I read an email from Ben Settle this morning. He’s arguably one of the best email marketers in the whole wide world. He emails daily, and I’ve been on his email list since 2013ish. Ben is on my Mt. Rushmore of Online Entrepreneurs that I follow in this space. In today’s email, he shared his thoughts on the “fate of the IM world” (IM = Internet Marketing) With all the AI stuff, many people are feeling the pinch (sales aren’t coming as easy as they once were). He ended the email with his advice…

I got this email yesterday: This is from a done-for-you client I’m working with. He pre-launched his First Sale Blueprint (a custom GPT I built for him). 78 people on the waiting list. 10 people grabbed it. 7 of those grabbed the order bump, which is a 70% take rate (I’m happy with a 30% conversion rate on my bump offers) His bump offer is a sales page custom GPT that I built as well. It’s slick. He also shared that 1 person grabbed his $97 upsell. The funny thing? He told me the upsell page…

I had a convo with a lady on Threads this morning. She commented on a post of mine form the other day that she loved my “Mind Movie” term. I actually had a few people reference that specific term. I yapped about that term in Threads Unleashed. Yet, most content I see online puts me to sleep. Too vague. Too vanilla. It all blends in with the sea of sameness. Very little personality and/or humor injected into their content. It’s all starting to sound the same. Partly do to AI, but I noticed it…

We had our 2nd flag football game this morning. We lost 30-9. You probably ain’t gonna catch the highlights on ESPN tonight. It’s gonna be a long season. On the drive home, I turned into the world’s greatest Monday Morning Quarterback. “I should’ve played Ashton at QB earlier…” “Why didn’t I call more run plays…” “Should’ve put that kid on defense…” Every decision is painfully obvious… AFTER the game is over. Not fair how life works that way. You never hear anyone say, “man, I made all the…