For shyts & giggles I posted this on Twitter once:
“Ben why don’t you like to fly around speaking at events anymore?”
Followed by a screenshot of Drudge Report with these headlines stacked on top of each other:
“Mid-air blowout puts BOEING back in hot seat…”
“Stock tanks…”
“ALASKA decision not to ground despite warning signs comes under scrutiny…”
“UNITED inspections find loose bolts…”
“Moon landing attempt by company appears doomed after critical fuel leak…”
I was never a big fan of traveling as it was… but I used to do it whenever I got a chance to speak or train at someone’s mastermind or event. Nowadays? It’s like I told one company that asked if I’d fly to speak recently: at this point the only way to get me to go anywhere not in driving distance is to pay me far more money than whatever the “draw” my presence there would be worth to them, for the sole purpose of discouraging anyone from asking me to go in the first place.
Hence the beauty of having a content-driven business:
If you want to be a digital nomad living in hostels you can.
If you want to be one of these selfie king guys who can’t eat anything or go anywhere without telling their Facebook friends to feed their constant quest for attention & validation you certainly can.
Or, if you just want to be a shut-in holed up like Smeagol in his cave (admittedly, like me…) you can do that, too.
Anyway, I don’t know where else I’m going with this.
So I’ll wrap it up with one more thing:
I’ve been creating & monetizing content for a long time.
Including mere books (that aren’t “supposed” to be expensive) I sell for over $1,000.
And my primary way of selling it all is email.
Yes, good o’l “retro” plain text emails.
You learn more about my methodology for such in the paid Email Players Newsletter.
Here is the link for more info:
Ben Settle