Early last year, I got contacted by a bloke with a big email list wanting to hire me for consulting. My initial response was what I tell everyone wanting to hire me for consulting:<\/p>\n
“Negative.”<\/p>\n
For one, I don\u2019t particularly like talking to people.<\/p>\n
Even friends & family know text or email is best.<\/p>\n
And for another:<\/p>\n
I simply have never found consulting worth my time. After all, the hour I spend consulting someone, I could assemble and mail an offer to my own list that would make me much more of the green stuff than a consulting fee \u2014 unless I charged several hundred dollars per hour for such a service, I suppose, and even then it\u2019s just not something I enjoy.<\/p>\n
But then, a light-bulb flickered in my devious mind, and I emailed him back:<\/p>\n
\u201cHow about this, I consult you for an hour in exchange for you mailing your list about me, and referring them to check out my website?”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Long story short:<\/p>\n
He enthusiastically agreed.<\/p>\n
And, he not only mailed his list about me, but was so happy with the results, he made a YouTube video, too.<\/p>\n
\u201cFast forward\u201d a few months later:<\/p>\n
I tested making the same offer to my \u201cEmail Players\u201d subscribers.<\/p>\n
And, while it was quite exhausting (I foolishly did multiple calls in the same days I did them), it wasn\u2019t the hellish experience I was envisioning, and even caught myself having a bit of fun.<\/p>\n
Which brings me to today:<\/p>\n
I\u2019m now making that same offer to my main email list (i.e. you):<\/p>\n
If you qualify, I\u2019ll give you an hour of consulting about anything I\u2019m qualified to talk about \u2014 nothing held back, \u201cuncut\u201d and uncensored \u2014 in exchange for you emailing your list to opt-in at www.BenSettle.com.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s how it works:<\/p>\n
1. You must have an email list of at least 5,000 online business owners who both would be interested in the kind of info I write about and sell, and also who hear from you regularly via *email*. If you are one of these guys or ghouls who only uses social media and never emails, it ain\u2019t gonna happen. That weeds out probably 95% of people reading this<\/p>\n
2. You mail your list first, then we will do the consult<\/p>\n
3. You can record and use the consult as content, a bonus\/premium, even sell it if you want, it\u2019s totally yours, and will be recorded on your zoom or skype or whatever, not by me<\/p>\n
The deadline to respond to this is tomorrow night (2\/16) by midnight EST.<\/p>\n
My time is limited though, and I won\u2019t be doing this for very many people. Frankly, if nobody reading this qualifies, I would not exactly lose sleep over it.<\/p>\n
But, depending on the demand, this offer will almost certainly end way sooner than the deadline.<\/p>\n
So I do not recommend putting this off even a single minute if you do qualify and want in on this.<\/p>\n
To get the ball rolling, reply back with the details on your list before the deadline with the specifics about what kind of business people are on your list, what they like to buy\/learn, size of it, and how often you mail it.<\/p>\n
If it sounds like a good deal to me, we\u2019ll make it happen.<\/p>\n
If not, we won\u2019t.<\/p>\n
Ben Settle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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