{"id":10203,"date":"2015-09-24T06:30:26","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T13:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=10203"},"modified":"2015-09-24T06:30:26","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T13:30:26","slug":"admit-it-you-love-it-when-i-tease-you-like-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/admit-it-you-love-it-when-i-tease-you-like-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Admit It, You Love It When I Tease You Like This"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Time for me to tease you a bit:<\/p>\n<p>A few months back, \u201cEmail Players\u201d subscriber and one of Australia\u2019s top copywriting and marketing minds Pete Godfrey and his co-host \u201cEmail Players\u201d subscriber Blake Sterling interviewed me for Pete\u2019s podcast.<\/p>\n<p>And one of the questions asked was:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cWhat\u2019s the sort of one big thing that you say that\u2019s missing from most people\u2019s emails?\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>An excellent question.<\/p>\n<p>And, instead of giving the usual answer I would probably normally give, or that other email experts would give (practical and technical advice, etc), I decided to go a totally different direction with something that popped up in my mind on the spot. Something that has made my obnoxious self probably 10 (even 20) times more sales than I would otherwise. It\u2019s also something I had, until that moment, not consciously thought about, but that I realized I\u2019d been doing for years on purpose just as a matter of bonding with my list.<\/p>\n<p>What was this all-magical answer?<\/p>\n<p>That, my friend, is in the October \u201cEmail Players\u201d issue.<\/p>\n<p>I know, I know.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m an awful human being for teasing you like this.<\/p>\n<p>But, that\u2019s just how it goes sometimes.<\/p>\n<p>The next issue goes to the printer in a few days.<\/p>\n<p>Nab it here while there\u2019s still time:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.EmailPlayers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.EmailPlayers.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time for me to tease you a bit: A few months back, \u201cEmail Players\u201d subscriber and one of Australia\u2019s top copywriting and marketing minds Pete Godfrey and his co-host \u201cEmail Players\u201d subscriber Blake Sterling interviewed me for Pete\u2019s podcast. 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