Action Report of 2-Hour Avatar Challenge at CopyandContent.AI – [Podcast 197]

After the first 2-Hour Challenge, we decided to do a team discussion in public to show how teams can use a similar system to discuss business projects such as presentations, challenges, books, sales, or other big action item activities. We used an old SEAL mission debrief method that can parallel perfectly into business activities.

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Discover the Secret to Maximum Clicks, Sales, and Profits With Your Avatar

Are you looking to make money fast while minimizing risk or wasted money on ads that don’t work?

The key is to sell a proven product to a proven audience. (I just summarized your MBA – you’re welcome!)

But instead of taking this straightforward approach, most people make the mistake of venturing into uncharted territory. This is where they put their hard-earned money and irreplaceable time at risk.

Think about it. If your main channel of distribution has always been email or affiliate marketing, but you pivot and go all-in running Facebook ads, without any prior experience, that a risky move. It’s like playing slot machines…

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5 Biggest Mistakes People Make With Lead Magnets

Quality, not quantity, make a great lead magnet.

If you want to build a huge, rabid, responsive list, keep your lead magnet focused on a SINGLE “Big Idea, Solution, or Payoff” your target audience REALLY wants.

Focus on a single, HUGE promise that’s important to your target audience.

If you structure your lead magnet wrong, it’ll blow up in your face and cost you a lot of time, money, and credibility.

So, if you want to know how to get a LOT more leads…

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Do You Make These Mistakes With Webinars? (And KILL Your Sales In The Process)

Mistake #1: Go Too Long
Everybody’s time is at a premium these days.
Nobody has time to waste… especially if they don’t see a specific payoff as the webinar unfolds for them.
Shoot for an hour (including pitch) if you want to keep the maximum number of people LIVE on your webinar.

Mistake #2: Kill Them With…

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How I CRUSHED My Competitors With This Simple Postcard

Want to make a killing with email marketing?
Let me tell you a quick story about how working at a furniture store over 30 years ago taught me the secret to making a killing with email marketing (6 years BEFORE I ever sent my first email)…
I went to work at Grand Furniture on Denbigh Boulevard in the summer of 1990. I started as a salesman and I worked my way up to being the number one salesman in the store within about 90 days.
The other salesmen hated me…

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Is Your Email Address “Blacklisted?”

A lady emailed me yesterday very upset over the fact that her friend’s Internet Service Provider (ISP) wasn’t delivering important email messages. This lack of delivery caused a real problem for the two of them with ruined plans, missed appointments, and just plain inconvenience. If you don’t use email, this might not sound like a “big deal.” But this problem of non-delivery has dramatically affected the way businesses use email and how consumers receive email.

To put things into perspective, imagine if every time you dialed a friend’s phone number you had no idea whether it would ring or not. Now imagine how frustrated you would feel over time if…

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Weekly Update – March 9, 2022

Jim’s Golden Nuggets Are You An Accidental Spammer (And You Don’t Even Know It)? When most people hear the phrase “email marketing” they think of a business sending email out to people trying to sell stuff. When entrepreneurs hear the phrase email marketing, they often think of emailing your customers and subscribers to sign up…

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How To Build A Profitable Email List In 60(ish) Seconds [video]

If you want people to join your list, you have to set up a value exchange. People who sign up for free stuff only want MORE free stuff (which doesn’t help you at all). But, if you help them get their number one payoff, they’re gonna love you, trust you, respect you, and PAY you!…

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Email Marketing Is Dead… Or Is It?

For as long as I can remember, people have been saying that email marketing is dead. 

The first time email marketing died was really when blogs came out and introduced RSS feeds. 

They said, “Ah, nobody’s gonna want to get email anymore. They’ll just subscribe to updates and your RSS feed will push it through to them.”

Nope. Didn’t happen…

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Weekly Update – March, 2, 2022

Jim’s Golden Nuggets How To Build A Profitable Email List In 284 Words! If you want people to join your list, you have to set up a value exchange.  What does that mean? It means they don’t want to give up their good email address. Why?  Cuz you might spam them! To overcome that fear,…

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