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Frank Kern
Transforming Your Business Isn't About Doing A Million Different Things. It's About Finding ONE BIG THING And Then Leveraging That. Frank Kern has been advising entrepreneurs like you all day, every day, to do just that since 1999. This is his podcast. More at FrankKernPodcast.com.
What to do if your leads don’t convert
So this is someone saying, hey man, I'm getting leads, but they're not converting. All right, and so that's the statement. The actual statement is I could get leads with my clients, need help converting them. Uh dude, join the club...
06:5620/11/2023
If you lost everything today (contacts, cash, business, etc), what will you do to rebuild back your income?
If you lost everything today (contacts, cash, business, etc), what will you do to rebuild back your income? Well, if I literally had absolutely no money at all, like not even enough to run ads, I would go door-to-door to businesses or just get them on the phone, really. Yeah, I'd get them on the phone. I'm assuming I at least have a phone...
02:3213/11/2023
Is the majority of your business still from selling info or consulting? Which business model do you prefer?
Mike says, is the majority of your business still from selling info or consulting? Which business model do you prefer? Right now, it's info. And there's a deliberate reason for that. There are two deliberate reasons for that. #1 - it's personal preference, which was spawned by me being wore out...
03:1306/11/2023
NEW: The Holy Grail Scenario
It's the question I've been getting a lot of lately, which is like a general question, which is what's the best way to do social media ads? The answer is, it depends. However, there is a Holy Trinity to shoot for, and if you can pull this off, and I...
06:3130/10/2023
HOLD FAST – The Cure For Distraction
Today, I have 10 words for you that can polarize or they can unify. My hope is that they unify. Here they are. The words are...
10:3123/10/2023
They Asked Frank Kern To Keynote Funnel Hacker Live
Alright. It's important that everybody fully understands the situation at hand. I'm going to talk about seven things on the intro net. I might talk about ways to increase sales in your business. I might slip up and say that I've sold a lot of stuff. My results are not typical. The statement about me being completely insane is 100% accurate...
27:5016/10/2023
The Magic Question That Makes Everything Easier
So today's episode is about one magic question that can change everything. I really crack myself up with these titles sometimes, but there's really some validity to the statement. I promise. So, I'll reveal the magic question in a minute. This will be a short episode, but let me set the scene for you....
05:5609/10/2023
You do NOT need motivation (because this works better)
What's happening, hope you're well. So what we're going to talk about today is the one thing that beats motivation, hands down, every single time. Personally, love motivational stuff. Love it. Huge fan, like reading it, like listening to it. I don't know who my favorite is...
05:2902/10/2023
An IMPERFECT Morning Routine (works great)
Have you ever heard of that book Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod? I listened to that a couple of years ago on audio book, and I can't remember exactly what it said, but I'm mentioning the book because probably some of what I'm going to share with you is inspired by what I read or more accurately listened to in that book. I want to give credit where credit is due preemptively because surely none of this is original. I want to introduce you to the concept of the imperfect morning routine. We all talk about, well not we all, but we all at least hear about a morning routine, and the importance of a morning routine...
06:5525/09/2023
An unusual childhood experience (that might have made me millions)
I want to share an unusual belief that was, I'm going to put this in air quotes, forced on me growing up that forever changed my life for the better. I say forced on me, again in air quotes, because I was never given an option to consider it. It never occurred to me that it might not be true. It was literally repeated to me over and over and over again. And I believed it and I gotta tell ya, I thank God for the belief. And I thank God that I believed it, that I quote unquote, fell for it. So here's the belief...
07:3818/09/2023
The Most Powerful “Persuasion Technique” On Earth
Let's talk about one of the most powerful, mass-influence methods ever. I wanted to say weapons, but that just sounds weird. I don't want to weaponize this kind of thing. You know, technique, strategy, tactic, how 'bout that? Anyway, before I tell you about this, I want to warn you, this cannot be faked...
07:4411/09/2023
Forget “Money Goals” - try this instead
Let's talk about money goals. They say you're supposed to have 'em and they say you're supposed to set financial targets. I got to tell you, I'm not sure I agree. I mean, to some degree, obviously it's a pretty good idea, but here's something I'll share with you from personal experience, might help you have yourself more fun and a better life...
06:5204/09/2023
You have WAY more value than you know
Let's get to work. OK, try to do these every day. Share some new insights. Some picking up along the way. Crazy thing happened on Clubhouse yesterday, which is increasingly addicting, by the way. Who knows what will happen with this thing? So many questions around the topic of Clubhouse. Is it going to replace this or that or the other? The answer in my opinion is no. It's not going to replace anything, but it is a pretty good feeder system for other platforms, like somebody sees you on Clubhouse. If you're able to help or contribute, then maybe they go check you out on YouTube or listen to your podcast, or check out your Instagram or Facebook or whatever. It's also a great place to pick up insights about what's going on in the mind of your customer, which we've talked about before. So yesterday, I got pinged into a room...
16:3221/08/2023
Avoid this ONE “mindset mistake” at ALL COSTS
What's happening y'all? This is an honest to God, real live actual planned podcast episode. So let's dig right on into it. I got a question, a good question, the other day. I forgot who asked me so I can't credit them that, but whoever you are, thanks for asking it. The question was, what three beliefs do you wish you had when you were 20? Which was really a good question. All the self-help folks, as a generalization, will tell you that your beliefs affect your thinking, your thinking affects your decisions, your decisions affect your actions and in your actions affect your life. Yada, yada, yada. I believe all of that to be true. Only reason I'm yada yada yada -ing it is because I know you've heard it a billion times, just like I have. Man, what a good question. So I spent a lot of time thinking about it and I don't know if I've got three, but I've got one that I wish I would have, I could have installed in my 20s and here it is...
10:3014/08/2023
Is Clubhouse Worth Messing With? (yes, but NOT how you might think)
Hope everybody's well. Happy whatever today it is...Saturday. I want to answer a question that was on my mind. It's been on a lot of people's mind, what's the deal with this Clubhouse thing, is it worth messing with? There's a lot of debate on it. So here's the thing about Clubhouse...
09:5207/08/2023
I’m starting a TV show on vuvies.com and I wanna scale it online. What are a few steps I can take to do that?
This is interesting. I'm starting a TV show on Vuvies and I want to scale it online. What's a few steps I can take to do that? I don't know, I don't know what Vuvies is. Now I'm feeling like I'm left out. I'm not going to look at it though, at Vuvies, because then I'll go down this freaking rabbit hole and I won't get any work done. Let's pretend you got a record coming out and it's an album and you want downloads, or a podcast or something... I would do click campaigns...
01:3724/07/2023
The career executive coaching space is booming right now due to the global pandemic economic fall out. What would your very top strategy be to capture more engagements?
Hey Frank, the career executive coaching space is booming right now due to the global pandemic economic fall out. What would your very top strategy be to capture more engagements? So I have a framework for writing stuff to get people's attention that works really, really well...and it's really fundamental.
02:2117/07/2023
How can I build clientele for my wife’s salon targeting a 50-mile radius?
How can I build clientele for my wife's salon targeting a 50-mile radius? Dude, this fits in perfectly with the earlier question of what would you do if you lost everything and only had $10K and had to start all over. I would service businesses like the one referenced. So dude, here's what you do...
03:2110/07/2023
What courses of yours are a good fit for a very advanced, well-established internet marketer?
What courses of yours are a good fit for a very advanced, well-established internet marketer? Really depends on the desired outcome. I consider myself to be a very advanced, well-established internet marketer, and what I always go back to is the fundamentals or...
02:0903/07/2023
How do you inspire yourself to create content?
How do you inspire yourself to create content? Dude. It's fun! So, this is like...this, debauchery and food, and, you know, inappropriate things to talk about on a livestream that all other dudes think about it. This is the only thing that I ever think about. Ever.
01:5826/06/2023
How do you inspire to create new stuff and trainings for your clients without modeling the new guy, modeling the new guy?
He says, how do you inspire to create new stuff and trainings for your clients without modeling the new guy, modeling the new guy? Dude, I don't care what the new guys are doing. I care about what I learned from that guy, Albert Lasker. And from that other guy, David Ogilvy. And from that guy, Claude Hopkins. And from that guy, Gary Halbert. And Dan Kennedy...and hard won experience.
02:0012/06/2023
What are people buying online today? Online courses? White papers? Just curious what are the hot products right now.
What are people buying online today? And then the question goes a little deeper...is it online courses, white papers? Just curious what the hot products are right now. The short answer to that is everything.
03:3922/05/2023
What was the SINGLE biggest obstacle overcame to get where you are today?
What was the single biggest obstacle I overcame to get where I am today? That's a serious question. There are a lot of them, so I'll just tell you all the dumb stuff that I do. And then I'll let you decide what the biggest obstacle is.
04:1508/05/2023
The Best Productivity System Ever
I guess it all stems from the feeling that so many of us have, sometimes myself included, that we're just not doing enough. I'm hoping I can be of service to you today and help you with that and help you not experience that. I've been doing all this kind of entrepreneurial stuff online for 21 years now, I started in October of 1999. I've gone through multiple methods of working, multiple approaches to productivity...
10:2224/04/2023
The Three Most Important Things To Do Every Day
You're looking for ideas on how to make your business work a little bit better, so let's talk about that. I got three things for you. I think if you'll do these three things every day, then you'll probably make more money. That's my guess, I can't substantiate that. It is pure speculation, but I know that when I focus on doing these three things, I make more money. So my hope is that you will too...
11:2017/04/2023
Most Successful Promo Ever? (Part 2)
There's something I forgot to mention to you, which is how absolutely horrible the sales page is. Seriously, look at it...
08:1710/04/2023
2 Ad Sets Got 100X Return on Ad Spend (Which is Just Ridiculous)
First thing I want to point is that is not really normal. A little bit of a fluke there, doesn't happen every day. Just happened to have 2 of them do that yesterday, which was great! So when I put those little videos up...
10:0920/03/2023
Frank Got Really Lucky
It's not like it happens every day. It's not like the whole campaign was a 100X return on ad spend and it's not like that is happening at scale. It still looked cool though! So that's pretty good and I've never had that happen before. No kidding, it was really pretty freakin' crazy!
14:2013/03/2023
Using your case study, what's that high level thinking that you use from the beginning all the way to the end result of a campaign?
Really my question is wrapped around the case study that you used in the direct presentation that you used to get us into this class where day one was the $1.80 ad spend and then eventually you showed the 30 days in May where you spent about $3.50 and generated $600,000 in sales. So I guess really, I'd love to have a walkthrough of the 30,000 foot view of, you start day one at a $1.88, you get three days worth of data. Day three to six, day six to nine. What's that high level thinking that you use from the beginning all the way to the end result of that campaign? That was unbelievable...
05:0006/03/2023
Using a video sales letter or a webinar, what's the best way to track how much of that video someone has seen to know if they actually reached the point where they heard the pitch?
I just had a quick question about using a video sales letter or webinar. Let's say I put it on my thank you page for my lead magnet, so someone comes in, they opt in. They go to the thank you page and then I want to give them some trainings with a pitch that follows in video form. What's the best way to track how much of that video someone has seen to know if they actually reached the point where they heard the pitch? Depends on what you're using...
02:0927/02/2023
How do you get past the Facebook regulations and still make an emotional offer?
If there was a quick tip that you would give people about the promise or about making the offer, or whether they need to twist the pain, and in particular, how you get past the Facebook regulations and still make an emotional offer because that always seems to get in the way, for a lot of things. Yeah. So I'm really glad that you brought that up...
03:0320/02/2023
In three years, running Facebook ads has changed a lot, and here you are in front of your laptop. I just wondered what you'd learned, what changed, and why that was possible?
So I'm just thinking, like three years ago, with the inner circle and everything, you had all these Facebook consultants and agencies and it was a huge drama to run Facebook ads, but you always had a team to do that. Now here you are, in front of your laptop, and I just wondered what you'd learned and what changed, and why that was possible now? Oh, I just like doing it!
02:0013/02/2023
In building a virtual sales team, what can we expect from those bonuses?
You mentioned an agency model and building a virtual sales team, so he wants to know what he can expect from those bonuses. Yeah, so the virtual sales team, here's how ours works and here's what I'm going to show you how to do...
03:1606/02/2023
How would you make an ad for "the low-hanging fruit?"
One more question. A friend of mine asked me to help with an ad for a water purification system he sells, but this will be very hard to try to get leads for that. So the lowest hanging fruit is going to be an individual who's thinking about buying...
02:0630/01/2023
What is the best way to create a segmentation/target on Facebook for web design services?
My question is...I am doing web design, you know, landing page on websites, so I was wondering what is the best way to create a segmentation on Facebook for that? To create a segmentation? By segmentation, do you mean target?
04:3023/01/2023
You just mentioned how you drip the product...is that what you recommend people do is drip the product?
I guess the other question I had was you just mentioned how you drip the product. Is that what you recommend people do is drip the product? Oh yeah, absolutely. Number one thing, so we survey people all the time...
01:4716/01/2023
What do you think of this business economy and how has it affected your business?
My question is...Mr. Frank Kern. What do you think Doctor? Doctor, Professor Frank Kern, PhD. Better? OK. What do you think of this business economy and how it has affected your business? This is a very weird answer, and some people think I'm an idiot, actually probably a lot of people think I'm an idiot when I say stuff like this...
02:4109/01/2023
With the maximizer method, the email follow-up with how to move them through the process...is that a part of it?
One last question, I think, with this method, the maximizer...the email followup with how to move them through the process. Is that a part it? That's where I fall off. I know I don't have that structure on how to go from the leads to the sale. Thank God, you know? I'm glad they don't, I wouldn't have a job, but you're not alone...
01:5802/01/2023
Would an e-com store brand benefit from the maximizer?
Would an e-com store brand benefit from the maximizer? Yeah! With e-com, where you guys fall off...
03:2126/12/2022
Should I have one page for my training and a separate page for affiliate marketing?
When I set the page up, I did not set up a business account. So I'm assuming that I have to set up a business account with that, in order to run ads, is that correct? Especially if you want to do stuff like retargeting and all of that. Yeah. Okay, great. Secondly, my purpose for starting that ad was to brand myself. I have a lot of background in consulting and training, and one of my main goals is to work with people who are trying to start up their businesses and go in so many different ways, and just trying to get some strategic planning in place so that they can save some time. So in that, that would be part of what I would be using that page for...
03:4919/12/2022
For a general contractor wanting to target commercial business owners only, do you have any recommendations on the copy and target audiences he should use?
I think it's a great question because he's trying to target B2B. So he has a general contractor who wants to target commercial business owners only. Do you have any recommendations on the copy and target audiences that he should use? Okay. So they own the office building, I would assume? They own or lease and need a general contractor...
03:4312/12/2022
What's the best way to drive traffic to a convenience store?
What's the best way to drive traffic to a convenience store? Dude, TV...TV on the phone. So we talked about this yesterday. I'll just do it real briefly...
03:4505/12/2022
Can you go over why you choose automatic placement for everything?
I'm wanting to get really clear on the placement for the lead ads. So I believe you chose automatic placement yesterday. Can you go over why you choose automatic placement for everything? Good question. I did it deliberately...
01:5828/11/2022
How long should we be leaving each ad on for this challenge?
How long should we be leaving each ad on for this challenge? I like three days, generally speaking. So if I'm willing to pay...
02:3621/11/2022
People like the audience searching. When looking to target parents with young children to help their childs' financial goals for the future, do you have any recommendations?
People like the audience searching, so can you help? He's looking to target parents with young children to help their child's financial goals for the future. Any recommendations? I do, I do. I do stuff like this. Number one is going to be the copy...
03:0014/11/2022
What do you think about building a lead generation ad that is actually a conversion ad on Facebook?
What do you think about building a lead generation ad that is actually a conversion ad on Facebook? First step is the freebie/lead collection. Next page is a low ticket offer and order bump, then upsell. It's fine. You just have to be prepared for them to a. not click to the next page...
02:1407/11/2022
Explain a little bit more on the budgets, specifically optimization and delivery, and how does Facebook charge?
If you can explain a little bit more on the budget, specifically toward the bottom of the page, that says optimization and delivery and how basically, how does Facebook charge you? Oh, ok, I think she's talking about...
02:3431/10/2022
As a physician and therapist, working with PTSD and trauma, what is the best way to do an old-school ad?
So I've got a physician and a therapist and she's working with PTSD and trauma. Wondering what the best way to do an old-school ad would be with this. Oh, "read this if you..."
04:1524/10/2022
After best roll with Facebook ads, and then having to move all of the business into another account, the cost per lead went up 10x the normal cost and conversions sank. Same pixel, same audience. What could be some reasons why that happened?
He had, from April to July, his best roll on Facebook ads. He had 13x return on ad spend, and then he screwed up. He had to set up all of the business into another account. His cost per lead went up 10x the normal cost on conversions sank. Same pixel, same audience. What could be some of the reasons that he should look over to see why that happened? OK. We're getting into harder core stuff, but I like this kind of stuff. This is cool. Alright. Any access to the original account? Is it possible to get that?
13:0517/10/2022
So you lead with the lead magnet and you have to email them, obviously. Do you have any recommendations on the first email you send after the opt-in via the lead ad?
So you lead with the lead magnet and you have to email them, obviously. Do you just email them both the lead magnet and a link to the VSL? Or do you have any recommendations on the first email you send after the opt-in via the lead ad? Yeah. First of all, if you have a VSL and it's educational, then your lead magnet can be the video itself...
06:4010/10/2022