Why All Internet Marketers Need To Be Religious

I don't think anything fascinates me as much as organized religion. Out of all the stuff I write about that internet marketers can learn from... if you can keep a open, objective mind - there is nothing like religion to teach you to be a better marketer. If you can study all religions (with an open mind, objective, and non judgmental) it will start to open your eyes on what makes people tick... Lets compare it to what I do for a living - getting people to buy items or services on the internet. Here are my trademark (pending) 3 p's to selling stuff.

• Pain - what is the huge problem right now?
• Potential - What if there was a way to solve this problem?
• Proof - Well here it is and look at Jimmy and how he did it!

Sound like religion yet? Pretty much every religion goes like this:

• You are going to die and goto a bad place or burn for eternity or be eaten by spiders FOREVER!
• What if there was a way you could live for the rest of your life in a magical place with all your friends? What if you could get laid everyday by a new beautiful virgin?
• Well there is!! And we have this book (Bible, Book of Morman, Quran, etc etc) that documents the entire process and how its guaranteed to happen to you! We are pulling back the curtains!

What do you call the person in charge of an business that gets everyone to give them money and power? A great salesman? A great businessman? The Pope? The??? Many moons ago when I sold washers and dryers and Sears they gave us a manual that contained every rebutil to every reason someone would not want to buy an extended warranty. Ever had someone ring your doorbell to push some religion on you? They have an answer for everything too. Religion is the ultimate form of manipulation. It knows what points to push to get people to buy products. It also is time tested over thousands of years. In the end we are all story tellers telling how if people buy the product we are selling is not only going to solve people's current problems but also give them salvation.