Why Attention Is The New Currency & The 4 Things You NEED To Make A Sale — With Kevin Rogers
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Resources Mentioned
www.ProductiveInsights.com
http://copychief.com
http://convertbook.frankkern.com/homepage/
Books Mentioned
Help! For Writers: 210 Solutions to the Problems Every Writer Faces
Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences
No One Here Gets Out Alive
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009. “Blind Man Driving” With Kevin Rogers — Comedian Turned Copywriter
019. Web Design Success Secrets – With Greg Merrilees
047. Web Copywriting with Demian Farnworth — Chief Content Writer at Copyblogger Media
050: James Schramko on frameworks for Business Profitability And Lifestyle
054. The 3 Keys to Community Building, Authenticity & Long Term Business Success — With Mackenzie Fogelson
Key Points (Timestamps)
00:52 — Intro and overview
01:57— Why copywriting is critical to converting browsers to buyers
03:30 — The value of transparency
05:20 — New expectation: How real can you make this?
08:10 — Kevin’s take on the evolution of copywriting in the next 3-5 years
09:20 — Three main elements a sales letter needs to close the deal
11:30 — Attention is the new currency online
13:00 — Simple framework for “What is it?”
14:56 — Short attention span syndrome
16:12 — Formulas for filling in your “Who are you?”
17:06 — Ash’s “Who are you?” example
19:08 — The scale of severity
Red alert
Yellow light
Green light
20:40 — Dollar shave club and how they created a desire for a problem to be solved
21:07 — Most of us create products in the ‘yellow light’ section of the ‘scale of severity’
23:46 — The most popular content online is always begins with a number…” 7ways to…”
25:41 — The importance of quantification in sales letters
26:30 — How Frank Kern uses transparency in his copy
27:50 — “ The thing I care more about than money and the sale is not going to jail!”
28:12 — Why Danny Iny asked his subscribers to unsubscribe from his mailing list
29:21 — Recap of 4 main points to close the sales loop
The Productive Insights Podcast is for independent professionals who want to become the obvious choice in their field. That's lawyers, doctors, consultants, advisers and other experts who run their own practice.
Host Ash Roy is a CPA with an MBA who helps independent professionals build authority so they attract high-quality clients who pay their full fees without haggling. He does this through content marketing: a podcast, YouTube videos, and AI that turns every episode into LinkedIn posts, short clips and newsletters.
Since 2015 Ash has talked with guests including Seth Godin, Guy Kawasaki, James Clear, Neil Patel, Rand Fishkin, Brian Tracy, Derek Sivers and Amy Porterfield about building a business around your expertise.
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