Answering Your Questions About Sales Funnels

Why Writers & Publishers Need One

One question I am asked all the time from my clients is what is a sales funnel and why is it important to have one? I guess that’s really two questions but they go hand in hand so I’ll tackle answering them together.

A sales funnel is a pathway through which you guide prospects into the depths of your business. Unless your prospects have unlimited funds, you will rarely find someone ready to purchase your highest-priced writing or publishing services. Likewise, if you’re planning a weekend retreat in a faraway land, very few will dish out $10,000+ unless they already know you and like what you have to say.

This is why you need a sales funnel.

Anatomy of a Sales Funnel

No doubt you have seen pictures of funnels, I purposely placed a picture of a funnel at the top of this article. The widest opening is at the top of the funnel with the smallest opening at the bottom. The idea behind this graphic is that you’re attracting as many people as possible at the opening of your funnel and bringing them down to the smallest opening, where your most expensive service is offered.

Every step along the way, from the wide opening and downward into the funnel, you need to make offers to this audience and usually they are incremental in price. These offers make chronological sense to the consumer and after they purchase one product, they are more likely to purchase a second due to liking your content and your style of teaching.

What Can I Offer?

At the opening of your sales funnel, you want something with a mass appeal so you’re attracting a large number of people. It can be a freebie, a chapter from your book, a recording of an interview, or anything that will showcase your expertise as a writer or publisher.

Once people have responded to that freebie, I prefer to offer low-priced items throughout my funnel. These types of products give your audience a low-risk way of experiencing your teaching skills and beliefs. These low priced items can include ebooks, workbooks, courses, or a lost cost membership .

How Can I Get Started Creating Low-Priced Items?

The key to creating low-priced products for your sales funnel is that they should be quick and easy to create. You don’t need ghostwriters or a huge team to create the products I’m talking about. The idea is to pull your expertise out of your head and get it onto paper or video. No extra research is necessary…it’s all about what you know.

If you would like more details on how to get started creating, I recorded a youtube video on this exact subject. In addition to the “how” of getting started, we’ll also discuss how to price your items, how to analyze your target market and other ways to use these low-end products. Go check out my free training on my Youtube channel today you won’t regret it! Don’t forget to leave me a nice comment that you’ve viewed the training. The training is less than 30 minutes :) Click here to check it out. No opt in required :)

Hi I’m Sharlrita

I teach writers and publishers how to create passive income in their businesses. When I am not writing my family gets all my attention from being an Uber to being a chef. That’s my life as a SAHMomprenuer! :)