{"id":12891,"date":"2018-04-29T19:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T02:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=12891"},"modified":"2018-04-29T19:00:06","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T02:00:06","slug":"the-worlds-greatest-living-troll-vs-the-worlds-greatest-living-copywriter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/the-worlds-greatest-living-troll-vs-the-worlds-greatest-living-copywriter\/","title":{"rendered":"The World&#8217;s Greatest Living Troll vs The World&#8217;s Greatest Living Copywriter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, two windfalls happened to Yours Lucky.<\/p>\n<p>First, I got trolled by arguably the single greatest troll who\u2019s ever lived.<\/p>\n<p>It was almost as if God put him on earth just to amuse, entertain, and enrich me.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, not only did he make me sales in his troll video (where he amusingly called me a &#8220;cocksucker&#8221; and other creative descriptions, while unintentionally revealing his envy for my business model at the same time), but he strengthened the bond with my audience in ways I could never have done without his help. I love this old troll so much, I am thinking of sending him something Valuable to help him troll me even better next time.<\/p>\n<p>(Probably a camera stand so it doesn&#8217;t shake so much.)<\/p>\n<p>And the second piece of good luck?<\/p>\n<p>In one of those random juxtapositions of life, the exact opposite of the above:<\/p>\n<p>Less than a week later, the man who is universally considered to be the world\u2019s greatest living copywriter Gary Bencivenga (easily my all-time favorite copywriter) graciously gave me permission to use this testimonial:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cGood copy intoxicates me. Yours is high proof. I\u2019m enjoying it.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He also graciously autographed for me a couple pieces of direct mail he wrote. (A couple bookalog controls I kept since the 90\u2019s, before I even knew what copywriting was, I just found them too fascinating to throw away \u2014 which demonstrates how well what he teaches works and, in fact, he talks about these two magalogs his magnificent Farewell DVD\u2019s).<\/p>\n<p>There were some other great things that happened, too.<\/p>\n<p>Such as being invited to speak at AWAI&#8217;s Bootcamp again.<\/p>\n<p>Having one of my most successful product launches to date.<\/p>\n<p>And, we&#8217;re gearing up to re-launch another business I&#8217;m involved in (in the golf niche).<\/p>\n<p>So, twas a great month indeed.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, since I&#8217;m already writing this blatantly self-serving email, here&#8217;s more:<\/p>\n<p>The May \u201cEmail Players\u201d issue shows you exactly how to compete (and dominate in) markets where everyone gives information free on YouTube, etc, where people ask you \u201cwhy should I buy from you, when XYZ guy on YouTube gives everything to me free?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not only will you be immune to it, but you\u2019ll profit from it.<\/p>\n<p>And, all it takes is knowing a few ways of doing plain text emails.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline to get this issue is tomorrow, here&#8217;s where to get in on time:<\/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>Recently, two windfalls happened to Yours Lucky. First, I got trolled by arguably the single greatest troll who\u2019s ever lived. It was almost as if God put him on earth just to amuse, entertain, and enrich me. 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