sure the date was 100 percent accurate before I signed the agreement. It’s going to cost me a lot of money, and it is my fault. I can assure you I will do better next time. Years ago, I was chatting with a prospect, and he told me marketing never works for him. He went on and on about how all the marketing he’s even done has failed. He then asked me to sign him up for newsletters, and I told him that was a mistake. He was taken aback and asked why. I told him that if all marketing fails for him, newsletters would fail MARKETING HOW-TO CONTINUED ...
as well, because the problem wasn’t the marketing; there was something wrong with him or his business. We went back and forth, and he insisted he wanted to sign up. I told him I was altering his agreement and would note that I strongly suggested he did not sign up so that when he came back 12 months later and said it didn’t work, I could point to the agreement where I told him it wouldn’t work for him because nothing works for him.
and advised him to take a hard look at himself and his employees because they are the reason all the marketing doesn’t work. I can only imagine how much money he had wasted and lost over years because he simply wouldn’t be introspective and take ownership of all the failed marketing efforts. I know some of these may seem like common sense, but based on how often I see these mistakes, it doesn’t appear that many people commonly practice these principles. Hopefully, at a minimum, these have been good reminders, and you can avoid having any self- inflicted bad luck in the near future.
He signed up, and sure enough, 12 months later, he said it didn’t work. I showed him the agreement
–Shaun
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