{"id":3224,"date":"2014-08-09T06:30:25","date_gmt":"2014-08-09T13:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=3224"},"modified":"2014-08-09T06:30:25","modified_gmt":"2014-08-09T13:30:25","slug":"warning-not-for-the-squeamish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/warning-not-for-the-squeamish\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning: Not For The Squeamish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite stories in the Bible is in the Book of Judges.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s about a wandering Levite (the &#8220;priest&#8221; tribe of ancient Israel) and how his concubine was viciously raped to death by some psychopaths who lived amongst the Benjamites.<\/p>\n<p>The Levite (understandably) wanted justice.<\/p>\n<p>But due to the times (mass anarchy and moral apathy), he knew he had to do something <em>radical<\/em> to get anyone to care.<\/p>\n<p>So what did he do?<\/p>\n<p>Beg for help?<\/p>\n<p>Start a posse?<\/p>\n<p>Give up?<\/p>\n<p>Uhm&#8230; no.<\/p>\n<p>What this dude did was cut his concubine&#8217;s corpse into 12 pieces, and sent a piece to each of the 12 tribes!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Now THAT&#8217;S impact<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>There was no hemming and hawing.<\/p>\n<p>No &#8220;brushing it off.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>And no <em>ignoring<\/em> the message.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And guess what?<\/p>\n<p>Great marketing also has this kind of hardcore impact, too &#8212; and asks the exact same question the Levite no doubt did: <em>&#8220;What&#8217;s it gonna take to get peoples&#8217; UNDIVIDED attention?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Obviously, don&#8217;t do anything <em>gross<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, let&#8217;s keep this in context, k?<\/p>\n<p>But the mere act of asking the above question will generate all <em>kinds<\/em> of profitable ideas that make you instantly stick out.<\/p>\n<p>And guess what else?<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow&#8217;s Ben Settle Show is all about getting attention.<\/p>\n<p>And, doing it in a way that has IMPACT.<\/p>\n<p>The kind of way where someone can&#8217;t &#8220;unread&#8221; what you write.<\/p>\n<p>Watch for my signal tomorrow, Batman.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, download past shows here:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BenSettleShow.com\/itunes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.BenSettleShow.com\/itunes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite stories in the Bible is in the Book of Judges. 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