{"id":9231,"date":"2014-11-28T06:30:06","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T14:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=9231"},"modified":"2014-11-28T06:30:06","modified_gmt":"2014-11-28T14:30:06","slug":"an-ode-to-my-growing-gaggle-of-ankle-biters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/an-ode-to-my-growing-gaggle-of-ankle-biters\/","title":{"rendered":"An Ode To My Growing Gaggle Of Ankle-biters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lately I&#8217;ve been hearing\u00a0from more and more ankle-biters.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it&#8217;s Internet marketing teachers who think I&#8217;m the devil for proving\u00a0the\u00a0dangers of being a slave to open rates instead of tracking to the\u00a0sale (it&#8217;s hard to imagine anyone being against tracking to the\u00a0sale, but in their defense, there&#8217;s probably a lot of money\u00a0in making things complicated)&#8230; To seething goo-roo fanboys who &#8220;hulk\u00a0out&#8221; at the letter by my Intellectual Property attorney linked to\u00a0at the bottom of each email&#8230; To your garden variety butt hurt\u00a0readers who get heartburn when I won&#8217;t be their pen pal or give\u00a0them all my time, knowledge, and ideas for free.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m attracting quite a gaggle of ankle-biters.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, my profitability has never been higher.<\/p>\n<p>Coincidence?<\/p>\n<p>I say thee nay.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;taint no coincidence at all.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s completely planned.<\/p>\n<p>Wholly deliberate.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">And, something I&#8217;ll be ramping up even MORE in 2015<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, why am I telling you this?<\/p>\n<p>Because if you don&#8217;t have at least a few ankle-biters hiding behind\u00a0their computers lobbing insults and threats (I sometimes get those,\u00a0too &#8212; which is always amusing) at you, or making lame\u00a0personal attacks&#8230;\u00a0then it&#8217;s time to try harder.<\/p>\n<p>Get them ankle-biters nipping.<\/p>\n<p>Get them yipping.<\/p>\n<p>And then, get them tripping.<\/p>\n<p>(Over their own lack of substance).<\/p>\n<p>Chances are, the louder they yip, the more scratch you&#8217;re making.<\/p>\n<p>Just remember the old adage:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;A lion doesn&#8217;t lose sleep over the opinion of sheep.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Because\u00a0that&#8217;s what\u00a0people who ankle-bite behave like:<\/p>\n<p>Sheep.<\/p>\n<p>(Otherwise, they wouldn&#8217;t waste their time ankle-biting.)<\/p>\n<p>Baaaaa.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, if you want to ramp up sales (and the ankle-biters&#8217; ire)\u00a0even more, check out the &#8220;Email Players&#8221; newsletter.<\/p>\n<p>Using my ways can be hair-raising at times.<\/p>\n<p>But, it&#8217;s also lots of fun.<\/p>\n<p>And, yes, profitable to boot.<\/p>\n<p>Subscription info 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>Lately I&#8217;ve been hearing\u00a0from more and more ankle-biters. 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