{"id":2198,"date":"2009-07-24T15:22:07","date_gmt":"2009-07-24T15:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=2198"},"modified":"2009-07-24T15:22:07","modified_gmt":"2009-07-24T15:22:07","slug":"wash-your-marketing-out-with-soap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wash-your-marketing-out-with-soap\/","title":{"rendered":"Billionaire Washes Businesses&#8217; Marketing Out With Soap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>&#8220;I tell you that man can sell sand in the desert!&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ever hear that cute little platitude?<\/p>\n<p>Usually when you hear that, it&#8217;s someone bragging about their favorite goo-roo. Or perhaps a goo-roo bragging about <em>themselves<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Well guess what?<\/p>\n<p>It may sound &#8220;cool&#8221;, but it&#8217;s actually pretty stoopid.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, in my humble (but accurate) opinion, it shows someone doesn&#8217;t really know how to sell at all.  They may be able to con, lie, cheat, exaggerate and\/or get their lists to drink their &#8220;kool-aid.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>But they don&#8217;t know how to actually **sell**.<\/p>\n<p>Let me &#8216;splain why I say this:<\/p>\n<p>A few nights ago I did a long tele-seminar (almost 2 hours) with Doberman Dan Gallapoo about selling, marketing and taking care of business.<\/p>\n<p>One of the best parts was about getting clients.<\/p>\n<p>And during this part, we revealed a secret that perfectly illustrated something very few service providers (especially copywriters, for some reason) ever grasp.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, doing it makes selling almost a <em>cakewalk<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, here&#8217;s the secret:<\/p>\n<p>Instead of wasting time selling people on why they need to have your product\/service (i.e. copywriting, coaching, network marketing, affiliate marketing, supplements, whatever you sell) it&#8217;s FAR better to sell to those ALREADY using those products\/services.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, think about it:<\/p>\n<p>If you are (for example) a copywriter, what&#8217;s easier:<\/p>\n<p>1. Selling to small business owners who think &#8220;copywriting&#8221; has something to do with the U.S. patent office, and educating them on what copywriting is, why they need it and why they should choose you.<\/p>\n<p>Or&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>2.  Selling to people ALREADY hiring copywriters, who already know what it is, and are in need (even desperate need) of copywriters all the time?<\/p>\n<p>I rest my case, counselor.<\/p>\n<p>So the message is clear:<\/p>\n<p>If you want to make sales and marketing super <em>easy<\/em>, forget the lame quotes about selling ice to eskimos or sand in the desert. Instead, listen to the words of business &#8220;giant&#8221; Rich DeVos (billionaire co-founder of the AmWay Corporation):<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Why does AmWay sell soap?  Because people buy it!&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pretty simple, eh?<\/p>\n<p>Too bad everyone wants to make it complicated.<\/p>\n<p>For 101 MORE easy, ethical &#038; painless sales tips like this, check out:<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.CrackerjackSelling.com\">www.CrackerjackSelling.com<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I tell you that man can sell sand in the desert!&#8221; Ever hear that cute little platitude? Usually when you hear that, it&#8217;s someone bragging about their favorite goo-roo. Or perhaps a goo-roo bragging about themselves. Well guess what? It may sound &#8220;cool&#8221;, but it&#8217;s actually pretty stoopid. 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