How-to: Find and Stop the 7 Growth Killing Ghouls of the #FUNNELPOCALYPSE

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There be monsters here. Inside our companies. Inside our very funnels. Ghouls so deadly, so insidious, they can eat your prospects alive! Yes, 7 deadly demons may plague your funnel, eating your visitors, leads and prospects and killing your company's growth if you let them run wild. Undefeated, these monsters could even bring on... The #FUNNELPOCALYPSE!. Read more: http://hubs.ly/y0fQ_W0

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F UNNELPO CALYP SE

How to FIND and STOP 7 Growth Killing Ghouls

o f t h e

TA-DA!

!e Funnel.

(in !eory)

!e Funnel.

(in Practice)

W hat ’s happening to ever yone in there? Are M ONST ERS eat ing your prospects ALIVE?

!e Funnel

People ! ! e y S EEM h a p p y …

(Horr ib le Screams) W h a t t h e ? W h a t ’s g o i n g o n ?

(Gr inding Noises ) H e e l l l p ! D O S O M E T H I N G !

Sole Sur v ivors E a r t h d e p e n d s o n u s !

The Funnel !

The FunnelPOCALYPSE !How to FIND and STOP the

7 Growth Killing Ghouls Before it ’s Too Late!

1 !

Viral ZOMBIES

“Invite 5 friends and get a prize!”

Grmmmm! Mmmmmmm! Braaaaaaaaaains!

“Share this content and win!”

Forced viral tr icks can c log your funnel with ZOMBIE junk visitors and leads.

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People WANT TO SHARE stuff that makes

them look AWESOME.

2

Social VAMPIRES

•  R e a d t h i s ! � P l e a s e RT ! •  L i k e u s ! � S h a r e ! •  F i l l t h i s o u t ! � Te l l f r i e n d s ! •  G I M M E !

Don’t be a VAMPIRE to your community of social

media followers.

Be USEFUL

Ask NOT what your fol lowers can do for you,

ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO for your fol lowers!

3

Evil QUEEN

Vanity, thy name is BAD PR.

(…and some blogging, ebooks, etc.) Vanity is the RIGHT tact ics for

the WRONG reasons.

NOBODY cares if you’re the fairest of them all.

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People CARE

about making it through their day

unscathed.

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People have JOBS

to do and PROBLEMS

to solve.

Help them!

4

GHOSTLY Lists

Your email lists? DYING OFF at 25% a year.

You can’t grow with GHOSTS

A steady #ow of GREAT, TARGETED content…

h"p://offers.hubspot.com/connec2ng-­‐with-­‐todays-­‐customer  

…yields a steady #ow of great, targeted LEADS

5

Skeletal DESIGN

Are you giving return visitors a BARE BONES experience?

What about people on mobile devices?

Visitor

Whether it’s their FIRST visit…

Lead

they’re one of your LEADS…

Customer

they’re already a CUSTOMER…

Visitor Lead Customer

(and whatever device they’re on)

6

SALESWOLVES

M O N T H ’ S E N D c a n h i t s a l e s

r e p s l i k e a F U L L

M O O N !

E v e n t h e m o s t

H E L P F U L r e p s m i g h t

g i v e i n w i t h o u t …

CONTEXT

C o n t e x t i s t h e S I LV ER BU L L ET. M a k e c o n t e x t e a s y

t o u s e a n d c o n v e n i e n t .

Fo r g e t A B C , s a l e s n e e d s t o A B H : A l w a y s B e H e l p i n g !

7

FRANKENTOOLS

Q: How many hours does it take your team to combine, compare, report and guesstimate results/revenue

from your sales & marketing tools?

A: TOO MANY!!

I N T E G R A T I O N  

wouldn’t this be

nice?

ALL-IN-ONE  

Defeat Your Demons! V I RA L ZO M B I ES Shareable i s L ovable

G H O S T LY LI S T S Attract Targeted Leads

EV I L Q U EEN It ’s NOT About You

SOCIAL VAMPIRES Always Be Useful First

S KELE TA L D ES I G N Customized and Respons ive

S A LES WO LV ES Efficient Context as Silver Bullet

F RA N KEN TO O L S Integration for ROI measurement, reporting, and accountability

!!2!3 !4!

5!6!7!!

FUNnel and put the FUN back into…

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!