{"id":3953,"date":"2014-10-06T13:03:07","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T18:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/blog\/?p=3953"},"modified":"2014-10-06T13:03:07","modified_gmt":"2014-10-06T18:03:07","slug":"intro-vault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/?p=3953","title":{"rendered":"The Vault: My personal list of contractors, workflows and templates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve wasted so much time.<\/p>\n<p>A few\u00a0weeks ago, I spent\u00a0five\u00a0hours trying to find an Infusionsoft guru to help me build and customize an order form. The default order form looked like it was\u00a0designed by my 3-year-old nephew, and\u00a0I wanted something slightly less&#8230; ugly.<\/p>\n<p>I wrote\u00a0an ad, screened\u00a0applicants, did\u00a0a few test jobs and finally hired\u00a0someone. Then, after all of that,\u00a0the person I hired sucked.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/Skitch\/Untitled_2_key_19E2EC5B.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"374\" height=\"386\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/Skitch\/Untitled_2_key_19E2EC5B.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"374\" height=\"386\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>So, I fired him\u00a0and hired 5 more people. Why 5? Because I&#8217;ve found that 4 out of 5 people suck at their job. Why not hire 5 at once, find the one that is really good, and short-cut the entire process?<\/p>\n<p>Bwahaha! Bryan not dumb.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s when I found Jacob. My Infusionsoft man.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s $30 per hour, English-speaking, and does a great job.<\/p>\n<p>Finding good people is HARD!<\/p>\n<p>Over the past 24 months I&#8217;ve found a\u00a0lot of bad contractors and the occasional diamond in the rough.<\/p>\n<p>Then a few months ago, I began to notice something. You kept asking for recommendations.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/Skitch\/Untitled_2_key_19E2ED79.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"278\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/Skitch\/Untitled_2_key_19E2ED79.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"278\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\nThis email shows up in my inbox 10+ times a week.<\/h6>\n<p>Why go through the pain of hiring and firing if you can get a personal recommendation from someone else?<\/p>\n<p>Makes sense, right?<\/p>\n<p>Same goes for internal processes and frameworks.<\/p>\n<p>Could you learn the best way to engineer the email sequence for your next product launch? Sure.<\/p>\n<p>5 years from now you would have a really good sequence. OR you could just use a proven plug-and-play framework that deletes that entire 5-year &#8220;learning the hard way&#8221; routine.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">How to fast-forward your\u00a0business<\/h1>\n<p>So, I&#8217;ve created the product I wish would have existed when I started.<\/p>\n<p>The Vault.<\/p>\n<p>What is the Vault?<\/p>\n<p>The Vault helps you fast-forward your business by giving you access to the exact same <strong>contractors<\/strong>, <strong>workflows<\/strong>, and <strong>templates<\/strong>\u00a0that\u00a0I&#8217;ve used to grow Videofruit.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of wasting 100+ hours and $1,000s, hiring crappy contractors and using flawed\u00a0workflows and frameworks, just copy mine. Learning things the hard way is a waste of your time and money<\/p>\n<p><b>Need a copywriter? <\/b>Check.<\/p>\n<p><b>Need a video editor?<\/b> Check.<\/p>\n<p><b>Need a programmer?<\/b> Check.<\/p>\n<p><b>Need a research assistant? <\/b>Check.<\/p>\n<p><b>Transcriptions?<\/b> Yup, got that too.<\/p>\n<p>If you need an Infusionsoft guy, just grab Jacob&#8217;s email and phone number and give him a call.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0vault is a no-brainer for you if want to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Launch a product to a small list with a proven email sequence<\/li>\n<li>Automatically have all of your blog posts proofread and spruced up before publishing<\/li>\n<li>Have pages like <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/blog\/ultimate-guide\/\">https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/blog\/ultimate-guide\/<\/a> but you hate doing design<\/li>\n<li>Create explainer videos without even owning a video camera<\/li>\n<li>Design a landing page for a new product<\/li>\n<li>Create a new website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s taken me 2 years to put all of this together. It&#8217;s literally the exact same contractors, workflows, and templates that are used everyday at Videofruit.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first time I\u2019ve ever opened up all of these resources to the public.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">What\u00a0do you get in the Vault?<\/h1>\n<p>Last Friday I gave you a behind-the-scenes look at three of my product launches.<\/p>\n<p>You got a high-level overview of how they were engineered and saw the exact revenues from each.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/Skitch\/friday-launch-post_key_19DEF55D.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"809\" height=\"540\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/Skitch\/friday-launch-post_key_19DEF55D.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"809\" height=\"540\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>But we didn&#8217;t have enough time or space to go into every detail of each one.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the Vault\u00a0you can get every detail of each launch:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Swipe File:<\/strong> Exact word-for-word copy of each email<\/li>\n<li><strong>Framework: <\/strong>Easy-to-use structure to help you recreate this sequence for your business<\/li>\n<li><strong>Workflow:<\/strong> Video overview of each sequence in plain, everyday language to give you the step-by-step how-to.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Launch Sequence module of the Vault includes 3 complete sequences that you can plug and play immediately into your business.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/Skitch\/launch-sequence-diagram_key_19E2FDBA.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1192\" height=\"352\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/Skitch\/launch-sequence-diagram_key_19E2FDBA.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1192\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mother Theresa:<\/strong> Step-by-step email sequence I have used to sell a $397 <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/Skitch\/launch-sequence-diagram_key_19E2FDBA.png\" target=\"_blank\">information product<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hey,Coach!:<\/strong> The evergreen launch sequence\u00a0you can use to start and build a coaching program from scratch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Product Validation:<\/strong> This is the sequence\u00a0you can use to come up with product ideas and validate them before you build them.<\/p>\n<p>I used the Product Validation sequence to validate the Vault and pre-sell over $10,000.<\/p>\n<p>Want a sneak peak?<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the Mother Theresa workflow video. This is one of many step-by-step videos throughout the Vault.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wistia_embed\" src=\"\/\/fast.wistia.net\/embed\/iframe\/na65z3zzjh?videoFoam=true\" name=\"wistia_embed\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><script src=\"\/\/fast.wistia.net\/assets\/external\/iframe-api-v1.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">How much is your time worth?<\/h1>\n<p>The contractor list alone would take you more than 100 hours to put together.<\/p>\n<p>The workflows and templates have taken me the last 14 months to curate, organize, and fine-tune.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t get me wrong: you could figure all of this out yourself the hard way. Most people do.<\/p>\n<p>Or you could take this shortcut and grow your business faster by avoiding all of the mistakes I\u2019ve made.<\/p>\n<p>The Vault costs <strong>$197 per year.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(The amount I made in 3 hours with my first product launch to 25 people.)<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">There are 5 more modules.<\/h1>\n<p>Although we&#8217;ve been talking exclusively about email launch sequences, the Vault is much more than that. It&#8217;s a one-stop shop for all\u00a0major components of your online business.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There are six modules:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Launch Sequences<\/li>\n<li>Landing Pages<\/li>\n<li>Sidebar Opt-Ins<\/li>\n<li>Popup Opt-Ins<\/li>\n<li>Explainer Videos<\/li>\n<li>Facebook Ads<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each of these modules contains my personal workflow and swipe files\u00a0as well as recommended contractors to help you get going.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/Skitch\/Videofruit___The_Vault_19DF07F8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"708\" height=\"484\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.growthtools.com\/Skitch\/Videofruit___The_Vault_19DF07F8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"708\" height=\"484\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">How can you buy the Vault?<\/h1>\n<p>There are only 100 Vault passes available at this time because the contractor list must be maintained and grown as more people are introduced to the program.<\/p>\n<p>Your Vault pass is good for one year and gives you 24\/7 access to every resource I use in my business.<\/p>\n<p>They are all organized, indexed, and set up to make it as easy as possible for you to use.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow morning, at 8 a.m. Central Time, those 100 passes will be made available. I will email a link where you can purchase so <a href=\"https:\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox\/126eef5f3f72a2%3A145fb7446b46dc\/5695613173760000\/\" target=\"_blank\">make sure you are on the email list<\/a><script data-leadbox=\"126eef5f3f72a2:145fb7446b46dc\" data-url=\"https:\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox\/126eef5f3f72a2%3A145fb7446b46dc\/5695613173760000\/\" data-config=\"%7B%7D\" src=\"\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox-780.js\"><\/script>.<\/p>\n<p>Have any questions about the Vault? Leave them in the comment section below. I&#8217;ll jump in and answer them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PS:\u00a0<\/strong>In all our beta testing groups, each round of Vault passes sold out in less \u00a0than 24 hours. We never released 100 at a time, so I&#8217;m not sure how long these will last.<\/p>\n<p>Moral of the story: don&#8217;t wait around. It will be 2015 before more passes are made available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve wasted so much time. 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