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Hello, audience.
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I am nice to see you.
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Uh my name's Jasmine Jonte.
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I a have a done for you course creation agency.
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So we work with experts, authors, speakers, coaches, consultants, entrepreneurs, and we pull the wisdom out of their brain and put it into world-class programs.
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Um and that can look like a lot of different things, but that's who that's who I am.
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That's what I do.
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And at the heart of everything is um teaching, background and teaching, and also just creating amazing experiences for clients and for people.
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All about the wow factor.
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You know?
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Yeah.
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And that's so important right now in particular.
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So before I cue up my first question, because I always do that, I'm like, okay, I have a thousand questions, but I didn't even tell them what the topic is yet.
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So we're talking today about how to become the go-to course creator in your specific niche.
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Before we get into that though, can you tell me like what is changing right now?
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Because I know that there's a shift in this course creator world.
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So what did it look like before?
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And what does it look like in 2026?
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Hmm, I don't know when before is.
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Let's just say before 2020.
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So okay, let's go there.
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So before 2020, um it was a lot more challenging to create programs.
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There was no chat GPT.
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You had to hit every single keystroke of every single thumbnail uh copy piece.
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And like it was just a lot more challenging and less people tried because of that.
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Yeah.
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Um, and then we entered 2020, people had more time, people were at home.
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And so like everyone had to pivot online.
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Um, even like if you look at, you know, Tony Robbins, a guy who'd been doing in-person events only forever, pivoted online and had like 10x or more the reach and impact that he did just when he was doing his in-person training.
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So everyone went online and now suddenly everyone has a course.
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Everyone's like, oh my gosh, it's so saturated in my niche.
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Um, and then recently in the past like 18 months, two years, then ChatGPT came along.
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So it got even easier to develop an amaz a program.
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And um what that means is now there's a lot of noise, and there's a lot of people out there who have not so great training programs.
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Um, and so we're on a mission to combat that, right?
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Yeah.
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I'm excited to hear like how you're doing that because yes, a lot more people are trying to build courses.
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And a lot there's also like the trust factor that so many people put out programs in 2020 who weren't qualified to do it.
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And then we're like, then we pulled back a lot more than we needed to because we were like, can we trust anybody?
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Can we trust anybody?
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So there's that trust recession.
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But let's let's talk about that.
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How do you how do you build that trust with your audience so they'd feel comfortable with you?
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And is it all digital assets or do you mix and match?
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Well, if we think about building trust with our audience, I think the easiest thing to or the easiest question to ask to reflect on that is who are the people that you trust on the internet and why?
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Right.
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Um and I think part of that is showcasing your expertise that you truly are an expert.
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Because like you said, there's a lot of people out there who are unqualified who have no business building the program that they're building and trying to sell and market the program they're trying to sell and market.
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Um, and then on the flip side, there's experts out there who have every right in the world to be teaching what they know online and yet they have imposter syndrome.
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Yeah.
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So it's so many.
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So it's really about like having an honest moment with yourself and saying, like, am I really an expert in this?
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Um, and kind of removing the emotion from it, looking at the the success stories and the client results that you have, and then from that place, sharing that online.
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So you're showcasing your expertise so the audience trusts it.
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Um, you know, I think that's that's huge.
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And another element of uh of having your audience trust you is just being real and honest with them.
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Like, just like if you were serving someone in like a professional services capacity or um an agency capacity or whatever it is, you wouldn't sell them something that you couldn't deliver on.
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So be honest with your audience of like if you if there is something that is the limit or the boundary of what you can support them with, then like say it.
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Like, don't be afraid to say it.
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And it's honestly like a relief to hear someone say, like, that's not my skill set, like and point to a different direction, because then you know what they are sharing.
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They actually do know if they're comfortable talking about what they don't.
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So we have the trust factor, and then what about because you mentioned AI, the digital versus in like the mix of digital in-person, one-to-one contact.
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How do we determine that?
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Uh yeah, there's a lot of questions that you gotta ask to figure out how much uh I call them like support structures you want to have inside of the program that you're offering.
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There are in-person struct support structures and there are uh virtual support structures.
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There is one-on-one, there is group, there is peer support.
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Like it can look like a lot of different things, and you have to consider what's the result that you're trying to get people or you're trying to help people achieve inside of your program.
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And what's that ideal client?
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I mean, it's so simple, it's so basic.
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But um, I remember like a couple years ago, I was trying to do this retreat offer because it sounded really fun to me and it sounded sexy.
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Like I called it the course in a week retreat.
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And wouldn't it be amazing if you could come to Phoenix, Arizona?
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We'll put you up in a beautiful Airbnb, like so aesthetic, and we get your course done in a week.
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And no one freaking bought it.
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And I was like, what do you mean?
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Like this support structure is amazing.
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And I was right off vacation.
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Vacation, come on, we're gonna have like the whole thing, the catered meals, and like I really like made it exclusive in Lux and all the things, and it was like a reasonable price point because I was betaing it.
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So I was like, Yeah, even if I don't like make a ton of profit on this, like I just want to prove it out.
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No one bought, no one bought, and it was because I picked the support structure that I wanted as at the time, like a 30-year-old, you know, woman, double income, no kids, whatever.
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And most of my ideal clients have kids in, you know, who are like in elementary and middle school.
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And so hard.
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And they were like, I this is not the support structure I need, right?
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And so I think that it it often comes down to like, what is your ideal client want?
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Because everyone just goes usually to the if they're having like some kind of group program, they'll say, like, we're gonna do a call once a week.
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Well, does your ideal client want to show up to a call once a week?
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Oh my gosh, let me raise my hand right now because I do not for accoaching any day of the week over in like having to be live on something.
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Uh-huh.
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100%.
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And like there's other people who they love, like the weekly, it's gonna make me show up.
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I get to put it on my calendar.
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Like, there are avatars that really enjoy that and they like that kind of structure and routine.
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And so at the end of the day, it's like, what does your client want?
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And also, like, what are you willing to do?
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You know, uh, especially like with the async work, you gotta have boundaries on it by telling your clients, like, I'm gonna get back to you within 24, 48, however many business hours, right?
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So letting them know what they can expect from you so you're not hog tied to Slack.
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Um, but it's really, I think it really comes down to like asking them what they want and what do you think they need to get the result.
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Yeah, that is such a great point.
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Like, survey the people who are interested in your program and find out what structure they'd like.
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Because I mean, to your point, I would love to go to a retreat.
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I've gone to one the entire time I've owned my business, and it was so difficult because I was coordinating my kids stuff at the same time.
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I was like, I can't do it.
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As much as as fun as it is, I can't do it.
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Yeah.
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It's just a it's just you gotta know what they need and what they want and what they what they can do.
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Yeah, yeah, that makes sense.
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So let's talk about inside of the program.
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How does the design of the program impact the one, the success of the students, but also the profitability.
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Yeah.
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So in terms of the success of the students, this happens a lot, is people think more is more.
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And that is not that could not be further from the truth in the land of TikTok and Instagram reels.
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Uh people don't people don't want to know everything they want to know, the everything you know.
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They just want to know what are the simple strategic things I need to do in what order to get said result.
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They want to do as little as possible.
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That is absolutely true.
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And I experienced it myself.
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Yeah.
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So I think it's like that that's really the one of the benefits of program design and like this skill of learning, like learning experience design, curriculum design, it is actually a skill.
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Just like copy is a skill and sales is a skill and podcast editing is a skill.
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Like it's a skill, and a lot of people don't realize that.
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Um, but when you know that skill, you know how to scaffold students from where they are right now to where they want to go in the easiest, most effective route possible.
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Um yeah, so more is not more, less is more.
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Make it as simple and easy as possible.
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Let's pause right there because I have to tell you a story.
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Oh, yeah, bring it on.
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When I started betaing tiny marketing club, I put all of the content they would need inside of it.
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And I started it off with a strategic spark.
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So I'd sit down with them one-on-one and I would tell them exactly what they needed to do, but they had access to everything.
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It they raised their hand, at least.
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They told me, they were like, I'm distracted because I know what I'm supposed to do.
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It's right here on this sheet.
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But then I'm like, well, that looks cool, and that looks cool, and that looks cool.
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So they would bounce around and they couldn't complete anything.
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And that's when I redesigned everything.
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So they're doing a mission in four weeks.
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This is what you need to accomplish, and these are the only things that you need to look at.
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And then I hide everything else.
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Powerful blood they told me though.
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Yeah, yeah.
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It's like you you created a forcing function for focus.
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Yeah, yes, exactly.
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I was attracting a lot of people who have ADHD and creating those containers in a way where you had no choice but to focus on that one thing made it a lot easier for them.
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Yeah.
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And I I think that's something that most people in most niches uh need to consider is how do I help my students focus on the 20 that creates the 80% of results.
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And there are program design ways to do that.
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Like you said, is like you hit all the other content and they only got access to a certain amount of time.
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You can also do choose your own adventure uh programs where it's like there's a quiz or there's something, there's an AI agent or something at the beginning that kind of puts them in like a track.
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If you I like that idea.
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And then so even though you can have people who come in um with different challenges or different unique uh things about them, you can kind of personalize it.
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And then they feel like, oh, like this is this is just for me, but without it needing to be a one-on-one consultation call, right?
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Yeah, that's yeah, super brilliant.
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And maybe I'll I'll take that for for later.
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Take it, take it.
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Um, so yeah, there's program design ways to create focus.
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And then the other thing is like just reminding your students, like so many people forget just because they bought something, just because they bought your program doesn't mean they're gonna engage with it.
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You know, yeah, like they buy it and they log in, but are you prompting them to log back in?
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Like, are you sending them engagement emails?
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Oh, could you run an ad just to your client list to remind them to do their homework that week?
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I mean, like, cheapest ad ever, you know what I'm saying?
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But like it increases the results that people get and it shows that you really care.
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So really smart.
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I never would have thought of that.
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Yeah.
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It's like you know, but you know exactly which email, you know?
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And you can do fun things like I see you on Instagram.
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Yes, it's your coach calling, and I see you on Instagram, and you need to stop the scroll because remember, this week is about whatever.
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Oh my god.
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I love that.
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That is a cute and brilliant idea.
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Yeah.
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So remember, like they're gonna get they're gonna get unfocused, they're gonna be distracted.
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How can you pull their attention back to where you want it by interrupting their their thought patterns wherever they are, whether that's email or text message campaigns or push notifications or ads.
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Yeah.
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So smart.
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I just started within the last couple of months putting together workflows because they were getting weekly emails on what to do, but now I have workflows where like it automatically DMs them like, are you are you working on this right now?
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Ping me when you're ready to talk about it.
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Which platform are you in?
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Heartbeat.
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Okay.
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I don't know heartbeat, but uh, I don't know well, I should say.
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I know of it.
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We haven't built on there yet.
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Um, but I love things like that, like bulk actions or um, and also on the flip side, right?
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Not just like connecting with them when they haven't logged in for seven days and that's the workflow trigger.
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But when they complete something, having a DM that says, like, congratulations, you just unlocked this thing that you didn't know you were gonna get.
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Or like giving, oh my gosh, this was this is crazy for course completion, is especially if you have like a cohort or if you have a tight kind of knit community, you can give them shout outs in the community for completing the module of the week because you can see their completion.
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Oh, yeah, that's a good idea.
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So it's like small little touches like that can go a long way.
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Positive peer pressure.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Okay, so those are some design elements that can make sure that your your clients are successful in there.
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Now, what design elements would lead to higher profitability?
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Really good question.
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Um, so we call them moneymakers.
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And I like the name already.
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We call them moneymakers.
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The key here is to decide what you want to upsell.
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Um, if we think about you know, the three ways to grow a business, there's more clients, there's increasing the average transaction value, and there's increasing referrals or retention.
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So when we think about what are we upselling, um, that's one way to increase like the lifetime value of a client.
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So they didn't just buy your mini course, but they also bought your signature course, or they also opted in for coaching.
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And you can build those into a program in a lot of different ways.
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You can literally talk about them in your videos, you can add them to workbooks, you can add them to portal copy, you can add them to sidebar buttons.
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Like there's a lot of ways you can talk about your other offers naturally inside of your programs from a place of not like go buy my more, go buy more shit now.
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It's not like that, but it's like, yeah, you know, especially like, oh, I love telling client stories.
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So for example, I have a mini course and Sarah, you're my mini course.
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Okay.
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And, but you also bought my one-on-one coaching.
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And so in the mini course, I tell your story and I'm like, oh my gosh, when Sarah, she she went through this module and it completely shifted the way she did X, Y, Z.
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I'm so like, we're so happy for her.
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And it shifted so much for her.
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She actually joined our one-on-one coaching and she got Y result too.
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Isn't that crazy?
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And then you just kind of move into what's next.
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So you're like naturally opening loops and planting seeds throughout the whole journey with the assumption that they're joining the next thing that you have available.
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Oh, that's really smart.
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Yeah.
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I do that in like workshops where people aren't part of my program yet.
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Offer nodding, talking about like if one of my clients is also at that workshop bringing it up, but I haven't thought to do it that way.
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That's really smart.
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Yeah.
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Um you can so you can do that, right?
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Like you can embed it into videos, into workbooks, into portal, into all of that, that good stuff.
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Um, but you can also do things that support um the other ways to grow a business.
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So that's like LTV.
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But can you do things like adding a really easy Instagram shareable celebration so that now they're posting your stuff to the internet about your program, which increases referrals.
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Like Mar, there's like a whole ton of things you can do, but it all is about strategy.
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It's like, what are you upselling?
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When in the program are you talking about it?
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And how is it being delivered?
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Um, so you gotta look at it from the it's hard to do this retroactively.
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You kind of have to do it when you build the program.
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Yeah, definitely.
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For most of those for sure.
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I was just thinking about how it would work with your the tracks that you were talking about earlier.