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Ep268: Fundamentals of the 8-Profit Activators

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Dec 28, 2025
Discover how to transform your marketing from a gamble into a predictable system. Learn to compartmentalize your business into 'Before, During, and After' units for greater clarity. Explore why narrowing your focus to a single target market boosts efficiency and conversion rates. Uncover the importance of putting client results first and creating meaningful after-sale experiences. Lastly, understand the value of an orchestrated referral system that drives repeat business and nurtures lifetime customer relationships.
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INSIGHT

Break Business Into Three Units

  • Thinking of your business as three units (Before, During, After) simplifies operations and strategy.
  • Treating the Before unit as a vending machine creates predictable client generation.
ADVICE

Budget By What A Guaranteed Lead Is Worth

  • Calculate what you'd gladly pay to get a guaranteed client to set your marketing budget.
  • Use lifetime value to justify spending 20–25% (or more) of a transaction to acquire clients.
ANECDOTE

Real Examples Prove Pay-For-Leads

  • Dean and Joe use examples (Dell relocation, home developer carpet program) to show businesses would pay for guaranteed leads.
  • These stories set a practical benchmark for how much to spend to acquire clients.
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