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Marketing Made Simple

By: Donald Miller,Dr. J.J. Peterson
Narrated by: Donald Miller,Dr. J.J. Peterson
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This guide from New York Times best-selling author Donald Miller is a must-have for any marketing professional or small business owner who wants grow their business. It will teach you how to create and implement a sales funnel that will increase traffic and drive sales.

Every day, your company is losing sales simply because you do not have a clear path to attract new customers. You’re not alone.

Based on proven principles from Building a StoryBrand , this five-part checklist is the ultimate resource for marketing professionals and business owners as they cultivate a sales funnel that flows across key customer touchpoints to effectively develop, strengthen, and communicate their brand’s story to the marketplace. In this book, you will learn:

  • The three stages of customer relationships
  • How to create and implement the one marketing plan you will never regret
  • How to develop a sales funnel that attracts the right customers to your business
  • The power of email and how to create campaigns that result in customer traffic and a growth in brand awareness
  • The keys to wireframing a website that commands attention and generates conversions

The inability to attract and convert new customers is costing business owners valuable opportunities to grow their brand. This prevents companies, both big and small, from making the sales that are crucial to their survival. With Marketing Made Simple, you will learn everything you need to know to take your business to the next level.

©2020 Donald Miller (P)2020 HarperCollins Leadership

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"'Just heard from one of my clients that she's getting 18 ideal client leads a day from her website. Before we redid her wireframe, she averaged around 1-3 leads a week. And that's just with updating her website." (Amy Schutte, owner of Hudson and Co LLC)

"My last email campaign I delivered raised $20k. Thank you Donald Miller for giving me a system that I know works." (Ian Stewart, owner/creative director of Root Source Digital)

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STORYBRAND

This whole book is about Donald promoting his brand - STORYBRAND, if you would like to pay for ads... This book is for you.

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Loved this book

I’m a huge fan of Donald Miller / Storybrand and this book did not disappoint. I’ve read Storybrand multiple times, did the Business Made Simple online course, and listened to all of the Storybrand podcasts and was unsure if this book would really have anything new to say but it was once again filled with valuable information that can be implemented easily (well depends on your skill level). These books and courses have literally changed my life as a web designer and SEO specialist. THANK YOU, DONALD AND THE STORYBRAND TEAM!!! 💕

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To be or not to be the hero ?

Listening to this masterpiece of information “Marketing Made Simple”, I’ve realized I am not Frodo in the story. I am Gandalf the grey, helping Frodo save middle earth.

After a few days of reading, or should I saying listening, I have come to love marketing. I recently listened to the story brand audible, and it has skyrocketed my ideas for my screenplay as well.

Thank you Donald Miller, and J.J Peterson.

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Don didn't disappoint!

Have been a fan of Don Miller for some time now through his podcasts, then the book Story Brand and his daily Business made simple videos. There wasn't a lot I could learn then what I had already through the above mentioned sources. However this was a good source on audio to get polished and reminded on his fundamentals. Follow Don Miller if you are running a business, small or a big one. Best Source to be always educated

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Actually Works!

I've spent so much money on marketing & gotten nowhere over 6 years of hiring "experts", then used their framework verbatim and have a few qualified leads opting in to my funnel every day. I'm a big fan of Story brand and this takes that to another level. As they mention multiple times you should be successful IF you put action behind it. Takes a lot of time, but it's almost become a given that we generate leads from our website now, which NEVER happened before. I went from ~1 lead per quarter to ~2-4/day by following the PDF.

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Marketing Made Simplistic

Problems:
* 1st 4 chapters were mostly a waste of time: they had basically 2 points: 1) you need to execute on the plan to benefit, and 2) OUR APPROACH IS AMAZING AND GUARANTEED TO WORK AND IT'S AMAZING. I kept waiting for the book to start...and then, when it did, he said Don't think about what You want to say. Think about what your Customer needs! Would be a better book if he followed his own advice and made every chapter focused on giving away useful info, not on self-promotion.
* The sub-title says this book is "for any business," but clearly it's only for the fraction of businesses that are 1) centered on a website and 2) a good fit for email campaigns, which most of his suggestions center on. To some extent it also assumes that you'll be okay with being a bit sleazy and manipulative, e.g., insulting your potential customer if they close your pop-up ad. Yuck. If all those fit you, skip the first 4 or 5 chapters and dig in.

Benefits, for me anyway:
* Know that when people first open your web site, they skim quickly, so show them what they need to see--FAST. (He actually said scan, which means the opposite, but clearly he meant skim). It's a small point, but important.
* Some other tidbits about making websites customer-friendly.

I've read several books on marketing and SEO. This wasn't a complete waste of time--so 2 stars rather than 1--but it was the worst of the ones I've read.

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Boring narration

Voice sleepy . Context nothing new . Waste of money and time for me
It’s a sleeper

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Love it from beginning to end

Not just an audio book but a business success manual, so much practical advice you won’t regret it.

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All Solid Content! No filler. Loved it!

I really enjoyed Building a StoryBrand, and I enjoyed this book just as much. This book gives the foundations of what all your businesses marketing should be aimed at, what language you should use and how to frame it. It doesn’t give advanced copywriting techniques nor does it tell you exactly what to say but it DOES put you on the exact path you should be on. They follow their own advice and give you simple concise instructions to follow with clear language. I love these authors, their podcast, and I even bought their Business Made Simple University which goes into even more detail.

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Simple, clear, effective marketing guide

As a small business owner (psychotherapist), I’m wary of marketing gurus but need guidance in how to get my message and services out to potential clients. I found Marketing Made Simple clear, inspiring, and do-able. I’ve already begun developing my marketing message and sales funnel and look forward to completing it within the next few weeks and putting it into action. Miller inspires confidence through competence, not hype. I can’t recommend this book highly enough for business owners like myself who’ve been confusing “marketing” with “branding” for too many years. Once I get my marketing plan in place, I’ll see if there’s a way to edit this recommendation and update readers with my results.

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