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Epic Marketing Shit is a free weekly marketing newsletter. Below is every edition we've published, each with a short description of what it covers. Click any title to read the full edition (opens in a new tab), or browse them all on the homepage.

24 editions and counting.

These tweets live in my head

Four copywriting tweets I keep going back to.

I hate how well this works

A freelance copywriter's homepage that lets visitors dial the sales pressure up or down.

Stop asking for the meeting

Six cold emails that beat the 3% reply rate — with one shared move.

Stop caring about the grammar

How HEY made up a word — and why your brain can't ignore it.

Homepages you play, not read

Two portfolio websites that turn a resume into something you play instead of read.

Mute the madmen

The loudest fight on earth. You hear none of it.

McDonald's fries grew fangs

Two fries, a drop of ketchup, and zero words needed.

This Unicorn Changed the Way I Poop

A $25 footstool, a rainbow-pooping unicorn, and 100M+ views.

12 copywriting tips

A quick-hit list of twelve copywriting principles worth remembering.

Oatly. "Wow No Cow."

Three words that break every grammar rule — on purpose.

Norwegian lost the bet

A World Cup wager turned into free marketing for two airlines.

No logo required

Zomato ran a newspaper ad with no logo — and everyone knew.

Levi's won FIFA 2026 (marketing)

Told to hide its logo, Levi's made the censorship the campaign.

The Ad Adidas Never Made

Sunlight drew three stripes on a pitch — the internet did the rest.

Six Herbs & Five Spice Girls

KFC hid a joke in its Twitter follows — and waited.

Weetabix baked beans' viral hit

One cursed breakfast tweet, and every UK brand piled on.

Don't sell the features. Sell the outcome.

How Apple sold a hard drive as a feeling.

Our Blades Are F***ing Great

The launch video that built Dollar Shave Club.

IKEA made an ad you pee on

The print ad that was also a pregnancy test.

Dear Mr. Bezoz

When Amazon copied Allbirds, Allbirds replied in style.

Cold emails that (actually) work

Short, crisp, and built around their pain — not yours.

Nutter Butter's TikTok is disturbing

A 55-year-old cookie brand went full fever dream — and won.

They sold bullshit. Like literally.

Cards Against Humanity's anti-marketing playbook.

Surreal nailed it

How a tiny UK cereal brand faked celebrity endorsements for about £200.