For over a decade, the most popular list-building advice from experts has told you to create a lead magnet or freebie to attract subscribers. What if this advice is actually hurting you and killing your KLT factor? In this episode I talk about three things that your sales funnel can do to BUILD your brand and grow your Know, Like & Trust factor.
TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
- The three things you need to understand about building a brand before we cover building one with your sales funnel
- I cover what a sales funnel is
- Why bro marketers gave funnels a bad rep, and also what they got right
- What your client journey and sales funnel have in common
- Why I don’t like the term “pipeline”
- Why focusing only on people who buy right now will cannibalize your business
- The importance of nurturing
- The three ways to (easily) build your brand in your sales funnel
- Why most freebies suck
- The magic number threshold your freebie needs to be worth to make it worth it
- Some examples of platform content for individual businesses
- The massive amount of business you’ll miss out on if you’re only selling to people “right now”
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TO BUILD YOUR BRAND:
Britney has a variety of ways to work with her, from recorded workshops guiding you through DIY brand-building skills all the way to complete brand crafting with Instant Badass Brand and brand photography.
Music by Michael De La Torre. Thanks, Mikey!