{"id":8819,"date":"2014-07-31T21:34:29","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T04:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=8819"},"modified":"2014-07-31T21:34:29","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T04:34:29","slug":"mr-smith-goes-to-the-burgle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/mr-smith-goes-to-the-burgle\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Smith Goes To The Burgle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week Daegan Smith interviewed me from his office\u00a0across from the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. by phone (as I\u00a0sat in my cave here in The Burgle) about writing aggressive sales\u00a0letters and emails people love to read and buy from.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s up yonder on this page:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BenSettle.com\/blog\/media-interviews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.BenSettle.com\/blog\/media-interviews<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scroll ye down a bit to where it says:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cHow To Harness Desperation <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>To Create Million-Dollar Sales Letters\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And click the play button.<\/p>\n<p>With that I&#8217;ll say to you good night.<\/p>\n<p>And, thank you for having me, Hoss.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week Daegan Smith interviewed me from his office\u00a0across from the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. by phone (as I\u00a0sat in my cave here in The Burgle) about writing aggressive sales\u00a0letters and emails people love to read and buy from. 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