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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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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...

Dec 15, 202010 minSeason 2Ep. 77

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!

Dec 14, 202014 minSeason 2Ep. 76

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...

Dec 11, 20205 minSeason 2Ep. 75

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...

Dec 10, 20202 minSeason 2Ep. 74

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...

Dec 09, 20203 minSeason 2Ep. 73

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!

Dec 08, 20202 minSeason 2Ep. 72

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...

Dec 04, 20202 minSeason 2Ep. 70

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...

Dec 01, 20203 minSeason 2Ep. 67

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, a...

Nov 26, 20204 minSeason 2Ep. 64

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...

Nov 25, 20204 minSeason 2Ep. 63

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...

Nov 23, 20202 minSeason 2Ep. 61

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 t...

Nov 13, 202013 minSeason 2Ep. 55

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...

Nov 12, 20207 minSeason 2Ep. 54

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...

Nov 02, 20204 minSeason 2Ep. 48
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