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Authentic email marketing – Why I don’t recommend “lead magnets”

 A common marketing tactic is when you’re forced to give your email address in order to access a freebie, like an e-book, webinar, video series, summit, email course, or “special report”.​

Marketers call this a “lead magnet”. What an unfortunate term that dissociates marketing from relationship-building.

The real problem? It doesn’t even work that well.

I built a 10,000-person email list by using a lead magnet of a “free” webinar.

I put “free” in quotes, because your attention is valuable …

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Profound Ease while Building Your Authentic Business…


Profound Ease while Building Your Authentic Business…

Don’t we all wish that building an authentic business can feel “easy”? That just about any action you take in your business results in greater income? I offer a couple of reframes in this video that I hope will support true ease...

Posted by George Kao, Authentic Business Coach on Friday, September 1, 2023


Don’t we all wish that building an authentic business can feel “easy”?

That just about any action you take in your business re…

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Which of George Kao's Courses Should You Take?


Which of George Kao's Courses Should You Take?

I’ve been on a mission since 2009 to share knowledge and facilitate experiences that help solopreneurs be joyfully productive in their journey of authentic business. As a result, there are now 20 courses on my website, available for immediate enrollment. Given these choices, clients often ask me which course they should take. This video (and the blog post below) offers a suggested journey... https://www.georgekao.com/blog/courses

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The newest marketing techniques? Focus on substance instead.


Marketing trends? Focus on substance instead.

Are you learning marketing? You’ll be tempted to go after the “newest tricks”, the latest ways to “grab” the audience’s attention, and the “must have” software to automate your business. Constant pressure to keep up with new techniques… to prevent falling behind… feels breathless. Do we really have to do this? Even if you ignore the trendiest techniques and software, which will always come and go, you can still succeed by improving the substan…

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Should You “Charge What You’re Worth”?


Should you “Charge what you’re worth”?

Have you heard that you should “charge what you’re worth?” ...that in your fees you should “stand up for your value”? Let's reflect on this and various other ideas related to pricing...

Posted by George Kao, Authentic Business Coach on Friday, August 11, 2023

 

Have you heard that in your pricing, you should “stand up for your value” ?

Let’s reflect on this:

How much is your value?

How much are you worth?

$25/hour? $250/hour? $500/hour? $10,…

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