{"id":6006,"date":"2013-06-04T06:00:40","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T13:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=6006"},"modified":"2013-06-04T06:00:40","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T13:00:40","slug":"pain-in-the-gluteus-assimus-buyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/pain-in-the-gluteus-assimus-buyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Tell Me Lies Tell Me Sweet Little Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A while back I got this inane comment:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;Ben, I love your aggressive way you market your product, but your product better work, or yes I do want my money back. Those days are over! Nobody is giving money over for b\/s, I make money in the virtual world and the physical world the same way my shit work. I&#8217;m on your list, but you haven&#8217;t ever given me a slight example of something I would buy from you. Don&#8217;t waste my time, and I want waste yours. I&#8217;m learning this marketing thing. But the secret is to show me something that I just got to have. I spent 2,000 on a product. I just spent 197.000 on another product. I got some money, show me something I can use. I&#8217;m looking at [big name IM guru]&#8217;s product, another 2,000 dollars, I&#8217;m eyeing his shit, because an untrained monkey can sort of see from his example that he knows what the hell he is talking about. He got me re-arranging my finances to buy his product. And hell no he can&#8217;t get it back, I&#8217;m gonna make sure of that. He couldn&#8217;t call me back and ask to pay double to get it back!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Dude sounds drunk.<\/p>\n<p>(On alcohol or hype, or both&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I told him to PLEASE buy from the other guy.<\/p>\n<p>And, in fact, he&#8217;s forbidden to buy from me, anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because my mind automatically decodes these comments like Neo decoding the Matrix.<\/p>\n<p>And, here&#8217;s what I see:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I do want my money back&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>(&#8220;I plan refunds before buying&#8221;)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have money&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>(&#8220;I&#8217;m neck deep in credit card debt&#8221;)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nobody is giving money over for BS&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>(&#8220;I&#8217;m a gullible goo-roo fanboy&#8221;)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;you haven&#8217;t demonstrated any reason for me to buy from you&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>(&#8220;Send me MORE free stuff&#8221;)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The secret is showing me something I just got to have&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>(&#8220;tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies&#8230;&#8221;)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hey, laugh all you want.<\/p>\n<p>But anyone in business long enough knows I speaketh the trufe.<\/p>\n<p>OK, let&#8217;s get serious for a second.<\/p>\n<p>My friend Kristi has been reading my &#8220;Christian Business Secrets&#8221; book lately and was recently reminding me of some of the cool info inside. The book ain&#8217;t a feel-good tome telling you to vibrate with the universe or whatever and you&#8217;ll get rich by next Tuesday. What it DOES contain are dozens and dozens of ancient Biblical principles for selling and marketing people WANT to buy from.<\/p>\n<p>However, it ain&#8217;t for the casual reader.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a thick book.<\/p>\n<p>For people who want MEAT not milk.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, it&#8217;s on Amazon at:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ChristianBusinessSecrets.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.ChristianBusinessSecrets.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while back I got this inane comment: &#8220;Ben, I love your aggressive way you market your product, but your product better work, or yes I do want my money back. Those days are over! 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