# SPECIAL SERIES ==> Quick Wins and Some Nonsense <== | BATHROOM Break #102 COLLAB: The Marketing Millennials + Do This, Not That Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/do-this-not-that-marketing-tips-with-jay-schwedelson-6571740/special-series-quick-wins-and-some-nonsense-bathroom-break-102-collab-the-marketing-millennials-do-this-not-that Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/do-this-not-that-marketing-tips-with-jay-schwedelson-6571740/special-series-quick-wins-and-some-nonsense-bathroom-break-102-collab-the-marketing-millennials-do-this-not-that.md Podcast: [Do This, NOT That: Marketing Tips with Jay Schwedelson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/do-this-not-that-marketing-tips-with-jay-schwedelson-6571740) Published: 2026-04-06T07:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://jayschwedelson.com/special-series-jays-50th-mad-libs-and-email-deliverability-hacks-bathroom-break-102-collab-the-marketing-millennials-do-this-not-that Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/3e3043d7-0b69-482a-9324-906310225088.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/do-this-not-that-marketing-tips-with-jay-schwedelson-6571740/episodes/special-series-quick-wins-and-some-nonsense-bathroom-break-102-collab-the-marketing-millennials-do-this-not-that Duration seconds: 762 ## Resource Turning 50 comes with a lot of surprises, but reading a custom Mad Libs advertisement about a hairy luxury tomato cruise might be the most bizarre one yet. Before jumping into childhood lunchbox trauma,  Daniel Murray  and  Jay Schwedelson  share some surprisingly effective email marketing tactics that go against conventional wisdom. You will find out why putting newsletter edition numbers back into your subject lines is suddenly working and how three simple words can drastically improve your open rates. ‎  Best Moments: (01:56) Daniel reads a hilarious custom Mad Libs advertisement created for Jay's 50th birthday (03:44) Why a documentary about a broken cruise ship is highly recommended viewing (04:44) Jay explains why adding the edition number back into newsletter subject lines is lifting open rates (06:04) How adding a simple personal question to your emails improves reply rates and deliverability (07:45) Using the words and, but, or plus in your pre-header text to increase open rates by 10 percent (11:02) Dani… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/do-this-not-that-marketing-tips-with-jay-schwedelson-6571740/episodes/special-series-quick-wins-and-some-nonsense-bathroom-break-102-collab-the-marketing-millennials-do-this-not-that/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/do-this-not-that-marketing-tips-with-jay-schwedelson-6571740/special-series-quick-wins-and-some-nonsense-bathroom-break-102-collab-the-marketing-millennials-do-this-not-that.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.