{"id":4446,"date":"2011-06-06T06:00:02","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=4446"},"modified":"2011-06-06T06:00:02","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T13:00:02","slug":"doctor-says-ben-your-email-course-sucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/doctor-says-ben-your-email-course-sucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Says, &#8220;Ben Your Email Course Sucks!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ouch.<\/p>\n<p>Got this email from a Street-Smart Email customer who basically said the course sucked (well, sort of, it actually ended up quite different than what I was expecting&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>And anyone on the &#8220;fence&#8221; about buying should probably read it.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what he said&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>On May 23, 2011, at 1:38 PM, Doc Carney wrote:<\/p>\n<p>Hey Ben,<\/p>\n<p>You might want to read this.<\/p>\n<p>I have to tell you I was not impressed with your system.<\/p>\n<p>I received it on Friday, so I pulled it out of the box, dumped it on car seat, and took it home.<\/p>\n<p>I looked at the cover of the CD&#8217;s and boy was that a plain Jane wrapper.<\/p>\n<p>Wow.<\/p>\n<p>As I was driving back to Canyon Lake, I was thinking, &#8220;What am I doing. I&#8217;m ordering all this stuff and I think I&#8217;m as good as Ben.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So I took it home. <\/p>\n<p>Once there, I left it in the car. It didn&#8217;t excite me that much.<\/p>\n<p>Well I had to leave for Dallas, TX the next day at 7 AM.<\/p>\n<p>On the way to my friends house, I thought, &#8220;You know, I&#8217;m going to take one of those coil bound books with me and actually try to read it. I know there&#8217;s no guarantee, so I&#8217;d better find something that I can use.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well I have to tell you&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I was in the air for 3 hours and I read about 40 some pages.<\/p>\n<p>I love to write, and I think I can write emails and I think I can tell stories, but Ben I have to give you some BIG credit.<\/p>\n<p>The stuff is absolutely awesome.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know what else to say.<\/p>\n<p>But here&#8217;s why I&#8217;m writing.<\/p>\n<p>I have three friends I regard as close friends of mine.<\/p>\n<p>Doberman Dan, Troy White and Markus Allen.<\/p>\n<p>And I have to tell you when I talked to them, they all said that it was good. That was after the fact though.<\/p>\n<p>So again, thanks for a great manual, and like I said, when I hit page 67 or 68 I had at least 8 ideas that I know will make my internet business and offline business more profitable.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, I&#8217;m thinking it&#8217;ll give me over a $200,000 boost in my collections, but we&#8217;ll wait and see.<\/p>\n<p>I love the stuff so keep on keeping on.<\/p>\n<p>Your eternal subscriber in CA.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Carney<br \/>\nwww.outrageouschiropracticmarketing.com<\/p>\n<p>P.S. I&#8217;m not sure about pigs flying but I will tell you this. Anyone would be crazy not to INVEST in your email marketing system.<\/p>\n<p>Have a great Monday!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That was quite the email itself, wasn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>Interesting way to get attention&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, to see what the fuss is about go to:<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.StreetSmartEmail.com\">www.StreetSmartEmail.com<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ouch. Got this email from a Street-Smart Email customer who basically said the course sucked (well, sort of, it actually ended up quite different than what I was expecting&#8230;) And anyone on the &#8220;fence&#8221; about buying should probably read it. 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