preference falsification is the root of advertising
high ticket event - presentation by eric brown
- overview
- What is it? > $1k
- Generally
- Longer-term
- higher-touch
- lead-time
- sales process
- Examples
- retreats, coaching, masterminds, experiences
- Process
- experience design
- target audience
- value ladder
- sales funnels(yin)
- discovery calls
- math
- emotions
- deep connections
- full control of experience
- self-challenges to contuinue growth/development
- the community, true realationship, true visiblity
- more fun, more meaningful, more challenging
- experience design
- opportunity
- blank canvas for exception experiences
- process
- crafting an experiential arc (hero's journey(retreat), mountain peek(ascent))
- cultivating
- safety, trust, openeness, engagement
- result
- accomplishments, experiences, feelings
- mechanisms
- ideas, activities, senses, group, individual
- opportunity
- target audience
- find them vs attract theme
- who do you want there? what do they care about? pain? hopes?
- user persona
- who do you want there? what do they care about? pain? hopes?
- find them
- facebook, subreddits, blogs/media, newsletters, chat groups, sites
- attract them
- email lists, owned audience, WoM, referrals
- value-proposition (checkout notion templates)
- what do they need? what does this do?
- warm vs. cold leads a. existing PoC, Fresh connection (warm) b. more likely to join c. Show up, add value, engage, mentoin (cold)
- find them vs attract theme
- value ladder(yang)
- have something on each step
- $0(free opt-in), $1(begin the money-trust-value exchange), $10(real offerings), $100+(full products/offerings), $1000+(high- Ticket Experiences)
- The hardest stop? The first one.
- you can to bottom-up or top-down
- sales funnels(yin)
- awareness(A)
- conversion, payment, registration
- FYB webinar, ascent podcast, DTRH email, messages
- interest(I)
- sales calls, 1-pagers, testimonials
- newsletter with ending "let us know by answering"
- personal notes, website, testimonials, scarcity(exclusivity, FIFO)
- decision(D)
- website, webinar, overview, Q&A
- application form, discovery call
- action(A)
- social, video, audio, announcements
- registration & payment
- energetic value exchange
- can also build this up backwards
- aim for win-win situations on every level. this ways it always adds value
- awareness(A)
- discovery calls
- its about the person who is becoming and not the product
- mario+powerflower(what we offer)=supermario
- be prepared to say NO. the group is sacred, the experience is paramount
- painting a picture, the art of storytelling, they talk, you prompt
- we follow essentially a very simple skeleton (they talk, you prompt stuff, double-click, mirror)
- past
- what's it like to be you right now?
- can you tell me more about that?
- this is what I heard: ...
- future
- What is possible for you? Deam big.
- Can you get more specific about that?
- This is what I heard: ...
- You want to go from A > B Amazing. This is how what we have can be an asset on your journey.
- past
- its about the person who is becoming and not the product
- With great power..
- comes great responsibility
- these are significant investments for people
- they are in sensitive processes, possibility for frustration/projection
- for retreats: bodily harm, psychosis, death, medical emergencies
- You will be asked a lot from this
- Liability waivers, community agreements(telegram group-chat), setting expectations
- Notes
- it will never be perfect. only in the process of perfecting
- leave room for emergence, don't be rigid
- always start early, warm up those leads
- relentlessly add value
- at every setp on the way. even on sales calls. what do they need and how can I give them. there are scope limits but its about the people
- treat this as incredibly significant for you & them
- build literally anything you want
- say NO
- mind your business
- you will enjoy it. like you hated vegetables when you where small
- books: show your work
courses
See
Links
- https://twitter.com/Julian/status/1337831019546779649
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiEEY4aCrjc&t=819s
- https://swiped.co/how-to-create-advertising-that-sells-ad-by-david-ogilvy/
- Every product in its place
- marketing is much more than just advertising
- Growth Marketing
- How do you quickly grow an online audience?
- The errors of efficiency
- Friendly (/non-coercive) marketing exploration tags.to-watch