle โ€” not yet enrolled
28.6%
2.8%
 0.00%
02/11 Tiny plot twist ๐ŸŽƒ on Get Sales on Autopilot Prep Course Registered
24.9%
0.0%
 0.83%
02/24 Forecaster got you ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ??? Warm โ€” not yet ready
23.2%
0.1%
 0.36%
Story / Case Study
5 emails in launch
25.2%
Avg Open Rate
1.8%
Avg Click Rate

Named members with real results built credibility throughout the launch. These emails worked best with warm audiences who already had context โ€” Janine and Melanie resonated strongly with alumni and IC members. Sent too early to the Prep Course list before trust was established, the same format triggered the highest unsubscribe rates in the launch.

Top examples from this launch
Date Subject Line Sent To Open Rate Click Rate Unsub Rate
01/28 Case Study: How Janine is doing less, BETTER ๐ŸŒฟ Prep Course Registered
23.3%
2.2%
1.32%
02/01 Case Study 2: Here's how Melanie is going to DOUBLE her list Prep Course Registered
22.5%
1.6%
0.90%
02/04 Case Study: How Janine is doing less, BETTER ๐ŸŒฟ Prep Course Registered
22.7%
1.6%
0.83%
Value / Education
29 emails in launch
25.8%
Avg Open Rate
2.9%
Avg Click Rate

The largest category โ€” 29 of 66 emails โ€” and the engine that ran the whole launch. These emails weren't trying to close a sale. They were building the case: explaining why email marketing works, walking through how the system functions, answering objections before they came up on the Q&A calls. The wide range in performance (13.7% to 50.8% open rate) reflects how much audience matters โ€” the same educational content landed very differently with alumni vs. the full list.

Examples by audience
Alumni
5 emails  ยท  32.8% avg open  ยท  5.0% avg click
Date Subject Line Sent To Open Rate Click Rate Unsub Rate
02/07 Reliable Revenue Alumni - this is FOR you Alumni โ€” not yet enrolled
37.9%
5.0%
 0.18%
02/04 Reliable Revenue 8.0: don't start the year in the weeds Alumni โ€” not yet enrolled
34.1%
8.7%
 0.00%
02/06 Clarity + Effort = MOMENTUM ๐Ÿš€ Alumni โ€” not yet enrolled
30.8%
2.2%
 0.00%
New & Broader Audiences
24 emails  ยท  24.4% avg open  ยท  2.5% avg click
Date Subject Line Sent To Open Rate Click Rate Unsub Rate
02/14 No Dog, No Ponyโ€”Just the Main Event ๐ŸŽฏ Waitlist
50.8%
30.5%
 0.00%
02/21 Finally turn your IG followers into Buyers Sales Page Retargeting
47.7%
4.6%
 0.48%
02/28 Inner Circleโ€ฆ can we talk for a minute? ๐Ÿ‘€ Inner Circle โ€” not yet enrolled
29.1%
2.9%
 0.00%
Q&A / Live Event
5 emails in launch
21.2%
Avg Open Rate
0.5%
Avg Click Rate

Last-minute Zoom reminders sent to the broad engaged list โ€” consistent open rates but low clicks, because these were logistics emails, not conversion emails. Their job was to get people onto the call, not to the sales page. Attendance at the calls drove enrollment; the emails just got people in the room.

Top examples from this launch
Date Subject Line Sent To Open Rate Click Rate Unsub Rate
02/17 [Sales on Autopilot] Q&A Starts in 1 Hour! Engaged (mid-launch)
22.4%
1.0%
0.39%
02/19 [Sales on Autopilot] Q&A Starts in 1 Hour! Engaged (mid-launch)
23.2%
0.8%
0.32%
02/23 [Reliable Revenue] Bring Your Questions! Engaged (mid-launch)
22.4%
0.4%
0.31%
Urgency / Deadline
10 emails in launch
20.8%
Avg Open Rate
2.3%
Avg Click Rate

The most audience-dependent format in the launch. To alumni, deadline emails hit 30%+ open rates and 5%+ click rates โ€” because they already cared about what they'd lose. To the Full List, the same urgency framing averaged 11.6% open rates and near-zero clicks. Urgency is earned, not written. It's only as strong as the relationship behind it.

Examples by audience
Alumni
3 emails  ยท  30.4% avg open  ยท  4.9% avg click
Date Subject Line Sent To Open Rate Click Rate Unsub Rate
02/09 LAST CALL ๐Ÿ“ฃ for the free Alumni Audit Alumni โ€” not yet enrolled
30.9%
5.3%
 0.20%
02/09 Reliable Revenue alumni ๐ŸŽฏ bonus expires tonight Alumni โ€” not yet enrolled
30.4%
5.5%
 0.00%
02/15 Last call for the Alumni Audit ๐Ÿ”ฅ Alumni โ€” not yet enrolled
29.9%
4.0%
 0.21%
New & Broader Audiences
7 emails  ยท  16.7% avg open  ยท  1.1% avg click
Date Subject Line Sent To Open Rate Click Rate Unsub Rate
02/21 โณ Bonus expires at midnight Engaged (mid-launch)
23.7%
0.4%
 0.48%
02/25 URGENT ๐Ÿšจ Time is almost up to watch the free course Prep Course Registered
20.2%
2.8%
 0.49%
02/27 Time is Running Out to Watch Your Free Mini-Course! Prep Course Registered
17.3%
2.4%
 0.27%
Patterns From the Data

What Worked ยท What to Do Differently

Every point is backed by specific email data from the verified ActiveCampaign export.

โœ“ What Worked

Insider tone with warm audiences
Phrases like "dirty little secret," "hits different," and "Alumni eyes only" drove the strongest alumni open rates (33โ€“52%). Colloquial, belonging-based language consistently outperformed formal announcement copy with this audience.
Specific deadlines paired with specific bonuses
Alumni close emails hit 30โ€“35% open rates and 5โ€“6% click rates. When the bonus was named and the deadline was real, it converted. Vague urgency without a named offer didn't land.
Member stories with specific numbers
"Jen's sales grew 66%" hit 35% open rate on close day. Named members with concrete results consistently outperformed feature and benefit copy. The person makes it real โ€” the number makes it credible.
Consistent Q&A bracketed subject lines
The [Sales on Autopilot] and [Reliable Revenue] Q&A email pairs held steady at 21โ€“23% open rate across 6 calls with zero drop-off. Consistency built the habit of opening.
Behavior-based micro-segments
Q&A follow-up (56%), Sales Page retargeting (41%), and Waitlist (51%) were tiny lists built around one specific action. Every behavior-based segment outperformed every size-based segment.
Honest "not done yet" alumni framing
"Hits different the second time around" (33.2% open rate) named the reality that some alumni didn't fully implement. Real language for a real situation โ€” this audience knew Susan was talking directly to them.

โ†‘ What to Do Differently

Subject-body disconnect killed clicks
Two curiosity-heavy subject lines โ€” "Got Butterfly ๐Ÿฆ‹ Brain?" (22.8% open, 0.12% click) and "Forecaster got you ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ???" (23.2% open, 0.11% click) โ€” were the lowest click rates of the launch. The hook opened the email. The body didn't earn the click. Opens measure curiosity. Clicks measure trust.
Urgency to cold audiences didn't convert
Deadline emails to the Full List (42K+) averaged 11.6โ€“13.7% open rate with near-zero click rates. The same framing to Alumni hit 30%+ open and 5%+ click. Urgency is a relationship reward โ€” it only works when the reader already cares.
Case studies sent too early to newer relationships
The Janine case study emails to the Prep Course list had the highest unsubscribe rates in the launch (1.32% and 0.84%). Great content โ€” wrong moment. That audience wasn't warmed up enough to be sold to yet.
Mid-cart period needs a new urgency trigger
Feb 22โ€“27 averaged 4 sign-ups per day despite the most email volume of the launch. No bonus, no deadline, no live event in that window. A mid-cart moment could meaningfully change results.
Post-Q&A follow-up sequence too short
Q&A follow-up emails hit 56% open rate and 12.9% click rate โ€” the best performing segment in the launch. Only one follow-up was sent after each call. A 2-email sequence could capture significantly more of that momentum.
5 Key Insights

Takeaways

What this launch teaches us โ€” and how to apply it to Inner Circle growth and next year's RR.

Takeaway 01

Relationship determines response โ€” segment accordingly.

Warmer segments like Alumni and Inner Circle averaged 30%+ open rates and 5%+ click rates. The Full List (42K+) averaged 13.1% open rate and 0.8% click rate on the same copy. The message didn't fail โ€” the audience match did.
Inner Circle Application

For IC growth, a smaller warm list will always outperform a big blast. Segment IC prospects by behavior โ€” attended a webinar, visited the sales page, been on the list 12+ months โ€” and treat each group differently.

Takeaway 02

Real people drive real action โ€” story and case study format works.

Emails built around named members with specific results consistently drove strong opens. "Jen's sales grew 66%" hit 35% open rate on close day. Specific results from real members outperform any feature or benefit claim โ€” but timing matters. Send to warm audiences first.
Inner Circle Application

Make member stories a regular format in IC โ€” emails, social posts, and ad creative. This format works in any channel. The story is the conversion tool.

Takeaway 03

Q&A calls built trust and directly drove enrollment.

Six Q&A send pairs held steady at 21โ€“23% open rate with zero fatigue drop-off. Sign-ups averaged 10.8 per day on Q&A days vs. 6.7 on other open cart days โ€” a 61% lift directly tied to Susan showing up live.
Inner Circle Application

Live Q&A connection directly moved enrollment โ€” and it doesn't have to rest entirely on Susan. Structure recurring IC events with consistent naming and the team sharing the load, to build the same habit of showing up and the same conversion lift at decision moments.

Takeaway 04

A great subject line means nothing if the body doesn't deliver.

Two curiosity-driven subject lines opened well but clicked at just 0.11โ€“0.12% โ€” the lowest click rates of the launch. Opens measure curiosity. Clicks measure trust and relevance. Both matter โ€” and they require different things.
Inner Circle Application

Before sending any IC campaign, check that the first 2โ€“3 sentences of the body directly deliver on what the subject line promised. This is the fastest copy fix available.

Takeaway 05

Urgency only works on warm audiences โ€” and the "Warm but Passive" segment shows exactly why IC growth matters.

Deadline emails to the Full List averaged 11.6โ€“13.7% open rates. The same urgency framing to Alumni hit 30%+ open rates and 5%+ click rates. Urgency is a relationship reward. It lands when the reader already cares.
The most important finding is the "Warm โ€” not yet ready" segment. These 18โ€“20K people opened Susan's emails consistently at 24% throughout the entire launch โ€” and 97.9% of everyone who opened never clicked once across 8 emails over 5 weeks. They're not disinterested. They're not ready for a larger purchase yet.
They need a lower-stakes entry point to build the relationship first. That entry point is Inner Circle.
Inner Circle Application โ€” The Bigger Picture

New RR buyers had been on the list a median of 1 full year before purchasing. 81% had been on the list 6+ months. IC membership shortens that window โ€” IC members already trust Susan, are already in relationship, and convert to RR at the highest rate of any segment. Growing IC is how you grow next year's best RR buyers.