{"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":"

I just love the smell of hate mail in the morning.<\/p>\n

Check out the doozy below that came in yesterday.<\/p>\n

WARNING<\/strong> for ye with tender eyes:<\/p>\n

Strong and (even worse!) unintelligible language, read at your own risk or scroll down past it:<\/p>\n

Message:<\/strong>
\n fuck you scum suckers and nazi fags.<\/strong><\/p>\n

eat shit and die assholes.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Aaaah.<\/p>\n

Hate mail is truly my morning brew of choice.<\/p>\n

But methinks we need some balance.<\/p>\n

So, here is an actual intelligent<\/em> question about yesterday’s “Web 1.0” email:<\/p>\n

You mean there’s hope for me yet? Too many balls to juggle.Would love to just focus on the basics.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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’t get opened (even a few of yours, unless there’s vulgarity in the subject line, in which case it gets opened first).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many people seem to do very well with an integrated approach.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But you’re saying if you can’t be bothered with SM (a true form of S & M) (and I don’t get Twitter at all) not to worry, just stick to good ol’ email?<\/strong><\/p>\n

People incorporating SM aren’t making more sales just by virtue of being in front of more people? I may not open someone’s email, but I may see something they post or a friend posts.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In any case, interesting counter-conventional wisdom.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I say (and I’m right) use it all if you want.<\/p>\n

The more the merrier.<\/p>\n

But if your 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… which will you choose?<\/p>\n

I know what I’d do…<\/p>\n

Hey, email is KING.<\/p>\n

At least, if you do it right.<\/p>\n

(Sadly, hardly anyone does.)<\/p>\n

But social media is more like the court jester.<\/p>\n

It’s amusing.<\/p>\n

It’s fun.<\/p>\n

It can at times even be useful.<\/p>\n

But at the end of the day, compared to email… it’s a joke<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Email is where the real $$ is made.<\/p>\n

To get your piece of that pie, go here:<\/p>\n

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

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

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. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-email-marketing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t