{"id":7332,"date":"2013-07-01T06:00:09","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=7332"},"modified":"2013-07-01T06:00:09","modified_gmt":"2013-07-01T13:00:09","slug":"why-you-should-not-trust-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/why-you-should-not-trust-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should NOT Trust Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The facts are weak with this one:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;And just what do you do that&#8217;s different from the gurus you rail against? You say not to trust them but do trust you. Why? You sell a pricey product &#8211; just like the other gurus. You profess to &#8220;tell it like it is&#8221; &#8211; just like they do. You sell Kindle-flavored books on Amazon &#8211; just like they do. Many have been around longer than you. Why should I trust you over them?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Where to begin&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>First, I don&#8217;t tell people to trust me.<\/p>\n<p>Just the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">opposite<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>I say don&#8217;t trust anyone (including me) until proven innocent:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/big-steamy-pile-of-goo-roo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/big-steamy-pile-of-goo-roo<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t rail against gurus, either.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Goo-roos&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>Yeppers.<\/p>\n<p>Gurus?<\/p>\n<p>Nada.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the difference:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/signs-that-a-goo-roo-is-lying\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/signs-that-a-goo-roo-is-lying<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why listen to me at all, then?<\/p>\n<p>To disqualify me as someone worth listening to.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s easy, too.<\/p>\n<p>There are 1000+ blog posts on my blog \u00a0and almost a dozen hours of audio\/video content &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/media-interviews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/media-interviews<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; packed with tips you can freely test. Not to mention the free &#8220;Email Players&#8221; issue you get when you opt in and, yes, my daily emails.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, there&#8217;s this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/faqs-for-the-uninitiated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/faqs-for-the-uninitiated<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/testimonials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/testimonials<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bottom line?<\/p>\n<p>Nobody&#8217;s holding a gun to your head to stick around.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t trust me then scram.<\/p>\n<p>Study those you DO trust.<\/p>\n<p>People have profited handsomely just from the free stuff I give away, and we&#8217;ll continue to bend the marketing world to our will with or without you.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s all good, either way.<\/p>\n<p>And if you want the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">advanced<\/span> stuff?<\/p>\n<p>And take off the training wheels?<\/p>\n<p>Go ye 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>The facts are weak with this one: &#8220;And just what do you do that&#8217;s different from the gurus you rail against? You say not to trust them but do trust you. Why? You sell a pricey product &#8211; just like the other gurus. 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