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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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Any tips to get people really engaged from the get-go? Should there be a warm-up period?

Is there any tips that you can get people really engaged from the get-go? Like I was thinking about starting to bring people in a week or two weeks prior to my challenge to kind of just warm them up. Cause this last time Facebook ads got hung up and basically that day, I did it the day before people got in. Facebook ads got approved. I had 400 people in the group and then I started the program. So I think there's maybe a warm up period?

Jun 24, 20242 minSeason 2Ep. 346

Is there an email sequence or best practice to get more people to say yes to a live offer by a deadline?

I have that program where it's basically a three month program 5k to a cold audience. I take them through a five day workshop and the people that don't buy within that 24 hour period, I do the expiring bonuses and all that stuff. Is there a mapped out email sequence that you recommend or is there any other way to get more people to say yes, either in my live offer or through emails that you recommend? Just best practices?

Jun 10, 20244 minSeason 2Ep. 344

When creating Facebook video and image ads, should I create regular posts or build them in the ads manager?

Should you always create video and image ads as regular posts on your page and then when you create your ad, just select them as an existing post or are there certain times when you don't need to do that? You can just create, upload an image and write the ad copy, right from the ads manager? And is there like a good rule of thumb to know, you know, when to do what? So the only time you want to do it right from the ads manager is always...

Jun 03, 20242 minSeason 2Ep. 343

Do you recommend collecting lead forms directly from Facebook? How do you utilize important but questionable photos within Facebook ads?

I've got a client who is doing this diabetes treatment that is unlike any other. It's been around for 20 years, but it hasn't been promoted very well. And, when you're promoting stuff on Facebook, especially in the medical world, the ad got rejected. A number of times I kept kicking back and it finally got approved and this client, they don't really want emails. They want phone calls...

May 27, 20247 minSeason 2Ep. 342

Do NOT try to out-work me. (Out-smart me instead.)

Do not try to out-work me, out-smart me instead. Over the holiday, I got a message from someone very important to me, and they're going through a good rebirth of business. This individual is experiencing some focus issues and said that one of their ambitions was to out-work me. My immediate response, because I care very much about this person, was "please don't do that. Instead out-smart me." So I say to you, don't try to out-work me. Definitely not from a place of ego...

May 20, 202414 minSeason 2Ep. 341

If you were doing a State of the Union today, how would you structure it towards more of an agency application funnel rather than an info product or lower-end product?

If you were doing a State of the Union today with a topic like podcasting, or really any, any topic cuz I know so many of the people in this group, how would you structure it if you were looking for, you know, pointing them to more of an agency application type of funnel, rather than like a info product or a lower end product? Or would you strictly do it for a positioning standpoint of kind of putting the entire industry, niche on notice from that perspective?

May 13, 20243 minSeason 2Ep. 340

What would you say to the individual that has all the content in the world but is having trouble implementing it?

The hard part is the implementation aspect or the over analysis of like, oh God, I know I should do this. Should I change the color of the button purple and all this other stuff or, to some of these points, I hear a general sentiment of I kinda know what I need to do, I've heard it before, I'm just having trouble pulling the trigger. How would you address someone who's in that specific situation?

Apr 29, 20244 minSeason 2Ep. 338

Do you have tips/recommendations to optimize engagement and click-through rate?

I'd really like to see what I can do to optimize engagement and click through rate on our current email newsletter. I'm seeing that our lead magnet, it has a great open rate. It's an 80% open rate, 60% click through, and then subsequent emails out the gate, you know, it's about a 20/25% open and 6% click through rate. What recommendations do you have to really kind of help boost that sort of thing?

Apr 22, 20244 minSeason 2Ep. 337

Any advice on how to learn to put a good course together?

Any advice on how to learn to put a good course together? I finally feel like this is possible for me. I'm a legal recruiter and realize I have a ton of advice that will be helpful to young, new attorneys. Dude, here's what I would do. If I was you...

Apr 15, 20242 minSeason 2Ep. 336

What do you recommend for Book funnels in terms of advertising? Any minor adjustments you'd recommend to your IBB for this model?

What do you recommend for Book funnels in terms of advertising? Alright. Specifically referencing my Intent Based Branding methodology. And so I will give that answer regardless of methodology. So if the objective of the campaign is to sell a book, you first have to look at what is the objective of selling the book. Do you want to make an immediate profit during that? Do you want them to consume the book and then become fans and then buy more stuff later. What's the end result?...

Apr 08, 20246 minSeason 2Ep. 335

Frank, how do you script your videos?

The question is how do you script your videos? And the answer is I personally don't script my videos, but I do have a framework...

Mar 25, 20245 minSeason 2Ep. 333

What to do if the ads are not working

He's running some ads and he's not getting any sales. And to that I reply, welcome, sir, to the club. And so I don't really understand the question. It says is it only sales conversion that count? Or should I check for some other stats? I'm not...

Mar 11, 20246 minSeason 2Ep. 331

You understand human behavior, positioning and dynamics. How do unconscious marketing elements like context, environment and positioning affect the marketing schtick?

One thing I've really appreciated about you over the years has been obviously, you know, you're one of the most intelligent marketers out there, but something about understanding human behavior, positioning and dynamics. So for example, however many years ago, maybe you remember what year it was, you did the first state of the internet address. You did it in an office that looked pretty fancified, you sitting at the big desk and what people didn't realize, and I know you explained this later......

Jan 29, 20248 minSeason 2Ep. 325

HEALTH SCARE reveals marketing secret

We're recording this for you in this little wooden room of the California place where we are staying for the next couple of weeks, here in the summer, and just had the craziest health thing happen...

Jan 15, 202411 minSeason 2Ep. 323

The Oldest Trick In The Book – Marketing Lessons From A Saint

This morning, I read a pretty powerful marketing lesson written by a Saint. I'm pretty sure he didn't intend for it to be a marketing lesson, but it's a good marketing lesson nonetheless. The Saint's name is Nikolaj Velimirović and in his writings, he says that we are better off if we do not engage others in lengthy debates and fruitless discussions. We can better change their hearts by our love and good deeds. If we take that sentence and we apply it to marketing, it really makes a lot of sense...

Jan 08, 202411 minSeason 2Ep. 322

A Huge Mistake That’s Costing You Money

Things are without question rarely as they seem. So here's what that means... As marketers, it's very, very easy for us to make assumptions about our prospects based on our own personal experience or what we observe in our immediate day-to-day life. However, a lot of times those assumptions are completely wrong. And a lot of times those incorrect assumptions cost us a lot of money in lost sales.

Jan 01, 202410 minSeason 2Ep. 321

PROOF that you can do ANYTHING online

I think I'm going to name this episode PROOF that you can do ANYTHING online. Of course there's a caveat to that. I don't literally mean anything, but in business, online especially, we sure do have a lot fewer limitations than we might think.

Dec 25, 20236 minSeason 2Ep. 320

An Uncomfortable Confession

Hello everyone. Frank Kern here. I hope you're doing well. I'm recording this for you front of the fire once again, in my little office. It's about seven in the morning, beautiful morning here, and now to live up to the title of today's podcast...

Dec 18, 202316 minSeason 2Ep. 319

I want to have someone do a certain thing...what should the ad say?

Any advice about what ad to run, to have people apply to a webinar? Okay, so this question is, I'll rephrase it like this. I want to have someone do a certain thing. What should the ad say? Alright, that's really what the question is saying. In this case, Mark is saying, I want to have people go to a webinar, register for a webinar. What should the ad say? The question could be...

Dec 11, 20233 minSeason 2Ep. 318
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