{"id":5566,"date":"2012-03-22T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=5566"},"modified":"2012-03-22T06:00:01","modified_gmt":"2012-03-22T13:00:01","slug":"taking-a-plop-on-your-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/taking-a-plop-on-your-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking A Plop On Your Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I read an interesting article last month.<\/p>\n<p>It was in Dan Kennedy&#8217;s newsletter.<\/p>\n<p>And, it was by a guy named Dr. Charley Martin &#8212; about what he calls &#8220;plop theory.&#8221; Basically it was about the effects of creating &#8220;ripples&#8221; when you throw a rock across water. And when you apply that idea to marketing&#8230; the more you keep &#8220;plopping&#8221; messages at your market, the more those plops build up into <em>waves<\/em> that penetrate your industry and position you in the cat bird&#8217;s seat.<\/p>\n<p>He didn&#8217;t explain it precisely that way.<\/p>\n<p>But I totally agree with the good doctor!<\/p>\n<p><strong>And this is EXACTLY what daily emails do.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each is another &#8220;plop&#8221; on your marketing.<\/p>\n<p>Reminding them of you.<\/p>\n<p>Your business.<\/p>\n<p>And your offer.<\/p>\n<p>They put so much RAW power and energy behind your business that (even if you don&#8217;t see the effects right away&#8230;) it makes it almost impossible for you to fail long term.<\/p>\n<p>But wait!<\/p>\n<p>Lest I be accused of hype&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I said &#8220;almost&#8221;, babycakes.<\/p>\n<p>As my favorite golf instructor says&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can&#8217;t turn chicken crap into chicken salad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And if you don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;re doing, lobbing emails every day at your list could actually work AGAINST you.<\/p>\n<p>You have to know what you&#8217;re doing.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, you&#8217;ll be ignored.<\/p>\n<p>Deleted.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe even reported as a <em>spammer<\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The solution?<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why I created &#8220;Email Players&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>And in the next issue, I&#8217;m showing you some very cool ways (based on what I&#8217;ve learned from one of the world&#8217;s top sales trainers) to use the power of curiosity to create lots of &#8220;waves&#8221; in your market.<\/p>\n<p>Big, POUNDING waves.<\/p>\n<p>The kind that get you noticed.<\/p>\n<p>Paid attention to.<\/p>\n<p>And, yes&#8230; bought from.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s where to subscribe:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.EmailPlayers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.EmailPlayers.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S.<\/strong> Speaking of making waves&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Email Players&#8221; subscriber Bob Conroy recently told me about a 40 day email campaign he&#8217;s doing using my methods.<\/p>\n<p>A 40-day campaign!<\/p>\n<p>Dang!<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s impressive by anyone&#8217;s standards.<\/p>\n<p>But, you know what&#8217;s even MORE impressive?<\/p>\n<p>Just TESTING my methods has so far generated over $152k in sales&#8230; which he said is $137k more than their usual once or twice a month email campaigns (his goal is $200k now).<\/p>\n<p>Wild, eh?<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong.<\/p>\n<p>I LOVE testimonials like that.<\/p>\n<p>But, at the same time, they make me feel so underpaid&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, here&#8217;s where to subscribe:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.EmailPlayers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.EmailPlayers.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I read an interesting article last month. 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