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The other day, autoresponder king John Fancher belted out a riff, a tribute that was totally unexpected and utterly inspiring.
In just 4 minutes and 35 seconds, John summarizes what made an extraordinary Influential Writer influential, like no one else I’ve ever heard.
Listen and see if this isn’t the most inspirational thing you’ve heard in a long time:
Jay Harper’s story of selling his batch of misprinted lipstick for over $10,000 triggered a huge response. Way over 100 comments – and nobody was even arguing about anything!
I asked Planet Perry members what they learned from Jay’s story and promised a prize, Niche Celebrity Gold ($300 value) to the three best replies.
Here are the winners:
Got this email last week from Jay Harper of Red Apple Lipstick. How many marketing insights can you glean from his bathtub story? The three best answers win a copy of Niche Celebrity:
I just finally finished your celebrity niche book.
I finished it it in my bathtub at 4:30 in the afternoon, thanks to you.
I know you get a thousand emails but how many of them for a naked guy in his bathtub, seriously hoping he doesn’t drop his iPad??.
Oh and juggling a beer.
I wanted to tell you about a silly little success today.
Bill Hybels, who founded the largest church in America, said:
“Most people look at what’s wrong in the world – some injustice, some screwed-up thing that desperately needs to be fixed – and they get REALLY MAD.
“Then they say to themselves….
Ernest Shackleton and 27 explorers sailed to Antarctica in 1914. They brought a team of dogs and plenty of supplies.
They planned to traverse the entire continent in the summer, crossing the South Pole in the middle. This would be done after preparing and exercising the dogs while stationed at the edge of the continent during the winter.
The winter went well but in the spring, as the ice melted, shifting plates of ice ground their ship into toothpicks and it sank.
What happens next is one of the greatest adventure stories of all time.
Suddenly…
"$1.00 Per Day & Making Sales"
Not knowing what I was doing, I was about to spend $300 a day on Google ads just to test them, but then stopped myself and read your book first. "Actually, I only skimmed it. Now I'm spending ONE DOLLAR a day and seeing sales. I'm now reading all of your book and it is a masterpiece. "You didn't ask for this endorsement, but I'm giving it anyway. Thank you for saving my butt. You're a genius."
Joe Vitale, President
Hypnotic Marketing, Inc.
"I can't believe it."
"$1600 worth of business in the FIRST DAY and I only spent $5.51 in google advertising - I can't believe it.My business partners and I are super-charged with excitement that we haven't felt in many months (months spent cold calling over and over and over).
That's success."
Joshua
North Glenn, CO
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