A question about Facebook appears:<\/p>\n
Just subscribed, thanks to Russel B\u2019s Dot Com Secrets book. I love email, it\u2019s our main marketing and sales channel, and I\u2019m looking to up the frequency and regular sales, hence joining your newsletter.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Quick question: I just saw in one of your blog posts “Been almost 4 years since using any of the big free social media sites.\u201d – We\u2019re on them, barely ever used them properly, make crappy or zero sales from them and don\u2019t love them, but keep getting drawn back to FB as a place \u2018my people hang out so I should be there\u2019 doing things.<\/strong><\/p>\n
We get 99% of our leads and buyers (Spanish courses) from word of mouth, our podcasts and a bit of YT, but how do I finally get the confidence\/give myself permission to ditch FB? How did you give them up four years ago?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I ditched it mostly after realizing just how dumb it makes a lot of people.<\/p>\n
In my opinion it’s the digital equivalent of the old west opium dens.<\/p>\n
And a quick Google search will show you it was designed that way.<\/p>\n
I’m not just talking about otherwise intelligent people who get caught up in the platform’s time suck trap. But it somehow manages to even dumb down trolls – which is quite the accomplishment considering they are already an emotionally damaged & dim-witted lot.<\/p>\n
I doubt heavy Facebook users can really see what it’s doing to their brains, IQs, emotions, hormones, attention spans, or productivity.<\/p>\n
In fact, they will no doubt insist they are different.<\/p>\n
And that they can “handle” it.<\/p>\n
After all, isn’t that what all addicts say?<\/p>\n
But people who’ve deleted their Facebook know exactly what I speak of.<\/p>\n
So here’s my advice:<\/p>\n
If you really believe having a lower IQ, butchering your attention span, and catering to the dopamine addicts in your market is worth whatever benefits you are getting on Facebook then maybe you should stay there.<\/p>\n
If not, get off there and spend that time more productively.<\/p>\n
Like, for example:<\/p>\n
Invest that time you currently spend reading and posting content on Facebook on writing and sending more emails, creating more offers, and doing high payout activity instead.<\/p>\n
I have a sneaking suspicion you’ll make more sales…<\/p>\n
To learn how to write emails that sell go here:<\/p>\n