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Liz Tomey Meets James Grandstaff!
By LizTomey | October 4, 2006
Liz Tomey Meets James Grandstaff!
The first guy I’d like to tell you about that I met at TIMME is James Grandstaff…
James is a super cool guy, and owns DownlineSecrets.com It’s been a HUGE success…
Now the reason I’m talking about James today is because of an email he just sent me with the subject line of:
“Hi Liz, have time for a rant?”
James doesn’t rant a lot, so I opened it up to see what was going on! What I read actually didn’t shock me because it’s the same kind of BS that I go through and many other good marketers go through.
Here’s what James had to say today…
I’d like to share
with you some of the ridiculous feedback I got
back from this one guy on my list…(this is more of a rant, I hope you don’t mind)
This same person is no longer on my list because
I deleted him. I guess he hasn’t heard about the
latest invention out there in the email marketing
world…It’s called “The Unsubscribe Link!”
If you’ve known me for any length of time, you’ve
probably figured out that I like to “try” and
please everyone. I usually stay safe and don’t
step on anyone’s toes.However…
After getting some ‘positive’ feedback from so
many people on my list, I’ve decided I don’t
need to (and will not try to) please everyone
anymore. It’s just plain silly for me to think
it’s possible.With that said, I’m sure you’ll enjoy this…
Here is what one guy said to me in a nasty
email after going through the 3 steps at my
new site…(this isn’t a direct quote because
I was so p*ssed I deleted his email
not thinking)“Let me get this straight… You want me to
join:- Success University = More outlay of cash!
- Downline Secrets = More outlay of cash!
- Instant Buzz = More outlay of cash!
- List Joe = More… (you get the point)Then his email went on and on about he’s been
in direct marketing for 30 years and he’s some
big shot and I’m just a young punk trying
to rip him off.Then he throws in some profanity and says if
I want to make some real money to get on the
phone with him and he’ll show me how it’s done…I replied nicely and explained that I’m doing
ok and all he has to do is click the unsubscribe
link at the bottom of the email to never hear
from me again.He then comes back personally attacking me
about my bankruptcy and all sorts of non
sense that was really starting to p*ss me
off.But here’s the kicker…
Somewhere in there he says: “And that one time
when I did talk to you for over 1 hour on the
phone I was more confused than ever before.”Then it hit me…
“I remember this “Jack—!”
He sent me a really nice email and I was kind
enough to take an hour out of my day to call
him on the phone “Just because” (don’t get any
ideas; I don’t do that anymore) and he has the
nerve to send me a nasty email like that.Sorry charlie!
Here’s my free tip of the day:
If you’re lucky enough to find a nice marketer
who is willing to pick up the phone and talk to
you about your goals and give you free advice
for over an hour… You certainly should not
send them nasty emails later on down the road
about something you don’t like. Sheesh!Ok, enough of my rant, sorry.
Let this be a lesson… Just because you get screwed by the latest “guru” doesn’t mean you should take it out on everyone else you come across. You need to think before you speak and give someone the benefit of the doubt before you start pointing fingers.
When emails come in like this each time I get a little bit more pissed, which makes me A LOT less likely to help people in the future. There are still good guys out there like James and I and the people we are connected with, so don’t jump the gun! Be sure you are pointing your finger at the right person before sending out those emails…
Now I met a ton more people at TIMME II, but I wanted to introduce James here because the email I got from him today I could sure relate to! I’ll be back with more of my “peeps” in the next few days…
To your success!
Liz Tomey
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October 5th, 2006 at 8:40 pm
LOL nice post, but what can you say? Its part of this IM game, another such ‘rant’ I enjoyed was the one Brad Fallon mentioned at the end of his going natural videos, I think it was video 3, some guy was ranting about how internet marketers hype things sooooo much
Have a nice day
Peace
AQ