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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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Forget “Money Goals” - try this instead

Let's talk about money goals. They say you're supposed to have 'em and they say you're supposed to set financial targets. I got to tell you, I'm not sure I agree. I mean, to some degree, obviously it's a pretty good idea, but here's something I'll share with you from personal experience, might help you have yourself more fun and a better life...

Jan 27, 20257 minSeason 2Ep. 377

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...

Jan 20, 202513 minSeason 2Ep. 376

Most Successful Promo Ever? (Part 2)

There's something I forgot to mention to you, which is how absolutely horrible the sales page is. Seriously, look at it...

Jan 13, 20258 minSeason 2Ep. 375

The Most Powerful “Persuasion Technique” On Earth

Let's talk about one of the most powerful, mass-influence methods ever. I wanted to say weapons, but that just sounds weird. I don't want to weaponize this kind of thing. You know, technique, strategy, tactic, how 'bout that? Anyway, before I tell you about this, I want to warn you, this cannot be faked...

Dec 30, 20248 minSeason 2Ep. 373

Apple and Facebook aren't getting along right now, what does that mean for the rest of us?

The question is, with iOS 14 blocking so many things, is it going to make stuff break? Now he's specifically referencing, is intent-based branding going to be changed? That's a method of getting attention and then retargeting people, and if so, what do you think is going to go on? So the short version of the question, hey Apple did some weird stuff and Apple and Facebook aren't getting along right now, what does that mean for the rest? I'm translating the question into redneck because that's how...

Oct 28, 20244 minSeason 2Ep. 364

These two skills will get you farther than anything else

So what was I wanting to talk to y'all about? Last night I was briefly on Clubhouse again. I've got to tell you, you got to watch out for that thing. It is very addictive. I got on there, was screwing around...The first room didn't really make a lot of sense to me... Then I jumped into another one, I think it was a room called millionaires helping millionaires, or something. I don't know, but someone asked me a question and the question was a good one. It was like on the spot. I didn't realize t...

Oct 21, 202416 minSeason 2Ep. 363

Most Successful Promo Ever? (Part 1)

Want to update you on just a crazy thing that happened over Thanksgiving, and a couple of lessons to it. So decided to get on the bandwagon and see if this whole Black Friday thing was what it was cut out to be. So decided at the last minute that we would run a Black Friday special...

Sep 30, 20249 minSeason 2Ep. 360

I started running conversion ads. Should I turn the ad spin back down while it's burning or should I just ride it out?

So I made a bit of a rookie error here. I started running conversion ads last week, and we got pretty good results. We sold 21 orders overall, 20 purchases of the offer and then 1 purchase of the upsell product, which is a markdown subscription to our on-demand training. And so I went in earlier this week and put more money behind it, and I wound up changing the conversion event and I didn't notice...

Sep 23, 20242 minSeason 2Ep. 359

What's it cost to get a qualified application filled out?

What do you think it would cost on average to get an application filled out, if I were to use intent-based branding? I know it's a difficult question, cheers. So the real question is, and I'm translating again...Hey man, I'm selling something expensive and I want people to fill out an application before I agree to talk to them. What's it cost to get a qualified application filled out?

Sep 02, 20242 minSeason 2Ep. 356

When I set up lead ads recently, the share option was not there. Did I do something wrong or did that change, and are the shares important?

I've run lead ads before and I noticed that sometimes they are shareable. In other words, people can click share and when the program started, they shared amongst friends. They shared and we were able to get more leads that way, just from the shares. I noticed this time when I set up the lead ads, the share option was not there...

Aug 26, 20242 minSeason 2Ep. 355

How do you ease up your workload to focus more on the sales side than the deliverables side?

I'm just trying to figure out how to ease up the workload that I have for myself, so I can focus more on the sales side instead of the constant deliverables...which are bananas. Well, which is your strong point? I mean, I've run ads for years, so that's, I mean, I've always, essentially created a new job for myself. I'm going to be the business owner, except I just keep then creating new jobs for myself...

Aug 05, 20244 minSeason 2Ep. 352

Why Marketing Quit Working (And What To Do Instead)

We're going to talk about the fact that marketing as we know it has gotten way less effective and what we can do about it, and how to remedy this problem. In other words, how to make marketing stuff work better. This is a big deal, I think, because of a lot of reasons...

Jul 22, 202415 minSeason 2Ep. 350

We've applied your advice in the past to our brick and mortar, and now we'd like to get your advice on the best way to sell this thing in this day and age.

What I'm trying to get done now is all of the pieces for this puzzle, and through the years we gathered lots and lots of things. So I'd just like to get your what twos and why fours on the best way to sell this thing now, in this day and age? So, it's been a long time since I've worked with any ass-kickers (that is what I call self defense people). What worked in the past and what probably still works is...

Jul 15, 202411 minSeason 2Ep. 349

How do I go about differentiating myself from the competition?

I want to be seen as different, partially because I'm more expensive than other videographers they may have experienced in the past. So how would you go about that, would you want to educate them about that in maybe that first free video?

Jul 08, 20242 minSeason 2Ep. 348
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