{"id":9248,"date":"2015-01-03T06:30:48","date_gmt":"2015-01-03T14:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=9248"},"modified":"2015-01-03T06:30:48","modified_gmt":"2015-01-03T14:30:48","slug":"the-king-of-persuasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/the-king-of-persuasion\/","title":{"rendered":"The King Of Persuasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Behold&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Time to dispel 4 big myths about what&#8217;s &#8220;king&#8221; when it comes to persuasion and selling online.<\/p>\n<p>Ready?<\/p>\n<p>Set?<\/p>\n<p>Okay then.<\/p>\n<p>Here. We. GO &#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Myth #1: Value Is King<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bzzzt!<\/p>\n<p>True, value is important.<\/p>\n<p>And we should deliver loads of it.<\/p>\n<p>But is it &#8220;king&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>If it is, then it must be hiding amongst the peasants.<\/p>\n<p>Because there are millions of people delivering value on the Internet right now who still can&#8217;t sell a single blessed copy of their product or minute of their time. I know I spent many years delivering value with very little to show for it. And if value is &#8220;king&#8221;, all the hyper value providers would be rich beyond their wildest dreams.<\/p>\n<p>But most ain&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, many are struggling.<\/p>\n<p>(And, wondering why&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Myth #2: Content Is King<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ditto #1.<\/p>\n<p>There are lots of people working like mules putting out massive amounts of valuable content each day who STILL haven&#8217;t made much of the green stuff. If content was the end-all-be-all, then all of these people would be swimming in the dough like Scrooge McDuck in his big money vault.<\/p>\n<p>But they&#8217;re not swimming in money.<\/p>\n<p>Many are drowning in debt.<\/p>\n<p>Because again, while content IS important, it&#8217;s not king.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Myth #3: Copy Is King<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No matter what a chest-beating copywriter says\u2026 copy is NOT king.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s much farther down the totem pole.<\/p>\n<p>(Like under your list, offer, and positioning for starters.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Myth #4: Teaching Is King<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Is it?<\/p>\n<p>We pay teachers almost nothing in our society.<\/p>\n<p>If teaching was this magical wealth-building skill, then great teachers would all be fabulously wealthy, no?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, teaching is important.<\/p>\n<p>It can do wonders for your credibility and positioning.<\/p>\n<p>But it ain&#8217;t even close to being king of persuasion.<\/p>\n<p>OK, so if the above aren\u2019t &#8220;king&#8221;, what is?<\/p>\n<p>Do you really want to know?<\/p>\n<p>You do?<\/p>\n<p>You sure?<\/p>\n<p>Okay then, my little droogling, then I got good news.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow&#8217;s &#8220;Ben Settle Show&#8221; episode shows you exactly what the kind of persuasion is&#8230; whether you&#8217;re selling online, offline, or on the sidelines. In fact, this attribute can serve you well not only in your business life, but your personal life, too (friendships, relationships, etc).<\/p>\n<p>So buck up, lad.<\/p>\n<p>And watch for my email tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, listen to previous podcasts 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>Behold&#8230; Time to dispel 4 big myths about what&#8217;s &#8220;king&#8221; when it comes to persuasion and selling online. Ready? Set? Okay then. Here. We. GO &#8212; 1. Myth #1: Value Is King Bzzzt! True, value is important. And we should deliver loads of it. But is it &#8220;king&#8221;? If it is, then it must be [&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":[8,9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9248","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-copywriting-and-sales-letters","7":"category-email-marketing","8":"category-sales-marketing"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9248","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=9248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}