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Week 2 - Content - Sales Letter Mechanics and Template
Week 2 - Content - Sales Letter Mechanics and Template
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“How {company name} Went From {state 1} to {state 2} in {Timeframe} Using {Mechanism}”
“Case Study: How {company} Went From {state 1} to {state 2} in {Timeframe} Using
{Mechanism}”
Example:
“How to take your B2B SaaS company from $0-$1M in 12 months or less using a paid traffic
funnel and an inside sales team.”
The marketing argument (headline) is independent from the sales argument (the argument used
to get a deal closed). You first need to get people into your world, submit information, and show
up for a phone call. To do this, you need a lot of sizzle.
If you don’t yet have a case study, then you will need to hypothesize a claim or headline that will
resonate in the market. You first need to solve for the message or hook that gets the prospects
to show up and get excited.
The headline must be true or somewhat true in that you definitely plan to deliver on the promise
made in the headline. Sometimes your product cannot deliver the result claimed in the headline
and in this case, the engineering team will need to go back and make sure that the product can
actually deliver.
Humans think in time and associate change with time. When you speak to a transformation, you
will need to add a time component. Ex. doubling in 10 years is way less interesting than
doubling in 1 month. Be sure to include a time component to your headline.
Remember that the headline and sales letter is niche-specific or segment-specific. If you
address two or more segments in your sales letter, then you will have a tough time getting it
working. The rewards come from one sales letter, one funnel, one offer, one channel.
The headline needs to include money, health, or mating as the benefit. These are the core
benefits that humans respond to.
You want your headline to be a guaranteed yes. This means that if your prospect comes
across the headline in an ad, they will jump all over it. You need to make it sign.
For example:
● If you are first to market with a claim that can save someone $100k in 30 second that will
light up the market and get people fired up. If that claim stops working because your
competitors start using it, then you can make it more bodacious and elaborate the claim
and expand it to $150k in 30 seconds. Once the market is saturated or hammered with
that claim by competitors, they will need a new mechanism: Example: $150k in 30
seconds using 5G. Once the market gets hammered with that claim, the market will
respond to $150k in 30 seconds using 5G + (faster 5G). Once the market is hammered
by that claim, the market will respond to identification - The 5G+ that Lebron James
uses. The 5G+ that Oprah uses.
● There is always a path to success, you just need to figure out what level of sophistication
the market is actually in.
● You can do this by simply observing the competitor ads and the other claims in the
market. Whenever I see a claim that I like, I write it down and store it in a little folder on
my computer.
● The market is always changing and people are coming up with new claims, and the
market is getting smarter and smarter by the day. It’s key that you stay on top and learn
where the market is. If you can do this, you will never have any trouble getting
resonance.
● The speed at which you test the claim will determine the speed at which you determine
the market’s level of sophistication. This is why you want to test really quickly.
● Competitors copy my claims all the time. When I come up with a new ad, or a new angle,
it takes only a few hours for competitors to copy. They try to ride that wave. Imitators will
never get the rewards of the innovators, though. They should bunker down and lean the
fundamentals so they can lead the group.
You can change the headline as many times as you want during the writing process and during
the testing process. Your first sales letter and funnel will likely not be perfect, however, after a
few iterations, you can really dial it in.
A2: Proof/Framing Evidence
Once you capture your audience with your bodacious headline, it’s time to demonstrate to your
audience that you are a credible information source. Only once the audience knows you are
credible will they trust you and listen to your points. Without “dropping credibility or proof” here,
the audience is less likely going to believe what you say in the coming parts.
Use this table to map out your proof and stay organized. In your published version of the sales
letter, you won’t have this table.
Notice that we use the state 1, state 2, timeframe, source structure. This is how you present
evidence. There needs to be contrast, a timeframe and a strong element of credibility.
The prospect should be thinking “this headline is BS” so the proof section is used to immediately
establish credibility.
○ Quotes
■ Example
● “We are achieving 2X cash on cash ROI in 30 days. Very strong” -
Raj, CEO of Thinkster Math
○ Analytics from customers
■ Example
● [Image]
The figure above depicts the results from a survey we completed
that compared the number of X to the amount of Y. We found that
[result]
○ Your own experiment data
■ Example
● [Image]
The figure above depicts the results from an experiment we
completed that compared the number of X to the amount of Y. We
found that [result]
■ The proof needs to be beyond any doubt.
The figure above depicts the cash against rep over a 12 month period.
Notice that this company was able to ramp to $5M with only 6
salespeople on the team.
The figure above is a screenshot of the slack channel. Notice that there
are 7 salespeople on this particular sales team and that they are all
remote.
- A Linear Argument
Can you use video evidence in the written sales letters and video sales letters?
○ Yes, for sure. You can create a short demonstrating something with a customer. If you
are doing a video, you can pull up the video evidence or splice it in with the edit.
○ Example
■ https://hellothinkster.com/
A3a: Who This Is For - Identification
Before you introduce the content of the sales letter AKA the educational points, you need to call
out the audience and “identify with the prospect”.
This is an important step in building rapport with the reader/viewer/listener. The reader will need
to feel like you understand them and their situation in order to buy into your points.
We use the following columns to identify with the prospect. Fill out these columns to stay
organized. The final version of your sales letter will not include this scaffolding and should be
written as paragraphs or bullet points without repeating sentence fragments.
Everyone is
going
remote.
You will need to listen to many sales calls and have many interactions with the prospect before
you really start to understand them. This is why it’s so important that the marketer be the
salesperson and understand the product and technology at a deep level.
● Desires
○ Everyone has desires, dreams, outcomes that they aspire towards. By aligning
with these dreams and desires and encouraging them, we can build a deep
sense of rapport with the prospect. This sense of rapport will help us influence
the prospect with respect to our thesis points and our new mechanisms.
Everyone wants a positive power ranger. Be the positive power ranger that
encourages their dreams and desires.
○ These desires can be personal or business related. It’s a good idea to mix in both
personal and professional desires. At the end of the day, humans are humans.
They might say they want “more revenue”, “lower churn”, “better metrics”, but
what does that mean, really? It means they want to make money so they can
spend time with their kids, send the kids to private school, buy their wife a new
car, retire their parents, go to Mars one day. Try to read through the lines. If you
hit the nerve, you will stick out and perk people up.
○ These can be thought of as goals.
○ Examples
■ “If you are trying to build a pack of wolves that can sell your product, then
you are in the right place.”
■ “If you are trying to break your first mil, then stick around.”
■ “If you are trying to raise your next round, then stick around.”
■ “If you are trying to get that promotion, then stick around”.
■ “If you are trying to prevent your wife from cheating on you with her boss,
then stick around.”
○ Introducing Emotion
■ When you layer on emotion, you can achieve a wild amount of rapport.
Don’t make it sleazy, just simply call out the particular emotion they have
been feeling.
○ Examples
■ “If you spent $85k on a marketer, and got no yield, then stick around.”
■ “If you wasted $100k on Hubspot, then...”
■ “If you can’t convince an investor to fund you, then stick around..”
● Suspicions
○ Suspicions are things, people, ideas that people simply don’t trust. If you can
confirm or align with someone’s suspicions, you will achieve a massive amount
of rapport.
○ Examples
■ “If you are suspect of the VCs and their little game of hot potato, you are
in the right place.”
■ “If you suspect that you don’t need to be a sleazy salesperson to close
deals, you are right.”
■ “If you suspect that it doesn’t take 4 years to find product-market-fit, you
are in the right place.”
● Enemies
○ Enemies are things, people, or ideas that people hate. If you can align to these,
you will create a common enemy that triggers the tribal instincts within the
prospect.
○ Examples
■ “If you hate burning money and being broke, then you are in the right
place.”
■ “If you hate making excuses, then you are in the right place.”
■ “If you hate wasting engineering bandwidth, then you are in the right
place.”
○ Example
■ “Now, who is this for? If you are trying to get to your first mil, hire a pack
of wolves, carry on an amazing Thanksgiving Day story, then stick
around.
If you are worried about payroll, or running out of money,
If you suspect that the VC game is a bunch of horse shit, or that it doesn’t
take 4 years to get to product-market-fit,
If you are pissed off that you wasted $85k on a marketer, or that you blew
$100k on Hubspot, or that you can’t flood a calendar to save your life,
then this is for you.
If you hate burning money, making excuses, or wasting valuable
engineering bandwidth, then this is for you.”
The best core concepts are usually somewhat contrarian, but true.
This is where you can introduce the mechanism that you use to deliver the big claim. You can
also position yourself as the best and/or only option to deliver the solution to the problem.
We are the best/only people dedicated to solving this problem for {niche}.”
You can boil the whole business thesis down to a single line. A single inefficiency. Elegant.
● Examples
○ “You can build your SaaS business to $100M ARR in 5 years if you use
information products, paid traffic and automated funnels.
However, most entrepreneurs are not equipped with the skills to do this since the
technologies used are relatively new.
We are the only people dedicated to solving this particular problem for
entrepreneurs.”
● “My core concept is that entrepreneurs fail not because they can’t build products,
identify markets, market their products, or price their products properly, but
because they conduct these activities in the wrong order and run out of money
before they get traction.”
They are likely to question your credibility and look for ways to debunk your claim. We want to
anticipate this by providing credibility. Prospects will also ask, “why is he/she writing this in the
first place? Who is this person?” We introduce a background story or “grounding story” to help
answer that question.
● Mechanisms
○ Track Record and Achievements
■ School
■ Awards
○ Social Proof
■ Alignments to credible entities
● Featured in…
● As seen in...
■ Number of people who agree/subscribe to your thoughts
● Subtlety Hedging
○ Being braggadocious could harm you, so you need to “brag” while being
conscious of how you are coming across. You can “hedge” by using phrases
such as “I don’t mean to brag”, “I don’t share this with you to impress you”, “for
what it matters”, “for whatever it matters”, “if this matters..”, “not that it matters…”,
Track Record and Achievement
Use this language template:
We were founded in [insert date]. Our partners [insert achievement]. Our investors [insert
achievement]. We have worked with [insert credible company name]. We are endorsed by
[credible company name]. We received [insert award], etc..”
● Example
○ “I used this method to pocket my first few million after tax and build an asset
valued in the mid 8 figures in my mid-20s; and it only took a few years. I did this
without co-founders, raising money or taking on any debt.
○ For what it matters, we were founded in [insert date]. Our partners [insert
achievement]. Our investors [insert achievement]. We have worked with [insert
credible company name]. We are endorsed by [credible company name]. We
received [insert award], etc..”
● Background Story
○ If the sales letter is the first point of contact between you and the prospect, you
will likely need to include a quick background story to communicate history.
Founder encountered
a problem
Founder looked
everywhere For
solution, but couldn’t
find one.
Founder’s new
mission is to get the
solution in the hands
of the market.
The background story is used to “ground” yourself in the prospect’s mind and create what is
known as a status delta.
Status Delta:
- The difference in status between you and the prospect. If you are higher in status than
the prospect, then the prospect will listen to you. If you are lower in status, then the
prospect will not listen to you. This is partly why we introduce status and proof in A2 -
without A2, there is no delta, and there is no reason why the prospect will listen.
- You can create status delta with the quality of your writing, speaking, dress, design,
seamlessness, and of course, the quality of your information.
Prospects are wondering why you are putting this content out in the first place. They need to
know what your motives are, where you came from, why they should believe you and follow
you.
If you are a founder, the prospect needs to know why you started the business in the first place.
I looked everywhere for a strategy on how to do this, but I found nothing other than a few books
on the topic.
I decided to take matters into my own hands and run a series of experiments to get the
customer leads, and sales, and of course, make the whole engine profitable.
My strategy worked so well, that it shot the company to $1M ARR in only 12 months while being
profitable.
Everyone in Toronto started asking me what I did and how I did it.
So I decided to help others with the method and now we service over 700 customers.”
This information will be extremely valuable and helpful to your reader and will start the positive
upward spiral. Even if the prospect doesn’t buy your product, they will still find this content
useful.
General principle: You connect all the dots for your prospect so that your solution is obvious.
You also want to create massive value. So much that they could solve the problem themselves
without you, but you create a better, faster, cheaper route to solving the problem.
This is the most difficult part of the sales letter. It will take you the longest. You will rewrite it
many times. The more you spend on this educational part of the sales letter, the more valuable
it will be to the audience and the better your product will be.
You will notice in this section that the features of your solution are derived. You know what jobs
the prospect needs to do at such a deep level, that the solution features are just obvious. This is
why the sales letter is such an important document for the product developers. Also, don’t have
the product developers tune into the building of the sales letter, since they lack the market
understanding and will confuse themselves and definitely you. They are to take these
instructions and use them to build a stellar solution for the customer.
The method is also dynamic. This is why the feature set of the solution is dynamic. Furthermore,
notice that I’m calling it a solution, not a product. Typically, a solution is more than just a single
product - it includes a method, a tool/s, and a community. If one part of the solution is missing,
then the solution will fail. Why? Without a method, one won’t be able to use the tool effectively.
Without tools, one won’t be able to apply the method. Without a community, one won’t want to
apply the method or use the tools in the first place.
So when you are writing your method/thesis, you want to include a step where one uses a
community. If you don’t have tools (you are selling information or services), you can point to 3rd-
party tools so that your customer can get the result. If some of the steps in your method require
3rd-party tools and one requires your own tool, then so be it. You want to keep the eye on the
prize - making sure the customer gets value from the method. Don’t leave them hanging, or
make it incomplete - this will create negative value in the market since you wasted people’s
time. Give them the goods.
Furthermore, when the prospects interact with your letter, you are setting the stage for what is to
come by using your products or services. If you can provide a massive amount of value in the
letter, and your letter is well-written, the prospect will think “wow, if I got this much value in their
free content, I wonder how much value I’ll get as a customer! I don’t know what they are selling,
but SIGN ME UP!” If you provide a ton of value in your content and in your products, you create
this positive upward spiral that results in the prospects and customers loving you, and a strong
“brand”. That’s what a brand is - it's the trust that when someone interacts with you, they will
benefit more than the cost.
● The Framework
○ Insight = cause-effect relationship between an activity and a result relative to a
person
○ A unique insight = cause-effect relationship between an activity and a result
relative to a person that only you (or a handful of people) know of.
○ A unique useful insight = cause effect relationship between an activity and a
benefit relative to a person that only you (or a handful of people) know of.
○ Marketing
■ Marketing is just spouting Unique Useful Insights
○ Product Development
■ Product development is just coming up with ways to do activities that lead
to benefits using vehicles that are faster, better, cheaper than alternatives
relative to the niche or person.
“What does my prospect need to believe to be true such that by believing, they are
guaranteed to buy my solution?”
In other words, if the prospect doesn’t buy into your thesis points, they won’t buy into your
solution.
It is important to note that you should not mention your solution at all in this section. Think
of the new activities as a roadmap to achieving your claim if your solution didn’t exist. Then, in
section C1 you will position your solution as the best/fastest/easiest/cheapest way to complete
these activities.
One key thing here is that the steps are chronological. Draw a line on paper and map out all the
steps one needs to take to get to the promised land (which is the result that you promised in the
headline).
● Activity Template
○ You can use this template to map out your activities (old and new), results (old
and new), and the unique useful insights (key points).
Step Old Way Old Result New Way New Result Unique Useful
(thesis (Benefit) Insight
underneath
your
product)
1 Get docs Sign docs in Slow, Sign docs 10x faster, Signing docs
signed person takes 2 online results in online is 10x
days higher faster and
performance result in
and profits increased
profits -
Consider this
study: [insert
study]
● UUI Template
● UUI Q and A
○ In most cases, your UUI will leave the prospecting with questions with respect to
their unique situation. Since you are not there to answer questions in real time,
we need to account for these questions by including a q and a within the UUI.
○ Question Examples
■ What about [my situation]?
■ Does this work for [insert]?
■ How should I do [insert]?
● Thesis
○ Your thesis is just a collection of Activity and UUI combinations. You can have as
many as you like, just make sure they are unique and useful. When we refer to
the thesis, we are referring to the collection of UUIs.
● Length
○ Don’t worry about the length. You can go as long as you want in this section as
long as it’s providing value to the reader.
○ UUI Questions
■ Questions: “Which data stream am I lacking?”
● Answer: Most entrepreneurs have (1) covered - they understand
how to build and how the technology works; however, they are
missing (2) - how the technology applies in a way that makes it
useful. Once the entrepreneur has a full scope, they can spot the
intersection points of the customer's path and the forces in the
environment.
■ Question: “Why do I need both data streams?”
● Answer “Having one data stream without the other is like
navigating a dangerous jungle with perfectly functioning ears,
blindfolded. To properly navigate through the jungle, one needs to
open up that second data stream and take off the blindfold.”
● UUI
○ UUI Description
■ “By doing {activity} the {new way}, you will achieve {new result}”
○ UUI Example
■ Pictures (before/after contrast)
○ UUI Questions
■ Questions: “What if?...”
● Answer “Asf”
■ Question: “What..”
● Answer “asdf”
Activity 2:
● Old Way
● Old Result
● New Way/Activity
● New Result
● UUI
○ UUI Description
■ “Asdfs”
○ UUI Example
■ Pictures (before/after contrast)
○ UUI Questions
■ Questions: “What if?...”
● Answer “Asf”
■ Question: “What..”
● Answer “asdf”
● UUI
○ UUI Description
■ “Asdfs”
○ UUI Example
■ Pictures (before/after contrast)
○ UUI Questions
■ Questions: “What if?...”
● Answer “Asf”
■ Question: “What..”
● Answer “asdf”
B2: Activity Summary:
A summary is needed for the prospect to tie points together and be reminded of the overarching
thesis and message.
Example:
“So you all you need to do is:
1. Activity 1
2. Activity 2
3. Activity 3
4. etc..
And you can get to $1M ARR in 12 months or less without raising a dime in funding.”
This step is used to posture your solution as favorable when compared to alternatives.
You will be comparing “the hard way”, the unfavorable way, against “the easy way”, your
solution.
Option one is to [insert alternative - do it yourself, use a competing solution, etc..], however:
[insert problem with alternative 1]
[insert problem with alternative 1]
[insert problem with alternative 1]
Or you can use [your solution] and achieve [big benefit - which better, faster, and cheaper.]”
Example:
“You can hire a marketer or do it yourself, however, this will likely fail because:
- Any marketer worth his/her salt is already rich and not looking for a job (sorry, but it’s
true).
- The skills needed are so specialized, it will take you at least 12 hours per day for 1 year
to become proficient without any help.
Or you can work with Salesprocess.io and get the funnel built in less than a month for 1/10th the
price, for 1/10th the effort.”
Example:
“Again, this is for CEOs, founders, VPs who are trying to scale to $10M, but who can’t figure a
way to fill their pipeline and throw gasoline on the fire.”
[person name] from [company name] was [insert after state] within [timeframe] and said [insert
quote]. [insert proof shot or money shot].”
“[person name] from [company name] was [insert after state] within [timeframe] and said [insert
quote]. [insert proof shot or money shot].”
“[person name] from [company name] was [insert after state] within [timeframe] and said [insert
quote]. [insert proof shot or money shot].”
In this section, you explicitly state the differences between your solution and the alternatives in
terms of how much better, faster, easier, cheaper it is.
You can also speak to auxiliary benefits - 2nd, 3rd, 4th order consequences of the choice to use
your product/service over an alternative.
Benefits and outcomes are important to introduce before features are explained. The benefits
and outcomes answer the question “What does it do?” and the features answer the question
“How does it do it?”. Without first understanding the “what does it do?” question, the prospect
won’t understand how the features tie into the benefits.
Examples:
“Here’s what is going to happen when you work with us:
You will be able to generate leads at a rate that you have never seen before.
You will be able to close at over 20%.
You can get to $1M in 12 months if you execute properly.
You can finally get rid of that no-nothing marketing agency.
You can forget about not hitting your quarterly numbers and explaining your failures to
investors.
You will feel empowered, confident, and motivated.”
We just made a ton of promises and now we need to prove to the prospect that we can deliver.
You never want to “feature dump”, you always introduce your feature in a “working” context -
meaning the customer does not give two shits about the feature itself, the customer only cares
of how it works in relation to the job he/she is trying to do.
We also stack on the value of this feature to start building value and “stack”.
You will notice that the features map perfectly to the activities in the thesis. Yes, this was
intended. You just created your first puff of magic.
2 Funnel $5,800
Building
Before, when you wanted to [insert job the feature does], you would have to [insert old way]. But
now, you can use this simple [feature] to [achieve outcome] without [negative consequence of
old way]. Do you see how easy that is? [Insert image/or video demonstration]
Before, when you wanted to [insert job the feature does], you would have to [insert old way]. But
now, you can use this simple [feature] to [achieve outcome] without [negative consequence of
old way]. [Insert image/or video demonstration]
Before, when you wanted to [insert job the feature does], you would have to [insert old way]. But
now, you can use this simple [feature] to [achieve outcome] without [negative consequence of
old way]. [Insert image/or video demonstration]
Etc..”
You will need to “anchor” your pricing to some alternative in the market before you explain your
offer.
Without this “anchoring” the prospect is left alone to determine the relative value.
Feature Value
Feature Value
Feature Value
Once you anchor the price, you will build value for each item in your “stack”. Once the items are
mapped out, you will end with a “call to action.”
We are only [price or relative price - 1/10th the cost, a fraction of the cost].
Instead of paying [total stack], we are offering this to you for only [absolute price or relative price
- $10k, or 1/10th]
H1: Warning
Feature Value
Feature Value
Feature Value
A warning is used to inject urgency and scarcity. Without urgency and scarcity, the prospect is
less likely to take action right away.
Examples:
- “We can only take on 20 new customers per month so make sure you grab your spot or
you will miss out.”
- We only have bandwidth to do 40 strategy calls per month, so if you are interested,
make sure you act now or you might not get another chance until next month.”
- We can only support 100 clients per month, so if this rings bells, make sure you act now
or we might not be able to work with you.”
I1:Bonus
Bonuses are used to add that extra little bit of pressure to the prospect to get them to act right
away. The goal of the sales letter is to put an irresistible offer in front of them and make it seem
crazy to wait. Bonuses are the “cherry on top” that can sometimes make a 1-3% difference in
conversion rate.
Feature Value
Feature Value
Feature Value
For a limited time, we are going to offer you [bonus] if you act now.”
Bonus Examples:
“Free Strategy Call Worth up to $500”
“A free month of service”
“An extra [insert tool]”.
I2:Guarantee/Risk Reversal
Humans need a risk reversal to drive them to action right at the one-yard-line.
“Of course we back everything up with a guarantee. Meaning if we don’t deliver on our
promises, you don’t pay a dime.”
Feature Value
Feature Value
Feature Value
J1:Summary
Give a summary and call to action. You just sent your prospect through a roller coaster of value
and emotions. It’s time to start wrapping up and going for the sale.
The buying is done in the q and a. This part can go on for hours. In this section, you want to
map out every reason why the prospect wouldn’t buy, then handle it.
The 5 Objections:
Humans only 5 objections, really.
● It’s not going to work for me.
● I don’t need it.
● I can’t afford it.
● I don’t have time.
● I don’t trust you.
This article goes into detail about these objections and how to address them.
Template:
“Now some of you may be asking:
Will this work if [insert circumstance]?
Well, [insert answer].
Examples of questions:
Why wouldn’t you just ___ instead of ____?
My customers aren't active on LinkedIn and Facebook. Will this still work?
This is a common misconception. Your customers are either on Facebook, LinkedIn, Youtube,
or at least using their email accounts.
We can use either of these platforms to effectively target your customers.
Personally, I was extremely surprised to know that my customers were all on Facebook!
Everyone still likes to check in on their kids, grandkids, ex-girlfriends :), competitors, etc..
At the end of the day, we help our customers produce fantastic content and then implement a
sales process.
The content creation process is the same whether you are selling B2B SaaS or B2B services or
fruits on the side of the street.
The only difference is the method you use to deliver the transformation to the customer, which is
independent of the marketing and messaging.
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● Get an external harddrive to record the rough files - make sure the temp files
created during the recording are stored on the external hard drive. If this is not
done, the computer will slow down like crazy. I had to get a 2TB and 8TB hard
drive to store the temp files and the rough files.
○ This is the external drive I use:
■ https://www.amazon.ca/Western-Digital-Elements-Desktop-Drive/
dp/B07D5V2ZXD/ref=sr_1_2?
qid=1588606792&refinements=p_n_feature_two_browse-bin
%3A7322176011&s=pc&sr=1-2
■ https://www.apple.com/ca/shop/product/HMU12ZM/A/lacie-
mobile-drive-5tb-external-hard-drive-usb-c-usb-30?
fnode=bdae9d68c70a8ddf8274ed2fce9cb1b26cc9dab072895e06
8623f515b0d67d585c8a6be75eefd770bcb9084f36c16688036ec4f
e600518c524beae8f80a2912e89e558bad0ab845d340d2050a3fe1
2ee252edf1e9ce54596560af634ef41c320
● Editing
○ You can chop it up and start the editing. Remove the ums and ughs or coughs if
they exist.
○ It doesn’t have to be perfect. You did the work in the writing phase, so you are
prepared and your points are sound. The viewer will pick up on this.
○ If you become really good, you can just do it in one take. This is powerful.
○ Get it saved and exported.
○ You can play with the audio settings to make it sound professional - sometimes I
use the noise reduction filter if there are fans running.
○ Host on wistia or vimeo and Youtube.
○ Post it right away to your LinkedIn, instagram, and blast it to your email list to get
feedback.
○ You want to get a 90% like to dislike ratio.