{"id":8505,"date":"2014-05-03T06:30:41","date_gmt":"2014-05-03T13:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=8505"},"modified":"2014-05-03T06:30:41","modified_gmt":"2014-05-03T13:30:41","slug":"how-to-shamelessly-pitch-on-flakebook-and-have-people-love-you-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/how-to-shamelessly-pitch-on-flakebook-and-have-people-love-you-for-it\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Shamelessly Pitch On Flakebook And Have People Love You For It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I&#8217;ve made no secret of my opinion of Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>I use it almost exclusivey for:<\/p>\n<p>1. Entertainment (amusing myself)<\/p>\n<p>2. Posting links to new blog posts and links to information about my &#8220;Zombie Cop&#8221; novel (especially whenever I get a new amazon review for it, I post a link to it)<\/p>\n<p>But, I hardly ever use it for direct sales of anything else.<\/p>\n<p>The list of reasons why is long but distinguished.<\/p>\n<p>And, I don&#8217;t suggest you do, either.<\/p>\n<p>However&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>There is a time when I not only think blatantly pitching on Flakebook is good&#8230; but can make you a boatload of new sales. In fact, if you have the kind of business that lends itself to this sort of thing (I don&#8217;t), you could have so many new customers&#8230; you will have to raise your prices, hire new people and put a stronger infrastructure in place to handle the demand.<\/p>\n<p>Just as my friend has.<\/p>\n<p>A friend who&#8217;s my guest on &#8220;The Ben Settle Show&#8221; tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>She reveals what she&#8217;s doing.<\/p>\n<p>How it&#8217;s making her fat stacks.<\/p>\n<p>And, how others can do the same.<\/p>\n<p>Watch for my email, Spidey.<\/p>\n<p>Until then, catch up on previous shows here:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BenSettleShow.com\/itunes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.BenSettleShow.com\/itunes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I&#8217;ve made no secret of my opinion of Facebook. I use it almost exclusivey for: 1. Entertainment (amusing myself) 2. 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