# Email Subject Lines ## Pain-Focused - You're wasting [TIME] on [PROBLEM] - [PROBLEM] shouldn't take [TIME] - Stop [PAINFUL ACTIVITY] - [PROBLEM] is stealing your [TIME/MONEY/SANITY] ## Curiosity-Focused - How [IMPRESSIVE RESULT] in [SHORT TIME] - The [NUMBER]-second [OUTCOME] - What if [PROBLEM] just stopped? - [NUMBER]% of [AUDIENCE] are doing [ACTIVITY] wrong ## Benefit-Focused - [OUTCOME] in [SHORT TIME] - Never [PAIN] again - [ACTIVITY] without [PAINFUL REQUIREMENT] - Get [TIME/MONEY] back ## Stat-Focused - [SHOCKING PERCENTAGE]% (read this) - [NUMBER] [METRIC] later... - [PROBLEM]: [BIG NUMBER] hours wasted - We've [IMPRESSIVE ACHIEVEMENT] ## Direct - This is [PRODUCT] - [PRODUCT]: [WHAT IT DOES] - Deploy in 11 seconds - $49/month vs $200k/year --- ## Examples (BlackRoad OS) ### Pain-Focused - You're wasting 15 hours weekly on deployment - Deployment shouldn't take 6 hours - Stop fighting AWS - Infrastructure is stealing your weekends ### Curiosity-Focused - How we deploy 10,000 apps in 11 seconds - The 11-second deployment - What if deployment just stopped being hard? - 87% of developers are deploying wrong ### Benefit-Focused - Production in 11 seconds - Never fear Friday deploys again - Deploy without learning AWS - Get 15 hours back every week ### Stat-Focused - 87% of your week is wasted (read this) - 10,000 deployments later... - Deployment: 720 hours wasted annually - We've never broken production on a Friday ### Direct - This is BlackRoad OS - BlackRoad OS: one-command deployment - Deploy in 11 seconds - $49/month vs $200k DevOps salary