{"id":8404,"date":"2014-04-10T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=8404"},"modified":"2014-04-10T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-10T14:00:00","slug":"the-fezziwig-school-of-advanced-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/the-fezziwig-school-of-advanced-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fezziwig School Of Advanced Marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A true story about how to add sales to ye bottom line:<\/p>\n<p>One of the characters who doesn&#8217;t make an appearance in &#8220;Zombie Cop&#8221;, but who is referenced is Anghel &#8220;Fezziwig&#8221; Belasco.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s a grouchy &amp; crotchety 4,000+ year old vampire.<\/p>\n<p>And, he&#8217;s a major character in the sequel.<\/p>\n<p>I created his middle name while talking about it with &#8220;Email Players&#8221; subscriber and 3x&#8217;s returning &#8220;Oceans 4 Mastermind&#8221; repeat client Jim Clair while we were having dinner in Vegas one night, over a Samuel Adams &#8220;Old Fezziwig&#8221; Lager.<\/p>\n<p>It was a powerful breakthrough.<\/p>\n<p>And, should help the sequel&#8217;s sales quite a bit.<\/p>\n<p>In fact&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>If&#8217;n I don&#8217;t screw it up, the sequel should be one of the most entertaining vampire stories ever written based almost solely on this vampire&#8217;s personality I was able to nail down by talking to Jim that night (and the other times we hung out in Vegas).<\/p>\n<p>But, that&#8217;s not all.<\/p>\n<p>I got a bunch more ideas from &#8220;casual&#8221; talk at Oceans 4.<\/p>\n<p>Like, for example, &#8220;Email Players&#8221; subscriber Murray Gray gave me a cool idea I will be teaching in a future &#8220;Email Players&#8221; issue.<\/p>\n<p>Russell Brunson taught me a kick ass subject line tip.<\/p>\n<p>Andre Chaperon taught me a huge tip about email timing.<\/p>\n<p>And Steve Gray (our special guest &#8212; a media buying genius who buys over $10 million per year in media &#8212; fascinating guy) showed me how to promote my &#8220;Zombie Cop&#8221; book (he even used it as an example during his talk) and get leads for BenSettle.com.<\/p>\n<p>And the list goes on.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">None of these tips were taught during the mastermind<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They were taught at bars and restaurants we took the clients to.<\/p>\n<p>The point?<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t speak for the other guys.<\/p>\n<p>But to me, the most valuable part of our Oceans 4 Mastermind Workshops ain&#8217;t necessarily the hot seats. It&#8217;s afterwards, when we take attendees to a pub, grab a table and just\u2026 talk marketing. And so, if you&#8217;re interested in our next Oceans 4 event (in Miami, June 21 &amp; 22) this is something to think about.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what to do next:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">1. Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Oceans4Mastermind.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.Oceans4Mastermind.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">2. Watch the video<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">3. Opt in<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">4. Follow the instructions<\/p>\n<p>It ain&#8217;t cheap.<\/p>\n<p>And it ain&#8217;t for the timid.<\/p>\n<p>But, it can put lots more coinage in ye olde pocketses.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll see ya on the other side, Fezz&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A true story about how to add sales to ye bottom line: One of the characters who doesn&#8217;t make an appearance in &#8220;Zombie Cop&#8221;, but who is referenced is Anghel &#8220;Fezziwig&#8221; Belasco. He&#8217;s a grouchy &amp; crotchety 4,000+ year old vampire. And, he&#8217;s a major character in the sequel. 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