{"id":4531,"date":"2012-11-08T06:00:20","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T14:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=4531"},"modified":"2012-11-08T06:00:20","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T14:00:20","slug":"internet-marketing-needle-exchanges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/internet-marketing-needle-exchanges\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet Marketing “Needle Exchanges”"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Ben I never see you at IM seminars, why???”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Internet marketing seminars?<\/p>\n

Ugh.<\/p>\n

I can think of about a gazillion other places I’d rather be than an Internet marketing seminar. Not saying they are ALL bad by any means. But there are many reasons I’ve never been to one (I might venture forth from my cave in 2012 to attend one, depending on where it’s at…)<\/p>\n

The biggest reason is time<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

There better be something worth learning to go.<\/p>\n

For example:<\/p>\n

If Gary Bencivenga ever did another seminar, I would probably hop on a plane and risk getting molested by the TSA to attend.<\/p>\n

But these other ones?<\/p>\n

Nah, I’ll pass.<\/p>\n

The Internet marketing ones are mostly just for networking anyway, from what everyone tells me.<\/p>\n

Not much meat on them bones.<\/p>\n

And so they don’t hardly seem worth it.<\/p>\n

In fact, most of them sound like nothing more or less than Internet marketing “needle exchanges” — where instead of drug addicts swapping dirty needles for clean ones… you got dreamy eyed goo-roo fanboys coming back to exchange the worthless “shiny new object” info they learned at the LAST seminar they attended for all new shiny new object info they think will make them a bajillion dollars.<\/p>\n

Alright, that’s it for now.<\/p>\n

I may not be big on seminars.<\/p>\n

But I AM big on newsletters.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The good ones are like a seminar in an envelope, anyway.<\/p>\n

That’s the goal with “Email Players”, at least.<\/p>\n

You can get the skinny on it at:<\/p>\n

www.EmailPlayers.com<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n

Ben Settle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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