Hey friends! Today I’m sharing with you my number one piece of advice for newbie entrepreneurs.
I really had to take some time to think about this because I was like, “What would I actually tell them? What’s the thing that I found the most valuable out of ALL the things I found valuable when starting my business.”
You might be surprised with my advice. It might seem a little “advanced” for a newbie. But I don’t believe that one bit. And that is to start a sales funnel FIRST.
YEP! Bypass all the minimal strategies to begin a business, and even all the inspirational advice and get straight to the meat of creating a sales funnel. Here’s why..
1. It gets you into the habit of focusing on the money-making tasks first
If you’re wanting to build a business, an online business to replace your job or make a living from your purpose, you need to focus on the money-making tasks first because once you get in that mindset, you look at it like it’s a business, not like it’s a passion project. It can be a passion project, but if you want it as a business, you’ve got to think of it like a business. You do have to spend a lot of time thinking of the sales side of things.
2. It teaches you to provide insane value to your audience from day one
The value you offer is going to set you apart from someone else who is only in it to make a quick buck or whatever and is just writing rubbish just to get a sale. If you learn to provide an amazing amount of value from day one, people are going to keep coming back to you because they’re going to trust you and what you do.
3. It helps you get used to selling
So when we are starting our businesses, most of us aren’t actually used to selling something that we have created, and that brings on so much other crap that you’re going to have to deal with at some point, but it gets you in the habit of selling something straight away, so instead of waiting to get to that point down the track, you’re already there on day one, so you’re already dealing with that stuff that’s coming off you on day one.
4. It helps you meet deadlines like product creation
When people create a funnel, they don’t have a product yet. Usually they’re creating them to find out if their product idea is viable, whether people will buy it and so on and so forth. So when you say, “This is what I’m selling. It launches on this day.” and someone buys it, it teaches you very quickly to stay on your deadlines.
And so what you find is that the whole process that you have gone through to create a sales funnel has actually taught you key elements of business.
From setting up the funnel to getting people into your funnel, to the software and programs used, and the processes that you put into place creating your funnel, to the sales part of your funnel. It is like an entire business course compacted into one strategy.
And so that’s what I would recommend to newbie entrepreneurs to focus on first. Get a sales funnel down before you have a blog post, before you’re even worrying about traffic-driving strategies. Get a sales funnel set up, so you already have the base knowledge that you need to run a successful business.
Have set up your own funnel or if you are a newbie yourself? share your questions below!
