{"id":13677,"date":"2019-05-30T07:10:53","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T14:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=13677"},"modified":"2019-05-30T07:10:53","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T14:10:53","slug":"the-secret-email-players-plot-formula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/the-secret-email-players-plot-formula\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret Email Players Plot Formula"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let me tell you about one of the greatest website that ever existed:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuper Shadow\u201d (dot com)<\/p>\n<p>This was a site that operated for many, many years, by a bloke (or several blokes) pretending to be a guy with direct access to George Lucas, and having inside knowledge of all-things Star Wars.<\/p>\n<p>I used to read it every day for entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>As, it was one of the funniest sites I ever saw.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, I still use the wayback machine site to read it for kicks. It was absolutely hilarious, and even more amusing how so many people really believed it was what it claimed to be.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, some of the site\u2019s highlights included:<\/p>\n<p>* A picture of Super Shadow\u2019s girlfriend<\/p>\n<p>* The plot to episodes 7 and beyond<\/p>\n<p>* Princess Lea bikini photos<\/p>\n<p>* Interviews with George Lucas (some of the finest infotainment I think I\u2019ve ever seen anywhere, as he made Lucas out to be a greedy billionaire with no neck, bullying fans into spending more money on Star Wars merchandise and tickets to line his pockets as he dated super models and drove sports cars)<\/p>\n<p>* And, of course, the infamous Star Wars plot formula<\/p>\n<p>Despite the satire nature of the site, I found the plot formula Super Shadow had to be not only extremely accurate and detailed\u2026 but also extremely helpful later on in business, too.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what I mean:<\/p>\n<p>The Star Wars plot formula is what made Star Wars tick.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, whenever movies stray from a proven formula they tend to not only do way worse at the box office, but anger fans, and do nothing but waste sometimes years of time and emotional investment in the stories.<\/p>\n<p>(Hat tip to Game of Thrones\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I have found this to be the same in business, too.<\/p>\n<p>This could just be my case, admittedly.<\/p>\n<p>But whenever I\u2019ve created a business plan and business model that works, then strayed from it, tried to get cute &amp; creative with it, or outright betray it\u2026 elBenbo\u2019s own box office gross has always suffered.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s no different with the business model I use today.<\/p>\n<p>The more I stick with it, the most my business grows.<\/p>\n<p>The less I stick to it, the more my business shrinks.<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t say anyone else will or will not have the same experience. But, I am teaching my business model (\u201cplot formula\u201d) in the June \u201cEmail Players\u201d issue. It\u2019s also based on simplicity, sending a lot of emails, and having a lot of offers.<\/p>\n<p>So if you can\u2019t swing those things, it won\u2019t do you any good.<\/p>\n<p>If you can, it could very well add many rupees to your box office gross, too.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline to get this issue in time is tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>After that, it\u2019ll be too late.<\/p>\n<p>To get it in time, make the jump to light speed here:<\/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>Let me tell you about one of the greatest website that ever existed: \u201cSuper Shadow\u201d (dot com) This was a site that operated for many, many years, by a bloke (or several blokes) pretending to be a guy with direct access to George Lucas, and having inside knowledge of all-things Star Wars. 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