{"id":226,"date":"2008-08-21T05:12:50","date_gmt":"2008-08-21T05:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?page_id=226"},"modified":"2024-06-19T02:16:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T02:16:32","slug":"testimonials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/testimonials\/","title":{"rendered":"Testimonials"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u201cEven when you\u2019re 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>Gary Bencivenga<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">Universally acknowledged as<br \/>\nthe world\u2019s greatest living copywriter<\/span>)<br \/>\nwww.MarketingBullets.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cI finally went through elBenbo Press page by page during the past couple days. To say the least, it is impressive. As you know, l&#8217;ve been in this field for more than 50 years and have seen a lot of &#8220;how I do it&#8221; books, courses, etc., and have long labeled most as &#8220;B.S.&#8221;. Rarely does somebody lay out, truthfully, exactly what they have done and do to create and sustain and earn tremendous success as an information marketer, author, publisher. A very few of the &#8216;old masters&#8217; like Ted Nicholas, Lyman Wood, George Haylings and Dean F. DuVall did. Your magnum opus is more valuable than any of their works.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>Dan S. Kennedy<\/strong><br \/>\nAuthor, No B.S. book series<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cI think Ben is the light heavyweight champion of email copywriting. I ass-lo think we\u2019d make Mayweather money in a unification title bout!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>Matt Furey<\/strong><br \/>\nZen Master Of The Internet\u00ae<br \/>\nPresident of The Psycho-Cybernetics Foundation<br \/>\nwww.MattFurey.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cBen is one of the sharpest marketing minds on the planet, and he runs his membership \u201cEmail Players\u201d better than just about any other I\u2019ve seen. I highly recommend it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>Perry Marshall<\/strong><br \/>\nAuthor 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\u2019s Jet Propulsion Labs, and whose historic reinvention of the Pareto Principle is published in Harvard Business Review.<br \/>\nwww.PerryMarshall.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cI read and study every single one of [Your] emails. AND YOU are one of the only people, Ben, who touches the true PULSE of what is realllllly going on today. PERIOD. Everyone else is mostly a copycat and saying the same old thing (read SHIT). DRONES. WANNABEEEES\u2026.. YES-MEN. (BTW: YES-MEN SUCK) YOU are fresh, new, just twisted enough and seriously on point. **** TRUTH: 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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>Lori Haller<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cA-List\u201d graphic designer who has worked on control ads<br \/>\nfor Gary Bencivenga, Clayton Makepeace, Oprah Winfrey, and more<br \/>\nwww.LoriHaller.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cWe 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!.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>Ryan Lee<\/strong><br \/>\nBest-selling Author<br \/>\n&#8220;Entrepreneur&#8221; Magazine Columnist<br \/>\nwww.RyanLee.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cI love your emails. Your e-mail style is stunningly effective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>Bob Bly<\/strong><br \/>\nThe man McGraw-Hill calls \u201cAmerica&#8217;s top copywriter\u201d<br \/>\nand bestselling author of over 75 books<br \/>\nwww.Bly.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cOf all the people I follow there&#8217;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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>Brian Kurtz<\/strong><br \/>\nExecutive vice president, Boardroom Inc.<br \/>\nNamed Marketer of the Year<br \/>\nby Target Marketing magazine<br \/>\nwww.Boardroom.com<br \/>\nwww.BrianKurtz.me<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve been reading your stuff for about a month. I love it. You are saying, in very arresting ways, things I&#8217;ve been trying to teach marketers and copywriters for 30 years. Keep up the good work!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>Mark Ford<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>aka Michael Masterson<\/strong><br \/>\nCo-founder of AWAI<br \/>\nwww.AwaiOnline.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cThe business is so big now. Prob 4x the revenue since when we first met&#8230; and had you in! Claim credit, as it did correlate!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>Joseph Schriefer<\/strong><br \/>\nCopy Chief at Agora Financial<br \/>\nwww.AgoraFinancial.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cJust want you to know I get great advice and at least one chuckle\u2026 or a slap on the forehead &#8216;duh&#8217;\u2026 every time I read your emails!.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>-Carline Anglade-Cole<\/strong><br \/>\nAWAI\u2019s Copywriter of the Year Award winner and A-list copywriter who has written for Oprah and continually writes control packages for the world\u2019s most prestigious (and competitive) alternative health direct marketing companies<br \/>\nwww.CarlineCole.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re damn brilliant, dude\u2026I really DO admire your work, my friend!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>-Brian Keith Voiles<\/strong><br \/>\nA-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.<br \/>\nwww.AdvertisingMagicCopywriting.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cBen has written sales letters for us that have resulted in millions of dollars for us. And probably tens of millions of dollars in ongoing and repeat sales. He&#8217;s also been one of the most liked and well received speakers and presenters at our No Excuses Summit as well as in the community over here at Elite Marketing Pro.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>-Tim Erway<\/strong><br \/>\nCEO\/Founder of Elite Marketing Pro<br \/>\nwww.EliteMarketingPro.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cBen has made me tens of thousands of dollars in the past 6 months alone since I started learning his email methods. . .It\u2019s changed my business, it\u2019s changed my life. . .it\u2019s given me the ability to send daily emails, I\u2019m getting constant feedback. They\u2019re sharing it, they\u2019re forwarding it on to their friends. I\u2019m putting my promos on Facebook when previously I was cared to put emails out, scared to put promotions out, scared to try and sell stuff through email or Facebook. Now I can do it on demand it\u2019s been a habit and a very lucrative habit it that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>&#8211; Michael Cheney<\/strong><br \/>\nA \u201cfounding fathers\u201d of Internet marketing<br \/>\nand world class affiliate marketer<br \/>\nwww.MichaelCheney.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cBen Settle is my email marketing mentor\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>&#8211; Tom Woods<\/strong><br \/>\nSenior fellow of the Mises Institute<br \/>\nNew York Times Bestselling Author<br \/>\nProminent libertarian historian and author,<br \/>\nHost of one of the longest running and most popular<br \/>\nlibertarian podcasts on the planet<br \/>\nwww.TomWoods.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cBen is just a genius when it comes to copywriting, when it comes to running your business because you use copy in every single aspect of your business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>&#8211; Ray Higdon<\/strong><br \/>\nWorld leading MLM coach and trainer<br \/>\n(The coach other MLM coaches go to when they need help)<br \/>\nwww.RayHigdon.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cPartnered up with Ben on a project in the golf niche. The results, to ice cold golfers who&#8217;d never heard of the program\u2026 BUYERS for less than $6\/each ($5.85 each to be exact). I&#8217;ve been running traffic and testing 100s of offers for several years and have NEVER seen anything like it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>-Eric McMillan<\/strong><br \/>\nTraffic Expert<br \/>\nWorld&#8217;s Leading<br \/>\nPay-Per-View Ad Marketer<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cBen wrote one of the highest performing sales letter in our space of all times. You will not find a better person for doing this type of work. If I&#8217;m going to have anyone come on stage and talk about copy, it&#8217;s got to be Ben Settle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>-Greg Gomez<\/strong><br \/>\nCoach, Consultant,<br \/>\nAnd The MLM Industry&#8217;s<br \/>\n#1 Lead Generation<br \/>\nAnd Phone Recruiting Expert<br \/>\nwww.MLMBusinessBlueprint.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cUnder Ben&#8217;s tutelage and guidance monthly I created a business, from scratch, that was generating me $40k\/month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>-Dan Meredith<\/strong><br \/>\nWorld Traveling Copywriter<br \/>\nCopywriting Agency Owner<br \/>\nwww.CoffeeWithDan.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cBen is the KING of email\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>-Lloyd Irvin<\/strong><br \/>\nTwo time National Judo Champion<br \/>\nWorld No-Gi Championship winner<br \/>\nNational Russian Sambo champion<br \/>\nWorld Champion in Brazilian Jujitsu<br \/>\nTrainer to numerous gold medal winners and professional athletes<br \/>\nwww.LloydIrvin.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cReading my (or should I say my husband\u2019s) Email Players newsletter and tried a different type of subject line in my email today and my open rate went through the roof!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>-Vicki Irvin<\/strong><br \/>\nNationally acclaimed Speaker,<br \/>\nAmazon bestselling Author, And TV &amp; radio show host<br \/>\nwww.VickiIrvin.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re an email poet\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>&#8211; Nick Usborne<\/strong><br \/>\n30+ year A-list copywriter<br \/>\nFounding father of Web 2.0 copywriting<br \/>\nwww.NickUsborne.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cI opted in to your list the other day. Now I remember why we hired you way back when. (In the old days when you still could be hired.) I open your emails and enjoy them every day because they are entertaining and if you entertain me just long enough I will probably buy some stuff. Good job man. Keep it up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>&#8211; Aaron Parkinson<\/strong><br \/>\nSerial entrepreneur and business mentor<br \/>\nto students in over 191 countries<br \/>\nwww.Nutrie.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cThe best out there when it comes to email.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>&#8211; Kevin Rogers<\/strong><br \/>\nCopy Chief &amp; former stand-up comic<br \/>\nwww.CopyChief.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cCurrently I write copy for myself and a multi-million dollar info publishing business. And we\u2019ve seen tremendous results just applying what I learned from Ben. It\u2019s not unusual to see thousands of dollars coming in from just one email. I\u2019ve had days where I\u2019ve generated $5k to $10k from a single email. And there was one email specifically I can remember that did a little over $22k in sales all from one email and it wasn\u2019t a launch or anything like that. So this works and it works really well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>&#8211; Vitaly Grinblat<\/strong><br \/>\nHead copywriter at Elite Marketing Pro<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cBen has been like a breath of fresh air to my business. Because at one point I couldn\u2019t figure out exactly how to get people to open and respond to your emails and build your list without being obnoxious about it, having them hit the spam button, or unsubscribe. So Ben really opened my eyes as to how I can go about literally mailing that list every day, generate lots of good will, build a relationship with that list and at the same time make a ton of money doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>&#8211; Igor Kheifets<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Solo Ads Guy<br \/>\nwww.IgorSoloAds.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cHey Ben \u2013 wanted to reach out to say Thank You. We are subscribers to your paid newsletter. I liked what I saw so I put it in the hands of our head writer (Jim Clair) at thetaoofbadass.com. It\u2019s added a steady, predictable yet growing multi-5 figures to our monthly income.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Tim Houston<\/strong><br \/>\nCo-founder of Bad Ass Ventures<br \/>\nwww.TheTaoOfBadAss.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cBen 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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Daegan Smith<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.Maximum-Leverage.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cThere&#8217;s been a recent flood of copy writing &#8216;gurus&#8217; lately and I only trust ONE! And that&#8217;s @BenSettle \u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>-Bryan Sharpe<\/strong><br \/>\nAKA Hotep Jesus<br \/>\nwww.HotepNation.com<br \/>\nwww.BooksByBryan.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m so busy but there&#8217;s some guys like Ben Settle w\/incredible daily emails that I always read.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Russell Brunson<\/strong><br \/>\nWorld class Internet marketer, author, and speaker<br \/>\nwww.RussellBrunson.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cI start my day with reading from the Holy Bible and Ben Settle&#8217;s email, not necessarily in that order.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>Richard Armstrong<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;A List\u201d direct mail copywriter whose clients have included<br \/>\nRodale, Boardroom, Reader&#8217;s Digest, Men&#8217;s Health, Newsweek,<br \/>\nPrevention Health Magazine, the ASCPA and, even, The Limbaugh Letter<br \/>\nwww.FreeSampleBook.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cThe f&#8217;in&#8217; hottest email copywriter on the web now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-David Garfinkel<\/strong><br \/>\nThe World&#8217;s Greatest Copywriting Coach<br \/>\nwww.FastEffectiveCopy.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s not unheard of for the so-called student, to surpass the so-called teacher. It happens. I&#8217;m the student. I&#8217;m not being facetious, and I&#8217;m not blowing smoke, &#8220;Master, tell me how you produce these subject lines!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Ken McCarthy<\/strong><br \/>\nTop Internet Marketing Teacher &amp; Pioneer<br \/>\nwww.KenMcCarthy.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cI am in awe of your brilliance sometimes (well always actually). You&#8217;re one of the rare few who I ENJOY forking out money to each month. Sometimes it shits me how good you are, haha\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>Bret Thomson<\/strong><br \/>\nOne of Australia\u2019s highest paid in-demand<br \/>\ncopywriter\/marketing &amp; conversion strategists,<br \/>\nbest selling author, speaker, coach<br \/>\nand mentor to thousands<br \/>\nwww.BretThomson.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cSometimes I don&#8217;t even open emails from Ben they make me want to spend money so bad. <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">Ben understands buyer psychology better than ANYONE I have ever worked with.<\/span> He not only can craft amazing sales copy&#8230; he can craft copious amounts of it seemingly at ease. It calls to mind the way Mozart supposedly wrote symphonies&#8230; it just seems to flow out of him. Wow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>Jeff Lerner<\/strong><br \/>\n(Ranked one of the<br \/>\n&#8220;Top 500 Home Business<br \/>\nEntrepreneurs In The World&#8221;)<br \/>\nwww.JeffLernerProject.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve been keeping up with your stuff. You&#8217;re doing a lot of good work\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-The Late<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Scott Haines<\/strong><br \/>\n(Who was the &#8220;go to copywriter&#8221; for <strong>Gary Halbert<\/strong>,<br \/>\n<strong>Jay Abraham<\/strong>, <strong>Robert Allen<\/strong> and others)<br \/>\nwww.ShortcutCopyWritingSecrets.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cBen works harder than any other copywriter I know. And paying him tens of thousands of dollars in commissions for the ads he\u2019s written for me has been one of the greatest investments of my life. Because for every dollar I pay him, I get two, three and even four back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Michael Senoff<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.hardtofindseminars.com<br \/>\nwww.hardtofindads.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cBen, the one email you wrote for me has already made earnable commissions of $31,000 and I\u2019m about to be in the top 45 executives in my company by June. All thanks to you!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Nafis Noorali<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.Synergy1Power.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>&#8220;Ben writes some of the most compelling subject lines I&#8217;ve ever seen, and implements a very unique style in his blog. Honestly, I can&#8217;t help but look when I get an email, or see a new post from him in my Google Reader.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Dr. Glenn Livingston<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.GlennLivingston.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cYou write some of the greatest bullets I&#8217;ve ever seen. I WAS FORCED TO BUY &#8211; I couldn&#8217;t help it&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-T.J. Rohleder<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Blue Jeans Millionaire&#8221;<br \/>\nwww.MoreIncorporated.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve always known you&#8217;re an incredible writer and a brilliant marketer. Now I know you have balls that would have made Gary Halbert think twice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Blair Warren<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.BlairWarren.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cBen, you ARE good. The copy you did for me makes me wanna buy my own product! And the bullets literally have me wondering what my own techniques are. Thanks for doing the sales letter, you\u2019re an amazing copywriter and individual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Ewen Chia<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.EwenChia.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cThere are very, very few copywriters whose copy I not only read but save so I can study it\u2026 and Ben is on that short list. In fact, <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">he\u2019s so good\u2026 he kinda pisses me off.<\/span> But don\u2019t tell him I said that. ;-)\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Ray Edwards, Direct Response Copywriter<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.RayEdwards.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cHey Ben, <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">every time I read your copy, I get jealous.<\/span> That\u2019s how good it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Ryan Healy, Direct Response Copywriter<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.RyanHealy.com<br \/>\nwww.HealyMarketing.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cBen&#8217;s emails are PERFECT examples of how to sell with email\u2026 how to be a welcome guest in someone\u2019s inbox rather than a persistent pest\u2026 how to sell with story\u2026 and how to create a persona that draws people to you like controversy to Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-David Deutsch,<\/strong><br \/>\nFreelance copywriter with multi-million<br \/>\ndollar controls for the best and biggest<br \/>\nmailing houses in the world<br \/>\nwww.ThinkingInside.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cHi Ben, I enjoy your material. Lot\u2019s of great content, interesting hooks drawing the reader in, good stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Daniel Levis<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.DanielLevis.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve read your stuff and you have some of the best hooks. You really know how to work the hook and the angles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Brian Clark<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.CopyBlogger.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you for the tips, tricks, shortcuts, insights, etc., delivered on your blog.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Peter Stone<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.PeterStoneCopy.com\/blog<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve enjoyed reading your material for many years and admire your &#8216;in the trenches&#8217;, smooth, flowing style.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Lawrence Bernstein<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.InfoMarketingBlog.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cBen\u2026your blog is always a great read, and your \u201cCopywriter\u2019s Cheat Sheet\u201d book definitely kicks ass on each of its 300 pages. In fact I\u2019d go as far to say it\u2019s one of the very few valuable resources on the net worth downloading &#8211; and way better than 99% of the stuff I\u2019ve bought over the past 12 months. Keep up the great work\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Simon Johansson<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.BillionDollarCopywriter.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cYour \u201cCopywriter\u2019s Cheat Sheet\u201d e-book was solid. Had me glued to the computer for a couple hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Matt Marshall, Direct Response Copywriter<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.MattMarshallCopy.com<br \/>\nwww.LookGoodWithNoShirt.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cWriting copy for my own projects is tough. Sometimes I\u2019m so close to the forest I can\u2019t see the trees! That\u2019s where Ben comes in. This year, he critiqued a project of mine. It was already making money, but I knew it wasn\u2019t all it could be. Ben cut through the fog and gave me some killer ideas to implement. Bottom line is, Ben\u2019s critiques are worth 5 times the price (conservatively.) If your copy is not pulling as many sales as you\u2019d hoped\u2026 hire him now!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Mike Morgan, Direct Response Copywriter<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.OutsourceCopy.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>&#8220;Dude, you are one of the coolest copywriters out there. Everything you publish rocks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-The late John Ritz<\/strong><br \/>\nDirect Response Copywriter And Consultant<br \/>\nwww.JohnRitz.com<br \/>\nwww.Marketing-Medic.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cThe Heisenberg of email\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Tobbin Poppenberg<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.TobinPhotography.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cA cross between Alec Baldwin in the movie GlenGarry-GlenRoss and Nine Inch Nails.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Casey Meyers<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.BigKahunaDealerMarketing.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve actually become the \u2018Seinfeld of email\u2019. What you\u2019ve done is managed to create a whole new field within email. The strategies you use are really complex and well thought out. I doubt most people could figure out all of the stuff you\u2019ve been doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Roger Haeske<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.SuperBeing.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cBen, even though I probably know the same copywriting and marketing \u201csecrets\u201d you do, I kept falling down flat writing my own sales letter. When I hired you, I was only expecting a 4 page sales letter. I was shocked when I received a 10-page whoop-ass sales letter and order form! Not only did you write a killer letter for me, but you included so many OTHER ways to increase my front and backend profits my head is STILL spinning with ideas weeks later! Thanks a million.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Steve Habib, Author<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cHow To Buy The Perfect Purebred Puppy\u201d<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cBen, Within just one week of applying your methods to writing a JV proposal letter, I closed two new (and very lucrative) project deals! Your advice has made me an ultra busy woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Helen Swann, Professional Writer<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.Personal-Finance-101.com<br \/>\nwww.HelenSwann.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cBen Settle&#8217;s sales letters are so powerful they make some people hate him with a passion\u2026 and others love him to pieces. But whether they hate him or love him\u2026 they simply CAN&#8217;T stop reading. THAT is how powerful Ben&#8217;s copy is. He&#8217;s THE dude to study if you want to write powerful copy that makes a bunch of money.&#8221;\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>&#8211; &#8220;Doberman&#8221; Dan Gallapoo, Direct Response Copywriter<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.DobermanDan.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cYour free \u2018Copywriter\u2019s Cheat Sheet\u2019 book is more valuable than 97.9% of the books I\u2019ve paid money for. In fact, I haven\u2019t even read the whole thing and I\u2019m already putting your tips to work on an ad I\u2019m writing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Mike Low<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.KillerMarketingTactics.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cBen, regarding the copywriting critique you gave me. I never have considered myself a copywriter in spite of the fact I am a writer. TWO different skills. And the fact I understand DM techniques does NOT mean I can write copy. That\u2019s why I knew I needed your eye. And you gave me MORE than I hoped for and I appreciate it so very much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Greg Perry, Best-Selling Author &amp; eBay Powerseller<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.BidMentor.com\/extremeebay<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cYou really do a brillant job explaining things. I have course\u2019s by the pros, and they don\u2019t tell you exactly how to do it, like you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Muna Pubari<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cYour site Rocks! I\u2019ve only read 2 of your newsletters so far and I was compelled to write you this email to say thank you! And keep up the good work!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Luke Donnelly<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cI think you\u2019re providing a fantastic service, and it\u2019s hard to put a price on it. I have a copy of \u2018Breakthrough Advertising\u2019, but I didn\u2019t really see the whole TV ad in it. So when I saw you were offering the whole ad, I was amazed and delighted. People like you inspire me a lot. Excellent service. Excellent service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Swans Paul<\/strong><br \/>\nInstantResultsAdvertising.com<br \/>\nInstant Results Advertising<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cI always look forward to reading your newsletter because \u2026 just about every issue unlocks some little gem (based on proven strategies), that\u2019s been tucked and buried away deep within the \u2018master adman\u2019s\u2019 sacred treasure chest. Like the Eugene Schwartz format, he used, to sell a book for \u2018Prevention.\u2019 Awesome! Thanks and for God\u2019s sakes tell me more!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Lee Honts<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cBen, I have found TONS of pure GOLD in your newsletters and on your website. When I see an email from you\u2026I immediately click \u2018read\u2019 because I KNOW there is going to be something in that little note\/letter that is going to help me learn something valuable. If you know a valuable secret or resource, you always share it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Bill Chipps<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.WebCopyDoctor.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cI found the link to your newsletter website this evening and I couldn\u2019t stop until I read them all! I enjoyed everything you wrote and see several ways to improve my copywriting. Now I\u2019m in deep sh*t, because I gotta get up early and get to work!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Rob Dunn<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.PerfectProduct.cjb.net<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cBen, I was amazed you could find things about our project, \u2018Silver Bells\u2019, we hadn\u2019t even thought of. Next time I produce another product or special interest item, I\u2019m calling you before I even think of writing the first advertisement!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Janet Fisher<\/strong><br \/>\nGoodnight Kiss Music (BMI)<br \/>\nwww.GoodNightKiss.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cDear Ben, I have stopped keeping myself a secret, and one day at a time, I am learning to promote my self using your advice!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Irma Gonzalez, Debt Consultant<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.StopYourDebt.net<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cI absolutely loved your sales letters. These are *exactly* what we need to achieve our goal. No-one even comes close to your standard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Rebecca Rogers, The Online Marketing Library<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.TheOnlineMarketingLibrary.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cBen, Thanks for taking my rambling words, studying my web sites, and turning everything into a dynamite sales letter. You were also a delight to work with which made the process so much easier for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Joann Javons<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.AttractClients.com<br \/>\nwww.Private-Practice-Marketing.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cBen, I love your newsletter and it is in my always \u2018read-every-word\u2019 category. There are very few in this category because so many are simply a regurgitation of everything else on the Internet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Carolyn Winslow<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.Winassoc.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cBen, You include good tips not found anywhere else. Even if I have seen some it before, you seem to present it from a fresh perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Andy Havens<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.Christian-Business-Central.com\/YEM<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWOW! Your newsletter just keeps getting better and better, and is one of the most amazing websites\/ezines I have seen yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Ed Allen<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cHands down you have one of the best sites on the web.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-David Dutton<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.TheJointVentureMan.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cThank you for all the great tips! This is stuff I can actually USE and not just read, nod and file away. They are proving invaluable as I learn about copywriting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Karen Haley<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cBen, your free \u2018Copywriters Cheat Sheet\u2019 book is great stuff. The info in it is worth over $100. In fact, I\u2019ve paid $79 and $99 for far less good info.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-John Gilger, Freelance Copywriter<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.JGilger.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cI am so glad that I found your website. It has already been an extremely valuable resource for me in my first stages of learning copy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Tammy Mays<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cBen you have one of the best BLOG\/newsletters around. I always look forward to seeing your name in my inbox.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Norm Blankenship<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cI really enjoy your writings and teachings. I\u2019ve been involved as a direct response copywriter and marketing cosultant for 27 years. I find you have some very interesting and refreshing insights. Keep \u2018em coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Rick Anderson<\/strong><br \/>\nCreative Image Advertising<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cBen, I spent 31 years as a reporter and bureau chief at The Wall Street Journal and now handle writing\/editing for corporate clients at a major PR firm. I really enjoy your insights and interviews. And I\u2019m glad I found your blog.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;<strong>Tim Schellhardt<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cBen, you really know how to over-deliver and create value for your subscribers. You deliver so much value that I never want to NOT be on your list!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Winston Yap<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.NicheTrafficSystem.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cWhen it comes to keeping up with all the new stuff in direct marketing and copywriting, there\u2019s 3 main sources I always rely on. The ones that never let me down. The Total Package is one\u2026Bencivenga Bullets is the other\u2026and Ben Settle\u2019s excellent blog \u2014 his stuff is wickedly good!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Adam Carroll, Direct Response Copywriter<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cIn the past month I\u2019ve picked through your site and I can\u2019t believe I\u2019ve gone this long without reading it. As I approach online marketing more seriously now, what I learn from you is going to be priceless!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Lisa Alexander<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.AboutLisaAlexander.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cI have several of Ben\u2019s products and I have to say, hands-down, he provides better, more relevant, and more up to date copywriting and marketing content than anyone else out there\u2026and his products are a real value when you compare them to those high-priced \u201cguru-type\u201d courses. Ben has helped me create significant sales increases for my copywriting clients. I\u2019m sure they\u2019ll do the same for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Brian Flatt, Copywriter<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cDude you kick butt, I love your blog, courses, and interviews. You are a true asset to a copywriter. The people you have interviewed are all unique, you\u2019re asking them the things we all need to know\u2026 and to top it off, you know how to get a lot out of them every single time. You are the man!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Don Dubose<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBen Settle is one of the premier copywriters of the 21st century, period. While the opportunity may be rare to hire Ben to write copy for your business\u2026if you are fortunate enough to do just that, JUMP at the opportunity. Your business will thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Joseph Ratliff<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.JosephRatliff.name<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cOf all the top-notch copywriters, you are one of the most ethical and generous. In fact, you have TOO MUCH CONTENT. I can\u2019t keep up with a tenth of it anymore, and find myself gathering gems on your site instead of working on my clients\u2019 copywriting projects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Dr. Jack Booman<\/strong><br \/>\nFreelance Copywriter<br \/>\nexpomktg (at) acegroup.cc<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cI just crammed my iPod with audio interviews off your site. I\u2019ve heard of charitable contributions, but you\u2019ve taken generosity to another level. After listening to just a few minutes of the first interview, I knew I had stumbled upon a treasure chest of marketing gold. Thank you!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Tom Trush<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.WriteWaySolutions.com<br \/>\nwww.TomTrush.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cI love to see what you&#8217;re going to write, every day I get one of these emails. Your thoughts and insights always make copywriting more challenging, inspiring and just plain fun. Can&#8217;t wait till my copy of the Copywriting Grab Bag\u00a0arrives!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Marya Miller<\/strong><br \/>\nSalescopywriting.org<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cYou, Ben, are worth more than your weight in gold. No. There is no price for what you know and give to your readers. Your honesty and being one of the &#8216;good ole boys&#8217; goes beyond words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Shirley Bass<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.GiftBasketJewels.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>&#8220;Ben writes some of the most compelling sales copy I&#8217;ve ever read. In our mastermind group we often exchange sales letters and critique each other. Every time Ben asks for a critique I stop what I&#8217;m doing and read his letter on the edge of my seat. He is an excellent copywriter who <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">has taken the art of persuasion to a whole new level.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-John &#8220;Angel&#8221; Anghelache<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.JohnAnghelache.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cBen is one of the few people I read and listen to regularly because he\u2019s ALWAYS got interesting and useful stuff to share.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Jon McCulloch, Direct Response Copywriter<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.JonMcCulloch.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m saving quite a few of your emails into a folder on my Eudora &#8211; because studying them is ITSELF an education into marketing by email.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>-Dr. Mani Sivasubramanian<\/strong><br \/>\nwww.DrMani.com<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;His advice has ALWAYS helped increase sales. 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