{"id":7399,"date":"2013-07-26T06:00:02","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=7399"},"modified":"2013-07-26T06:00:02","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T13:00:02","slug":"shutting-mr-know-it-alls-big-yap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/shutting-mr-know-it-alls-big-yap\/","title":{"rendered":"Shutting Mr. Know-It-All&#8217;s Big Yap"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;And now&#8230; here&#8217;s Mr. Know-It-All!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>&#8211; Rocky<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> &#8220;The Rocky &amp; Bullwinkle Show&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lots of &#8220;know it alls&#8221; online.<\/p>\n<p>Those are people who, no matter what the topic, subject or concept, have an answer for everything (often the incorrect answer).<\/p>\n<p>I hear from these types a LOT:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You should set your pop up to delay longer!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You need to be using video sales letters!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You should give people an option on how often to receive emails from you!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yada, yada, yada.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s always amusing, too.<\/p>\n<p>Especially since their opinions are so wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, recently I&#8217;ve noticed more and more people (for reasons I still don&#8217;t understand) asking me questions I have no business answering and am not qualified to address in any way, shape or form.<\/p>\n<p>Like, for example, questions about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SEO<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>PPC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Social media<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Online video<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Traffic generation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Programming<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Website design<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>And the list goes on&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I know nothing about those things.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Or, I know just enough to be dangerous to myself<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My &#8220;thing&#8221; is email and copywriting.<\/p>\n<p>Those things I can help with.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically each month in the &#8220;Email Players&#8221; advanced training letter &#8212; created for serious marketers who are sick and tired of struggling to make sales (or who want to double their current sales).<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes I touch on things like traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Or website design.<\/p>\n<p>Or SEO.<\/p>\n<p>(Often via a bonus by someone who knows these things.)<\/p>\n<p>But mainly, it&#8217;s about email&#8230; and converting your list (even if it&#8217;s a small list) into buyers&#8230; and making life easier and more fun.<\/p>\n<p>It won&#8217;t make you rich by next Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Nor is it &#8220;effortless&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But, it can improve your sales.<\/p>\n<p>And sometimes, dramatically.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s where to subscribe:<\/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>&#8220;And now&#8230; here&#8217;s Mr. Know-It-All!&#8221; &#8211; Rocky &#8220;The Rocky &amp; Bullwinkle Show&#8221; Lots of &#8220;know it alls&#8221; online. 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