Hello my little droogie…

Over the last couple years subscribers have asked about my boy Andre Chaperon’s email methodology vs my methodology.

What’s the difference?

And, which is better?

Well, let me use an (admittedly) gruesome analogy.

But, it fits.

So if you’re easily offended, either don’t read, or sac up.

Anyway:

Imagine two stone cold-blooded killers.

One is a highly trained sniper, patiently waiting and plotting and strategizing the kill… he may take weeks or months to get everything in position — the perfect spot to shoot from with the breeze at just the right speed… the best gun, and lots of patience. And when it’s time to do the deed, he fires with “Robin Hood” like accuracy to shoot his victim’s eyeball out.

That’s Andre’s way:

Methodical.

Precise.

Nothing left to chance — everything planned.

Then, you got the other guy:

He walks into a McDonalds or some restaurant in a trench coat and sun glasses with a sawed off shot gun, hands shaking, body twitching… and just randomly starts plugging diners!

No rhyme!

No reason!

He just starts shooting the joint up!

Everything is random, with no thought beforehand.

That’s my system.

Andre is the guy with the rifle… his emails are mainly auto-respondered, planned out and methodical — with storyboarding, linked “episodic” stories, and long running story lines, etc. I’m the dude with the shotgun… my emails are written fresh and completely random (and my auto-responders are just random emails strung together), centered around whatever brain fart I have for the day and based on speed.

Gruesome analogy?

Yeah, maybe.

But, it fits.

Anyway, here’s the point:

Sometimes people bandy around the question about which of our styles and email methodologies is “better”.

The answer is choose your email weapon, gangsta.

Do you prefer precision and methodical (i.e. a rifle)?

Or random, fast and off-the-cuff (i.e. a shot gun)?

Or maybe you want to go all “terminator” and wield both — which is what I’m starting to suggest to my “Email Players” subscribers. Take the best of both worlds and start firing off them rounds…

Whatever you do, remember this:

The only wrong thing you can do is not send any emails.

And if you want to experiment with Andre’s methods (and he talks about list segmenting which is wicked good stuff) then check this out…

I’m making you an offer until Sunday at midnight.

(Eastern time).

And, that offer is this…

1. Go to my affiliate link:

www.EmailPlayers.com/madness

2. Buy Andre’s “Autoresponder Madness” course

3. Send me thy receipt, and I’ll then send you:

1. Any one back issue from the current “Email Players” catalog

I will send a pdf of the current catalog, and you can pick whichever you like.

That’s a real (hard) $97 value right there.

Plus, you also get:

2. “How Even Raw Newbies Can Quickly Build A List Of Subscribers Who Are Serious, Qualified And Eager To Buy”

This is an interview I did with Jack Born.

Jack’s a programmer and Perry Marshall’s affiliate manager. He’s also like the “Walter White” of marketing — cooking up software and tools in his motor home that let the rest of us luddites multiply our sales online.

Anyway, he’s seen a lot of tests.

Knows a lot about building lists.

And, shows you some skills in this bonus you’ll get when you buy Andre Chaperon’s “Autoresponder Madness” from my affiliate link below, and email me your dirty little receipt…

3. “Secrets Of A Text Marketing Player”

This is an interview with my droog Trevor Mauch.

Trevor is a fascinating guy.

And, he has a real passion for helping entrepreneurs.

I know this first hand.

He’s helped get me thinking about ways to build my business that never would have occurred to me before. And one of the things he’s a master at is using text messaging to make sales with (relax… not spam texting, but permission based texting). And this interview transcript explains exactly how to integrate email marketing with text messaging.

I think you’ll find this interview extremely fascinating.

That is, if you nab “Autoresponder Madness” from my affiliate link.

4. “How To Explode Your Opt-Ins With A Simple 5-Minute Change To Your Website”

This is the transcript of an interview I did with Jim Yaghi.

Jim is a “Google-trained” computer scientist and world class marketer who has been responsible for the lead generation for some of the richest and most successful people in the home business niche.

(Amongst others).

He’s also figured out some cool ways to build a list.

Ways you probably have never heard before.

Ways I’ve used to as much as DOUBLE my opt ins quickly.

(With my existing website traffic.)

Anyway, only paying “Email Players” subscribers were sent it.

But, you can have it today if you grab Andre Chaperon’s “Autoresponder Magic” course from my affiliate link below…

5. Obvious Adams

This is the pdf of a short book Gary Bencivenga (universally considered the world’s greatest living copywriter) said his mentor David Ogilvy (the great ad man) gave his employees, and suggested they read once per year.

It teaches a cool “mindset” you won’t find in other business books.

I’ve read this puppy well over 30 times.

And, each time I get something new from it…

Anyway, to get all these goodies, go here:

www.EmailPlayers.com/madness

(That’s my affiliate link)

Then, send me your receipt.

Again, this offer ends Sunday at midnight.

(Eastern time zone).

So time is short.

See ya on the other side…

Ben Settle

BEN SETTLE

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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING

Even when you’re simply just selling stuff, your emails are, in effect, brilliant content for marketers who want to see how to make sales copy incapable of being ignored by their core market. You are a master of this rare skill, Ben, and I tip my hat in respect.

Gary Bencivenga

(Universally acknowledged as the world’s greatest living copywriter)

www.MarketingBullets.com

I confess that I have only begun watching Ben closely and corresponding with him fairly recently, my mistake. At this point, it is, bluntly, very rare to discover somebody I find intelligent, informed, interesting and inspiring, and that is how I would describe Ben Settle.

Dan S. Kennedy

Author, ’No BS’ book series

Ben is one of the sharpest marketing minds on the planet, and he runs his membership “Email Players” better than just about any other I’ve seen. I highly recommend it.

Perry Marshall

Author of 8 books whose Google book laid the foundations for the $100 billion Pay Per Click industry, whose prestigious 80/20 work has been used by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Labs, and whose historic reinvention of the Pareto Principle is published in Harvard Business Review.

www.PerryMarshall.com

I think Ben is the light heavyweight champion of email copywriting. I ass-lo think we’d make Mayweather money in a unification title bout!

Matt Furey

www.MattFurey.com

Zen Master Of The Internet®

President of The Psycho-Cybernetics Foundation

Just want you to know I get great advice and at least one chuckle… or a slap on the forehead “duh”… every time I read your emails!

Carline Anglade-Cole

AWAI’s Copywriter of the Year Award winner and A-list copywriter who has written for Oprah and continually writes control packages for the world’s most prestigious (and competitive) alternative health direct marketing companies

www.CarlineCole.com

I’ve been reading your stuff for about a month. I love it. You are saying, in very arresting ways, things I’ve been trying to teach marketers and copywriters for 30 years. Keep up the good work!

Mark Ford

aka Michael Masterson

Cofounder of AWAI

www.AwaiOnline.com

The business is so big now. Prob 4x the revenue since when we first met… and had you in! Claim credit, as it did correlate!

Joseph Schriefer

(Copy Chief at Agora Financial)

www.AgoraFinancial.com

I wake up to READ YOUR WORDS. I learn from you and study exactly how you combine words + feelings together. Like no other. YOU go DEEP and HARD.”

Lori Haller

(“A-List” designer who has worked on control sales letters and other projects for Oprah Winfrey, Gary Bencivenga, Clayton Makepeace, Jim Rutz, and more.

www.ShadowOakStudio.com

I love your emails. Your e-mail style is stunningly effective.

Bob Bly

The man McGrawHill calls

America’s top copywriter

and bestselling author of over 75 books

www.Bly.com

Ben might be a freaking genius. Just one insight he shared at the last Oceans 4 mastermind I can guarantee you will end up netting me at least an extra $100k in the next year.

Daegan Smith

www.Maximum-Leverage.com

Ben Settle is a great contemporary source of copywriting wisdom. I’ve been a big admirer of Ben’s writing for a long time, and he’s the only copywriter I’ve ever hired and been satisfied with

Ken McCarthy

One of the “founding fathers”

of Internet marketing

www.KenMcCarthy.com

I start my day with reading from the Holy Bible and Ben Settle’s email, not necessarily in that order.

Richard Armstrong

A List direct mail copywriter

whose clients have included

Rodale, Boardroom, Reader’s Digest,

Men’s Health, Newsweek,

Prevention Health Magazine, the ASCPA

and, even, The Limbaugh Letter.

www.FreeSampleBook.com

Of all the people I follow there’s so much stuff that comes into my inbox from various copywriters and direct marketers and creatives, your stuff is about as good as it gets.

Brian Kurtz

Former Executive VP of Boardroom Inc. Named Marketer of the Year by Target Marketing magazine

www.BrianKurtz.me

The f’in’ hottest email copywriter on the web now.

David Garfinkel

The World’s Greatest Copywriting Coach

www.FastEffectiveCopy.com

Ben Settle is my email marketing mentor.

Tom Woods

Senior fellow of the Mises Institute, New York Times Bestselling Author, Prominent libertarian historian & author, and host of one of the longest running and most popular libertarian podcasts on the planet

www.TomWoods.com

I’ve read your stuff and you have some of the best hooks. You really know how to work the hook and the angles.

Brian Clark

www.CopyBlogger.com

Ben writes some of the most compelling subject lines I’ve ever seen, and implements a very unique style in his blog. Honestly, I can’t help but look when I get an email, or see a new post from him in my Google Reader.

Dr. Glenn Livingston

www.GlennLivingston.com

There are very, very few copywriters whose copy I not only read but save so I can study it… and Ben is on that short list. In fact, he’s so good… he kinda pisses me off. But don’t tell him I said that. 😉

Ray Edwards

Direct Response Copywriter

www.RayEdwards.com

You’re damn brilliant, dude…I really DO admire your work, my friend!

Brian Keith Voiles

A-list copywriter who has written winning ads for prestigious clients such as Jay Abraham, Ted Nicholas, Dr. Stephen R. Covey, Robert Allen, and Gary Halbert.

www.AdvertisingMagicCopywriting.com

We finally got to meet in person and you delivered a killer talk. Your emails are one of the very few I read and study. And your laid back style.. is just perfect!

Ryan Lee

Best-selling Author

“Entrepreneur” Magazine columnist

www.RyanLee.com

There’s been a recent flood of copy writing “gurus” lately and I only trust ONE! And that’s @BenSettle

Bryan Sharpe

AKA Hotep Jesus

www.BooksByBryan.com

www.HotepNation.com

I’m so busy but there’s some guys like Ben Settle w/incredible daily emails that I always read.

Russell Brunson

World class Internet marketer, author, and speaker

www.RussellBrunson.com

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