Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Just to let you know, today and tomorrow will be the LAST chance you have to get this month’s offline Seductive Selling Newsletter. Here’s what David Lowery, from Tampa, Florida is saying about this newsletter: “In terms of what could be improved??? I struggle with this since you are exceeding my expectations of value already.…

Today and tomorrow I’ll be out of pocket, so this is the last time you’ll hear from me until maybe this weekend, if not Monday. You see, today and tomorrow are days I’ve been looking forward to for quite some time. These are the two days my Mastermind group meets to discuss what’s been going…

A couple of months ago I saw the latest installment of The “Bourne” series with Matt Damon. This one was called Bourne Ultimatum, and as I mentioned a while ago, it was an excellent movie filled with intensity throughout. In fact, I can’t remember the last time I saw a movie where the entire time,…

I want to finish telling you the story about my vacation in Orlando last week, but before I do that, here’s something interesting. Oh, and just to re-state what I said the other day, I fully realize a few people reading this may be offended. But… if the truth is offensive to you, believe me,…

There’s one thing even the most timid person can do, that immediately increases your chances of persuading your prospects. That thing is, to tell them a story about yourself. Sounds too easy, right? But that’s it — that’s all you really need to do, and here’s why: People are inquisitive by nature, and even more…

On Monday I’ll finish my story about my trip to Orlando. I’ve been getting a lot of positive feedback about the “lighter” e-mails on Friday so we’ll stick with these for a while. Here’s today’s story: An attractive young lady from New York City was so depressed she made up her mind to end her…

So last weekend I went up to Orlando for a few days of R & R with my wife and daughter. One of my sons joined us for one night, but my sons are old enough now that they’ve got lots of recreational and social activities (and girls) they are involved with, so as you…

If you were awake, then you noticed last week I did not send out too many e-mails. A few folks were wondering if anything happened to me, and the answer is “No.” I am, in fact, very alive and well and full of piss and vinegar. I was simply slammed with work and had lots…

I just finished writing this month’s Seductive Selling Newsletter and sent it off to the printers, and it’s a real doozy. It’s called “The Pissed Off” issue, and believe me, you do NOT want to miss it. Here’s what Kevin Saffari, from Irvine, California had to say about last month’s issue: “Tell Craig I did…

Selling in print ISN’T easy, not by a long-shot. One of the biggest problems I constantly see when I am doing critiques – http://www.kingofcopy.com/salescopyreview — is that lots of folks spend tons of time trying to convince their prospects why they should buy their product. Yesterday, I read — I kid you not — a…

As you all know, this is a weird day, 9/11. There’s probably not a person reading this who doesn’t remember where they were on 9/11/01. And I for one, sure hope we get the hell out of Iraq and the Middle East, soon. But today I don’t want to dwell on things like this. I…

So it was George’s last day on the job as a postman, after nearly 40 years of delivering mail through all kinds of weather to the same neighborhood. When he arrived at the first house on his route, George was greeted by the whole family that lived there. They congratulated him and sent him on…

I meet a lot of people who are stumped for ideas. If you are one of them, then maybe this will help you. Here are a couple of new business ideas I recently stumbled across, that are nothing more than combinations of existing ideas, and even that is probably making things FAR more complicated than…

By now, school’s probably back in session no matter where you live, right? And many businesses realize this is a great chance to capitalize on some serious selling. Remember — in life, perception is reality, and so lots of companies are trying (and in many cases, STRETCHING) to tie what they’re pimping to the “back…

The amount of e-mails and faxes we get in here is staggering. But I recently received one e-mails that I thought you should know about: It was from Peter Kici — a loan officer out of Orlando, Floirda, and here’s what he had to say: “Hey Craig, First I just want to tell you the…

I get a lot of questions about this one. It’s something I’ve addressed many times, but admittedly, it’s confusing to say the least. So here goes… You know, one of the greatest headlines I’ve ever seen was in the form of a question. The question read, “Is This Food Dangerous To Your Health?” Why is…

Your decision to make almost EVERY purchase you will ever make for the rest of your life, is going to be based on some sort of an emotional reason. You may or may not justify your purchase later on with some sort of logical reasons, to validate your decision, but make no mistake about it,…

Last night I had some trouble sleeping. Around 12:45 I woke up and couldn’t get back to bed. Earlier in the day I’d seen a documentary on HBO (you can still watch it on HBO On Demand, if you have it) called Hitler’s Pawn. It was the story of an unusually talented track and field…

This is unbelievable. Testimonials are literally now starting to POUR in, about my new Lead Generation Explosion product, that takes you step-by-step through the creation of a marketing piece I wrote that generated a 42.7% response on the first mailing! Yesterday I received this one from a VERY seasoned marketer, Terry Wygal — not THAT…

From now on, on Fridays I’m going to try and offer you something that’s going to be more entertaining than anything else. After all, for as long as I can remember, ever since grade school, Friday’s had some kind of excitement and alluring enthusiasm about the upcoming weekend — even if you didn’t have anything…