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Ask 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.
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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 her...

Aug 04, 20258 minSeason 2Ep. 404

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...

Jul 21, 20254 minSeason 2Ep. 402

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...

Jun 16, 202511 minSeason 2Ep. 397

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 u...

Jun 09, 20255 minSeason 2Ep. 396

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!

Jun 02, 202514 minSeason 2Ep. 395

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...

May 26, 20253 minSeason 2Ep. 394

2 Ad Sets Got 100X Return on Ad Spend (Which is Just Ridiculous)

First thing I want to point out 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...

May 19, 202510 minSeason 2Ep. 393

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....

May 05, 20256 minSeason 2Ep. 391

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...

Apr 28, 20255 minSeason 2Ep. 390

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...

Apr 21, 20257 minSeason 2Ep. 389

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...

Apr 14, 202510 minSeason 2Ep. 388

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.

Apr 07, 20252 minSeason 2Ep. 387

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 yo...

Mar 24, 202511 minSeason 2Ep. 385

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...

Mar 17, 20257 minSeason 2Ep. 284

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.

Mar 10, 20252 minSeason 2Ep. 383

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 Clubhous...

Feb 24, 202517 minSeason 2Ep. 381

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...

Feb 17, 20252 minSeason 2Ep. 380

How do I expand and find different targets within a sub-niche?

So my niche is a sub-niche, it's dreadlocks, which is a sub-niche of natural hair. And so if I were targeting natural hair, there are lots of influencers and products and brands that I could target, but not so much, being the case for specifically dreadlocks. So I'm trying to think about how do I expand and find different targets when there's really not targetable...

Feb 03, 20254 minSeason 2Ep. 378
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