{"id":5953,"date":"2012-06-19T06:00:09","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=5953"},"modified":"2012-06-19T06:00:09","modified_gmt":"2012-06-19T13:00:09","slug":"i-loooooove-the-smell-of-hate-mail-in-the-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/i-loooooove-the-smell-of-hate-mail-in-the-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"I Loooooove The Smell Of Hate Mail In The Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just love the smell of hate mail in the morning.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the doozy below that came in yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WARNING<\/strong> for ye with tender eyes:<\/p>\n<p>Strong and (even worse!) unintelligible language, read at your own risk or scroll down past it:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Message:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> fuck you scum suckers and nazi fags.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>eat shit and die assholes.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Aaaah.<\/p>\n<p>Hate mail is truly my morning brew of choice.<\/p>\n<p>But methinks we need some balance.<\/p>\n<p>So, here is an actual <em>intelligent<\/em> question about yesterday&#8217;s &#8220;Web 1.0&#8221; email:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>You mean there&#8217;s hope for me yet? Too many balls to juggle.Would love to just focus on the basics.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>But, the truth is, that FB done right, can gain a hell of a following of a hungry crowd. And, I look at FB and my cell phone more than emails. Lots of emails don&#8217;t get opened (even a few of yours, unless there&#8217;s vulgarity in the subject line, in which case it gets opened first).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Many people seem to do very well with an integrated approach.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>But you&#8217;re saying if you can&#8217;t be bothered with SM (a true form of S &amp; M) (and I don&#8217;t get Twitter at all) not to worry, just stick to good ol&#8217; email?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>People incorporating SM aren&#8217;t making more sales just by virtue of being in front of more people? I may not open someone&#8217;s email, but I may see something they post or a friend posts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In any case, interesting counter-conventional wisdom.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I say (and I&#8217;m right) use it all if you want.<\/p>\n<p>The more the merrier.<\/p>\n<p>But if your <em>life<\/em> was on the line, and you HAD to make a sale, and you had to pick either sending an email to your list or lobbing a link at your FaceBook friends, hoping enough of them are going to see it at THAT particular time for you to get the sale&#8230; which will you choose?<\/p>\n<p>I know what I&#8217;d do&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Hey, email is KING.<\/p>\n<p>At least, if you do it right.<\/p>\n<p>(Sadly, hardly anyone does.)<\/p>\n<p>But social media is more like the court jester.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s amusing.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s fun.<\/p>\n<p>It can at times even be useful.<\/p>\n<p>But at the end of the day, compared to email&#8230; it&#8217;s a <em>joke<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Email is where the real $$ is made.<\/p>\n<p>To get your piece of that pie, go here:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.EmailPlayers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.EmailPlayers.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just love the smell of hate mail in the morning. Check out the doozy below that came in yesterday. WARNING for ye with tender eyes: Strong and (even worse!) unintelligible language, read at your own risk or scroll down past it: Message: fuck you scum suckers and nazi fags. eat shit and die assholes. 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