{"id":112,"date":"2008-04-21T01:22:15","date_gmt":"2008-04-21T01:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/sociopathic-list-pimp\/"},"modified":"2008-04-21T01:22:15","modified_gmt":"2008-04-21T01:22:15","slug":"sociopathic-list-pimp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/sociopathic-list-pimp\/","title":{"rendered":"Sociopathic List Pimp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not long ago, a man accused me of &#8220;pimping&#8221; my list.<\/p>\n<p>He said I was turning into a &#8220;vicious, soulless, profit-mongering pimp robot&#8221; because I started selling other peoples&#8217; products as an <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.AffiliateTrumpCard.com\">affiliate<\/a><\/strong> &#8212; and not purely giving away endless amounts of valuable free content or, at the very least, only selling my own products.<\/p>\n<p>Now, personally, I think the guy&#8217;s crazy.<\/p>\n<p>But still&#8230; I&#8217;m curious what you think about this.<\/p>\n<p>Was this dude on to something?<\/p>\n<p>When I offer you products, do you feel like I&#8217;m &#8220;pimping&#8221; you just for a fast sale?<\/p>\n<p>Or&#8230; maybe you think I don&#8217;t make enough offers?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve actually been accused of <em>both<\/em> (can&#8217;t please everyone).<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re willing, I&#8217;d really appreciate hearing what you think about this (<strong>especially if you think I AM being a list pimp<\/strong>) in the comments section below&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not long ago, a man accused me of &#8220;pimping&#8221; my list. 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