{"id":2469,"date":"2009-10-12T08:02:33","date_gmt":"2009-10-12T15:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=2469"},"modified":"2009-10-12T08:02:33","modified_gmt":"2009-10-12T15:02:33","slug":"the-disease-i-might-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/the-disease-i-might-have\/","title":{"rendered":"The Disease I Might Have"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Had an interesting time at the doctor&#8217;s last week.<\/p>\n<p>I won&#8217;t say it was fun (is going to doctors EVER fun?)  <\/p>\n<p>But it was interesting and even kind of <em>useful<\/em> from a sales and marketing standpoint.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what happened:<\/p>\n<p>Two weeks ago, I was diagnosed with something by my regular (allopathic) doctor which I have absolutely zero symptoms for (it only showed up on a blood test).  And last week I sally forthed to an alternative (anti-aging) doctor for a second opinion.<\/p>\n<p>No&#8230; I&#8217;m not dying or anything like that.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s just a minor league (really minor league) health &#8220;glitch&#8221; I&#8217;m hoping was incorrectly diagnosed the first time.  And, frankly, it&#8217;s a <em>joke<\/em> compared to REAL health problems people are facing. (Like cancers, strokes, paralysis, multiple sclerosis, etc.)<\/p>\n<p>Still, it got me to thinking.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, this particular &#8220;ailment&#8221; is HOT on my mind.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m googling everything I can on the subject.<\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;ve sorta become a wannabe expert about it (like I told my naturopathic doctor,<strong> &#8220;I know just enough about this problem to be <em>dangerous<\/em> to myself&#8221;<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, here&#8217;s the point:<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s nothing about this health problem that&#8217;d bore me.  <\/p>\n<p>No sales letter on the subject that&#8217;d be too long.  <\/p>\n<p>No cold call that&#8217;d I hang up on.<\/p>\n<p>And guess what?<\/p>\n<p>Chances are, you have people like this in YOUR market, too &#8212; who really want to solve the problem you have the answer for.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>And if you want to make selling super <em>easy<\/em>, focus on THEM. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In fact, if you do, you almost can&#8217;t fail.<\/p>\n<p>Anyhoo&#8230; something to think about.<\/p>\n<p>For lots more natural sales cures directly from Doctor Settle&#8217;s prescription pad, check out:<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.CrackerjackSelling.com\" rel=\"noopener\">www.CrackerjackSelling.com<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Had an interesting time at the doctor&#8217;s last week. 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