{"id":12830,"date":"2018-03-29T08:14:11","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T15:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=12830"},"modified":"2018-03-29T08:14:11","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T15:14:11","slug":"courtesy-warning-this-post-contains-gruesome-information-you-cant-unsee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/courtesy-warning-this-post-contains-gruesome-information-you-cant-unsee\/","title":{"rendered":"Courtesy Warning: This Post Contains Gruesome Information You Can&#8217;t &#8220;Unsee&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last few public speaking gigs I did, I gave my \u201cVillains\u201d talk about email.<\/p>\n<p>(Probably the most profitable info I hav ever used.)<\/p>\n<p>And, one of the things I talk about in that speech is TURP surgery. (Not to be confused with TRUMP, although the liberals&#8217;ll probably find it just as painful.) It\u2019s a gruesome procedure people with severe prostate problems sometimes undergo. Basically, what happens is, the doctors stick a sharp instrument down&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Wait.<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t really want to hear about that do you?<\/p>\n<p>No?<\/p>\n<p>Good.<\/p>\n<p>Because I don\u2019t really want to write about it, or even think about it. (Probably, you already know where it is headed, and cannot &#8220;unsee&#8221; it, though. I tried to warn you in the subject line&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>So why am I bringing it up?<\/p>\n<p>Because there\u2019s a way to use this surgery to bond with your list in ways your competition never will (regardless if they are a man or woman, or have a prostate or not).<\/p>\n<p>And, you want to know something?<\/p>\n<p>The April \u201cEmail Players\u201d issue contains another exciting bonus training called:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cRavings of an Adman!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And, in this training I tell you all about it.<\/p>\n<p>(Yes, even the gross parts, but you can simply not read that.)<\/p>\n<p>I also show you how to use this knowledge to make your emails pull lots of response, even if you don\u2019t make a single claim.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s in the April issue.<\/p>\n<p>And, that\u2019s only if you are subscribed before the looming deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the link:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.EmailPlayers.com\"><strong>www.EmailPlayers.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last few public speaking gigs I did, I gave my \u201cVillains\u201d talk about email. 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