62 | The Reason People Aren't Buying Your Offers
There are many factors that can help more people sign up for your offers, but the simplest solution I've found is to create a new "mini offer" at least once a month. In this episode I talk about what mini offers are and why they matter. Next week we'll dive into how to come up with mini offer ideas that your audience will love.
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I've coached nearly 100 women about their screen time,
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:and here's what I've learned.
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:Women actually don't care about their
screen time, they care about those things
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:that are impacted by their screen time.
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:Their ability to be patient with their
kids, the growth of their business,
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:having time to pursue their creative
dreams, their relationship with their
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:husband, the inner peace that they feel,
their confidence in themselves, their
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:Connection with God, their friendships
not missing out on their kids' childhoods.
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:I'm Alex and I'm here to
help you find inner peace.
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:Enjoy true fulfillment
and be fully present.
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:Welcome to the Mindful with Media Podcast.
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:Hi friends.
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:It is good to be back recording podcasts.
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:I took a couple of weeks off as a.
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:Was visiting my parents in Texas.
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:And.
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:Kind of figuring out what's next
for my life and for a business,
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:especially as my son just started
preschool for the first time.
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:And that's.
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:Been a bit of a transition and
just figuring out what life
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:looks like for us this season.
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:All that to say, I'm really excited to
be back and recording episodes again.
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:, I first started my business talking about.
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:Screen time.
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:And then that kind of got more specific.
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:Not just screen time.
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:For kids or for families, but more screen
time for moms of young kids and helping
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:them keep their phone use and check.
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:And then I got even more specific and not
just for moms and their phone use, but
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:for business owners and their phone use.
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:And that's still a lot of
the work that I do, but I.
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:I have focused more on business
coaching and that part of it.
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:But I do still do a lot of phone
use and how that plays into it.
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:Into.
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:Your experience as an
entrepreneur and a business owner.
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:But I guess I just wanted to say so.
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:It was about a year ago that
I launched in audio course.
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:Called mastering intentional phone use.
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:And it was all about.
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:Just
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:like I think it was 10
modules and how to workbook.
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:Connected to it as well, but basically.
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:Who's all about, yeah.
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:Being intentional with your phone
news and how to really master that.
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:And I marketed that course so hard.
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:A month of constantly
talking about it and.
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:I had learned a lot about messaging and.
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:Promising certain transformations
and all the things.
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:And.
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:Yeah, I just marked it really hard.
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:And one person signed up.
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:Purchase the course.
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:And what I.
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:Found?
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:There were a lot of things that I learned
from that experience about why more
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:people didn't sign up for the course.
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:But one of the reasons is because people.
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:I didn't trust.
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:That, what I promised was going to
happen was going to happen for them..
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:Testimonials are powerful.
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:And those are, those can be
a big piece of the picture.
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:But what's even more powerful
than someone else's testimonial.
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:Is somebody experiencing for themselves?
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:That you can help them get what they want.
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:And that's why I am so passionate.
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:About this concept of mini offers.
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:And I'm sure you've seen these
or heard of these or heard
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:them called different things.
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:I have chosen to call them mini offers.
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:And essentially a mini offer is.
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:A free.
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:Or low ticket.
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:Way.
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:For your audience to get
a taste of your expertise.
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:And get a taste of how you
can actually help them.
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:And you've probably heard
these called freebies before.
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:I in my mind, these are
different for than freebies.
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:In my mind, the purpose of a freebie
is to get somebody on your email list.
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:And I'm much more interested
in helping people.
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:Experience a powerful transformation.
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:Then I'm interested in getting
someone on my email list.
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:And the way that I create
these offers is different.
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:If I'm thinking about how I can
serve someone and help someone,
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:then I'm thinking how I can.
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:Get someone on my email list.
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:these.
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:Many offers would be things like a
certain digital product or a prerecorded.
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:Video training or an email
series or a Voxer challenge
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:or a Marco polo challenge or.
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:Even something in your Instagram
dams, I'll get more into examples
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:later of what these mini offers
are and what they could be.
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:But these are just.
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:Smaller ways to serve your audience.
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:So that they can learn to trust you.
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:So that when you offer them bigger
things, They are more willing to
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:pay you because they've experienced.
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:What you do and what you're all about.
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:And I just want to make a note on
the price of these many offers.
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:The purpose of these many offers.
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:Are not to make money.
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:The purpose is.
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:Too.
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:Serve your audience.
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:And help them trust you so
that they're more willing to.
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:To pay you later on.
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:And so I like to price these either free.
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:Or occasionally I will
price them at a low ticket.
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:Dollar amount.
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:For the purpose of like buyer psychology.
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:If somebody paid you.
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:Once they're more likely to pay you again.
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:And not only that, like also if somebody
pays money for something they're much
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:more likely to take action and actually.
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:Do it and actually.
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:Yeah, actually participate.
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:And so then they're also more
likely to get more out of whatever
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:you're offering because they've.
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:Put a little skin in the game.
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:And so sometimes I charge money
sometimes they're free, but
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:it's all with the purpose of.
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:Serving my audience and helping them.
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:So before we get into some more
specific examples of many offers,
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:I want to dive deeper into.
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:Y these mini offers are so powerful.
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:So I love Instagram.
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:I love.
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:Learning from Instagram.
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:You might've heard me talk
about this idea that I love.
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:Treating Instagram as if
it's a place that I'm going.
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:So it's either.
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:I'm going to school.
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:I'm going to learn.
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:And so I love.
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:Saving content to certain folders,
or I love learning about marketing.
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:I love learning about business.
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:I love learning about parenting.
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:I love learning about.
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:Mental health and nervous regulation.
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:So I love.
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:Viewing Instagram as a place to learn.
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:And then I also love viewing
it as a place where I work.
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:So I love to go teach on Instagram and.
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:Share.
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:Share things that I'm learning
and give trainings and give tips.
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:And I love.
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:Yeah.
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:If you, as a place of learning
and of teaching, But that
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:being said, the reality is.
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:Most of us when we go on Instagram.
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:. We're not ready to take action.
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:We're not, we're seeing so much
content on there with really
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:great ideas and really great tips.
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:And so we might.
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:Save a bunch of pieces of content.
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:And then never look at them
again or never actually do them.
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:So while Instagram can be
a great place to share.
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:Content most likely.
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:Your people are not taking
action or applying any of the
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:things that you're sharing.
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:Even if they want to.
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:It's hard to make that jump
from Instagram to application.
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:And
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:I feel like these mini offers are this.
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:This.
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:Stair-step like this next level.
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:That's not quite a jump to if you're a
coach, like becoming a one-on-one client
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:or joining your group coaching program or.
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:Signing up for your, or even like sending
up for a live call or something like that.
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:They're not.
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:They're just one step more than Instagram.
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:Oh, I could join this little
challenge or I could do that.
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:It's just.
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:And
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:it's helping people to actually take
action, even if they're things that
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:you've already shared on your Instagram,
when you present it in the form of a
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:mini offer, they're more likely to.
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:Do it.
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:And actually, yeah, take action.
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:And
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:and this just helps people too.
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:Experience a transformation and then they
are more likely to want to work with you.
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:Again, And with everything like.
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:It's for my experience at least.
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:Sometimes.
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:Somebody is like full on, ready to be able
to become a one-on-one client right away.
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:More often than not.
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:All notice that they sign up for several
mini offers before they're ready to.
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:To work together on a deeper level, on a.
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:A higher level.
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:And don't get attached to any timeline
or anything, or feel like you just do
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:one of these this is something that's.
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:Over time builds people's trust
in you as well in whatever you do.
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:And the other thing about many offers is.
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:They are a great way to experiment.
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:Because.
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:There's less skin in the game
for you and for your people.
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:They're not investing a huge amount of.
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:Timer money.
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:And you also should not be investing
a huge amount of time or effort into
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:these, just do what feels easy and.
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:And fun for you.
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:And experiment, try offering something.
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:If someone, if nobody signs up.
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:Tweak it offers something else.
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:See what resonates.
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:Try different forms of
presenting information and see
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:what helps people the most.
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:And you can always ask people
who joined too, of what was
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:helpful and what would they like?
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:Different and.
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:These are just great ways to
experiment and kind of with that.
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:And just a great way to learn.
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:So I like to do lots of mini offers
to see what types of things my people
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:are resonating with, so that then
I can know what I should base my.
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:Bigger offers around because I can
see what things people are feeling
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:drawn to or what they want help with.
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:Yeah.
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:Okay.
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:So let's get into some examples of.
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:Minnie offers what they are.
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:And I actually have a free download.
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:All about.
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:Many offers.
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:It's more about like how to
create your own mini offer.
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:Let me see if I can find.
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:Let's see.
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:Yeah.
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:So I have a workbook.
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:It's called your guide
to creating many offers.
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:So your audience can trust you
enough to pay you more money.
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:Okay.
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:So just for some examples of
many offers, First I'll share
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:some that I've done and then I'll
share some more that you could do.
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:I did one.
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:What did I call it?
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:I think I called it
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:I think I just called it.
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:Create your customize.
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:30 minute content strategy
or something like that.
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:And it was a Voxer group where
each day I would give a training.
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:With information and the
purpose of the whole.
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:Voxer group was to help people.
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:Oh co content creation.
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:Your personalized content creation.
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:Strategy.
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:I don't know.
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:I think.
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:I was like getting a loft, but basically
the purpose of it most to help people.
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:Figure out
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:when to create content when not
to create content and how to
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:create content more quickly.
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:So that was one that I did
and that was via Voxer.
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:And then another one that
I've done is called the post.
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:Then present challenge.
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:And that was a seven day challenge where
I challenged people to post every day for
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:seven days on their Instagram account.
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:But only spend 30
minutes a day on the app.
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:So just as a way to.
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:One practice getting faster
at creating content and not
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:spending forever on the app.
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:And then also to practice.
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:Regulating their emotions in ways other
than scrolling Instagram, which can
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:be really easy to do as any person,
but especially as a business owner.
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:Another one that I've done is a mom's
guide to building a simple business.
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:And that was just a workbook to help you.
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:Figure out.
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:In each aspect of your life.
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:What was most important to you
and what things to focus on
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:and what things to set aside.
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:And then.
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:I'm actually working on one right now.
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:That's going to be a
guide to creating content.
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:And there are so many.
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:Things about there, about creating
content and the thing about me that
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:I feel like is different for most.
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:Content creators, especially
content creators who are teaching.
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:Instagram.
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:Content creation strategies.
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:Is.
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:I don't even know how to say this, but
like I care a lot more about being.
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:Mediocre and just getting it done.
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:And having it, do the trick then.
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:Doing all the right things and doing it.
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:Perfectly in doing it.
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:Really well.
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:I don't know, basically,
I'm going to teach you.
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:A very simple way to see results
in your business from your content.
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:And.
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:Teach you how to create content.
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:So that's what I'm working on
next for my next mini offer.
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:Another example of a mini offer that's
this idea of a stepping stone of.
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:Helping people get a taste
of how you can help them.
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:Is through your Instagram story.
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:So I think I did one a few months
ago where I said what's the biggest
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:thing getting in the way of you
making a thousand dollars a month.
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:And then I had A poll on my.
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:Instagram stories where they could choose.
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:People aren't buying the offers that I.
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:Put out, or I don't have enough time or.
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:I don't know.
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:What to sell or I'm feeling stuck or
something like that or other, and then.
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:I said
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:Depending on what you choose all DMU.
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:And so that started a
lot of DM conversations.
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:About.
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:I just reach out and.
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:Look into their business based
on their profile a little bit.
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:If I didn't already know them and
just ask, Hey, yeah, just ask them
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:more questions and I did some.
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:Free coaching via Instagram.
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:Sharing some ideas of
things that might help.
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:That's another type of mini
offer that you could do.
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:. So some other examples could be.
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:Luxor group with a daily journal prompt.
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:And for that, I would make sure
you have a really specific.
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:Outcome or transformation
that will happen.
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:As she works through those
daily journal prompts or.
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:You could yeah.
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:Do a prompt in your stories
that says something like.
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:Share one thing that's making it hard
for you to connect with your spouse
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:and all DMU, a personalized solution.
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:Or in your Instagram stories.
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:This would be more.
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:If you're a.
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:Fitness coast cer.
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:Your personal trainer or something
like that, you could say Choose
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:what your current workout goal is.
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:And then I'll send you a customer
used to workout plan for this week.
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:And then you could, give for.
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:Specific options of.
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:What people's specific workout goals
might be, even if they don't know it's
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:their goal, like just give them options
of what they could be working towards.
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:some other examples could be.
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:Five to 10 minute video training,
sharing a step-by-step process.
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:It could be a digital
workbook or a digital PDF.
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:Download sharing a step-by-step process.
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:Or it could be a 10 day
challenge of some sort.
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:Held in an Instagram.
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:Broadcast channel or held
on your close friends.
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:Instagram, have people join
your close friends group or.
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:It could be.
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:Daily training that, you send.
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:Certain a small training and action thing.
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:Via email, this could be a via email.
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:So those are just some different formats
that you could use for these mini offers.
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:But the idea with a mini offer.
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:I think I said this so far, but I
just want to make it really clear
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:is it's just one specific thing.
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:So you probably have.
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:Either a course or an idea for a course or
a coaching package or something like that.
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:That covers lots of things.
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:This is just choose one teeny tiny.
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:Problem and one teeny tiny solution.
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:And actually next week's podcast
episode we'll dive more into how to
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:come up with many offer ideas that.
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:Your people will love.
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:But for now.
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:Just keep it small and simple and
that'll be hard because you know, so
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:much you'll want to get into more things
like, oh, they can't fully understand
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:this and they don't understand that.
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:But.
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:I promise just just do one thing and
they can work with you more later.
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:I want to get into some.
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:Helpful tips and tricks are how tos.
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:As you are.
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:Trying out doing mini
offers in your business.
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:One thing is to be aware of the
level of commitment and effort
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:that it requires of your audience.
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:So I like to think of it as a scale.
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:There's a scale on one end that
requires the least amount of
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:effort, the least amount of.
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:Time or energy or anything.
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:On one end, that would
probably be something like.
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:Choose what your goal is or
what your main pain point is.
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:And I'll DM you.
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:A.
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:Workout plan or all a DMU, a.
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:Five steps to help or
something more simple.
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:They give you one thing.
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:They only had to press a button.
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:And then they get an idea from you.
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:And then at the other end of the
spectrum, Those are things that
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:require a lot more from your people.
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:So that would be a live one-on-one.
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:Call or a.
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:Live training where they
have to show up and be there.
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:At a certain time and a
certain place that requires.
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:A lot of effort of people.
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:And I think it's easy to think
I'm putting it out for free.
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:Like, why aren't people signing
up or why do people sign up and
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:not come, but if they don't.
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:Trust you enough yet?
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:Not that you shouldn't
be trusted, but if they.
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:They don't trust you enough yet that
what you are offering is going to be.
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:Significantly helpful to them.
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:It's going to be really hard for them
to prioritize something like that.
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:And so I like to start my mini offers.
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:More on the range of.
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:Less effort for my people.
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:And then you can gradually.
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:You can do several different
kinds of mini offers.
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:That's why I highly recommend
doing at least one a month.
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:But just being aware.
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:Of what formats are
easiest for your people to.
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:Actually take action and actually.
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:Do something with the information
that you're giving them or the, yeah.
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:What you're asking them to do.
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:And the other thing that's really
powerful about many offers is.
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:It provides a really great
opportunity to offer.
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:The next level once they've
already committed to that.
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:So , for example, I have in the
past on like those Voxer challenges.
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:I've done those as free.
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:So they get the trainings for free.
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:And then at the beginning,
I'll say something like.
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:If you are interested in more
personalized support, you can
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:pay X amount of dollars for.
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:One-on-one access to me this week as well.
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:Or you can pay X amount of dollars for.
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:Content prompts or done for you
content or whatever it is like.
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:You can do an upsell
within that many offer.
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:And that's a great way.
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:If people do want to work with you,
if they're already ready for the
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:next step, that's a kind of like a.
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:The next level too, it's we're just
wanting to give people a little
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:steps for depending on where they're
at in their journey of how much.
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:Help they want and how and where,
what they're ready for at that time.
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:And also I love at the end of many offers.
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:Offering something else.
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:So like either.
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:If it's at like the end of a.
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:PDF, you can say something like.
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:Until this date, you can sign
up for a free call at this
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:many dollars, or you can.
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:Yeah, just give them like, That
one step closer for how they can.
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:Work with you or how you can
help them, or, maybe , first
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:you offer a free challenge.
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:And then at the end of
that, then you offer a.
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:Like a low ticket paid thing.
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:Only offered to the people in that group.
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:So it feels exclusive
and it's special to them.
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:So those are ways that you can use
your mini offers to build on each other
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And just help your people to actually experience.
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:The changes that you can provide for them.
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:This concept of mini offers is something
that has literally changed my business.
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:This is how I've started
to consistently make money.
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:And so it's something that I
want to help each of you do too.
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:If you have any questions, I
know this is something that.
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:People are like it seems so
simple, but I'm like having a
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:hard time actually applying it.
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:Seriously.
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:Please don't hesitate to reach out and
even just say I'm confused or I want to
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:do this in my business, but I'm stuck.
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:I'm more than happy to
chat with you and may.
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:Instagram DMS about how
this can apply to you.
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:And with that, like I said, next week's.
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:Podcast will be all about.
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:How to actually come up with mini
offer ideas, personalized for
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:your business and for your people.
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:And then you can also grab in the
show notes, I'll include a link to.
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:Your guide to creating many
offers and that's totally free.