Lessons
Class Introduction
10:37 2Why Most Entrepreneurs Fail
06:30 3Adopting a Mindset of Launch and Learn
05:10 4You Must Put Problems Before Solutions
16:15 5Establishing Your Skills
11:26 6Examples of Product/Service Ideas
21:03 7Know Your Tribe: Your Best Competitive Advantage
06:08 8Types of Research
14:41Method 1: Surveys & the Art of Asking
21:45 10Where to Find People for Research
05:53 11How to Analyze Your Findings
21:51 12Mind the Gap
17:19 13What Does Validation Mean?
06:44 14Anatomy of a Product Landing Page
13:32 15Creating a Landing Page with Instapage
28:25 16Connecting Your Landing Page to Your Email List
08:36 17Simple Design Tips
07:58 18Why Email is Crucial
03:14 19Email Demo with ConvertKit
10:53 20Connect Your Email List to Your Landing Page
05:06 21Email Demo Continued: Broadcast & Automations
16:23 22Spreading Word About Your Landing Page
19:16 23Nurturing Your Audience
09:17 24Next Steps
20:56Lesson Info
Why Email is Crucial
Now we know how to set up a landing page for our business because we are going to be smart entrepreneurs and we're not going to think, I need a website that's very elaborate, that's going to take me months to make, or I need a demo video, or all these things that we think we need in order to launch our business and test our business, so we have our landing page. And the second step is to make sure we can collect email addresses from that landing page. And you could be wondering, well, isn't email dead? Maybe you've heard statistics or articles that are saying that email is not a place people hang out anymore. Why would I care about email? And, the thing is, I think email is still king. And here is why, because, when you are in your email inbox, it's distraction-free, meaning there are not other browser tabs you can be going to, you're not tempted by little dings and things coming to notify you in your browser. You are really focused. Of course, you could be jumping around to other emai...
ls, but it's a lot less distracting than being off on a website or something. So email is still king, but also a lot of people treat email like their life hub. I know this from doing a lot of research. We know that people like to use email as a to-do list, as a reminder system. People's habits around email usage are really interesting and bizarre. But, what you need to remember is that email still matters, which is why we want people's email address, because we need to be able to contact them and make our way into their inbox to stay top of mind and use it as our primary communication channel with them. So our goal is to get the email addresses, that's the step of validation we're at. We want email addresses, bottom line. And we need this because it allows us to stay in contact, do more research. Like we saw previously, you can slip in little questions, little research questions, into your emails you're sending people. It's also gonna help us build trust with people. We'll see examples of this. We could even use email to be testing or alluding to different ideas we have for the future, assuming that this idea that we have actually flies. And it's just great because it's not depending on a platform for our communication with our potential customers and users if, for some fantastic reason, Facebook ceased to exist or Twitter went under or Instagram didn't work anymore or something. We can still always make sure that we can contact them because we have their email. Of course, you should have multiple channels you're talking with people to, but that's why I think email is the golden method of communicating with people today.
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Ratings and Reviews
Jacki
The immensely valuable information in these videos teach exactly how to validate, promote and sell product to your target audience. This course is a few years of marketing school nicely wrapped in the perfect course bundle for every type of business from entrepreneur to enterprise. I have a decade of marketing experience and learned new tricks to immediately use. Wantpraneurs will gain all the knowledge needed to get started with their new business idea in clear, do-able steps. If you are in dev, marketing, UX or business, or want to be, I strongly suggest this class to you.
Amie Kelson
I have taken several CreativeLive courses on how to start a business. This one has some of the best content and practical information on the "what" AND the "how" of validating your products. I highly recommend. The one thing I wish she would have gone into more depth on is how to find people for market research. She covers where to find them, but not enough detail about how to engage them. Even with that missing I would still highly recommend.
Elizabeth Arostegui
The course is really complete and interesting. She shared a lot of useful tools and techniques that can be applied.