How to create an automated sales funnel to scale your business growth
- E332
- 34:49
- February 25th 2023
With the courage to reach out to his mentor, Dan Portik shares how he embarked on a journey of reinvention, discovering the power of prospecting and closing sales to achieve his goal of writing a bestselling book and creating a movie about his mentor.
In simple steps, you will learn how to create an automated sales funnel to maximize your business growth.
"I can't stress enough that hard work and elbow grease never fails. The numbers never fail if you do it properly."
Dan Portik is a best-selling author, founder, and owner of BvS Film Productions and co-author of "Your Funnel" with Tom Hopkins. He has sold millions of dollars in advertising and video production services and is an expert in sales and marketing.
Dan Portik was a successful business owner, having operated an advertising agency for almost 20 years. After the financial disruption of 2009, Dan reinvented his business as more of an online approach and eventually found success in video production.
Through Tom Hopkins' sales techniques, Dan learned how to close sales of up to $20,000 without ever talking to the customer. Seeing an opportunity, he reached out to Tom, and they wrote a book together that became a bestseller. With Tom's retirement on the horizon, Dan seized the opportunity to write his life story and make a movie.
Through hard work and perseverance, Dan created the movie, which is now available for viewing. Dan's takeaway was that even people of Tom's caliber are approachable,
In this episode, you will learn the following:
- Why unpersonalized automated messages don't help businesses and customers in most instances
- How to leverage sales techniques and automated messaging to get customers without ever talking to them.
- The power of videos and thumbnails in sales and marketing.
- Why video in emails and messages work better
- Using AI to create content quickly and effectively.
- How Dan got to create a documentary on Tom Hopkins
- Characteristics of outreach that work
- Characteristics of sales that Dan learned from Tom Hopkins
- And much, much more ...
Predictable B2B Success
The Predictable B2B Success podcast is about creating predictable growth in a business. This is a podcast for founders, business owners, and marketing and sales executives.
In each podcast episode, we unpack an aspect of creating business growth predictably. We look at how we can expand our influence and strategies to boost sales through the creation of remarkable experiences, empathetic content, and conversations.
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