Note<\/strong>: Since so many of you emailed about launching with a tiny list, I made the executive decision to delay the “special guest” I mentioned a few days ago until next week.[\/su_note]<\/p>\n[Case Study]\u00a0How to Launch to 25 People<\/h1>\n Videofruit was started on April 29th, 2013. I had no clue that\u00a0I would quit my job 5 months later and\u00a0start this blog.<\/p>\n
All I had was an idea.<\/p>\n
Earlier that weekend I’d stumbled upon a method for making explainer videos and\u00a0started posting about it inside of a\u00a0small Facebook group.<\/p>\n
These were\u00a0my first two posts…<\/p>\n
Those two Facebook posts generated 49 comments.<\/p>\n
I sent private messages to all 49 people and received 25 responses. As I started to talk with each of these prospects, one common theme emerged. They didn’t want to pay for a video: they wanted to know HOW to make the videos themselves.<\/p>\n
And so the idea for the Bootstrapper’s Guide to Explainer Videos course was born.<\/p>\n
Idea?\u00a0<\/strong>Check.Interested Prospects?<\/strong>\u00a0Check.Actual Customers?<\/strong> ….<\/p>\nMy next objective was to validate the idea for the course with paying customers. I wanted 3 people to pre-order the course for $29. This would show me there was legitimate interest and that people weren’t just being nice but would actually pay money if I created it. So, I Facebook messaged all 25\u00a0people, and within 48 hours, 19 of them purchased.<\/p>\n
Total Revenue:<\/strong>\u00a0$551 from 19 customers.<\/p>\n[Case Study] How to Launch to 575\u00a0People<\/h1>\n Over the next 30 days I stayed in contact with\u00a0my customers who pre-ordered the course and\u00a0posted regular updates in the Facebook group.<\/p>\n
Then I set up a simple website to\u00a0give people a way to continue to pre-order. It was ugly but functional.<\/p>\n
From May until October I worked\u00a0on the course. Over that time period I collected another 550 email addresses of those\u00a0that wanted to be notified when the course went live.<\/p>\n
Now my list was sitting at 575 subscribers and it was time to launch.<\/p>\n
The Facebook messaging approach was nice for a small validation but would have been completely inadequate with 575 people. Fortunately, I had been paying close attention to how David Garland had launched a recent course of his and I decided to “borrow” his launch strategy.<\/p>\n
Keep in mind: at that\u00a0time I had 575 subscribers and David had well over 50,000.<\/p>\n
Me<\/strong>: Tiny List.<\/p>\nDavid:<\/strong> Mega List.<\/p>\nI copied his formula step by step. And then pressed send<\/em>.<\/p>\nThe launch sequence\u00a0consisted of a series of 10 emails that walked my readers through the basics of video creation and then gave them an opportunity to buy the premium course if they wanted to take it to the next level.<\/p>\n
This is what it looked like.<\/p>\n
Of the 575 people who saw this launch sequence, 21 of them bought it for $397. A total of $8,337 in revenue.<\/p>\n
Want the exact emails and framework I used for this launch? Keep reading.<\/p>\n
[Case Study]\u00a0How to Launch to 1,200\u00a0People<\/h1>\n Let’s do a quick recap:<\/p>\n
April 2013:<\/strong>\u00a0Bryan has an idea.<\/p>\nMay 2013:<\/strong> Course is validated; 19 people buy at $29.<\/p>\nOctober 2013:<\/strong> Email list grows to 575 subscribers.<\/p>\nOctober 2013:<\/strong> Course is launched to 575 people and 21 people buy @ $397.<\/p>\nNow fast-forward to March of 2014. Video creation had taken a backseat to\u00a0the Videofruit blog. I had been writing twice a week for going on 5 months now and was starting to see some serious traction in both monthly visitors and email list growth.<\/p>\n
My list had grown\u00a0to 1,200 subscribers and I really felt like I knew what I was doing for the first time.<\/p>\n
Then one day as I was walking the dog while\u00a0listening to an episode of Mixergy, I had to stop and sit on the side of the road\u00a0so I could listen closely. Stu McLaren (membership site guru) was Andrew’s guest that day, and during the interview\u00a0my name was brought up.<\/p>\n
Stu said:<\/strong> “Bryan really should have a membership site.”<\/p>\nThis got me thinking. And over the next few days I brainstormed out what a membership site would look like for Videofruit.<\/p>\n
After 24 hours of deliberation I decided to validate the membership site by offering a coaching program. Why coaching? My thinking was this: if people were willing to pay me $100 a month to have a one-on-one call, then they would definitely be willing to pay me $15 a month for a membership site.<\/p>\n
So I crafted a launch sequence to kick off this new coaching program.<\/p>\n
The “it’s time to buy” email went out on Sunday evening at 6 pm…<\/p>\n
…and by 8:30 pm it was sold out.<\/p>\n
I had opened up only 5 slots initially. 5 people @ $100 per month.<\/p>\n
When it sold out I was blown away. A few weeks later I doubled the price and opened up 5 more slots. It sold out too.<\/p>\n
Over the last 6 months that coaching program has done $20,465 in revenue<\/p>\n
It all started with a simple launch sequence to an email list of 1,200 people.<\/p>\n
Here is the BIG Problem with a Small List<\/h1>\n So far, you’ve seen three tiny list launch case studies:<\/p>\n
\n25 subscribers grossed $595<\/li>\n 575 subscribers grossed $8,700<\/li>\n 1,200 subscribers grossed\u00a0$20,465<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nIs there any reason you can’t do the same thing?<\/p>\n
Not going to lie: I chuckled as I typed that last line. The truth is you could come up with 100 reasons why you can’t\u00a0do the same thing.<\/p>\n
The problem with a tiny list isn’t the list. It’s you.<\/p>\n
\nYou don’t know what to do with it.<\/li>\n You don’t know what launch techniques to use.<\/li>\n You don’t know what emails to send.<\/li>\n You don’t know….<\/end rant><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nHow do I know this?<\/p>\n
Because you’ve told me over and over again. And because I was exactly where you are now. Frustrated and annoyed. Completely sick of hearing more stories about people making $16,000 in 72 hours while you bumped along with 700 subscribers.<\/p>\n
I get it.<\/p>\n
That’s the reason I created Get 10,000 Subscribers. It is a step-by-step course that will show you exactly how to grow an email list from scratch and launch your first product. We open up enrollment into 10ksubs twice a year, once in the fall and once in the spring.<\/p>\n
If this sounds like something you’d be interested in, jump on the waiting list here<\/a>.<\/p>\nI’ll personally shoot you an email a few weeks before the next enrollment period.<\/p>\n
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