{"id":7792,"date":"2013-11-21T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T14:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=7792"},"modified":"2013-11-21T06:00:28","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T14:00:28","slug":"breaking-ben","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/breaking-ben\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Ben"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I wrote an email I&#8217;d waited my whole life to write.<\/p>\n<p>It was for another site I write for.<\/p>\n<p>(For local entrepreneurs in my town which I call &#8220;The Burgle.&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>And, it basically was about this dude in town who was a sort of criminal &#8220;mastermind&#8221; (well, my imagination made him out to be one, at least heh) who I described to be like the &#8220;Heisenberg&#8221; (from the show &#8220;Breaking Bad&#8221;) of The Burgle.<\/p>\n<p>Or, &#8220;Heisenburgle&#8221;, for short.<\/p>\n<p>Why did I love writing this email so much?<\/p>\n<p>Because I got to work in lots of depth.<\/p>\n<p>Depth being references to the aforementioned &#8220;Breaking Bad&#8221; show (the greatest show ever created in the entire history of the universe).<\/p>\n<p>Adding depth makes your emails more fun to read (and write).<\/p>\n<p>More exciting.<\/p>\n<p>And, yes, more persuasive.<\/p>\n<p>For example, here&#8217;s how I worked the show in&#8230; to pitch a consulting deal my droog Trevor Mauch and I offer to local entrepreneurs:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Once you have a working SYSTEM, a whole new world opens. A world without constant financial pressure. A world without stressing about money. And, a world without doubt and fear.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In fact, your competitors will fear *you*.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>You won&#8217;t be IN danger (of losing out to them.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>You will be THE danger.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>That means they will STAY out of your territory.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And, they will SAY your name whenever they are asked about what they are most afraid of in their business.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can just SMELL the dorkiness, eh?<\/p>\n<p>But, that&#8217;s the Ben Settle way of writing emails &#8212; creating depth with entertainment value, useful information and selling all wrapped up into one.<\/p>\n<p>That way your emails are not just one key.<\/p>\n<p>They got multiple layers.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, are still easily understood by everyone.<\/p>\n<p>(Kinda like the old Bugs Bunny cartoons &#8212; there was the surface humor for the kids, then the political stuff for the adults, entertaining the whole family&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>Hey, it&#8217;s a powerful skill.<\/p>\n<p>And, you can only get it one way:<\/p>\n<p>By writing LOTS of emails.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s where I can help.<\/p>\n<p>Especially if you subscribe to &#8220;Email Players&#8221; in time to get the December issue. This baby describes 43 different &#8220;kinds&#8221; of emails I&#8217;ve taught in the newsletter since it launched back in August 2011.<\/p>\n<p>All explained in &#8220;plain English.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And, easily adapted by most any business.<\/p>\n<p>But, the deadline looms.<\/p>\n<p>Get your email lovin&#8217; 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>Last week I wrote an email I&#8217;d waited my whole life to write. It was for another site I write for. 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