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> find your target market, “start with why,” and build your “click funnel.” (“Click funnel” is a term that comes up often in online marketing speak; the basic i
by for_i_in_range 4y ago
> find your target market, “start with why,” and build your “click funnel.” (“Click funnel” is a term that comes up often in online marketing speak; the basic idea is turning your existing connections into paying customers by sending them increasingly irresistible emails.)
This part is an error.
In actuality, "click funnel" refers to the SaaS product called ClickFunnels (www.clickfunnels.com), pioneered by marketer Russell Brunson.
Thanks to Brunson (and his books, Expert Secrets and DotCom Secrets), he's helped create a movement of people who aim to build their own info businesses (courses, 1-on-1 coaching, etc.).
A "funnel" is not "sending them increasingly irresistible emails." It actually refers to upselling customers. A person purchases a product (like a book) at $9.95, then on the next page, you upsell them and offer them a $97 course, then a $197 course, then a $997 live course, etc.
- __derek__ 4y agoInteresting. That up-sell flow appears to be how the Financial Samurai blog works. Ditto Ramit Sethi, whose website/book appears to be the allusion for the article's title despite not being covered in the article.
- bdcravens 4y agoPerhaps they are conflating terms, but a "funnel" (sans "click") exists outside of Brunson's product, and are a well established sales technique. They aren't really an upselling technique, but are what you would imagine the word describes: large numbers (less qualified) in the top, small numbers (most qualified) in the bottom.