If Your Eye Was Bigger Than Your Brain
Did you know an ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain?
If only humans were as lucky we'd all be filthy rich! Because even though your brain helps you kick your mojo into creativity on full blast, your eyes could save you lots of money, lots of lost effort, and years of lost time.
My point is this... your eyes tell you, humans walk on their two feet. But somewhere out there in the world of craziness, there's someone trying to be "innovative" and change all of that... just because their brain is out of control!
The same thing happens in marketing all of the time. People see (with their own eyes) successful advertising, successful promotions, successful sales funnels, successful sales letters, and boat loads of success all around them... but their brain somehow convinces them to NOT follow down the same path of those who ran successful promotions... and INSTEAD think of some "unique" and totally "ground-breaking" method that would somehow make them more profitable than those who already are. To those people I say 1 thing...
I received an interesting email today from one of my list members that read
"You marked my return email as spam...........!!!! "
Followed by their prompt resignation from my list. Thinking I screwed up somehow, because on many occasions I do, I looked through my inbox to see which message they were talking about.
And then I realized that I didn't screw up, their message WAS SPAM. The S.O.B. actually opted me into their list without my knowledge and sent me an automated message. They opted into my list (a double optin list) thinking they could use it to gain me as a subscriber to their own list by sending a covert "reply" as some sort of "consented single optin".
In essence, he only wanted to be subscribed to my list IF I was subscribed to their list and we could both email each other back and forth like one big list subscribing orgy regardless of what industries and markets we were in... because we all know how great we feel having a huge email list just full of people who don't give a rats rear end about what you're even talking about... it just makes us feel GOOD.
Within a week I'd be getting emails saying "You didn't open my email..........!!!!!!!!" Or "You didn't click the link in my message............!!!!!!"
This is a case of trying to be "innovative" gone terribly wrong. Now I know you're not using this method of forcefully stuffing new subscribers into your list, because warriors aren't stupid, and this is one hell of a stupid technique if I ever saw one.
Ok that's enough for now, I just wanted to give a piece of advice to my fellow warriors and also highlight the importance of using your EYES and keeping your BRAIN under control in order to avoid sabotaging your own success.
P.S. If the individual mentioned in this post is a Warrior, I'd like to gracefully say #$%# You!
What remarkably stupid yet "innovative" technique has someone tried using on you? I'd be interested in seeing just how much stupidity is out there.
If only humans were as lucky we'd all be filthy rich! Because even though your brain helps you kick your mojo into creativity on full blast, your eyes could save you lots of money, lots of lost effort, and years of lost time.
My point is this... your eyes tell you, humans walk on their two feet. But somewhere out there in the world of craziness, there's someone trying to be "innovative" and change all of that... just because their brain is out of control!
The same thing happens in marketing all of the time. People see (with their own eyes) successful advertising, successful promotions, successful sales funnels, successful sales letters, and boat loads of success all around them... but their brain somehow convinces them to NOT follow down the same path of those who ran successful promotions... and INSTEAD think of some "unique" and totally "ground-breaking" method that would somehow make them more profitable than those who already are. To those people I say 1 thing...
Your Brain Is the Reason You're Poor!
Use Your Brain LESS
And Your Eyes More
Use Your Brain LESS
And Your Eyes More
I received an interesting email today from one of my list members that read
"You marked my return email as spam...........!!!! "
Followed by their prompt resignation from my list. Thinking I screwed up somehow, because on many occasions I do, I looked through my inbox to see which message they were talking about.
I found it! Eureka!
And then I realized that I didn't screw up, their message WAS SPAM. The S.O.B. actually opted me into their list without my knowledge and sent me an automated message. They opted into my list (a double optin list) thinking they could use it to gain me as a subscriber to their own list by sending a covert "reply" as some sort of "consented single optin".
In essence, he only wanted to be subscribed to my list IF I was subscribed to their list and we could both email each other back and forth like one big list subscribing orgy regardless of what industries and markets we were in... because we all know how great we feel having a huge email list just full of people who don't give a rats rear end about what you're even talking about... it just makes us feel GOOD.
Boy was I lucky they unsubscribed...
Within a week I'd be getting emails saying "You didn't open my email..........!!!!!!!!" Or "You didn't click the link in my message............!!!!!!"
This is a case of trying to be "innovative" gone terribly wrong. Now I know you're not using this method of forcefully stuffing new subscribers into your list, because warriors aren't stupid, and this is one hell of a stupid technique if I ever saw one.
Ok that's enough for now, I just wanted to give a piece of advice to my fellow warriors and also highlight the importance of using your EYES and keeping your BRAIN under control in order to avoid sabotaging your own success.
P.S. If the individual mentioned in this post is a Warrior, I'd like to gracefully say #$%# You!
What remarkably stupid yet "innovative" technique has someone tried using on you? I'd be interested in seeing just how much stupidity is out there.
The amount of well-paid work available to Freelancers is insane
The amount of well-paid work available to Freelancers is insane