{"id":8302,"date":"2014-03-18T07:00:54","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T14:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=8302"},"modified":"2014-03-18T07:00:54","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T14:00:54","slug":"no-sent-from-my-iphone-crap-necessary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/no-sent-from-my-iphone-crap-necessary\/","title":{"rendered":"No &#8220;Sent From My iPhone&#8221; Crap Necessary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of my best &#8220;Email Players&#8221; students Jim Clair writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>So I entered into a contest recently.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chris Haddad&#8217;s.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A lot of the other top guys entered the email ring.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Only one man can win.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Email Player Jim Clair won.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Even with our email server going wacky&#8230; sending to barely a quarter of the mega list. I drove qualified clicks&#8230; and won.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Some guys sent for 7 days.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I just sent for 3 days.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>No gimmicks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>No &#8220;oh my god it&#8217;s done at midnight and puppies will die if you don&#8217;t buy!!! Sent from my iPhone&#8221; crap.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Three short emails.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time to celebrate by watching Season 4 of Miami Vice.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jim<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I got a kick out of the iPhone part especially.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because while it&#8217;s a victimless trick to play on your list (sending an email out using your autoresponder software, that says &#8220;sent from my iphone&#8221; at the bottom, to make it look like you sent your email personally, from your phone), it&#8217;s the mark of not knowing how to sell.<\/p>\n<p>Or how to persuade.<\/p>\n<p>Or, even, how to write a decent email.<\/p>\n<p>When you know my system you don&#8217;t have to use tricks and manipulative &#8220;chokeholds&#8221; in your emails.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, that stuff just works against you.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the gullible will fall for it.<\/p>\n<p>But, the majority shake their head. Dial down their trust for you a few (or several) notches. And, buy from guys like me and Jim, instead (thanks, btw).<\/p>\n<p>Sigh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is any of this getting through?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Or do I have to go all elbenbo on yo&#8217; azz?<\/p>\n<p>No?<\/p>\n<p>Okay, good.<\/p>\n<p>So do away with the tricks.<\/p>\n<p>Forget the phony scarcity.<\/p>\n<p>And sac up.<\/p>\n<p>Learn to sell (not manipulate) and make more sales you will.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and one more thing about credibility:<\/p>\n<p>The April &#8220;Email Players&#8221; issue shows you a &#8220;counter intuitive&#8221; way to write emails that will make them ooooooze believability.<\/p>\n<p>And, yes, even if your claims are outrageous.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe in time 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>One of my best &#8220;Email Players&#8221; students Jim Clair writes: So I entered into a contest recently. 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