Things Dirty Old Men Get Away With
Dear Friend,
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Now, the story I'm about to tell you, strange as it seems, actually happened.
What's even MORE bizarre, is that a couple of months ago, a similar event happened to a friend of mine, only HIS incident took place at the local Publix supermarket instead of at a small restaurant.
My family and I were sitting down in a restaurant having dinner one evening. Sitting next to us was an elderly couple, probably in their mid-70's. The woman was very sweet, smiled a lot, and occasionally turned to us, chit-chatting about the food and our children. ("How old are they?..." stuff like that.)
The guy, on the other hand, never even turned his head to look at us - not even once - and had a sour-puss angry look on his face, the entire meal.
So when we finished eating, after paying the waitress, and we started grabbing our jackets and things - I was shocked when the old geezer turned around and looked as us and started smiling -- ear to ear. His wife was in the bathroom or had gotten up to pay or something like that.
He looks up at my wife, and says "Damn, how do you stay so slim and eat food like this?" And then...
"You've got a FABULOUS body -- and after having THREE kids!" "My God!"
"Mmmm... mmm... mmm"
Now that's BALLS, right?
My wife (and me) were completely caught off guard. She sort of smiled and quickly left.
And THESE... are the kinds of things... dirty old men get away with saying.
Think about it, what was I going to do -- beat the old man up? Curse him out? What can you do? That was probably the biggest sexual thrill he's had in years.
Of course if this guy had been a young man, I would have handled it differently, but that wasn't an option in this situation. And if you don't think this old man knew this, and if you don't think he's not doing this on a regular basis, then you're kidding yourself.
To be honest, I really was't surprised. After all, I make a living and help LOADS of other people become successful in business, by saying LOTS of things that many folks wouldn't want to say on their own. Outlandish things that people would, at first blush, think "Boy that's a ballsy claim to make."
But... these things accomplish their objectives, the main one being: Getting your prospects to take action. And if you want to take a peek "behind the scenes" and see LOADS of unique ways of consistently getting your prospects to do this, over-and-over again, then there are only TWO fast-start ways of doing this: One, take a FREE test-drive of my newsletter, Seductive Selling, right now: http://www.kingofcopy.com/ssnl
Or TWO, if you're as ballsy as that old man, become a Maverick Marketer, and write your OWN ticket and take control over your own destiny here: http://www.kingofcopy.com/maverickmarketer . Norm Blankenship, an Employee Benefits Expert and a Charter Maverick Marketer from Meadow Vista, California, just send me in this fax yesterday, about what he's been experiencing as a Maverick Marketer:
"First off, I know you're busy and there's no need to reply to this. But I always feel compelled to let you know how great I think your critiques are. You seem to immediately find the key issues that the whole thing hinges on. And they seem so obvious - once you point them out!
Also, thanks for the compliment on my copywriting. It's not my goal to become a copywriter, but I can't think of a more valuable skill to develop. And as a minimum, I want to be able to distinguish good copy writing from bad copywriting. Thanks again Craig." Again, you can check out the Maverick Marketer's Coaching Club, right here: http://www.kingofcopy.com/maverickmarketer
Now go sell something,
Craig Garber
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