{"id":8794,"date":"2014-07-31T06:30:38","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T13:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=8794"},"modified":"2014-07-31T06:30:38","modified_gmt":"2014-07-31T13:30:38","slug":"yet-another-blatant-sales-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/yet-another-blatant-sales-pitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Yet Another Blatant Sales Pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The August &#8220;Email Players&#8221; issue goes to the printer tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s inside:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What &#8220;eloquent profanity&#8221; is&#8230; and how to use it to quickly\u00a0multiply your sales &#8212; no matter what kind of product you sell or\u00a0how prude your market is. 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If you sell on Kindle you&#8217;ll\u00a0never worry about 1-star reviews again after this.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A bonus training from one of the world&#8217;s top Facebook advertisers\u00a0on how to get all the quality traffic you can stomach &#8212; cheap.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>And lotza more&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>She goes to the printer tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>After that, it&#8217;ll be too late to get it.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe 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>The August &#8220;Email Players&#8221; issue goes to the printer tomorrow. Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s inside: What &#8220;eloquent profanity&#8221; is&#8230; and how to use it to quickly\u00a0multiply your sales &#8212; no matter what kind of product you sell or\u00a0how prude your market is. 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