{"id":6941,"date":"2013-03-12T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T13:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=6941"},"modified":"2013-03-12T06:00:25","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T13:00:25","slug":"confessions-of-a-marketing-insomniac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/confessions-of-a-marketing-insomniac\/","title":{"rendered":"Confessions Of A Marketing Insomniac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s 2:51 a.m. as I write this.<\/p>\n<p>Since early last week I&#8217;ve been plagued with insomnia &#8212; unable to sleep more than an hour or two each night.<\/p>\n<p>This happens from time to time.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it&#8217;s a mental thing.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes a physical thing.<\/p>\n<p>And sometimes, it&#8217;s a weather thing.<\/p>\n<p>(I have a skylight in my bedroom and live by the Pacific ocean &#8212; so when the weather acts up it&#8217;s not unusual for that skylight to get blasted by hard rain or hail stones&#8230; with my dog freaking out and shaking and nervously pacing around the whole time, making sleep impossible even if I was tired&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, there was a time when having insomnia sucked.<\/p>\n<p>And, was even kinda depressing.<\/p>\n<p>But these days?<\/p>\n<p>I kinda dig it.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s like a friend in some ways.<\/p>\n<p>And the reason why is it&#8217;s the perfect chance to get work done. The way I see it, yeah, you can sit there tossing and turning and looking at the clock.<\/p>\n<p>Or, you can hammer out an email to sell your product.<\/p>\n<p>Finish up that new book.<\/p>\n<p>Knock out that sales letter.<\/p>\n<p>Reply to questions.<\/p>\n<p>Do some research.<\/p>\n<p>And the list goes on&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Point is this:<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t fight insomnia.<\/p>\n<p>Embrace it!<\/p>\n<p>Could be the most profitable hours of your day&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s talk bid&#8217;niz real quick.<\/p>\n<p>I just got the April &#8220;Email Players&#8221; issue proof and I&#8217;m kinda anxious to see how it&#8217;s received. Reason why is because it shows you how to make a decent living just sending out 1-2 emails per day.<\/p>\n<p>Sounds like a goo-roo claim, doesn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>Hey, ain&#8217;t nothing goo-roo about it.<\/p>\n<p>It took me years to figure it out.<\/p>\n<p>And, I&#8217;m laying it all out in the next issue.<\/p>\n<p>Go here to subscribe in time:<\/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>It&#8217;s 2:51 a.m. as I write this. Since early last week I&#8217;ve been plagued with insomnia &#8212; unable to sleep more than an hour or two each night. This happens from time to time. Sometimes it&#8217;s a mental thing. Sometimes a physical thing. And sometimes, it&#8217;s a weather thing. 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