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How we used a $1 Guarantee to Break $75k MRR

The $1 offer structure, three upsells that lifted order value to $100, and why instant CAC payback matters

Travis Chappell · Guestio

Published September 1, 2022
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Travis Chappell, CEO and Founder of Guestio, shares:

- $1 offer structure you should copy

- 3 upsells we used to increase AOV to $100

- Importance of instant CAC payback

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Travis Chappell shares Guestio growth lessons on making a clear offer, reducing acquisition risk, improving conversion, and building a repeatable customer-acquisition engine.

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Make a clear offer

“this dollar trial funnel okay and then that was in February and as you can see that kind of just kept growing up from there July we had a little bit of a Down month obviously I built these slides uh when we only had June July July we had a little bit of a Down month but then in August we closed at 2 20. um so it's still been kind of constantly growing throughout throughout the full year so first off is your irresistible offer now this is hands down the most important part of any funnel that you're going to put together any idea that you have it's”

Reduce buyer risk

“traffic uh that you can get just by being a guest on somebody else's podcast it brings you credibility Authority trust recognition a lot of different things like that so that's essentially what we do as a company we have an agency that does that and then the software does it as well so the to pay attention to is this part right here so here's how it works um so obviously at the at the top very direct this is called direct vsl it's not indirect we're not speaking to people who are just problem aware and trying to get them to become solution aware and then product aware we're speaking to people who are already aware that they have a problem they're already aware that we're”

Improve conversion

“your point as well Rob so Joel built his company mostly through affiliate um affiliate marketing and all he meant by that was that he knew his back end numbers so well he knew his LTV so well and what eventually those customers would end up buying from him that he was able to actually pay out more than 100 percent affiliate commissions on the front end offer that he put in front of people so if you're an affiliate you have you're selling a 50 product and you're getting paid a hundred dollar commission to sell a 50 product that's a”

Measure payback

“converting the best it was at 497. um and then this is the this was like the really big thing so we have an agency we built an agency offering on the back end to say basically like look if you don't have time to use the software yourself you're having you have a massive business and you're and you're making good money and you don't have the time to use the software let us get you booked on podcasts for you we'll do it all completely done for you and so we put this on the thank you page it's not even like a part of the actual funnel it's on the thank you page so you click”

Repeat acquisition

“over and over again and so I just went to an industry conference for Me podcast movement's a massive podcasting conference like three or four thousand people and I don't know a dozen plus people while I was there I came up to me was like Travis I keep seeing your ads I keep seeing your ads I keep seeing your ads let's do business let's talk some time like even the people that aren't clicking on it and and filling out information and going through the funnel and getting emails and signing up and taking the annual and the dollar like any even the people that aren't doing that they're still seeing you on their feed and it's always going to be good”

Build an irresistible offer

“Your Irresistible Offer Start with your market Keep it low ticket but not free So good they can’t say no Focus on the value and result, not the price”

VSL structure

“Scripting your VSL- Hook, Promise, Guarantee, Social Proof, CTA”

Instant CAC payback

“Let’s talk Average Order Value (AOV) Importance of instant CAC payback BULLET 1 BULLET 2 BULLET 3 3 upsells we used to increase AOV to $100 The Thank You Page VSL that brought in over $38,000”

A high-ticket thank-you page

“The TY Page That Outperformed Our Funnel Go high ticket Concierge version of your Saas Application only Direct to phone call Don’t worry, you can remove this later”

Why cold traffic matters

“3 reasons Cold Traffic is Important Besides Direct Results Your brand Your competitors Your business development”

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About the speaker
Travis Chappell

Travis Chappell

Founder · Guestio

As the Founder of Build Your Network Podcast, he allows people to launch successful podcasts that help them reach the right audience and build trust and helps them gain credibility. He works with content creators, CMOs, seasoned entrepreneurs and thought leader, keynote speakers and real estate investors to achieve all of this. He believes it provides the rocket fuel and act as command and control for launching “client’s credibility into space”. He spreads the word of mouth for his clients

Company revenue
$170K
Team size
10

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18 passages

Guestio offer context

  1. Travis Chappell CEO, Founder of Guestio Founder500, Sept 2022 We used a $1 Guarantee to Break $75k MRR … With $1 Trial Map

The $1-offer funnel

  1. Over the next 20 minutes: How to script your VSL I’m going to show you $1 OFFER INCREASE YOUR AOV GET TRAFFIC $1 offer structure you should copy Our conversion rates (July: 377 trials > 161 new customers) Importance of instant CAC payback 3 upsells we used to increase AOV to $100 The Thank You Page VSL that brought in over $38,000 Organic Traffic Leverage OPA Cold Traffic

  2. Let’s Start With Our $1 Trial Funnel How to structure your irresistible offer BULLET 1 BULLET 2 BULLET 3 How to script your high converting VSL even if you’re not a copy writer Take a look at our numbers

  3. Guestio Revenue Growth

Creating an irresistible offer

  1. Your Irresistible Offer Start with your market Keep it low ticket but not free So good they can’t say no Focus on the value and result, not the price

Video sales letter structure

  1. Scripting your VSL- Hook, Promise, Guarantee, Social Proof, CTA

  2. Our Numbers

  3. Our Numbers

Average order value and upsells

  1. Let’s talk Average Order Value (AOV) Importance of instant CAC payback BULLET 1 BULLET 2 BULLET 3 3 upsells we used to increase AOV to $100 The Thank You Page VSL that brought in over $38,000

  2. “I effectively lose money better than anyone else.” Joel Marion

  3. Our Numbers

Thank-you page and traffic

  1. The TY Page That Outperformed Our Funnel Go high ticket Concierge version of your Saas Application only Direct to phone call Don’t worry, you can remove this later

  2. Let’s (quickly) Jump Into Traffic Warm audience hand raisers BULLET 1 BULLET 2 BULLET 3 Learn to leverage OPA Three reasons cold traffic is important besides direct results

  3. Warm Audience Hand Raiser

  4. Leverage OPA Podcasts Stages Blogs Publications

  5. 3 reasons Cold Traffic is Important Besides Direct Results Your brand Your competitors Your business development

  6. Over the last 20 minutes: How to script your VSL I showed you $1 OFFER INCREASE YOUR AOV GET TRAFFIC $1 offer structure you should copy Our conversion rates (July: 377 trials > 161 new customers) Importance of instant CAC payback 3 upsells we used to increase AOV to $100 The Thank You Page VSL that brought in over $38,000 Organic Traffic Leverage OPA Cold Traffic

  7. September 2022 TravisChappell CEO, Founder of Guestio