Kamis, 05 Oktober 2023

ClickFunnels Newsletter #15

Newsletters, industry awards, and much more…
Newsletter #15: Newsletters, industry awards, and much more…
By The ClickFunnels Team October 5, 2023
Ok, we're somewhat back to normality now. It's amazing how these events impact you!

On Monday, we talked about maintaining that after-event glow, and it gave us an idea…

We've created a post in ClickFunnels Facebook group that we want to turn into a gold mine of key takeaways from FHL.

If you were there last week, tell us what your 3 big takeaways, key moments or 'AHAs!' were. Tag people you met, people you learnt from, or friends you went with, whatever you like.

(Try and provide some context so people who weren't there can also learn the lesson.)

In return for sharing your 3 things, you will be entered into a raffle…

One lucky winner (it could be you) will walk away with free swag AND be featured in the newsletter on October 12!

All you have to do is add your things to the post here, and we'll announce the winner shortly!

If you weren't there this year, but you grabbed that special offer for Funnel Hacking Lives 9.5 and 10, let us know in the comments because there is a prize for you too!

Once you've done that, get yourself back here and let's dive into today's nuggets…
WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO DISCOVER...
  • Industry awards you should submit your business for
  • Perry Belcher's advice on newsletters 
  • A linchpin funnel blueprint
  • A common scam to look out for
  • How to buy digital media
IS IT TIME YOU LAUNCHED YOUR OWN NEWSLETTER?
Each session at Funnel Hacking Live was filled with gold nuggets, and we'll be sharing lots of them in the upcoming newsletters.

For the first of these, we thought we'd start on a topic that was close to our hearts…

Newsletters.

They're making a big comeback, and if you're interested in building one for your business, then the gold that Perry Belcher shared at FHL is for you.

Many business owners and entrepreneurs are using newsletters to rapidly increase their lists and make money while doing it.

After his talk, we were lucky enough to sit down with Perry for 10 minutes and get a few extra insights on why you should start one:

They improve the health of your email list - Google and other email providers track email engagement in the same way Google tracks SEO. They notice when a lot of people open, read, and interact with your email. When they notice people are enjoying the content you send, they make sure more of their users receive it.

They can be easy to create - You don't have to spend hours creating a newsletter like this one. One of the most popular types of newsletter are aggregator newsletters. An aggregator newsletter is a compilation of useful/valuable content from various sources in a simple format for your readers. You can literally keep a list of interesting news and tips you come across during the week and send them to your audience.

They can be very profitable - Perry mentioned a tactic he uses that drives sales better than anything else. Many of the newsletters he sends talk about products and services that are of interest to his readers. When they open one of these newsletters, the reader is immediately sent an email selling them a product mentioned in the newsletter. Perry said that the conversion rates from the follow-up emails are significantly higher than a typical email selling the product.

(They can also be sold for huge sums of money. For example, Sam Parr sold his newsletter The Hustle to Hubspot for $17.2 Million).

If that all sounds good to you, then starting one is actually very simple:

Step 1: Content Curation and Creation
Crafting the right content is the heart of any successful newsletter. You need to identify what information will be available to your audience. If you're going for an aggregated list, scout for top-performing articles, industry updates, or undiscovered gold that your subscribers will appreciate.

Bonus Tip
When writing this newsletter, we try to give you 'golden nuggets'. We don't stuff the email with 20 tips, and we don't write long articles that require time and attention to digest.

If you uncover 1 or 2 nuggets of useful info and it only takes you a minute or so to scan through, you're going to have a hit of dopamine, and you'll be far more likely to open the next newsletter.

Step 2: Distribution
Once you've built your newsletter, the next step is its distribution. Where are you going to send your newsletter from? This is simple too. 

You can use any email autoresponder, there are tools specifically for newsletters, such as Substack, Beehiiv, or Ghost, or you can send them from ClickFunnels itself.

Step 3: Growing Your Subscriber List
Once you have the newsletter planned out and you know where you're sending it from, it's time to start building (or growing) your subscriber list. 

The options here are basically the same as getting someone to your funnel. For example:

Posting Content: You can post valuable content on your social media or blog and direct people to your newsletter.

Paid Advertising: You can run ads directly to your newsletter sign-up page (or run a lead form ad).

Running Special Promotions: You can run promotions offering prizes to those who bring the most new subscribers to your list. You can also partner up with newsletter writers in a complimentary space to yours to recommend each other's newsletters.

Get yours up and running and keep us up to date with its progress in the Facebook group.
HOT IN THE COMMUNITY
📺 Would you like to learn how to acquire media for your business?  
Chandler Woodward joins Funnel Hacker Radio hosts Laura and Chris to discuss acquiring Instagram accounts, newsletters, Facebook groups, email lists, and more. Check it out on Spotify here or Apple Podcasts here.

⚠️ Chuck Jones was recently caught out by a common scam in the online world.
Find out how to avoid it here.

🎵 Doug Boughton wants to know what your FHL speaker walk-out song will be.
Check out the responses and add yours here.

❓ Danny Walsh hosted a live FHL Q&A.
Watch the replay here.

💭 What is the Linchpin?
Royan Nidea is looking for insight here.
SHOULD YOU SUBMIT YOUR PRODUCT FOR AWARDS?
Another piece of gold from FHL, although not from a speaker, was the idea of submitting your product or business for awards.

You know as well as anyone, social proof is vital. In fact, many people only buy based on social proof.

While at FHL, one of the attendees mentioned that their product had won numerous awards outside of the digital marketing world.

This got us thinking. Where can people submit their business or product to be considered for genuine awards?

As is customary these days, when we have a question we don't know the answer to, we ask ChatGPT. 

It didn't disappoint.

Here is a list of places you can submit your business or product for recognition or awards:

You might think, 'I'm not going to win any of those', but you don't necessarily need to win. Simply being accepted for consideration carries a lot of power and proof.


Imagine reaching out to your Dream 100 and being able to say you were considered for one of these awards... sounds pretty good, right?
FUNNEL OF THE WEEK
Given how many people are excited about the Linchpin model, we thought we'd switch things up a bit this week…

Instead of a standard funnel, we asked expert funnel builder James Hughes if we could share the blueprint for a linchpin funnel one of his clients is having real success with.

Luckily, James said yes. Here it is:

This is the exact blueprint James has built out recently with email sequences, retargeting, pricing, optimizations to make, and conversion rates (hopefully you can see those).

If you want to see the blueprint in more detail, James is the guest on a Funnel Builder Marketplace webinar tomorrow (Friday) at 12pm EST/5pm UK time.

He will go through the process step-by-step, explaining everything. 

If you're interested, save your spot here (all registrants will be sent the replay if they can't make the live).
That wraps up the newsletters for this week. Remember to add your takeaways from FHL to the post here.

Then, we'll be back on Monday when we'll be discussing guerrilla marketing, bonus tips from FHL, and much more.

Have a great weekend,
-ClickFunnels Team
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