{"id":1676,"date":"2009-03-24T17:03:17","date_gmt":"2009-03-24T17:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=1676"},"modified":"2009-03-24T17:03:17","modified_gmt":"2009-03-24T17:03:17","slug":"how-to-be-an-email-marketing-stud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/how-to-be-an-email-marketing-stud\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Be An Email Marketing Stud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I swear&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>Something&#8217;s in the air besides <em>Spring<\/em> right now.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve suddenly been getting a TON of quextions about <strong>email<\/strong> copywriting &#038; marketing.<\/p>\n<p>Such as why do I send DAILY emails instead of weekly or monthly?<\/p>\n<p>Why do I **butcher** the English language so much?<\/p>\n<p>And how come I sometimes do the exact opposite of what many of the &#8220;goo-roos&#8221; do?<\/p>\n<p>But you know what? <\/p>\n<p>By FAR the most axed question has been:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Ben, do you have an email course or system I can buy?&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And the answer is &#8220;no&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>As much as I LOVE email marketing (more than any other kind), I doubt I&#8217;ll ever have a course.<\/p>\n<p>Even if I did, it&#8217;d be very, very <em>expensive<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>And probably only available to people who have bought my <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.CopywritingGrabBag.com\">copywriting book<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>But here&#8217;s the <em>good<\/em> newz:<\/p>\n<p>I have NO problem telling you who my biggest email influences are.<\/p>\n<p>The email &#8220;studs&#8221; I&#8217;ve learned and made the most moolah from.<\/p>\n<p>So without further ado, here goes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.  Matt Furey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Matt is numero uno for me.<\/p>\n<p>I spent 5 years trying to &#8220;reverse engineer&#8221; his emails with no luck.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the more I tried, the <strong>WORSE<\/strong> my results.<\/p>\n<p>After I got his big course last year, it all &#8220;clicked&#8221; (no pun intended).<\/p>\n<p>See, you cannot learn MF&#8217;s system just by reading his emails.  <\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a powerful mindset and **strategy** behind them.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, if you can find his course (it doesn&#8217;t seem to be for sale right now) snatch that sucker.  <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m on my 9th time through it and am <strong>STILL<\/strong> pulling gems out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.  Terry Dean<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Terry is one of email marketing&#8217;s &#8220;pioneers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In fact, a lot of the Internet marketing and email stuff we all take for granted today came from Terry&#8217;s sweat and hard work.<\/p>\n<p>And his <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bensettle.com\/email\" rel=\"noopener\">email course<\/a><\/strong> (which is &#8220;chump change&#8221; compared to what you get) reveals ALL the cool things he&#8217;s learned from his testing with his and his client&#8217;s giant Internet marketing businesses.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s truly a &#8220;gold mine&#8221; of insights and advanced email strategies.<\/p>\n<p>You can grab it at:<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.BenSettle.com\/email\" rel=\"noopener\">www.BenSettle.com\/email<\/a>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3.  Jay White<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re on any &#8220;guru&#8221; lists, you&#8217;re already reading Jay&#8217;s emails.<\/p>\n<p>His clients include dudes like Alex Mandossian, Stephen Pierce, Rich Schefren, Jeff Walker, and a bunch of other &#8220;players.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And you wanna know what?<\/p>\n<p>Jay just created his own course that he sells via AWAI (just google it and you can find it pretty easy).<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, if you&#8217;re interested in taking your email marketing to the next &#8220;level&#8221;, these 3 guys come with my HIGHEST recommendation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If nothing else, hop on their <em>lists<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just seeing these guys do their thing is an <em>advanced<\/em> email copywriting education in itself.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 6-18-10:<\/strong>  I have since changed my mind and DID create an email course.  It&#8217;s pretty expensive, and not meant for everyone.  However, if you&#8217;re interested go to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.StreetSmartEmail.com\">www.StreetSmartEmail.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I swear&#8230; Something&#8217;s in the air besides Spring right now. I&#8217;ve suddenly been getting a TON of quextions about email copywriting &#038; marketing. Such as why do I send DAILY emails instead of weekly or monthly? Why do I **butcher** the English language so much? 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