{"id":8955,"date":"2014-10-06T06:30:28","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T13:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=8955"},"modified":"2014-10-06T06:30:28","modified_gmt":"2014-10-06T13:30:28","slug":"yet-another-example-of-why-i-abhor-client-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/yet-another-example-of-why-i-abhor-client-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Yet Another Example Of Why I Abhor Client Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once upon a time I got asked about clients.<\/p>\n<p>It was from an &#8220;Email Players&#8221; subscriber.<\/p>\n<p>And, he asked how he could convince his client (who has a list of\u00a0100k+) to mail daily using my methodology. He tried edu-ma-cating\u00a0the client on the benefits&#8230; but Mr. Client ignorantly assumes\u00a0daily is too much and will only hurt him.<\/p>\n<p>My answer?<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Probably, he can\u2019t convince him<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In fact, I&#8217;d say it&#8217;s a lost cause.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because if his client isn&#8217;t smart enough to test it for at least,\u00a0say, a few weeks, even if incrementally (start with 3 emails per\u00a0week, then 5, then 7&#8230; and track sales) it\u2019s not worth the time\u00a0and energy trying to convince him.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Client is playing not to lose instead of playing to win.<\/p>\n<p>Common for people with big lists and egos.<\/p>\n<p>And, one of the reasons I abhor client work.<\/p>\n<p>(Yes, I know there are good clients out there&#8230; I had some great\u00a0ones&#8230; so mostly I&#8217;m showing my own biases as far as how I dislike\u00a0authority of any kind, but whatevs.)<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, if are you a freelancer who wants out?<\/p>\n<p>Who wants to sell your own stuff?<\/p>\n<p>And, who wants to do it fast?<\/p>\n<p>Then check out &#8220;Email Players&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Email liberated me from client work.<\/p>\n<p>And, I reckon it can do the same for you, too.<\/p>\n<p>All you need is:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">1. An offer people want<br \/>\n2. A list (even if small, as long as you&#8217;re growing it)<br \/>\n3. The will to email aggressively<\/p>\n<p>Of course, you need a backend in place, too.<\/p>\n<p>But, that&#8217;s marketing 101, right?<\/p>\n<p>Anyway.<\/p>\n<p>If you want in, go 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>Once upon a time I got asked about clients. It was from an &#8220;Email Players&#8221; subscriber. And, he asked how he could convince his client (who has a list of\u00a0100k+) to mail daily using my methodology. He tried edu-ma-cating\u00a0the client on the benefits&#8230; but Mr. Client ignorantly assumes\u00a0daily is too much and will only hurt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8955","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-email-marketing"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}