Launches are BIG business breakthroughs that can completely change your business — and your life.
You can still test other strategies in your business if you like, but not launching at all is a huge mistake. There is no better way to drive serious revenue than launching.
Mistake #2:
"My launch needs to be perfect"
Perfectionists hate launches because launches are complicated. (That's one reason following a proven launch template is so helpful — it simplifies your life and boosts your results.)
Because launches are complicated, it's near impossible to ship a perfect one. Maybe your second subject line didn't grab people. Maybe your fourth email only drew crickets. Maybe you're not convinced the copy in your big close is good enough.
These kinds of worries made my skin crawl. I would work long days, nights, and weekends — burning myself out to make each tiny piece perfect.
This continued until one day, exhausted, I sent an email that I knew wasn't perfect. It was packed with valuable information and useful insights, but some of the sentences were still clunky. But I was too tired to fix it, so I sent it anyway.
Much to my surprise, the email was a hit. Nobody cared about, or even noticed, the minor details I was obsessing over.
I learned a powerful lesson that day — your launch doesn't need to be perfect. If you're following the Breakthrough Launch system and you're delivering value, it's OK to make a mistake. Your funnel will still deliver.
What a relief!
Mistake #3:
Shiny Tactic Syndrome
Shiny Tactic Syndrome is the belief that adding complicated technology and tactics to your launches will turn them into hits.
FB ads! Segmentation! Automation! Webinars! Tripwires! Fast-action bonuses!
You bolt all of these onto your launches … which still don't sell … and you don't know why. And now you're burned out by managing this big huge unwieldy robot.
STOP!
Write your sales funnels in such a way that they interest EVERYONE — a la Tim Ferriss and The 4-Hour Chef — rather than trying to segment 10 times.
Focus on the Launch Amplifiers that actually work and ignore the rest.
Mistake #4:
Thinking you can trick someone into buying
A couple hard truths…
- No one is going to randomly trip and fall and swipe their credit card.
- You're never going to trick someone into buying your course.
As I like to say: Businesses don't grow by accident.
And while you can start a business with sheer hustle — you can't sustain or grow it on hustle alone.
You need a reliable and easy-to-use machine for convincing your followers to buy your products. Do you have a launch machine like that?
Mistake #5:
Not being yourself
When it comes time to sell, most people just write worthless content. They have no idea how to take their readers through a psychological journey. Or how to persuade and provide value.
In the online business space, there are SO MANY cookie-cutter launches out there. If you've been around for a while, you know exactly what I'm talking about: Same format, same loud, screaming copy with bait-and-switch headlines.
Many business owners see these generic emails and think that's just how it's done, so they copy that. Now they're spamming and they have no sales.