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We live in such an 'event' based society that often we forget to think of the journey and process behind every 'event'.

Headlines along the lines of...

"24 yr old entrepreneur sells a tech start-up for 5 million"

"Stay-at-home mom hits bestseller list overnight!"

"Inventors raise 2 million on Kickstarter with brilliant coffee lover idea"
.. all create a sense of other people doing things 'overnight'.

But you don't see the process. The journey.

The months of sleeping on couches of the 24 yr old, chasing a tech dream. The mom who raised kids, ran a business out of her garage, and worked on her book for 3 years. Or the inventors who failed miserably for years and held day jobs while toiling away into the night.

We typically miss THAT.

So if you're going through what seems like one set back after another.

One failure after another.

You are not alone.

It's hard to make a quantum success leap in one day or one week.

Sure, buzz words like "growth hacking" focus on accelerating the process.

But trying to go from 'zero to hero' in 4.6 seconds just doesn't cut. Because you can't short change mastery.

Iterate constantly. Improve constantly.

You'll find that all those 'overnight success stories' have a journey.

The Japanese have a word for this, "Kaizen".

Getting a little bit better every day.

If you get 1% better every day, you're twice as good in 72 days.

Focus on small, tangible, daily improvements.

And you'll start to

Thoughts?

Agreed. Who else would you add to this list?

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What would an A-Z marketing funnel setup be worth to you?

And I mean everything...
.. the landing / opt-in pages w/ split testing setup and in place... segmented email lists setup with at least first autoresponder email setup and in place... tracking code setup for every campaign you have running to track back to conversion (either lead opt-in or sale)... landing pages setup to match different campaign themes & angles if you are running multiple campaigns with matching email list segmentation etc,... one-step and two-step upsells and cross-sells, depending on your product & niche... affiliate product promotion built into your autoresponders and/or upsells & cross-sells

What else would you want to see in your funnel?

(This list is just off the top of my head).

What about going deeper into research & setup of campaigns?

Say for...
.. Facebook?.. Google Adwords?.. CPA networks?.. PPV networks?.. Solo ads?

Which traffic platform do you think has the biggest opportunity for your business? Which platform has been your biggest challenge so far?

Would love to hear your feedback and thoughts on what the value of an A-Z marketing funnel setup would be. And what you'd want to see included in it as a "Dream List"...?

Good marketing read.


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