{"id":1405,"date":"2009-01-12T16:40:49","date_gmt":"2009-01-12T16:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=1405"},"modified":"2009-01-12T16:40:49","modified_gmt":"2009-01-12T16:40:49","slug":"tightwad-marketing-secret-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/tightwad-marketing-secret-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Tightwad Marketing Secret #7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re finally at the end:<\/p>\n<p>The 7th &#8220;Tightwad Marketing&#8221; secret.<\/p>\n<p>In a lot of ways, this is probably the eaziest and most practical of them all.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with a customer list (and a <em>pulse<\/em>) can make it work.<\/p>\n<p>And once you get the hang of it, you can create &#8220;instant cash flow&#8221; whenever you want &#8212; without raising your prices, finding new customers or even getting a loan.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, what am I talking about?<\/p>\n<p><center><strong>Customer Reactivation<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p>This lets you give yourself a pay raise almost at will.<\/p>\n<p>I have seen as much as 30% of old customers (i.e. people who have bought from you once, but who you have not heard from since) be &#8220;reactivated&#8221; with just one or two well crafted reactivation sales letters.<\/p>\n<p>And the best part is, it&#8217;s simple.<\/p>\n<p><strong>REALLY simple.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You basically just contact your dormant (or as I call &#8217;em, &#8220;hibernating&#8221;) customers who have bought from you in the past (but who you haven&#8217;t heard from since), with a <em>generous<\/em> &#8220;can&#8217;t refuse&#8221; offer.  <\/p>\n<p>One so generous you might only break even on it.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, why not?<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to spend any extra money to get these customers.<\/p>\n<p>They have already expressed interest in you and your stuff before.<\/p>\n<p>And in a lot of cases, all they need is a good &#8220;excuse&#8221; to buy from you again.<\/p>\n<p>After that (if you nurture them right) they will many times <strong>KEEP<\/strong> buying from you for <em>years<\/em> in the future.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s just a great way to jump start your cash flow.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s about it.<\/p>\n<p>This past week you&#8217;ve seen 7 cool &#8220;tightwad&#8221; marketing secrets.<\/p>\n<p>Each is a snap to implement.<\/p>\n<p>And each is designed to put moolah in your pocket quickly, easily and cheaply (usually free).<\/p>\n<p>I hope ya profit handsomely from them.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S.<\/strong> If you want even MORE tightwad marketing secrets, check out the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BenSettle.com\/blog\/how-to-get-packed-with-new-business-in-21-days-or-less\">interview<\/a><\/strong> at:<\/p>\n<p><center><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BenSettle.com\/blog\/how-to-get-packed-with-new-business-in-21-days-or-less\">www.BenSettle.com\/blog\/how-to-get-packed-with-new-business-in-21-days-or-less<\/a><\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>P.P.S.<\/strong> Next time&#8230; something completely different.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re finally at the end: The 7th &#8220;Tightwad Marketing&#8221; secret. In a lot of ways, this is probably the eaziest and most practical of them all. Anyone with a customer list (and a pulse) can make it work. And once you get the hang of it, you can create &#8220;instant cash flow&#8221; whenever you want [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-copywriting-and-sales-letters"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We&#039;re finally at the end: The 7th &quot;Tightwad Marketing&quot; secret. In a lot of ways, this is probably the eaziest and most practical of them all. Anyone with a customer list (and a pulse) can make it work. And once you get the hang of it, you can create &quot;instant cash flow&quot; whenever you want\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ben Settle\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/tightwad-marketing-secret-7\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.9\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ben Settle -\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tightwad Marketing Secret #7 - Ben Settle\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We&#039;re finally at the end: The 7th &quot;Tightwad Marketing&quot; secret. In a lot of ways, this is probably the eaziest and most practical of them all. Anyone with a customer list (and a pulse) can make it work. And once you get the hang of it, you can create &quot;instant cash flow&quot; whenever you want\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/tightwad-marketing-secret-7\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-01-12T16:40:49+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2009-01-12T16:40:49+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Tightwad Marketing Secret #7 - Ben Settle\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"We&#039;re finally at the end: The 7th &quot;Tightwad Marketing&quot; secret. In a lot of ways, this is probably the eaziest and most practical of them all. Anyone with a customer list (and a pulse) can make it work. And once you get the hang of it, you can create &quot;instant cash flow&quot; whenever you want\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog\\\/tightwad-marketing-secret-7\\\/#blogposting\",\"name\":\"Tightwad Marketing Secret #7 - Ben Settle\",\"headline\":\"Tightwad Marketing Secret #7\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/ben-settle\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-01-12T16:40:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-01-12T16:40:49+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"commentCount\":3,\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog\\\/tightwad-marketing-secret-7\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog\\\/tightwad-marketing-secret-7\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Copywriting\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog\\\/tightwad-marketing-secret-7\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/copywriting-and-sales-letters\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Copywriting\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/copywriting-and-sales-letters\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Copywriting\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/copywriting-and-sales-letters\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog\\\/tightwad-marketing-secret-7\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Tightwad Marketing Secret #7\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog\\\/tightwad-marketing-secret-7\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Tightwad Marketing Secret #7\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/copywriting-and-sales-letters\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Copywriting\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ben Settle\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/ben-settle\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/ben-settle\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ben Settle\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog\\\/tightwad-marketing-secret-7\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5b41e5a7b56ff3ef2863efb96b60feb917a13ead5504ea75e8cd43c818d75f7a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Ben Settle\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog\\\/tightwad-marketing-secret-7\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog\\\/tightwad-marketing-secret-7\\\/\",\"name\":\"Tightwad Marketing Secret #7 - Ben Settle\",\"description\":\"We're finally at the end: The 7th \\\"Tightwad Marketing\\\" secret. In a lot of ways, this is probably the eaziest and most practical of them all. Anyone with a customer list (and a pulse) can make it work. And once you get the hang of it, you can create \\\"instant cash flow\\\" whenever you want\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog\\\/tightwad-marketing-secret-7\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/ben-settle\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/ben-settle\\\/#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-01-12T16:40:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-01-12T16:40:49+00:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ben Settle\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bensettle.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Tightwad Marketing Secret #7 - Ben Settle","description":"We're finally at the end: The 7th \"Tightwad Marketing\" secret. In a lot of ways, this is probably the eaziest and most practical of them all. Anyone with a customer list (and a pulse) can make it work. And once you get the hang of it, you can create \"instant cash flow\" whenever you want","canonical_url":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/tightwad-marketing-secret-7\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/tightwad-marketing-secret-7\/#blogposting","name":"Tightwad Marketing Secret #7 - Ben Settle","headline":"Tightwad Marketing Secret #7","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/author\/ben-settle\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/#organization"},"datePublished":"2009-01-12T16:40:49+00:00","dateModified":"2009-01-12T16:40:49+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","commentCount":3,"mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/tightwad-marketing-secret-7\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/tightwad-marketing-secret-7\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"Copywriting"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/tightwad-marketing-secret-7\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/category\/copywriting-and-sales-letters\/#listItem","name":"Copywriting"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/category\/copywriting-and-sales-letters\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Copywriting","item":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/category\/copywriting-and-sales-letters\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/tightwad-marketing-secret-7\/#listItem","name":"Tightwad Marketing Secret #7"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/tightwad-marketing-secret-7\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"Tightwad Marketing Secret #7","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/category\/copywriting-and-sales-letters\/#listItem","name":"Copywriting"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Ben Settle","url":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/author\/ben-settle\/#author","url":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/author\/ben-settle\/","name":"Ben Settle","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/tightwad-marketing-secret-7\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5b41e5a7b56ff3ef2863efb96b60feb917a13ead5504ea75e8cd43c818d75f7a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Ben Settle"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/tightwad-marketing-secret-7\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/tightwad-marketing-secret-7\/","name":"Tightwad Marketing Secret #7 - Ben Settle","description":"We're finally at the end: The 7th \"Tightwad Marketing\" secret. In a lot of ways, this is probably the eaziest and most practical of them all. Anyone with a customer list (and a pulse) can make it work. And once you get the hang of it, you can create \"instant cash flow\" whenever you want","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/tightwad-marketing-secret-7\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/author\/ben-settle\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/author\/ben-settle\/#author"},"datePublished":"2009-01-12T16:40:49+00:00","dateModified":"2009-01-12T16:40:49+00:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/","name":"Ben Settle","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Ben Settle -","og:type":"article","og:title":"Tightwad Marketing Secret #7 - Ben Settle","og:description":"We're finally at the end: The 7th &quot;Tightwad Marketing&quot; secret. In a lot of ways, this is probably the eaziest and most practical of them all. Anyone with a customer list (and a pulse) can make it work. And once you get the hang of it, you can create &quot;instant cash flow&quot; whenever you want","og:url":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/tightwad-marketing-secret-7\/","article:published_time":"2009-01-12T16:40:49+00:00","article:modified_time":"2009-01-12T16:40:49+00:00","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"Tightwad Marketing Secret #7 - Ben Settle","twitter:description":"We're finally at the end: The 7th &quot;Tightwad Marketing&quot; secret. In a lot of ways, this is probably the eaziest and most practical of them all. Anyone with a customer list (and a pulse) can make it work. And once you get the hang of it, you can create &quot;instant cash flow&quot; whenever you want"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"1405","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2023-09-10 11:37:09","updated":"2025-06-24 20:59:51","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/category\/copywriting-and-sales-letters\/\" title=\"Copywriting\">Copywriting<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tTightwad Marketing Secret #7\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog"},{"label":"Copywriting","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/category\/copywriting-and-sales-letters\/"},{"label":"Tightwad Marketing Secret #7","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/tightwad-marketing-secret-7\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}