{"id":12170,"date":"2016-02-02T08:21:07","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T13:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dobermandan.com\/blog\/?p=12170"},"modified":"2016-02-02T08:21:07","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T13:21:07","slug":"regret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dobermandan.com\/blog\/regret\/","title":{"rendered":"Regret?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was catching up with a former client (and now friend) the other day.<\/p>\n

I was (as I often do) expressing my regret about not applying the tenacity I applied in my business to my first (and still #1) love… music.<\/p>\n

Because knowing what I know now… if I would have been as persistent in my music career as I\u2019ve been in my entrepreneurial career, I could have made a living as a working musician.<\/p>\n

Not gotten rich or famous. That was never the goal.<\/p>\n

But make a living doing what I loved.<\/p>\n

Woulda, shoulda, coulda.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t learn the power of persistence until AFTER I had let that dream die and decided to follow the entrepreneurial dream.<\/p>\n

And it was then that my persistence was tested BIG TIME.<\/p>\n

Anyhoo, Julie\u2019s response made me stop and think.<\/p>\n

She said…<\/p>\n

\u201cI was always drawn to copywriting, think I could have been good at it, and I admire you and others of your caliber who do what you do. It\u2019s a powerful skill to have the ability to boost anyone\u2019s business. That\u2019s Godlike. Which is about as high praise as I can give, since I\u2019m a devout atheist.<\/p>\n

\u201cA guy I dated a hundred years ago told me he had more respect for baseball players than ballet dancers because every boy wanted to be a baseball player, so there was stiffer competition to the top.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou could say the same for guitar players. How many duffers and how many Springsteens? OTOH, you could have been a pretty nifty guitar player and never made a living. Copywriters are a special breed. You have to be good to be one.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I got to choose, I\u2019d rather be a top copywriter than almost any other professional I can think of. Better than a doctor, lawyer, Indian chief.<\/p>\n

\u201cI admire pure artists, such as Bowie and Warhol, but in real life I value people who do something practical very well. I have Warhols, I admire him, I collect him, but I don\u2019t \u2018need\u2019 a Warhol. I need good copy to make my businesses provide for me and the people I take care of.\u201d<\/p>\n

Well said, Julie.<\/p>\n

We copywriters wield a life changing power.<\/p>\n

Even a hack copywriter can do really well. (I know from experience.)<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why I share all my best copywriting secrets<\/a> with the knights in my Marketing Camelot.<\/p>\n

And the February issue of The Doberman Dan Letter \u2013 the publication that goes out each month to my knights \u2013 contains some pretty breakthrough copywriting secrets.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not to late to get a copy.<\/p>\n

Click here for all the details<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you choose to join me today, you\u2019ll get some of my best copywriting secrets when the February issue of The Doberman Dan Letter mails out any day now.<\/p>\n

All the best,
\nDoberman Dan<\/p>\n\"dobedansig\"<\/a>\n

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