Response-Boosting Pre-Launches, With Brenna McGowan
Jan 8, 2024
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Launch strategist and copywriter Brenna McGowan shares her 'Anticipation Marketing' system, which includes a pre-launch strategy that has resulted in tripled and quadrupled sales for her clients. She discusses the significance of integrating content and conversion copy in online marketing, creating an emotional environment and using storytelling to build trust. She also shares her personal story of becoming a copywriter.
The pre-launch strategy of anticipation marketing focuses on creating content that builds anticipation and pre-sells the benefits of the product or service, shifting beliefs and tapping into pain points before making the actual offer.
Implementing a pre-launch strategy allows businesses to build trust, establish authority, and overcome objections gradually, leading to the generation of more informed and committed buyers in a landscape of low trust, high market saturation, and fierce competition.
Deep dives
Pre-Launch Strategy and Anticipation Marketing
Brenna McGowan, a launch strategist and copywriter, has developed a pre-launch strategy called anticipation marketing. This strategy focuses on creating content that builds anticipation and gets people considering a purchase before the actual offer is made. By tapping into conversion principles and using stories and emails, Brenna helps businesses shift beliefs, tap into pain points, and illustrate transformations to potential customers. The goal is to pre-sell the benefits of the product or service, so by the time customers see the offer, they are already convinced.
Defining Pre-Launch and Anticipation Marketing
According to Brenna, a pre-launch typically spans six weeks before the official launch. During this time, businesses release content that establishes credibility, shifts beliefs, and resonates with potential customers. The content focuses on the pain points and transformation that the product or service offers, rather than selling the actual offer itself. Anticipation marketing is about creating buzz and momentum, building interest and excitement around the upcoming launch.
The Importance of Pre-Launch in Today's Business Environment
In the current business landscape, trust is low, market saturation is high, and competition is fierce. Customers are more cautious and make careful buying decisions. Traditional launch methods that relied on urgency and scarcity are no longer as effective. By implementing a pre-launch strategy, businesses can build trust, establish authority, and give potential customers time to consider their purchase. The extended pre-launch period allows for the gradual overcoming of objections and the generation of more informed and committed buyers.
Storytelling in Pre-Launch Content
Storytelling plays a crucial role in pre-launch content. Brenna emphasizes the use of origin stories, stories about prospects' pain points, transformation stories, reassurance stories, and case studies. These stories help establish trust, tap into emotions, and allow potential customers to see themselves in the narrative. By using stories that address objections and build confidence, businesses can create an emotional environment that leads to higher-quality customers and greater sales conversions.
When you start a launch, do ripples of fear tie your
stomach up in knots, because you feel like you’re
starting from zero and you feel you’ve got way too far
to go, and not enough time to get there?
It’s a common problem, and one today’s guest set out to solve. Brenna McGowan is a launch strategist, copywriter and the creator of what she calls “Anticipation Marketing.”
She’s developed a system so the water is warm even before you jump in to start your launch. She has a complete pre-launch strategy that comes before the launch, and her clients have tripled and even quadrupled sales as a result of using the pre-launch approach Brenna recommends.
I was introduced to Brenna by Joshua Lee Henry, who you’ll remember from many shows he’s been on here. Joshua Lee told me that Brenna read my book The Persuasion Story Code and told Joshua Lee that many of story types mentioned in the book were central to her pre-launch strategy, which she’s going to tell us about today.
To get Brenna’s pre-launch cheat sheet, go here:
https://brennamcgowan.co/cheatsheet/ Download.
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