Why You're Failing to Attract Clients!
The Futur
62 min, 27 sec
A thorough explanation of a sales process that is designed to be customer-centric and build trust through various stages, leading to a sales transaction.
Summary
- Content should demonstrate expertise and build social proof to create trust with the audience.
- The sales process includes asking potential customers about their needs and goals, using scarcity, and offering a lead magnet.
- Sequential commitment is key, starting with small commitments and leading up to the final sale.
- Artificial scarcity can be created by communicating your finite capacity and setting high rates to filter out less committed clients.
- Effective sales strategies involve psychology, such as making clients articulate their needs, which leads them to convince themselves.
Chapter 1

The speaker begins by emphasizing the importance of demonstrating the highest level of expertise in one's field to attract customers.
- If you create logos but don't show high-level work, no one will hire you.
- The speaker shares a personal story about a $4,500 lesson on sales and offers to share the insights as a gift.
- The audience is encouraged to deconstruct the upcoming story to understand the sales process.

Chapter 2

The speaker discusses the difficulties of lead generation and the importance of having multiple leads to reduce pressure during sales.
- Lead generation is tough for most people because they're not good at it.
- Having more leads allows for more practice and confidence, which can lead to more sales.
- The speaker compares generating leads to a tennis coach feeding balls to a player for better practice.

Chapter 3

The speaker explains how to design a sales process that leads to a discovery call with potential clients.
- Start by designing your sales process backwards, focusing on the desired call to action.
- Create content that naturally funnels potential clients towards the action you want them to take.
- Structure your content to build trust with the audience, leading them to book a discovery call.

Chapter 4

The speaker engages with an audience member to craft a direct call to action for their business.
- The speaker helps Michael, an audience member, to clarify his call to action: booking a discovery call.
- They discuss the importance of being clear about what you want potential leads to do after engaging with your content.
- The crafted call to action is centered around having a conversation to see if working together is a good fit.

Chapter 5

The speaker emphasizes setting up a system to have a continuous flow of leads for practice and improvement.
- Having a system similar to a coach who feeds balls consistently helps improve skills over time.
- The more leads you get, the more you learn and grow in confidence, which hopefully leads to more sales.
- The goal is to work less but make more money by increasing rates and reducing the number of clients.

Chapter 6

The speaker shares a personal experience of being sold a personal training program, demonstrating sales techniques used.
- The personal trainer used social media content to build trust and demonstrate expertise.
- He offered a gift and created scarcity by saying there were only three spots available.
- During the sales call, he asked questions that led to a commitment and overcame objections seamlessly.

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