{"id":1977,"date":"2009-05-08T16:03:31","date_gmt":"2009-05-08T16:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=1977"},"modified":"2009-05-08T16:03:31","modified_gmt":"2009-05-08T16:03:31","slug":"marketing-tips-from-the-shower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/marketing-tips-from-the-shower\/","title":{"rendered":"Marketing Tips From The Shower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just got this question from a subscriber today.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re struggling to get started in your business, or just can&#8217;t seem to make things happen right now, then you may find it helpful.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, here goes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION:<\/strong>  Ben, I&#8217;ve bought almost $1,000 worth of marketing and copywriting products over the past several months and am still struggling and am not making any moeny.  What do I need to do?  Do I need to find a mentor? Is there a specific product you recommend? Please help me with this, thanks.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>BEN:<\/strong>  First off, STOP buying any more products.<\/p>\n<p>That includes my <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.CopywritingGrabBag.com\">copywriting book<\/a><\/strong> or anything I sell, too.  You should have MORE than enough &#8220;ammo&#8221; to get started. <\/p>\n<p>The problem is NOT buying yet another product.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s <strong>IMPLEMENTING<\/strong> what you already have.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s ironic, but sometimes having too many great info products on sales and marketing and copywriting, etc can be a bad thing.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Well, its kinda like taking a nice, hot shower.<\/p>\n<p>Do you like taking showers?<\/p>\n<p>I sure do.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s nothing like a hot, steamy shower to relax your body, wake you up and sharpen your senses for the day.  <\/p>\n<p>But, you can&#8217;t stay in there forever, can you?<\/p>\n<p>Sooner or later, you have to leave the safety and comfort of that hot shower&#8230; feel that cold <em>bite<\/em> of air when you open the shower door, step onto the ice-like linoleum floor, and go through the routine of getting dressed, brushing your teeth, combing your hair, shaving, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, let&#8217;s face it:<\/p>\n<p>If you never left, you&#8217;d run out of hot water (and that really <em>sucks<\/em>). Your skin will start to get irritated and wrinkly.  You&#8217;ll have a monster water bill, run late to your appointments or to your job, and so on.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually you HAVE to exit that comfy shower.<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s the same with marketing info products.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s safe and easy to keep buying new products.  <\/p>\n<p>But eventually you have to start <em>implementing<\/em> what you learn.  You have to run some of your own ads, or start contacting prospective clients, or do whatever you&#8217;re learning about.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s ALL about taking action, baby.<\/p>\n<p>At some point, you gotta leave that comfy, heaven-like shower. And when you do, things WILL happen for you.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, you&#8217;ll probably be amazed by how fast success comes.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just got this question from a subscriber today. 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