Welcome back to the Deeply Rooted Business podcast! In this episode, Jess and Rachel dive deep into the world of lead magnets, discussing four powerful strategies that are currently driving results in the online business landscape. From quizzes to private podcasts and low-ticket offers to community experiences, they explore how each type of lead magnet can help you attract and engage your ideal audience while building a thriving community around your brand.
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rachel_1_04-12-2024_131220: Hello,
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:jess_1_04-12-2024_131220: and
welcome back to another episode of
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:the Deeply Rooted Business podcast.
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:If you're new around here, hi, I'm Jess,
your operations and systems expert.
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:I'm here along with Rachel.
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:rachel_1_04-12-2024_131220: Rachel,
your marketing ecosystem strategist
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:still haven't nailed down that
title, but we're working through it.
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:jess_1_04-12-2024_131220: I love
how explaining what you do online is
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:like one of the hardest things to do.
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:But then
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:rachel_1_04-12-2024_131220: if
that's the most real thing of
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:blanking on telling people what
you do, I don't even understand it.
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:jess_1_04-12-2024_131220: I'm
like, I can't tell you what I am,
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:but I can tell you how I do it.
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:That was my Instagram post yesterday.
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:rachel_1_04-12-2024_131220:
talking about today, Jez?
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:jess_1_04-12-2024_131220: I
can tell you what I get out of
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:it and how I'm going to do it.
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:And you can call me whatever
you want to call me.
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:Laughter.
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:We are talking about something really
important, especially now in the
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:current climate of the online business.
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:And that is how to get leads with four
lead magnets that are actually working
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:right now in the online business.
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:If you're new around here and aren't
familiar about the work that Rachel
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:and I both do, we both, create lead
magnets from two different perspectives.
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:Mine's really like a
sales system perspective.
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:Rachel's is marketing's perspective,
but it's all the same goal is to
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:get qualified leads onto your list
and convert them into customers.
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:rachel_1_04-12-2024_131220: The people
who are wanting to have profitable
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:lists or even just bare minimum have
engaged lists, it all starts with who
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:you're bringing in to your email list.
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:And so we're throwing out this
vague goal of 10, 000 subscribers.
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:We're not living in this kind of vanity
metric space and we're really being
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:intentional and rooting down into.
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:What is the business goal that
our email list is doing for us?
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:Is it building community?
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:Is it converting leads?
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:Is it incubating like future programs
and like getting market research?
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:There's so much it can do and it all
starts with who you're bringing in.
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:So it's literally the
same trash in, trash out.
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:We're really bringing in quality in
so we can have quality experiences
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:in your actual email list.
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:jess_1_04-12-2024_131220:
Yes, I love that.
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:Okay, so the first lead magnet and one
of my favorites have actually built
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:two of these for my clients within the
past quarter is the quiz lead magnet.
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:And while I will say there
are a lot of work up front,
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:they produce massive results.
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:My clients that have implemented quiz
lead magnets into their business have
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:gotten so many more qualified leads into
their business because I think people
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:just love that element of self discovery
and figuring things out for themselves.
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:Why do you think quiz
magnets work so well, Rachel?
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:rachel_1_04-12-2024_131220: So
I'm going to get really nerdy with
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:this and bring in a little back
end of the business to the front.
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:So I have a client who her
quiz is converting at 30%.
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:It's doing so, so well.
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:And she originally started where a lot
of people start, where it's just like
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:single PDFs on very specific topics.
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really clear on where they were
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:opting in, where, what resources
were specifically specific to them,
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:So we would get them opting into
like literally every single resource.
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:And I'm like, Oh my gosh, don't
complain to me when you get all these
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every single one of our funnels.
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:So where a quiz comes in is
streamlining and bringing that
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:It's saying, you're going
to answer some questions.
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fits and what is right for you.
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:And it really brings out that like
personalized experience, the type of
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:quiz that works or the way that quizzes
work really well with businesses.
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:If you have a pretty
expansive offer suite.
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:So you're not saying I have one offer and
I have One quiz and the quiz is going to
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it's not really that impersonalized.
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:But so if you really have a super
expansive customer journey or offer
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that can come into your space, the
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things to do because I sit there and
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:I'm like, Oh my gosh, these people,
they're answering this and we don't
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here and maybe call in more
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:I can totally nerd out on quizzes
because they're so much fun.
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:jess_1_04-12-2024_131220:
Yes, I love them myself too.
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:The one that I just built up
for my client, it was like a
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assessing what level they're at.
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use case for that quiz.
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:rachel_1_04-12-2024_131220: So if you
have a lot of people who are coming
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:into your list and you're in that
space where you want to simplify it
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quiz is probably the route to go.
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:So you don't really want to
create more and more PDFs, like
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month there's a new lead magnet out there.
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a few did we want to dive
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:jess_1_04-12-2024_131220: no, you can, do
you, if you have more to add, definitely.
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:I was going to say through data,
I think, and Jess, we can totally
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:Segmentation opportunities
that come into it.
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:The market research opportunities
that you can get from quizzes.
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:They're so on the back end, give you so
much insight to help either fill gaps
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:Certain data points so that you
can really create a super relevant
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:It's not just when they're opting
in, it's actually the content that
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it's your only path into your list, it
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:gives you a really powerful, impactful
way to say, I know that 40 percent
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:majority of my clients use interact.
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:jess_1_04-12-2024_131220:
I actually use Typeform.
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my new favorite is Typeform.
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are already using that for
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cheaper than Interact, too.
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:rachel_1_04-12-2024_131220: So
the data that interact and I can
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inside of type form as well.
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:But like the data inside of
interact is like, you can see
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:Oh, 40 percent of my audience is
result one for a particular person.
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confidence going into launches.
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build a result or build a program
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you only are calling in and.
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:Like 5 percent of those people, your
email list is probably not going
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those conversions happen because
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business, confidence in business
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:decisions that I think a lot of people
like think, Oh, it's just a quiz.
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I had a client and we're diagnosing
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cause of so and so condition.
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causes was say for example, blood sugar.
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wow, 85 percent of the people that
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that blood sugar is the root cause.
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and a program around that.
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:rachel_1_04-12-2024_131220: Yeah.
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:And I think I wanted to give this
context before we started getting
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forgot, but it just reminded me.
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marketing is an ecosystem.
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:And when you can start to plant those
seeds and really understand what's
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:supporting what, like your lead
magnet is a resource for certain.
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:Decisions that you can
make in your business.
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email is to support a good quality
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like it really comes in and having that
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to make those decisions with confidence.
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example is like where you're making
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you're seeing actually happen in your
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:jess_1_04-12-2024_131220: So would
you ever suggest there be a time
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:rachel_1_04-12-2024_131220: Yes.
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people who only really have one.
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personalized experience.
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down the exact same path, sure you
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and maybe the quiz result is based
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program, but I do think it is the
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be personalized and custom.
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Let's talk about our next one.
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:This one has been really popular lately.
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an easier one for them to create,
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like a whole guide or a PDF.
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audience where they are at.
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:Everyone's busy again now that the
world has been back open for a while.
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:Like I was one of the people that left
was I the only introvert that left?
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:rachel_1_04-12-2024_131220: arrived.
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:jess_1_04-12-2024_131220: I thrived
when I didn't have to go anywhere and I
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podcasts and recordings and audio
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to talk about is podcast, private
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maybe we just invented a new lead magnet.
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:But I think that these are so popular
right now because one, they're
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:And so If you know that's half
the battle with the lead magnet is
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in them that they don't just sit
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guys become really popular.
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behavior, which is something I talk
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digital product, which is like really
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:understanding the preferences of
your audience, you really like in
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is like one of the biggest markets
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:So instead of trying to change
the behavior of your audience,
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:like really like, why not just get
involved in their daily routine,
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:And I've seen it with a lot,
Jess, you have, you used to
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the newsletter version.
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newsletter rather than reading it because
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that sense kind of thing.
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:So I really think that this is going to
be an upcoming like trend for The lead
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:magnet space, just because it is one
of those that it's it's a no brainer
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lists, like maybe I'm simplifying this all
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behind a gate, the form, so to speak.
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to something, they have to opt in.
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private podcasts, or like even audio
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like breaking things down, like
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delivering them out in a preferred path.
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:It's one of those that really creates
this like super digestible resource.
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people are going to start doing it.
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:jess_1_04-12-2024_131220: Yeah.
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:So then some real life examples of this,
because I always like to bring it down
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a recorded version of your newsletter.
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opting into your newsletter.
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:, the second way you could do on, a
private recording, I have lots of
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:wellness practitioners, so sending out
a meditation or a breath work thing
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:behind a gated you can do that just using
a regular Website page and uploading
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:audio to that where you're like hiding
the link from search but providing that
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:search bar Or you can do a whole private
podcast series So kajabi has a built
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that too Or i've also used hello audio,
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podcast and then We use Captivate to
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just create a new podcast in our account
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with the private podcast specifically
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them a link and it will download it
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use that if they've subscribed to you.
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download , that's my newsletter name
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up on your podcast player , which
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with that person, even if they're
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:rachel_1_04-12-2024_131220: So moving
into the third lead magnet type that
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in kind of the current buyer, like
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:buyer behavior that we're in now is
low ticket offers as lead magnets.
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:So really giving someone a taste
of something without the crazy
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:If you play this right, you
can really bring in some
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:qualified leads into your list.
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:Like when someone spends money with you,
it immediately already breaks them apart
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who is just watching to consume and DIYing
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:So if you do it right and
lead to an end goal that is.
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:Building customer lifetime value
really maximizing those touch points.
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:It can be so powerful.
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:Plus it gives you a little,
money in the bank too.
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:So 27 isn't going to buy you a new
house, but if you really create that
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:compelling offer, you can, Call in
a lot of really qualified leads that
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:have already had an experience with
you, spent money with you and can trust
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spend money with you the next time.
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:jess_1_04-12-2024_131220: I've seen
these like low ticket introductory
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:offers be really successful for
my clients who offer templates.
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conjunction with offering templates,
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offset that ad expense by having
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going straight to the checkout.
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:So I think this is definitely I'm
in the process of refining my notion
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an avenue that I'm going to explore.
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Yeah, it really is.
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you said, templates, you can do, like
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things that you can really like just
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people get so overwhelmed.
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I try to cover with as much depth
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overwhelmed because they just want to
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know if I'm doing this is my format.
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into What you deliver as a service
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business, like whatever Like format you
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you're trying to you know Give out so
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can just Make it make sense for you.
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and see are that is working right now
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just me, but I think all business owners
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like the sales pitches that happen like.
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place where people can come together
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a powerful connection, not only to
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business, I started offering.
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just co working sessions.
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like your Monday potato day outfit.
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turn your camera on.
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collaboration and accountability
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:Because that was what I see as an
opportunity in most businesses is that
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done is sometimes just not there.
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:So I really love the idea of just creating
these community spaces or even just
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no screen, like no strings attached.
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:Maybe it's just Hey, I'm answering
like all the topics about this.
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to connect with you, like personally
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:rachel_1_04-12-2024_131220: Yeah, there
was something I was reading the other
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we are as humans are shifting more
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from the stuffy energy that existed
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of You In person networking events,
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where it's okay, everybody just hand
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works so, so is because people are
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:Like the online space boomed in the
middle of a pandemic where people couldn't
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really super successful businesses
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their families can't connect.
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else, but I know my family has
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design designer the other day.
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that is not at all what I do.
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towards being more real, like really
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this right, like community building,
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such a great tool for businesses to
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leads, new subscribers, all of that.
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:jess_1_04-12-2024_131220: All right,
so that was our four lead magnets.
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:So number one, we have a quiz and this
really helps you to not only segment
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:your audience but direct them to the
specific offer that is right for them.
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:Number two, we have the private podcast
or recordings, which is all about
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:meeting your audience where they're
at and giving them easily digestible
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:resources for them to learn more about
you and the transformation you provide.
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:Number three was a low introductory
offer so that you can skip that freebie.
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:Get the new subscribers straight to
check out and give them a taste of
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:what a paid offer is like from you.
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:And then number four, we have
co working, which are great for
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relationship with your audience.
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about any of those lead magnets
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:rachel_1_04-12-2024_131220: No, I
think obviously there, these are just
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magnets you could possibly go into.
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cover 12 and how they fit your
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very specific awareness levels.
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that was my favorite part.
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you would use this and this and this.
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the whole what have you selling it for?
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:rachel_1_04-12-2024_131220: it's.
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:jess_1_04-12-2024_131220: for that
part, because it'll save you so much
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create an audience lead magnet, that's
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going to get the results that you want.
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bit more about that.
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the most compelling lead magnet, how
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attract new leads with that, and then
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to understand how to use your lead magnet,
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keep your mind open when it comes to
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be super expansive in your business.
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dusty, crusty PDFs that just sit on
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prep for an easy breezy summer business.
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episode because I feel like the last.
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should be right now have been
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talk about all about bringing
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