3 Principles He Used to Create Mass Following
First of all, this blog is not going to mock Jesus.
I am a Christian, I love God. And I want more than anything to be with him everyday, because he is my peace and refuge. But you have to admit… the son of God laid down some pretty solid persuasion principles for us to follow.
I mean, look at how he gathered his apostles.
Just walking up to someone, calling their name, and saying ‘follow me”????
If anyone did it today, I would stalk them every second of my life!!
But that was only a spec of the effect of his persuasiveness.
Look at his exchanges with the Scribes – some of the most knowledgeable people of religion.
Talking with him, they could find no fault in his arguments.In fact, they were often furious that an ordinary man – not a Scribe – could know so much.
And even when they accused and crucified him, it was purely out of hatred… That only spurred a mass rebellion, creating the Christian Uprising we have today.
It is obvious.
Lord Jesus, was the Lord of all… even the Lord of people’s minds. He knew how to make people support him in life…
And Idolize him in death.
And so today, I will show you some pretty random things Jesus did to create a worldwide following… USING ONLY HIS WORDS AND SUBTLE ACTIONS!!
More importantly, I will show you how to do it yourself to make it IMPOSSIBLE for people to ignore your brand.
Just remember this…
People are empty without something to believe in
According to Faithward,
“Throughout the gospels, Jesus defined himself by saying who he was and what his mission was. At the same time, he never controlled or manipulated others to agree; instead, he asked questions and invited others into conversation to help them see where they stood in relation to him.”
And that’s what I keep saying in every one of my messages.
Look at Tesla,
They outsold every other electric car company, surpassing gross income estimates by $1 Billion. (For emphasis, that’s $1,000,000,000!!!! And NOBODY WAS SHOCKED)
But how? It’s not because they are the best performance or luxurious car brand there is. It’s just because of one thing.
When people buy Teslas, you see the nakedness of their intentions in the way they relate with the car.
HUMAN BEINGS REALLY NEVER CHANGE, lol.
They only use fuel prices and global warming as backup arguments to justify the splurge.
But they buy it because they like and believe in Elon Musk. And that’s just the plain truth!!
If it wasn’t for that reason…
Why isn’t there a single Chargepoint car out there??
Oh, you didn’t know?
There are more than 15 other Electric Vehicle Companies based in the US…
And that Tesla is the most expensive of all of them…
Yet people are slowly beginning to choose Teslas over lambos.
That’s what this one principle will do for you.
DON’T ASSUME. And don’t question what has been proven to work! You’d only be cheating yourself!
Tell everyone that you’re on XYZ mission. And say it ALL THE TIME.
It will not only increase your belief in yourself and your company, but it will influence belief from other people too! Because the more you focus o an issue, the bigger it becomes.
That’s number 1. Second, ENGRAVE THIS INTO YOUR SKULL…
You are not selling a product. Products die.
Jesus could well have said… “I want to build a religion that will take you to heaven” When he approached Simon Peter and Andrew to be his Apostles.
But that would have failed woefully, because Judaism was already a religion…
And they were part of the congregation!
My friend, whatever you are selling, never sell it as a product.
Believe me, even if you sell what you think is the most common item on earth,
YOU ARE THE ANSWER TO THE PRAYERS OF THOUSANDS RIGHT NOW!
Act like it!
What did Jesus do that made Peter and his 3 partners drop everything and follow him?
Luke Chapter 5, verses 4 to 10 shows that in eerie detail.
When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.”
5 But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.”
6 And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking.
7 So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.
8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!”
9 For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish which they had taken;
10 and so also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men.”
First, he gave them what they were looking for… Fish, AND LOTS OF IT!!!
Then, second, he used a CTA unlike any they had ever heard!!
And that leads to my 3rd and final secret.
Be helpful first!!!
Unless you want to be a part of millions who only know how to open their mouths wide and brag, be helpful from the very first time they meet you.
From your ad, blog, social media posts, GIVE HER A TASTE OF THOSE SECRETS YOU CLAIM TO KNOW!!!
I WILL SCREAM THIS ONE TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH!!
When was the last time you got in business with a stranger who jumped into your DM begging for work?
It just does not work!
If you want people to believe that you want to help them, you won’t need long discussions if you just help them to start with.
Because hear this,
People don’t roam the streets looking for the next person to fight for.
But if you hold their hand and lead them to the place they want,
My friend…
They would die defending you.
Human beings are weird like that.
That’s it.
I hope you learned something new here.I did.
So I’ll sign off now. Remember that if you have questions, my email is always open.
Keep the fire on,
Keep being intentional,
From your friend,
Emelie
The Mad Copywriter
