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The Product Launch Formula Masterclass Is Starting Soon

Jeff Walkers Product Launch Formula MasterclassIt’s that time of year again when Jeff Walker holds his Product Launch Formula Masterclass where he opens up registration for his Product Launch Formula Coaching Program.

Starting in a couple of days, Jeff is going to walk us through the exact process he’s been using since 2007 to take existing and new products from unknown to international best sellers.

What Is The Product Launch Formula Masterclass?

This year the Product Launch Masterclass training is a little different to previous years, because it consists of several recorded training sessions, combined with live Webinars with additional training and Q&A where participants can have their questions answered live by Jeff.

To grab your seat for the Masterclass, visit this page and enter your email address, and Jeff will send you all the details as soon as they are ready to go.

I’m going to be following along with this years Product Launch training because for the first time it’s going to include a step by step process for using AI (Artificial Intelligence) to help us create content quickly and streamline the process of getting our launches ready to go much more quickly.

You can register for the Product Launch Masterclass training here.

See you there.

Warm regards,

Rocky Tapscott
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Disclaimer: If you purchase Product Launch Formula through my affiliate link I may receive a referral fee from Jeff Walker, however you won’t pay any more. If you would like my personal help to earn the full price of PLF back within 30 days, and my help to create your first launch using the PLF process, check out my PLF Bonus offer here.

The 3 Step Process To Completely Eliminate Your Competition

One way to ensure your Product Launch is going to be successful is to find a way to completely eliminate your competition. While this sounds like it could be difficult, it really is simple once you know how.

To help you do that, I thought you might find this 3-step process I learned from Travis Sago useful.
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Don’t let its simplicity fool you. It will allow you to sell anything to anyone without ever having to ‘close’ or  ‘convince’ them to buy.

Step 1. Find out what your audience is totally FED UP with. What are they so fed up with they would pay $5K, $10K or more to be free of it?

Step 2. Give then a new, clearly different and desirable way out of what they are fed up with.

You can be incredibly successful if you just use these 2 Steps. The 3rd step makes this even more powerful and could even make you rich:

Step 3. Be the ONLY person who can give it to them (create a Mini Monopoly).

Step 3 can be difficult and may take you a while to come up with a solution, but if you can position yourself as the only option you can have a virtual monopoly in your market place.

I’d love to hear about your results if you implement this in your business.

Take care,

Rocky

P.S. If you’d like to register for one of my regular Product Launch Strategy Zoom calls where I can personally help you to use this process to eliminate your competition, just let me know by getting in touch here and I’ll get back to you with the details.

Disclaimer: If you purchase Product Launch Formula through my affiliate link I may receive a referral fee from Jeff Walker, however you won’t pay any more. If you would like my personal help to earn the full price of PLF back within 30 days, and my help to create your first launch using the PLF process, check out my PLF Bonus offer here.

How To Grease The Wheels Of Your Product Launch Sales Process

If you’d love it if people just whipped out their wallets with no arm twisting to buy during your product launch, there is one critical thing you should be doing… here’s a powerful idea from my friend Travis Sago.

Stop selling your product or service.

You are NOT selling a product or service or any other kinds of deliverable.

You are selling a NEW PLAN to help people get out of HELL!
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So the secret is to sell them on the NEW PLAN first…

How do you sell your new plan?

By getting them to SEE, HEAR, FEEL, TASTE or TOUCH as close as possible that their CURRENT PLAN isn’t working!

You deliver this experience with heaping helpings of empathy and short storytelling… this is not the time to be shaming and scolding your prospects.

Bonus tip: In many cases, they don’t really have a “plan” other than keep doing what they’re doing which is still a current plan.

So often it’s natural that when they see their current situation is too painful to stay the same and their current plan is “hopeless”…

They become open to the FIRST new plan that makes sense and need very few details about the product or service.

So your goal is to help them see their current plan isn’t working, and when they agree, offer them a new plan to get out of the HELL they are in.

Hope this helps,

Cheers

Rocky

P.S. Do you see how even in this email I am doing CURRENT PLAN: pitch the product versus NEW PLAN: presell the new plan?

You don’t stop just because someone pays you money the first time:-)

P.P.S. This month I’m putting aside time to help 2 new clients implement this idea into their business.

If you have an established business with solid lead and customer flow and you’d like to apply this Wallet Lube idea to sell higher priced products and services, just let me know by getting in touch here and I’ll get you all the details.

Disclaimer: If you purchase Product Launch Formula through my affiliate link I may receive a referral fee from Jeff Walker, however you won’t pay any more. If you would like my personal help to earn the full price of PLF back within 30 days, and my help to create your first launch using the PLF process, check out my PLF Bonus offer here.

Using A Conversational Close During Your Product Launch

One of the easiest ways to close high ticket sales during your Product Launch is to use what’s called a conversational close. This has normally been done on the phone, but lately we’ve been having great success using this method via text and Facebook messenger.

Avoiding phone calls has a lot of benefits, but the one I like the most is the time saving because we can be holding multiple text or FB conversations at the same time, whereas we are limited to one person at a time on the phone.

So I thought you might find this example of a conversational close I posted in a Facebook group this week helpful.
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It’s a reply to a cold outreach message a member posted trying to generate sales of his product to real estate agents.

His message was very long winded and wasn’t getting any traction.

Here’s my post in reply:
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Hey Bob, your message comes across as very ‘salesy’ and ‘convincey’ like a typical marketing message.

We’ve found a much different approach works a lot better.

Ideally you would start a conversation with people over a series of short emails or DM’s that might go something like this;

YOU: Initial Email Subject: Open homes

Hi [NAME]

Do you hold open homes?

THEM: Yes we do, which property are you interested in?

YOU: Cool, hey I’ve worked out a way to automatically pre-qualify ideal prospects before you get on the phone with anyone so you don’t waste a bunch of time talking to people who aren’t really ready to buy yet.

Would something like that be helpful for you?

THEM: Yes, how much does it cost?

YOU: Good question and I’m happy to answer that for you. Before we get into that, could you let me know if you spend much time each week talking to people who aren’t in a position to buy right now?

THEM: Yes I spend Freaken hours!

YOU: I’ll bet. Is there something more productive you could be doing with that time?

THEM: Yes I could be doing _______, ________ and ________. (Let them talk and vent).

YOU: What else would you rather be doing?

THEM: Let them tell you all the reasons they are FED UP WITH talking to unqualified prospects and tell you what they could be doing instead?

YOU: Anything else?

THEM: Let them come up with more things with some prompting from you.

YOU: Have you tried anything to qualify people before having to talk with prospects who are not ready?

THEM: Let them answer with prompting from you.

YOU: Anything else you’ve tried?

THEM: Let them answer and exhaust any other options they have tried that didn’t work (if any).

YOU: Was there anything you liked about (using that option)?

THEM: Let them tell you if there was anything that worked or what they liked about that option.

YOU: What was it that sucked about doing that? (because they are obviously still looking for a better way)

THEM: Let them answer and go backwards and forwards until they have told you every thing that sucks with their current Plan.

YOU: How much do you think it is costing you by talking to people who can’t buy right away?

THEM: Let them answer. Dig deeper into what the REAL cost of the loss of this time is doing to them personally, financially, missing family time, opportunity cost, etc.

NOTE: We use T.I.M.E.R to dig down here. What is it costing them in:

  • Time
  • Identity
  • Money
  • Energy
  • Reputation

Once you’ve used T.I.M.E.R. to quantify exactly how much their current Plan is costing them, you can start to sum up the diagnosis portion of the conversation:

YOU: So it sounds like having a solution might be pretty valuable for you?

THEM: Yes it would. Let them tell you how valuable saving that time would be by prompting them – “tell me more”, “what else”, “is there anything else”

YOU: It sounds like being able to qualify leads before you get on the phone with them might be something that could be helpful.

NOTE – Get them to agree that their old Plan is something they no longer want to do and that they are interested in something better (your new plan).

THEM: Let them tell you all the reasons why their current plan needs to change

YOU: So is this something you’d like to fix right now, or is it more of a back burner thing?

THEM: Get them to confirm they want to fix the problem now. If they don’t want to fix it stay in touch but it’s not the right time for them yet. You can follow up and drip out more case studies and results of others you have helped over time until they see it as a front burner issue.

THIS STAGE HAS ALL BEEN ABOUT CONFIRMING THEIR CURRENT PLAN IS NOT WORKING.

You want them to buy into the fact that their current plan sucks and then present them with a new, clearly different and far superior plan to achieve what they want.

If they agree they want to do something now, you can present your New Plan:

YOU: Well I’m not sure if this will work for you or not, but I’ve helped (name a couple of other agents you’ve helped) to streamline their prospecting by automating the process of qualifying leads so they are only getting on the phone with people who are ready to go now.

They’ve found they are saving up to 20 hours a week, and the people they are talking to are usually very qualified and close to buying a home.

Some of the other benefits they are seeing are (list a few of the main benefits and actual results so they can see it’s a good idea)

Does that sound like something that might be helpful?

THEM: Yes it does. How much does it cost?

YOU: Well so we can make sure this is a good fit, would you be open to discussing the details on a 15 minute Zoom call?

THEM: Yes/no continue the conversation from there – book the call or follow up later.

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This is one example of how a conversational close could help you turn people who are on the fence into buyers during your Product Launch.

I’d love to hear about your results of you test out this form of cold outreach.

And if you have any questions, just let me know by replying to this message.

Warm regards,

Rocky

P.S. I’ve set aside some time this month to help 2 new clients implement a warm or cold outreach and conversational close campaign for their business.

If you have a digital products business, you are making at least 20 low-ticket front end sales each month, and you have a high-ticket backend offer with the capacity to add more clients or members, I might be able to help.

Just Click here to get in touch and let me know about your situation and I’ll send you all the details.

Disclaimer: If you purchase Product Launch Formula through my affiliate link I may receive a referral fee from Jeff Walker, however you won’t pay any more. If you would like my personal help to earn the full price of PLF back within 30 days, and my help to create your first launch using the PLF process, check out my PLF Bonus offer here.

The Secret Behind The 9 Word Email

In this previous post I shared Dean Jackson’s 9 Word Email technique for reviving dead leads.

I hope you had a chance to test it out in your business (please let me know what happened if you did).
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But there’s an even bigger payoff from this idea hiding in plain sight.

That payoff is taking the format Dean uses in this Postcard and applying it to your business.

So let’s run through the process for creating your own Postcard (or Facebook Ad, Google Ad, blog post, Facebook post, direct mail piece, or display ad for your brick and mortar store).

But first, you can click on the image below to see it full size in a new window and download it to your computer for future reference if you didn’t already:

9 Word Email

Okay, let’s get to work.

The first two paragraphs contain what we call a ‘Thought Reversal’.

In other words, Dean shares the results of a study showing only 15% of new leads will buy within the first 90 days.

And that most people consider people who don’t buy right away as ‘bad leads’ or ‘tyre kickers’.

But the fact is most people NEVER buy immediately, or even within a few weeks of initial contact.

This is something people either don’t understand, or goes against what many believe.

Then he shares the simple idea of going through your lists of people who contacted you over 90 days ago, and following up with them to see if they are still interested.

The best way to do this is to reference their previous correspondence to remind them of why they contacted you, and ask them if they are still in the market by using the 9 Word Email.

For example:
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SUBJECT: 6 Stone Street

Hi John, are you still thinking of selling your home at 6 Stone Street?

Rob
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Then Dean includes some proof statements to show the effectiveness of this idea, followed by an explanation of why it works so well.

Finally he invites you to learn more, including how to follow up with people who reply to your 9 Word Email, sample subject lines to test, case studies, and more.

This type of information marketing is so powerful because it helps you make invisible prospects visible.

People who are interested will put their hand up and request more information without the risk of having a salesperson call and try to ‘close’ them on something.

And your followup information can help them make an informed decision on whether they want to go further with you when they are ready.

People will buy in THEIR timetable, now ours.

Our job is to be there for them when they are ready to make a purchase.

Getting people subscribed to an email list using marketing like this is a long-term strategy that will help you to make sales for years into the future when done right.

If you like this idea, I’d love to see what you come up with to test it.

If you like, send me a draft copy of what you put together and I’ll give you my feedback on it before you send it.

Hope this helps,

Warm regards,

Rocky

P.S. The 9 word email is a terrific way to get conversations started with prospects you thought you may have lost, but there are several nuances to using it for the greatest effect.

If you’d like to register for one of my regular 9-Word Email Campaign Creation Zoom calls, just let me know by getting in touch here and I’ll get back to you with the details.

Disclaimer: If you purchase Product Launch Formula through my affiliate link I may receive a referral fee from Jeff Walker, however you won’t pay any more. If you would like my personal help to earn the full price of PLF back within 30 days, and my help to create your first launch using the PLF process, check out my PLF Bonus offer here.

This Post Product Launch Email Can Generate Sales Every Month

Dean Jackson shared a memory from 9 years ago on Facebook recently and it’s such a good example of how to generate a burst of sales after each Product Launch I wanted to share it with you too.

And the best part is you can send it out at the beginning of each month and it will pay you like it was an Annuity.

This simple email message has been used by thousands of people to make sales of everything you could possibly imagine.

Dean even mentions how one client who used it to sell a $100 million yacht.

You can click on the image below to see it full size in a new window and download it to your computer for future reference:

9 Word Email For After Your Product Launch

Please check out this example and don’t let the simplicity fool you.

Test it in your business, and see how many conversations you can get stated with people on your list you thought had moved on.

I’d love to hear about your results.

Warm regards,

Rocky

P.S. The 9 word email is a terrific way to get conversations started with prospects you thought you may have lost, but there are several nuances to using it for the greatest effect.

If you’d like to register for one of my regular 9-Word Email Campaign Creation Zoom calls, just let me know by getting in touch here and I’ll get back to you with the details.

PLUS: When you’re ready, here are 4 ways I can help you to grow YOUR business:

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A Product Launch can take a lot of time and energy, and can only be used a few times a year so you don’t burn out your email list. But people’s desire to buy always exceeds our ability to make offers to them. This simple marketing campaign can be used over and over again to extract cash from your list multiple times a month. Click Here

2. You Must Have A Responsive Email List If You Want A Profitable Launch
Building an email list is critical if you plan on doing a launch for your product, service or business. List Warrior will show you a proven way to use free software to build a responsive list of prospects who are ready to buy from you during your launch. Click Here.

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4. Work With Me 1 On 1.
If you’d like to work directly with me to hatch some super profitable campaigns for your business… just send me a message and put “One-on-One” in the subject line… tell me a little about your business and what you’d like to work on together, and I’ll get you all the details!

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Get People To Buy Before, During And After Your Product Launch

I’ve run and watched a lot of people do a Product Launch over the years, and one of the key differences between those that hit it out of the park and those that fail is the ability to get the attention of your audience by targeting their present pain.

A lot of people try to make sales by focusing on future gain, but addressing a prospects present pain and offering them a dream come true solution is your key to making a bunch of sales during your launch.

With this in mind, I thought I’d share this story from my friend Travis Sago. There are many lessons contained here apart from the obvious:
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More Sales Opportunities Than You Can Shake a Stick At…

At about age 10, I was an Opie Taylor ugly kid…

…all freckles, elbows and knees.

I’d paint house numbers on the curb for folks for extra baseball cards and pinball money.

I had to knock on doors to get business.

I sucked (at first).

You got about 2 secs before you get the door slammed in your face.

I wasn’t a pretty little Shirley Temple…or cute like “Mikey” on the cereal commercials.

I was pigheadedly persistent, though, so I had that going. ????

My one-liner was something like, “Hey, Mister, would you like me to paint your curb number for ya?”

“Not interested!

SLAM!”

I’d knock on 5 or 10 doors before I got a “yes.”

The problem was my bike limited my “territory.”

I lived in Riverside, Ca, so I had some room for error, but Mom would only let me expand so far!

One day, I got an excited “yes,” which was unusual.

My “client” told me she’d just ordered pizza the night before and it took forever and her kids were wailing because the pizza guy couldn’t find her house.

“NOTE TO SELF!” I thought.

And this changed everything.

Now when they opened the door, I jangled my bucket and supplies and asked them, “Do you order pizza or carryout?”

(This was BEFORE Dominoes.)

Between the curious confusion about my bucket and the “Pizza” question…I almost always got a “yes.”

“Do you ever have to wait forever? While your stomach eats itself and the kids are going crazy?”

“YES!!!”

“That’s cuz the pizza dude can’t see your house number. Would ya like me to paint it back on there for ya?”

The next question was almost always, “How much?”

Then I “had ’em” because I could paint it on cheaper than they could buy all the supplies.

It was unusual for me to knock on 10 doors and NOT get almost everyone to pony up 10 bucks with my “new offer.”

Which was HOT FOOD, faster!

Who doesn’t want thaaaat?

Moral of the story…

They wouldn’t gimme 2 seconds when I started in with my PRODUCT.

But they gave me just enough time when I started with a PRESENT PAIN and showed them how I could relieve that pain!

I sweatergod, getting this made me one of the richest kids in the neighbourhood.

Today, this is even more important in posts, emails, VSL openers, etc.

You’ve got 2 seconds or LESS to not get the virtual door slammed in your face.

The 1st thing you say, better answer WHY they should pay attention.

The 1st sale you must make is getting their attention.

Smarty McSmarty Pants is wagging his head up and down, saying, “I know that already!”

But then he posts a big long post talking the logical reasons folks should attend his workshop or buy his product or whatever.

Now, if they’re Kim Kardashian or Brad Pitt…

They can probably lollygag a bit and they’ll keep the door open for them.

For the rest of us…

We want to start with an Escape from Hell Symptom so we open up their earhole and heart…and THEN talk about heaven and how we can help them.
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Rocky here again: As I mentioned, there are a lot of lessons in this post, apart from the obvious one which is we have to get our prospect’s attention during your Product Launch by talking about their PRESENT PAIN instead of blabbing on about our product or service (eg. A missed or late pizza delivery was their present pain).

How many more lessons can you see hidden in plain sight in this post?

If you’d like me to share them all with you, and then show you how to implement them in your business, just let me know by getting in touch here and I’ll get back to you with the details.

Talk soon!

Rocky

PLUS: When you’re ready, here are 4 ways I can help you to grow YOUR business:

1. This Puts Cash In The Bank Today For When You Don’t Have Time For A Product Launch
A Product Launch can take a lot of time and energy, and can only be used a few times a year so you don’t burn out your email list. But people’s desire to buy always exceeds our ability to make offers to them. This simple marketing campaign can be used over and over again to extract cash from your list multiple times a month. Click Here

2. You Must Have A Responsive Email List If You Want A Profitable Launch
Building an email list is critical if you plan on doing a launch for your product, service or business. List Warrior will show you a proven way to use free software to build a responsive list of prospects who are ready to buy from you during your launch. Click Here.

3. The Hottest New Lifestyle Business Idea For Overwhelmed Business Owners
Having a lifestyle business could be the holy grail for most people. As best selling author and wealth coach Robert Kiyosaki says, “The poor and middle class work for money. The rich spend their time and money creating income producing ASSETS, which then fund their expenses, and this is how many of them do it. Click Here.

4. Work With Me 1 On 1.
If you’d like to work directly with me to hatch some super profitable campaigns for your business… just send me a message and put “One-on-One” in the subject line… tell me a little about your business and what you’d like to work on together, and I’ll get you all the details!

And don’t forget to check this out ????

How to Earn $20 in 20 Minutes With Any Topic, Niche or Hobby

 

The Rainmaker Campaign + Product Launch Formula = SALES

The Rainmaker Campaign is a 14 day email (or Social) sequence that gets NOW buyers to raise their hands and often converts 30% of those hand raisers into customers.

It’s similar to the Product Launch Formula Internal Launch but is text based so it takes a lot less time to put together than recording videos and creating other launch content.

The Rainmaker Campaign + Product Launch Formula = Sales on Steroids

If you aren’t currently a PLF owner and you would like me to write and manage a Rainmaker Campaign for your business, I’m including it as a bonus when you grab PLF through my affiliate link.

You can check out my PLF bonus offer with all the details of what we’ll be doing together here.

Or if you have any questions or wondering if you qualify, please reply to this message and I’ll get back to you.

Warm regards,

Rocky Tapscott

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