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Today's listener has questions about finding customers and converting sales.
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Episode 1663
Today’s listener is thinking about funnels! No, not funnel cake that you get from the fairgrounds … but the classic marketing funnel where you’re trying to bring people into your empire selling something. Typically there’s an entry-level product, a medium-priced product, then an expensive one—there are lots of variations, but this is the classic “funnel” process that marketers teach. Does it really work? (Also, why don’t *I* have a funnel??) All good questions! Let’s talk it out in this episode."Every marketer I know talks about the importance of having a funnel, where you have a free incentive on the bottom to get people interested, then a low-priced product, then a medium-priced product, and then some type of high-end product or personalized consulting. It seems very effective ... but also, if everyone is doing it this way, does it really work? And do you have a funnel? From what I can tell, you don't really sell anything at all besides books."Listen to today's episode to learn more...
SEE ALSO:
- CLASSROOM: Pros and Cons of The Funnel Model: Sell someone something at a low entry price, then sell them something else at a higher price, then repeat. What could go wrong?
- Digital Marketer Makes Money Marketing Himself: When a digital marketing specialist feels underpaid at his day job, he applies his skills to finding new clients of his own.
- Best Buy Employee Moonlights as Online Ad Consultant: A digital marketer freelances away his nights and weekends, eventually turning his side gig into a multi-million dollar ad agency.
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