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Originally Posted by porks I've read the book many times, taken extensive notes.
I always sell on expensive info products once I've got everything out of them. I also have the fusion seminar DVD's if anyone is interested. These are awesome too. |
Fair enough. Given the marketing mass I buy, I've often considered doing the same to leverage my investment. (E.g., Pay $200, sell for $150, apply it to the next $200 product, etc.) Problem is: I often re-read the older materials and more often re-reference them. So, I haven't yet brought myself to sell off anything.
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Originally Posted by porks The bottomline is, anyone who's interested in direct marketing who doesn't own this the 12 month book is insane. |
Now, I hope that (baseless) assertion is not an illustration of the kind of "copywriting" Vincent James touts!

How about those who don't even KNOW the book exists -- insane? And, although I expect to get it soon, am I thus far insane? Temporary insanity -- for which the only hope is to purchase
this product?
Are you operating under a working definition that insanity is manifested by "rejecting any product without examination"? Or "rejecting a product authored by such a success figure and urged by Halbert as best of its kind"? It seems a better definition of insanity is "closely examining a top product in one's field and not recognizing its obvious value."
But non-owners have probably not yet examined [the book itself]. So, how can they pass judgment (pro or con)? How can they be guilty of insanity?

And as to the reliability of "social proof," ...
Finally, radical conspiracy theorists probably think the rest of us are insane, too, because we don't see the "obvious"... Thus too with gullible investors who fall for scam after scam, each of which is an "obvious" winner. Due cause for questioning who's more "insane."
Barry
P.S. Nonetheless, I'll probably get the "Vincent" product. Critics of his work have likewise failed to establish its worthlessness by citing its author's failures. Business and/or ethical failures do not demonstrate lack of instructive value. (For a mixed example, consider Donald Trump.)
Unfortunately, I'm torn between it and Halbert's newest advocacy -- for Scott Haines'
"Shortcut Copywriting Secrets." (I'm not an affiliate.)