Key Takeaways
- A productized service creates predictable revenue and faster sales
- Clear outcomes sell better than time based pricing
- Rich clients buy faster because they value time over money
- A one page offer converts better than a full website
- Chat based selling reduces friction and increases close rates
- A simple delivery system creates repeatable wins and referrals
One page. One offer. One outcome. That is how you scale fast.
Dan Martell
Table of Contents
Step 1: Design Your Model
If you want to make $100K quickly, you need the right business model. Dan explains that your business model is the map. Without it, you do the right work in the wrong direction.
Start by pricing for outcomes instead of hourly labor. Selling your time keeps you stuck because you eventually become the bottleneck. Selling outcomes lets other people deliver the work while you grow the business.
Next, productize your service.
- Pick one problem
- Offer one solution
- Deliver it the same way every time
This creates scalability. Dan uses the example of Fortune 500 service companies. They win because they sell one defined promise, not a menu of options.
Then sell to rich clients. Small businesses value money more than time. Rich clients value time more than money. They buy faster, pay deposits without resistance, and are easier to work with.
A productized service priced at ten thousand to twelve thousand dollars means eight to ten clients gets you to one hundred thousand.
Step 2: Build a One Page Offer
Dan breaks down the one page offer as the most powerful conversion tool. The goal is to sell the result on a single page without needing long explanations, websites, or pitch decks.
Start with the pain. Describe the problem they face in a way that makes them feel understood.
Then show the promise. What is the transformation they get when they work with you?
Add proof through credibility indicators, examples, or wins from past clients.
Create a simple three step plan.
Step 1: Immediate setup
Step 2: Implementation
Step 3: Results delivered
A three step plan communicates expertise and removes confusion. A confused buyer never buys.
Then present two pricing options. One should be a high tier luxury option. The second should be the offer you want them to choose. The first option acts as the price anchor so the real offer feels like a deal.
Finish with a simple call to action to pay or book. Make it easy to say yes.
Step 3: Talk to Strangers
Dan emphasizes this heavily. The more hands you shake, the more money you make. Today, two billion people are on social platforms and you can reach all of them.
Dan has personally sold over three million dollars through Instagram chat alone. He still answers DMs because chat based selling is how people prefer to buy.
Start with an open.
- “Are you here for the content or are you looking to grow your business?”
- “Are you here for ideas or are you trying to launch something new?”
Always end with the thing you want to help them with.
Then qualify them. Ask about their business, goals, and current situation. Qualifying tells you whether they are a fit and what pain they need solved.
Determine their one year goal so you know what to anchor your offer to.
Then find the gap. The gap between where they are and where they want to be is the buying zone. When you stretch the gap, the sale becomes natural.
Keep messages short and end each one with a question. Dan aims for nine back and forth messages before dropping the offer.
Step 4: Make the Offer
All the money is made in the offer and the follow up. Dan gives a simple three part approach.
First, send the one page offer. It contains the pain, promise, process, pricing, and checkout link.
Second, use the assumptive close.
- “If you are in, reply in.”
- “Want me to drop the link?”
Changing the language increases conversions.
Third, use the follow up ladder.
- 30 minutes
- 60 minutes
- Next morning
- 24 hours
- 3 days
- 7 days
People do not ignore you because they do not want to buy. They get busy. Follow up keeps the offer hot.
Step 5: Overcome Objections
Dan explains that if you bring up their objections first, they become obstacles instead of objections. Obstacles are easier to remove.
The most common objections:
- I do not have the money
- I do not have the time
- I want to do it myself
- I need to talk to my partner
- I need to think about it
- Not now
- They ghost you
Use Dan’s objection framework.
Acknowledge the objection.
- “Makes sense. I would ask the same.”
Isolate it.
- “Besides that, is there anything else in the way?”
Clarify what they really mean. Reframe to the outcome they said they wanted. Offer two clear paths.
Option one: stay the same.
Option two: invest and make it back within thirty to sixty days.
Then close with a question.
- “Want me to drop the link?”
Silence closes deals. Let them think and respond.
Step 6: Deliver With a System
System stands for save yourself time, energy, money, and stress. If you want to scale, your delivery must be simple and repeatable.
Set a kickoff call after purchase. This aligns expectations and recommits them to the outcome.
Gather every input you need at once. Do not piece it together later.
Build the first deliverable quickly.
Aim for fast delivery.
Commit to seven days but aim to deliver in five.
Review client progress daily so no one stalls.
Then get them an early win. Time to first value is the signal that they made the right choice. Wins create referrals. Dan suggests asking:
“Who are one or two people you feel would be a great fit as well?”
Not if. Who.
6 Step System vs Traditional Selling
| Method | Traditional Selling | Dan’s 6 Step System |
|---|---|---|
| Business Model | Custom services, inconsistent delivery | Productized services with clear outcomes |
| Offer | Complex proposals and websites | One page offer with a simple promise |
| Lead Generation | Cold calls and ads | Chat based engagement with followers |
| Closing | Slow calls and multiple meetings | Fast chat closes with follow up ladder |
| Objections | Debates and pressure tactics | Acknowledge, isolate, clarify, reframe |
| Delivery | Manual work and chaos | Systemized fulfillment with fast wins |
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does it take to build a productized service?
Most entrepreneurs can productize a service within a few days once they define the problem, the promise, and the delivery steps.
Can chat based selling work in any industry?
Yes. Dan has coached more than four thousand people across every industry and proven that people buy faster through chat.
Do I need a website to make one hundred thousand?
No. Dan explains that the one page offer replaces the need for a website and shortens the sales cycle.
How many clients do I need to reach one hundred thousand?
At ten thousand to twelve thousand per offer, you need about eight to ten clients.
What if I do not have results yet?
You can still sell if the outcome is clear and you can deliver it with a system. Early wins will create proof for future clients.
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If I Wanted to Make $100K Before 2026, I’d Do This
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00:00:00.080 If you want to make 100K before the end
00:00:01.680 of the year, even if you’re starting
00:00:02.879 from zero, you need to copy this
00:00:04.720 strategy. This is the exact playbook I
00:00:06.960 use to help my coaching client Timmer
00:00:08.639 close eight deals and collect $112,000
00:00:11.679 in 6 weeks. But I have to warn you, if
00:00:13.920 you follow this like he did, people will
00:00:15.839 literally accuse you of faking your
00:00:17.359 revenue screenshot. So, if you want to
00:00:19.039 change your bank account before the end
00:00:20.560 of this year, follow this and take
00:00:22.640 notes. Step number one, design your
00:00:24.880 model. Your business model is a profit
00:00:27.199 engine. You pick the wrong one and you
00:00:29.519 work for ever. Pick the right one
00:00:32.159 and every sale throws off cash. Most
00:00:35.120 people can’t grow their business because
00:00:37.120 the business model they chose keeps them
00:00:39.680 stuck. It’s kind of like having a
00:00:41.040 compass versus a map. You could have all
00:00:43.120 the will, the energy, the desire, and
00:00:45.280 you’re moving forward. You have all the
00:00:46.800 strength. That’s the compass. But
00:00:48.320 without the right map, you literally
00:00:50.079 can’t find where you’re trying to go.
00:00:51.520 Your business model is the map. So,
00:00:54.000 here’s exactly how you design your
00:00:55.680 business model. The first thing is you
00:00:57.680 have to price it for the outcome, not
00:01:00.000 your hours. The best businesses don’t
00:01:02.239 charge for their time. They charge for
00:01:04.319 their outcomes. Meaning, if you have a
00:01:05.920 team, eventually they’re the ones
00:01:07.600 delivering what you sold. That way, you
00:01:09.200 stay out of it because if not, you
00:01:10.880 bottleneck yourself to be able to grow.
00:01:12.960 Then productize your service. People
00:01:15.200 always go, “You can’t scale a service
00:01:16.720 company.” Guess what? You can. Go look
00:01:18.880 at the Fortune 500 companies. Many of
00:01:20.880 them are services, but they’re
00:01:22.479 productized services. They sat down and
00:01:24.640 said, “Here’s the problem we solve.
00:01:26.000 Here’s our solution. How do we structure
00:01:27.759 it? Everybody buys the same thing.”
00:01:29.520 Essentially, it’s one promise. It’s a
00:01:32.079 productized service. It’s systematized.
00:01:34.799 Have you ever been to a restaurant where
00:01:36.079 you open up their menu and there’s 17
00:01:38.000 different types of food? I’m talking
00:01:39.600 Italian, American, Chinese, all of it.
00:01:43.119 That is a really hard business to scale.
00:01:45.040 You want to pick one thing that people
00:01:47.280 want and then you either do a done for
00:01:49.520 you, meaning they pay you and you do the
00:01:51.280 whole thing, or a done with you, meaning
00:01:53.200 they pay you and you help them implement
00:01:55.119 with them. Either or is productized
00:01:57.280 because they’re still buying that one
00:01:58.880 thing from you every time. You niche
00:02:00.640 down to the product and then you go find
00:02:02.719 the customers that want that exact same
00:02:04.640 thing every time. Otherwise, every new
00:02:07.040 customer adds a ton of complexity and
00:02:08.720 you’ll never be able to scale. Lastly,
00:02:11.120 sell to rich customers. Small businesses
00:02:13.760 are small because they can’t find more
00:02:15.760 valuable customers. The idea of selling
00:02:18.319 things to rich people is one of the
00:02:20.000 simplest ways for you to scale. And you
00:02:22.239 think, well, how do I do that cuz I
00:02:23.840 don’t know any bigger companies? Trust
00:02:25.760 me, just ask. You literally just message
00:02:28.560 them and say, hey, do you guys have this
00:02:30.080 problem? Here’s what I do. We do logo
00:02:32.000 design. Do you have a portfolio? Here it
00:02:33.519 is. Perfect. We’re actually working on a
00:02:34.879 new product. We need a logo for it.
00:02:36.800 That’s how it works. The mid-market
00:02:38.959 customer is so much better to sell to
00:02:41.599 than the small business customer because
00:02:43.760 small businesses value money more than
00:02:46.239 time. And if you’re selling to them,
00:02:48.080 they’re going to haggle you for the
00:02:49.920 dollars. They’re going to have
00:02:51.200 unrealistic expectations for the little
00:02:53.440 amount of money that they’re willing to
00:02:54.720 pay to have that problem solved. Whereas
00:02:56.560 a rich customer, one that’s bigger, a
00:02:58.480 mid-market, they have no problem.
00:03:00.400 They’ll just pay you upfront. You could
00:03:01.760 say, “Hey, it’s 50% deposit.” They’re
00:03:03.360 like, “Yeah, that sounds good.” because
00:03:05.360 they value time and quality over money.
00:03:08.720 So, it could be everything from logo
00:03:10.319 design and then making sure that you
00:03:11.760 implement it into their social media. It
00:03:13.920 could be AI automation and making sure
00:03:15.920 that they have support in case they want
00:03:17.440 to tweak or change anything you built
00:03:18.800 for them. It could be implementing a
00:03:20.959 software tool to make a team more
00:03:23.040 productive and then them paying you more
00:03:25.120 so that you coach and train their team
00:03:27.200 for the rest of the year. It’s the
00:03:28.800 service you sell plus the coaching or
00:03:30.640 the support that’s what makes it more
00:03:32.400 valuable. So, if you want to make a 100K
00:03:34.400 before the end of 2025, take the concept
00:03:37.040 of a productized service plus some
00:03:39.360 coaching to support them and now you can
00:03:41.360 sell your service between 10,000 to
00:03:43.519 12,000 in the first transaction.
00:03:45.840 Meaning, you only need 8 to 10 clients
00:03:47.760 and you’re there. That’s one client per
00:03:50.319 month. And if you did that, you’d crush
00:03:52.239 your goal. Now that your product’s
00:03:54.159 locked in, it’s time to design your
00:03:56.000 offer. Step two, build a one-page offer.
00:03:59.120 Your offer is not your website. It’s not
00:04:02.000 even what you say you sell. It
00:04:04.640 essentially should be distilled into one
00:04:06.720 page that sells the result. People want
00:04:09.280 to buy your transformation. They don’t
00:04:11.120 want to buy your product. You think all
00:04:12.959 the bells and whistles is what makes
00:04:14.480 them impress. No. They want to hear that
00:04:17.040 the problem they have and your benefits
00:04:18.720 to your product is what they’re buying.
00:04:20.639 How clear is the value? How believable
00:04:22.880 is it? Did you put credibility
00:04:24.240 indicators? That offer sheet has to sell
00:04:27.440 the person without you saying a word. If
00:04:29.600 you do this right, and I’ll teach you
00:04:30.800 how, it’s a gamecher for revenue. Think
00:04:33.280 about the perceived brand. Do you want
00:04:35.600 to be a fine dining restaurant that
00:04:38.160 comes across as like refined and high
00:04:40.960 value and the experience and people that
00:04:43.520 you’re selling to don’t care about the
00:04:45.040 price cuz they’re there for the quality?
00:04:47.120 Or do you want to be IHOP, right? Where
00:04:49.120 you sell literally volume of sugary crap
00:04:52.720 that takes a lot of people in the back
00:04:54.400 kitchen to figure out and your menu is
00:04:56.080 about 17 times larger. less options when
00:04:59.440 you’re starting and you want to scale
00:05:01.120 fast. It reduces confusion and it makes
00:05:03.440 buyers buy easier because there’s no
00:05:05.840 other options. Here’s my rule. A
00:05:07.600 confused mind never buys. If you ask me
00:05:10.240 what I do and I say, “Well, it depends.”
00:05:12.400 Guess what? You’ll lost me. If I ask you
00:05:14.320 what you do and you say, “We design the
00:05:15.919 best logos in the world for small
00:05:17.280 businesses.” Well, that’s cool cuz I’m a
00:05:18.960 small business and I hate my logo. See
00:05:21.120 how clear that is? A confused mind never
00:05:23.759 buys. You have to make what you sell
00:05:25.919 crystal clear. For example, Timmer, who
00:05:28.479 was having a hard time trying to sell
00:05:29.840 his marketing services because
00:05:31.280 essentially he was saying, “We do
00:05:32.720 marketing help.” All we did was change
00:05:34.639 it to, “We guarantee a 30% increase in
00:05:38.160 AI search result rankings in 90 days or
00:05:41.039 your money back.” Same skills, clear
00:05:43.440 promise, and he closed a 12K client in
00:05:45.840 48 hours. So, here’s how you create this
00:05:48.080 one-page offer for yourself. First off,
00:05:50.960 we have to agitate the pain and create a
00:05:53.919 promise. Think about in a sales
00:05:55.440 conversation. Are you ever worried your
00:05:57.120 team’s going to make a mistake that’s
00:05:58.320 going to cost you more money than you
00:05:59.759 pay them annually to have them employed?
00:06:01.840 See what I did there? I agitate the
00:06:03.600 pain. The promise is the opposite of
00:06:06.080 whatever that is. The promise is, what
00:06:08.240 if you could hire anybody and have a
00:06:10.639 system that they followed that would
00:06:12.000 make it impossible for them to make a
00:06:13.600 mistake. I’m asking another follow-up
00:06:15.600 question that creates the promise. That
00:06:17.840 is your offer sheet. The second part is
00:06:20.160 we need a three-step plan and milestones
00:06:22.639 with dates to let the person know we got
00:06:25.520 this. See, the more detailed the plan,
00:06:27.680 the more you’re communicating that
00:06:29.120 you’ve done this before, you understand
00:06:30.880 it. You’re the expert. Not their
00:06:33.120 timeline, your timeline. That way, they
00:06:35.759 feel guided and supported. It doesn’t
00:06:37.840 matter if you sell modifications to
00:06:40.160 high-end cars, plumbing, logo design,
00:06:43.919 AI, SEO. This process applies to
00:06:47.039 everyone. Having a three-step plan and
00:06:49.039 milestones with dates communicates
00:06:51.120 you’re an expert. And the reason we have
00:06:52.880 a three-step plan, not 17step plan, is
00:06:55.280 you want to make it easy. You want to
00:06:56.639 make it simple. So lead with your best
00:06:59.039 stuff. If you’ve got 17 things, pick the
00:07:01.520 three that you think aligns with the
00:07:03.120 pain and the promise and just put that
00:07:04.800 in there. The rest of it, guess what?
00:07:06.800 They’ll discover it once they buy from
00:07:08.400 you, which just makes them more excited
00:07:10.479 because you undercommitted and then you
00:07:12.240 overd deliver. Then we have to offer two
00:07:14.319 options to buy. Why two? because we have
00:07:17.280 to price anchor the actual offer. One
00:07:20.479 option is going to be really expensive.
00:07:22.720 The reason why it makes the thing you
00:07:25.039 actually want to sell seem like a steal.
00:07:27.599 So, for example, if you sell a 10
00:07:29.840 $12,000 item go five times more. You
00:07:33.199 know, let’s say it’s $100,000. So, you
00:07:35.599 sell a $100,000 product. You sell a
00:07:38.560 $100,000 offer or service and it’s more
00:07:41.360 than what they really need. Or we have
00:07:43.840 this other option. That’s your second
00:07:45.759 option, which is all the things they
00:07:48.080 wanted. That becomes the no-brainer
00:07:50.880 offer. Whereas the really highly priced
00:07:53.039 one is very alakquart, very white glove,
00:07:56.879 very custom. And most people are like,
00:07:59.280 “Look, I get that sounds really fancy
00:08:01.360 and attractive, but I’m okay paying this
00:08:03.599 price because it’s actually what we
00:08:04.879 need. That’s more scalable. That one is
00:08:07.680 there just to make this one seem cheap.”
00:08:09.840 So, for example, my brother sells homes.
00:08:12.080 When he presents the home, let’s say the
00:08:13.919 home he wants to sell them is a million
00:08:15.520 dollars. He presents the3 to4 million
00:08:18.160 home where the furnishings are literally
00:08:20.560 from Europe and the yard is like a half
00:08:23.840 million buildout of landscaping and the
00:08:26.960 doors are made with mahogany and like
00:08:28.800 you see what I’m saying? He goes, I have
00:08:31.039 that option which I think could be
00:08:32.880 really interesting. I don’t really know
00:08:34.399 if you’re willing to stretch your budget
00:08:35.760 that much. But then we have essentially
00:08:37.919 what you asked us to do and that price
00:08:40.240 is only a million dollar. See, it’s only
00:08:42.000 a million dollar and a million is not
00:08:43.599 cheap. So, it’s only a million dollars
00:08:45.279 because it’s the second option that
00:08:46.640 makes a $3 to $4 million just anchor
00:08:48.720 this one a lot better. You can apply
00:08:50.560 this to any business and you will get
00:08:52.640 more sales for your actual product that
00:08:54.720 you want to sell just by having a price
00:08:56.560 anchor. And then last but not least, you
00:08:58.959 have to have a call to action in your
00:09:00.800 offer so that it is easy for somebody to
00:09:03.519 say yes. You could have a checkout page
00:09:05.760 that goes to a deposit and make it
00:09:08.000 really simple. Again, my brother sells
00:09:09.760 houses on his iPad. There’s a button.
00:09:12.160 They click the button. It goes into a
00:09:14.320 credit card form with the client. They
00:09:16.399 put in the credit card details to put
00:09:18.160 their deposit to lock in their home.
00:09:19.680 Even though the home has to go to the
00:09:20.959 bank and get the mortgage approved and
00:09:22.160 all that stuff, there’s a $5,000
00:09:24.000 non-refundable deposit that just sets a
00:09:26.959 commitment. Too often I see
00:09:29.120 entrepreneurs talk to somebody, they
00:09:30.959 say, “I love it. I’m in. I want to do
00:09:33.120 this.” And then they go, “Cool. I will
00:09:35.440 follow up with an email, with a
00:09:37.360 proposal, and then we can talk next week
00:09:39.680 to make sure that we set up your
00:09:41.040 payment. And then all of a sudden, they
00:09:42.720 get ghosted because the person in the
00:09:45.600 moment was ready to do the thing, and
00:09:46.880 then they went back to their life and
00:09:48.160 got busy. If you just do the call to
00:09:50.800 action in the offer dock to make it
00:09:52.800 simple for somebody to say yes, you will
00:09:54.640 make money. If you want my exact onepage
00:09:57.040 offer template that I’ve used to sell
00:09:58.880 tens of millions of dollars, just click
00:10:00.640 the link in the description and I’ll
00:10:02.080 send it over. So, now that your offer is
00:10:04.160 dialed, it’s time to talk to people.
00:10:06.240 Step number three, talk to strangers. I
00:10:08.480 know your parents said, “Don’t talk to
00:10:09.760 strangers.” I’m telling you, talk to a
00:10:11.200 lot of strangers. Why? Because the more
00:10:14.079 hands you shake, the more money you
00:10:16.320 make. Today, it’s never been easier than
00:10:19.440 ever to make money if you just talk to
00:10:22.160 people. There’s almost two billion
00:10:24.800 people on the internet connected over
00:10:27.440 this thing called social media that you
00:10:30.079 can use to get in front of people to
00:10:32.079 chat with them. I’ve personally sold
00:10:33.839 over $3 million in 11 months on
00:10:36.720 Instagram DMing people on the back of my
00:10:39.760 boat. I still do it today. I love to
00:10:42.240 chat with people in the DMs. If you
00:10:43.920 message me on Instagram, guess what? I’m
00:10:45.680 going to reply. Is this Dan AI? No, this
00:10:48.000 is Dan. Why do you do this then? You
00:10:49.839 have so many followers. I just like
00:10:52.160 people. I like seeing if I can be
00:10:53.760 helpful. I’m really good at it. I ask
00:10:55.839 the right questions. I get clarity. Most
00:10:57.839 people don’t like to waste my time. And
00:10:59.360 guess what? I have a team that monitors.
00:11:01.040 And if somebody wants to drag their feet
00:11:02.399 and not be responsive, it gets kicked
00:11:03.920 over to them. So, I don’t mind. But it
00:11:05.760 is me in the DMs. Please don’t over
00:11:08.480 complicate this. I mean, the other day I
00:11:10.079 was with my buddy Mike and we’re having
00:11:11.360 dinner and I just was like, “Bro, just
00:11:13.600 send a 100 DMs. Here’s the format. Just
00:11:16.240 send it.” And he sent those DMs and he
00:11:18.399 closed six clients in 72 hours. no
00:11:20.959 calls, all over chat with a stripe link.
00:11:23.920 Now, I know you’re thinking, I can’t do
00:11:25.680 that in my industry. I have coached
00:11:28.240 4,000 people to do it in every industry,
00:11:32.320 every small business, every big
00:11:34.079 business, mid-market, enterprise, SMB.
00:11:36.800 It’s how people want to buy today cuz
00:11:38.720 they don’t even want to get on a call.
00:11:40.800 Scheduling a call to have a conversation
00:11:42.480 when they’re already in the DMs. You are
00:11:44.880 in your Facebook Messenger, you’re in
00:11:46.720 your email, you’re in your text
00:11:48.079 messages, you’re in your Instagram DMs.
00:11:50.320 Your clients are also there. Talk to
00:11:51.839 them. So, here’s how we sell by chat.
00:11:53.760 The first thing, golden rule, can’t skip
00:11:55.839 it, never miss it. Opens. Always chat
00:11:58.480 with the people that follow you. I call
00:12:00.000 it an open because it’s an open-ended
00:12:02.000 question. They follow you, you message
00:12:03.920 them. Are you here for the content or
00:12:06.480 are you looking to grow your business?
00:12:08.000 That’s what I ask them because that’s
00:12:09.279 what I help people do. The key is you
00:12:11.040 always end on the thing you want to help
00:12:13.040 them with. Are you here for the videos?
00:12:15.040 Are you looking for help with your kids?
00:12:16.959 Are you here for the content or are you
00:12:18.880 looking to add mods to your car? Are you
00:12:20.800 here for the funny stuff or are you
00:12:22.959 looking to buy your first home? No,
00:12:24.800 actually, I just talked to you in the
00:12:26.240 hallway at this event and I just wanted
00:12:28.000 to say hi. Oh, Bob, how’s it going? Let
00:12:30.560 me know if you ever decide to buy a
00:12:31.839 house. Until then, great to have you as
00:12:33.360 a follower. It sounds so simple. People
00:12:35.920 don’t do it and they’re sitting on piles
00:12:38.800 of money in their followers. I had a
00:12:41.200 fitness guy had over a million followers
00:12:44.000 and could not afford to quit his job. He
00:12:46.079 was working a day job. He was passionate
00:12:48.079 about fitness. He was sharing videos and
00:12:50.160 he couldn’t bring himself to quit his
00:12:52.079 job cuz he didn’t know how to make
00:12:53.760 money. I said, “Have you considered just
00:12:56.079 talking to the followers?” He said,
00:12:57.680 “What would I say to them?” And I taught
00:12:59.279 him this. Well, he spent the next 3
00:13:00.959 days, I think he almost got divorced
00:13:02.720 because he was just in love chatting
00:13:04.959 with people. It never occurred to him.
00:13:06.800 So then we have to qualify them. We have
00:13:09.120 to ask questions. to let us know, are
00:13:11.120 they the right fit for us? My rule when
00:13:13.200 I’m trying to sell something is I don’t
00:13:15.040 even know if I can help you. That’s the
00:13:16.560 frame. So, can I ask you a few
00:13:17.920 questions? Of course. Tell me where
00:13:19.600 you’re at right now. If I sell business
00:13:21.200 coaching, tell me about your revenue.
00:13:22.720 What about your team? What’s the impact
00:13:24.480 you’re trying to have? Then the third
00:13:26.079 part is I need to know what their goal
00:13:27.760 is. What are their goals? What are they
00:13:29.519 looking to accomplish? I always like to
00:13:31.360 use a 12-month or one-year focus. Then
00:13:33.760 I’ll just ask them in a year what are
00:13:35.920 your targets around revenue team kind of
00:13:38.720 the impact you want to have. One of my
00:13:40.560 favorite questions to ask is imagine we
00:13:42.720 were getting together in one year and
00:13:44.560 we’re meeting up at your favorite
00:13:45.760 restaurant and we were celebrating the
00:13:48.079 past year because we worked together and
00:13:49.600 you just got a lot of stuff done. What
00:13:51.760 would we be celebrating? That’s just a
00:13:53.600 fun assumptive forwardlooking question
00:13:56.800 to get somebody already on board with
00:13:59.120 actually working with you. You can use
00:14:00.880 it for logo designs and HVAC in selling
00:14:04.240 homes. This applies to everything. Then
00:14:06.320 we have to go to the gap. The whole
00:14:08.480 point of a sale, it only happens in the
00:14:11.360 gap. The gap between feeling the pain
00:14:13.680 they’re feeling today about not doing
00:14:15.440 anything and the promise that you sold
00:14:17.760 and what it could feel like. When you
00:14:19.920 get them connected to the pain and then
00:14:22.639 you stretch the gap to what they want,
00:14:24.880 the possibility, their vision, their
00:14:26.320 future, that’s called the buying zone.
00:14:28.560 The center is where the sale happens.
00:14:31.120 Some people might come in and they’re
00:14:32.480 overconfident about their abilities to
00:14:34.160 solve the problem themselves. So, you
00:14:35.600 got to ask them questions that get them
00:14:36.959 over here. Some people are
00:14:38.399 underconfident. You got to build them
00:14:40.079 up. You do that with questions. The
00:14:42.800 right question moves the person closer
00:14:44.959 to the buying zone, stretches the gap,
00:14:46.959 and that is where the sales made. These
00:14:48.720 are the three quick rules that I always
00:14:50.639 tell my clients to follow. Number one,
00:14:52.720 short messages. essentially chat as if
00:14:55.519 you’re a teenager and it’s just short
00:14:57.519 and sweet. Nobody wants to read
00:14:58.959 paragraphs. They want to just interact
00:15:00.880 and scan. So, always end with a question
00:15:03.199 so that you keep the communication
00:15:04.720 flowing. I like to aim for about like
00:15:06.560 nine messages before I drop the offer.
00:15:08.720 Meaning nine back and forth. So, really
00:15:10.880 diving in, seeing if I can even be
00:15:12.959 helpful, giving them examples of other
00:15:14.800 people we worked with just like them.
00:15:16.560 And the last one is we have to test the
00:15:18.079 commitment. Asking somebody over chat on
00:15:19.920 a scale of 1 to 10, is this a now thing
00:15:22.240 or a later thing? and they go, “Yeah,
00:15:25.120 it’s probably a later thing.” Perfect.
00:15:27.440 Go back to the pain. Try to quantify it.
00:15:30.240 Have them communicate what would that
00:15:31.839 mean to your life if you continue to
00:15:33.839 make the decision you’re in right now.
00:15:35.600 Too often, people aren’t willing to
00:15:38.079 really help the person get clarity
00:15:40.000 around the impact that not changing is
00:15:42.880 having on their life. And it’s in the
00:15:44.800 lack of you willing to do that that
00:15:47.279 loses you the opportunity to serve the
00:15:49.360 person. and you think, “Well, it’s not
00:15:51.199 really my business to tell them or ask
00:15:53.040 them that stuff.” No, it actually is.
00:15:55.279 You have to act differently. You have to
00:15:57.759 test the commitment. And if you want to
00:15:59.279 do this before the next 6 weeks, you’re
00:16:01.360 going to have to go pro. No amateur
00:16:03.040 hour, short messages, and always end
00:16:05.199 with a question. So, now that they’re
00:16:06.880 leaning in, it’s time to get them to
00:16:08.959 buy. Step number four, make the offer.
00:16:11.839 All the money in the world is made in
00:16:14.160 the offer, and more specifically, the
00:16:16.320 follow-up. That’s where the fortunes
00:16:18.079 are. Like most people make an offer and
00:16:19.839 then they just like let the person ghost
00:16:21.600 them. No, no, no. Think about it. Pizza
00:16:24.240 is best served hot. See, you know that
00:16:27.040 if you wait too long, nobody wants it.
00:16:29.120 We want to get it to them when it’s hot.
00:16:31.040 And you don’t want to delay. And your
00:16:32.639 inability to ask for the deal. It’s
00:16:35.040 what’s causing the issue. The other day,
00:16:36.399 I was talking to my buddy. He had two
00:16:37.839 people he was talking to. One person, he
00:16:39.680 said, “Here’s the two options I’ve got
00:16:41.440 with a checkout link.” And he got
00:16:42.880 ghosted. The other client he talked to,
00:16:44.480 he said, “Here are the two options with
00:16:45.680 the checkout link.” followed up after 30
00:16:47.759 minutes.
00:16:49.519 Followed up 60 minutes, client paid in
00:16:51.519 full that day. What’s the difference?
00:16:53.680 People get busy. Help them solve the
00:16:57.120 to-do list problem by just being on top
00:16:59.440 of it. Your inability to want to feel
00:17:01.920 pushy is stopping you from serving
00:17:03.759 people. Fortunes are made in the
00:17:05.439 follow-up. The first part, it’s a
00:17:07.439 one-pager. It’s got everything in there.
00:17:10.079 It talks about the pain. It makes it
00:17:12.079 irresistible. It’s clear. It’s got the
00:17:14.720 checkout link and it’s got the packages
00:17:16.480 and the price. Again, don’t forget you
00:17:18.959 can download my template below in the
00:17:20.959 description. Just click the link and
00:17:22.240 I’ll send it over to you. But that we
00:17:23.919 have to have. The second part is what I
00:17:25.760 call a two-part close. Once I send it to
00:17:28.000 them, I send it and I say, “Let me know
00:17:30.080 if you have any questions or if you’re
00:17:31.919 in, just reply in.” Because the second
00:17:34.640 part is the assumptive close. And I
00:17:36.559 always want to end on that. They have
00:17:38.160 questions, they’ll ask the questions.
00:17:39.600 But changing your language will increase
00:17:41.679 your close rates by just with the
00:17:43.520 confidence you’re assuming they’re going
00:17:45.120 to move forward. The final part is the
00:17:47.200 follow-up ladder. Write this down. We
00:17:49.200 want to go 30 minutes.
00:17:51.919 60 minutes. Are you still there? The
00:17:54.480 next morning, just wanted to bump this.
00:17:57.280 24 hours. Did something happen? 3 days.
00:18:01.280 Did I do something wrong? 7 days. Did I
00:18:05.280 just get ghosted? Now, I like to be
00:18:07.840 playful and fun in my follow-up. So, you
00:18:10.400 can do whatever you want, but go 30, 60
00:18:12.960 next morning, 24 hours, 3 days, 7 days,
00:18:15.120 and you will close more deals. Now, if
00:18:17.600 they pay you, you can just skip to step
00:18:19.679 six. But if they don’t, it’s time to
00:18:21.840 overcome some objections. Step five,
00:18:24.240 overcome objections. Now, here’s
00:18:26.480 something powerful to understand. If you
00:18:28.640 bring up their objections before they
00:18:30.320 do, it’s called an obstacle. It’s way
00:18:32.720 easier to deal with an obstacle than an
00:18:34.960 objection. and you do it early, you’re
00:18:36.640 qualifying them. So that’s why I always
00:18:37.840 say test the objection. For example,
00:18:39.679 have you put a budget aside for X
00:18:41.840 result? Have you talked to your business
00:18:43.679 partner about this? Having all the
00:18:45.600 things you know they bring up in the
00:18:47.039 objections early on negates it so they
00:18:50.000 can’t use it later. Do you understand
00:18:51.440 how powerful that is? But if it does
00:18:53.120 show up after, here’s how to overcome
00:18:54.799 those objections. These are the
00:18:56.480 objections you hear all the time. I
00:18:57.919 don’t have the money. I don’t have the
00:18:59.280 time. I want to do it myself. I need to
00:19:01.600 talk to my partner. I got to think about
00:19:03.679 it. Not now. or they ghost you. This is
00:19:06.480 where selling actually starts. So,
00:19:08.480 here’s my framework for overcoming any
00:19:10.720 objections. The first step is to
00:19:12.720 acknowledge. They say it’s too expensive
00:19:15.039 or I can’t afford it. You say, “Makes
00:19:17.039 sense. I’d ask the same. Totally fair.
00:19:19.520 It’s non-combative.” Do not push back
00:19:22.160 and say, “Actually, it’s really
00:19:23.600 cheap.” Don’t say stuff like that.
00:19:25.520 Literally say, “Totally hear you. That’s
00:19:27.760 fair. I’d ask the same thing.” You
00:19:29.520 dissolve them pushing back on you. Step
00:19:31.760 two is you isolate the objection.
00:19:33.600 oftentimes they’ll say it’s this when
00:19:35.760 it’s actually something else. So I like
00:19:37.280 to go beside this, is there anything
00:19:39.039 else in the way? That way you get rid of
00:19:41.600 all the game of whack-a-ole of
00:19:43.360 objections they could play and we
00:19:45.120 isolate the one. If they list more than
00:19:47.360 one, pick the real one which matters
00:19:49.679 most. Step three is to clarify. When you
00:19:52.799 say that, the money, the time, wanting
00:19:55.200 to do it yourself, what do you actually
00:19:56.799 mean? Now, I know you might think you
00:19:58.400 know what they mean, but just sit back
00:20:00.240 and let them answer. Get the simple
00:20:02.320 facts. I’m not debating with them. I
00:20:04.400 want to hear what they mean by that
00:20:06.240 statement. Step four is the reframe to
00:20:08.559 the outcome. Right? So I might say
00:20:10.480 something like, “Well, the goal you
00:20:12.240 mention is this outcome by this date.
00:20:14.799 That’s why we do it this way. Wouldn’t
00:20:16.960 this pay for itself?” And then you ask
00:20:19.120 them and they go, “Hm, yeah, I guess it
00:20:21.679 would pay for itself.” Perfect. Step
00:20:23.679 five is offer a simple path. Give them
00:20:26.080 two options, but tie it to the words
00:20:28.320 they use. Okay? It’s called echoing the
00:20:30.799 sale. The best way is you say this. Here
00:20:32.720 are two ways we could do this. Which
00:20:34.320 feels right to you? Option one, not
00:20:36.799 spend any money and keep getting the
00:20:38.799 same results. Again, echoing the words
00:20:40.640 that they use when you say those
00:20:42.240 results. Option two, invest the money
00:20:44.559 and make it back in 30 to 60 days.
00:20:46.880 They’re probably going to say option
00:20:48.159 two. Perfect. Step six is close with a
00:20:51.600 question. It’s the assumptive close.
00:20:53.200 Want me to drop the link? Should we lock
00:20:54.960 in your spot? Assume they’re ready to
00:20:57.120 move forward. And then sh silence is the
00:21:01.280 ultimate closer. Get the deal. Move on.
00:21:04.720 Now with people buying again, 6 weeks,
00:21:07.039 100K, it’s time to deliver on your
00:21:08.880 promise. Step six, deliver with a
00:21:11.120 system. System stands for save yourself
00:21:14.559 time, energy, money, and stress. If you
00:21:17.280 sell something and you want to scale it
00:21:18.960 up fast, you have to make sure your
00:21:20.640 fulfillment or your delivery is simple,
00:21:23.600 easy, and repeatable. That way client
00:21:26.400 wins creates more sales. It kind of
00:21:28.480 builds on itself. I remember a while ago
00:21:30.240 I was chatting with somebody on
00:21:31.440 Instagram and they told me their process
00:21:33.600 and it was messy. All they did was
00:21:36.320 change their whole process into
00:21:38.320 five-step checklist that got the client
00:21:40.880 a win in the first 7 days. And then that
00:21:43.679 person wrote about it, which got them
00:21:45.840 two more clients because they got the
00:21:47.840 win early cuz they had a checklist to
00:21:50.000 get results. So here’s how you
00:21:51.760 systematize your delivery. These are
00:21:53.760 literally the five easy steps that every
00:21:56.080 business can use. The first one is we
00:21:58.080 have to set up a kickoff call. A kickoff
00:22:00.640 call after a purchase helps everybody
00:22:03.840 feel good. You go over and you recommit
00:22:06.240 what they want. You talk about how
00:22:08.000 you’re going to deliver and it’s really
00:22:09.840 for both people to get on the same page.
00:22:12.559 Step two is gather all the inputs.
00:22:14.799 Gather every asset, every piece of
00:22:16.880 information you’re going to need to
00:22:19.039 start the work to be successful. Don’t
00:22:21.120 gather it as you’re moving along. Step
00:22:22.960 three is you have to get it built. Ship
00:22:25.200 the first deliverable, whatever you sold
00:22:27.200 as soon as you can get a client a win as
00:22:29.200 fast as possible. Ideally in five days,
00:22:31.360 but commit to seven so that you overd
00:22:33.520 deliver when you get it to them in five.
00:22:35.280 Step four is review. Every day I want
00:22:38.080 you to review with your team or
00:22:39.760 yourself. How am I moving every client
00:22:41.600 forward? If you do that every day, it
00:22:43.679 will keep the momentum. Number five is
00:22:46.000 you have to get them a real win. I
00:22:47.679 talked about this in the first step, but
00:22:49.600 I always think about when I get a new
00:22:51.120 client is what’s the time to first value
00:22:53.520 TTFV and I can define that and
00:22:56.320 essentially they feel it. As soon as
00:22:58.640 they give me a whim, guess what I do
00:22:59.919 with that? I ask them if there’s anybody
00:23:01.520 else like them that I might be able to
00:23:03.120 serve cuz I’m asking for a referral.
00:23:05.039 Here’s the way I like to ask. I say,
00:23:06.799 “Hey, you’ve been getting great results
00:23:08.320 so far. I appreciate you showing up as a
00:23:10.559 great client. I have a question. Who are
00:23:12.159 the one or two people that you feel
00:23:14.000 would be a great fit for this program as
00:23:15.520 well?” It’s not do you have one or two.
00:23:18.240 It’s literally who are one or two. That
00:23:20.480 one little tweak in language will get
00:23:22.720 you a ton of referrals.
00:23:25.600 That was a lot. But that was exactly how
00:23:28.720 I’d make 100K in six steps over the next
00:23:31.600 6 weeks. Now, I don’t want you to just
00:23:33.919 watch this, but actually take action.
00:23:36.240 Write it down below. Make a commitment.
00:23:38.320 What are you going to sell? What’s your
00:23:39.840 offer? How are you going to start having
00:23:41.679 chats with people that could buy? Are
00:23:43.679 you committed to always asking for the
00:23:45.280 sale? Are you going to do the work? Or
00:23:47.200 are you just going to use this as
00:23:48.880 another thing that you feel like, I’ve
00:23:50.720 collected some knowledge, some shelf
00:23:53.200 help? I feel good, but I put it on the
00:23:55.600 shelf and it doesn’t really help you.
00:23:57.600 Let’s not do that. I need you to
00:23:59.600 actually implement what I just taught.
00:24:01.440 One piece, one offer. Do something. But
00:24:05.039 this could be the next 6 weeks your
00:24:07.200 chance to make 100,000. And remember, if
00:24:09.520 you want my one-page offer template,
00:24:11.440 it’s below in the description. Just
00:24:13.279 click the link and I’ll send it over.