{"id":15126,"date":"2023-04-18T09:24:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T16:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=15070"},"modified":"2023-04-18T09:24:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T16:24:06","slug":"depression-era-screenwriter-reveals-best-kind-of-business-to-have-in-rotten-economies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/depression-era-screenwriter-reveals-best-kind-of-business-to-have-in-rotten-economies\/","title":{"rendered":"Depression-era screenwriter reveals best kind of business to have in rotten economies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I was reading an interview with an eccentric screen writer who grew up in the Great Depression named Philip Yordan in the book \u201cBack Story 2.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fascinating guy to say the least.<\/p>\n<p>And he said something that anyone \u2014 newbie or seasoned pro \u2014 in the marketing game could potentially use to exploit the buckling economy when it all goes kablooey and the reality of Great Depression 2.0 finally settles in.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what he said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cLife was very hard, very difficult, especially in the Depression. It didn\u2019t affect us because my dad got into the beauty supply business and that was excellent throughout the Depression, because any girl that could raise seventy-five cents would go get her hair set.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Anyway, something to think about when SHTF:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find a painful, urgent problem in beauty-related niche to solve<\/li>\n<li>License or create offer that solves it<\/li>\n<li>Build &amp; grow email list<\/li>\n<li>Email list daily selling that offer<\/li>\n<li>Sell those buyers something else<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Email ain\u2019t going anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>And I predict it\u2019ll be even more important than ever in the coming days, weeks, months, and, yes, years \u2026 as the economy melts down, as customers denied cheap credit become more discerning than ever\u2026 and as people realize the shoddy foundation selling just on social media really is.<\/p>\n<p>If you have no list start building it now.<\/p>\n<p>If you do have a list, grow it more aggressively than you do now.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to learn how to write emails that sell to that list, check out:<\/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 I was reading an interview with an eccentric screen writer who grew up in the Great Depression named Philip Yordan in the book \u201cBack Story 2.\u201d Fascinating guy to say the least. 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