{"id":7190,"date":"2013-05-15T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=7190"},"modified":"2013-05-15T06:00:41","modified_gmt":"2013-05-15T13:00:41","slug":"if-you-wanna-play-you-gotta-pay-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/if-you-wanna-play-you-gotta-pay-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"If You Wanna Play You Gotta Pay, Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not sure why, exactly…<\/p>\n

But over the past few weeks I’ve been getting more website subscribers asking for free advice. I’m talking about specific questions about their website, emails, squeeze pages, sales letters, etc.<\/p>\n

Mostly, these questions are ignored.<\/p>\n

And often, they’re immediately deleted.<\/p>\n

Why am I such a prick about it?<\/p>\n

Well, I’m not.<\/p>\n

I’m simply delivering on what I promise to “Email Players” subscribers per the sales letter — www.EmailPlayers.com<\/strong><\/a> — where it says one of the “perks” of subscribing is email access to me with marketing questions.<\/p>\n

There are 2 kinds of people whose questions I answer:<\/p>\n

1.) My close pals in the biz
\n2.) “Email Players” subscribers<\/p>\n

Everyone else?<\/p>\n

I might<\/em> answer their question in my free daily tips.<\/p>\n

Maybe.<\/p>\n

But, probably not.<\/p>\n

After all, why would I give someone free what my most loyal, savvy and serious students are paying for? How does that repay their loyalty? How does that honor what’s promised in the sales letter?<\/p>\n

Answer:<\/p>\n

It doesn’t.<\/p>\n

Now, let me be clear —<\/p>\n

It’s perfectly okay to ask me for advice.<\/p>\n

Worst case is, I don’t answer it.<\/p>\n

And sometimes a question fits in perfectly with an email I’m writing and I WILL answer it. Or, I may have already answered it on my blog somewhere and I may just shoot you a link to that post.<\/p>\n

Also, this doesn’t apply to customer service.<\/p>\n

(Those are always answered.)<\/p>\n

Only people asking for advice.<\/p>\n

Bottom line?<\/p>\n

If you wanna play, you gotta pay.<\/p>\n

Go here next:<\/p>\n

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

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

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