{"id":2474,"date":"2009-10-13T07:12:14","date_gmt":"2009-10-13T14:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=2474"},"modified":"2009-10-13T07:12:14","modified_gmt":"2009-10-13T14:12:14","slug":"traits-top-marketers-share","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/traits-top-marketers-share\/","title":{"rendered":"Traits The Best Marketers Share"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been blessed to know a lot of great marketers.<\/p>\n<p>Not just goo-roos, either.<\/p>\n<p>But mostly just extremely successful marketers who work their own projects and never teach what they know (i.e. instead of selling shovels to gold diggers, these dudes have a <em>secret map<\/em> to the gold which they KEEP to themselves.) <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, lately I got to thinking about these people.<\/p>\n<p>And how a lot of them (almost all) share certain traits that have probably had a lot to do with their rise to the top.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few of these traits&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Love breaking rules<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Sense of humor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stubborn<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Open minded to new ideas<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yet, don&#8217;t suffer fools gladly<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Obsessed with their work (it&#8217;s not &#8220;work&#8221;, it&#8217;s <em>play<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Passionate<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Relentless<\/li>\n<li><strong>Contrarian<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Aggressively guard their <em>time<\/em> <\/li>\n<li><strong>Laser-like focused on goals<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Short attention spans<\/li>\n<li><strong>Geeky<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Driven by someone they have to &#8220;get back&#8221; at<\/li>\n<li><strong>Optimistically pessimistic (i.e. expect things to go wrong and behave accordingly)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are more traits than this.<\/p>\n<p>But it can&#8217;t hurt to study this list whenever you get stuck and need a little inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, who knows?<\/p>\n<p>Some of their &#8220;stuff&#8221; may just wear off on <em>you<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S.<\/strong> There&#8217;s another thing many (although not all) of the most successful marketers I know do online.  Something I believe is the #1 most <em>important<\/em> thing you can do when selling (especially on the Internet).  <\/p>\n<p>In fact, it&#8217;s so important, it&#8217;s going to be the FIRST <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crackerjackselling.com\" rel=\"noopener\">Crackerjack Selling CD Club<\/a><\/strong> lesson.<\/p>\n<p>And you know what?<\/p>\n<p>I believe if you do nothing but this one thing, even if you screw up everything else, you&#8217;ll be successful in sales, marketing, copywriting, advertising &#8212; the whole kitten ka-boodle.<\/p>\n<p>To jump on the notification list, go to:<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been blessed to know a lot of great marketers. Not just goo-roos, either. 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