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The Creation of a Million Dollar Funnel with Russell Brunson

October 5, 2016

Russell Brunson started his first online company while he was wrestling at Boise State University. Within a year of graduating he had sold over a million dollars worth of his own products and services from his basement! For over 12 years now Russell has been starting and scaling companies online. He is a best selling author, owns a software company (ClickFunnels), a supplement company, a coaching company (DotComSecrets), and is one of the top super affiliates in the world.

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Resources Mentioned:

  • Your Big Idea: Successful Entrepreneurs have One Big Idea. Follow JLD’s FREE training & you’ll discover Your Big Idea in less than an hour!
  • Audible – Get a FREE Audiobook & 30 day trial if you’re not currently a member!
  • Webinar Replay – Go here to sign up for Russell’s webinar!
  • Marcus Lemonis – A Lebanese-born American businessman, inventor, television personality and philanthropist
  • Dot Com Secrets – Russell’s book

3 Key Points:

  1. Don’t let the bad experiences get you down
  2. Success in happiness is the gradual realization of a worth ideal.
  3. You’re always one sales letter away from being a success.

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 Time Stamped Show Notes

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  • [00:49] – Russell started his first online company while Wrestling at Boise State
  • [01:03] – Sold over $1M of products and services from his basement
  • [01:33] – Married with 5 kids
  • [02:07] – Started out selling anything (even potato guns) but now focuses on selling software
  • [02:45] – Russell was in Episode #1058 of EO Fire
  • [03:20] – FREE webinar training with Russell (evergreen webinar) – go to eofire.com/click to watch it now!
  • [04:12] – Talking about Funnel Hacking LIVE
  • [05:38] – What LIVE events do for Russell and his business
  • [06:16] – Click Funnels isn’t about building a great piece of software, it’s about building a great company and community
  • [11:13] – What Fire Nation will gain from the webinar
  • [11:25] – Funnel Hacking
  • [11:36] – A simple 3 step process that will help people build amazing funnels
  • [13:47] – What Click Funnels can do for your business
  • [14:10] – It can build every single sales page, shopping carts, marketing, etc. etc.
  • [16:15] – Talking about Expert Secrets in Dot Com Secrets
  • [19:06] – “Success in Happiness is the gradual realization of a worthy ideal”
  • [22:17] – Two types of expect businesses—selling info products and leveraging info products as fuel
  • [25:27] – Whoever can spend the most money to acquire a client WINS
  • [27:07] – Russell was making roughly $32 for every free book he gave away
  • [29:31] – What Russell wants to share more than anything with Fire Nation
  • [29:55] – You’re always one sales letter away from being a success

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