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[Formerly The Art of Paid Traffic] Are you an online expert working toward the 6 or 7-figure mark in your business? Welcome to your one-stop-shop for practical tips, mindsets, actionable strategies, detailed case studies and everything else you need to build an online business and a life that lights you up. Whether you’re ready to increase your profit through Facebook and Instagram ads or you’re looking to find and focus on the CEO activities that’ll make the most meaningful difference in your business — you’re in the right place. Host Rick Mulready is an online business coach, ads expert and lifestyle entrepreneur sharing his path to building a million dollar business as an online expert and course creator. His specialty? Breaking complex overwhelm-inducing ideas and strategies into bite sized easy to understand pieces. His not-so-secret superpower? Teaching simplified Facebook and Instagram ad strategies you can use to create a foundation for more freedom, leads, and sales in your business. Ready for more income AND impact? Discover why The Art of Online Business has over 4.5 million downloads from ambitious online experts committed to creating profitable and purposeful businesses!
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Now displaying: March, 2017
Mar 29, 2017

I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about Facebook Messenger Ads, and in today’s episode of the podcast, I’m sharing my recent experiences with them.

A few episodes back I shared the behind-the-scenes of our most recent launch of our new program The FB ADmanager and within that, talked about how we tested Facebook Messenger Ads during the launch.

We spent just $105 on Messenger ads and we directly attributed more than $9,000 in sales to them. #boomshakalaka

Needless to say, I’m sold on the effectiveness of Messenger ads.  With over 1 BILLION people actively using Facebook Messenger, this medium isn’t going away anytime soon.  In fact, it’s only growing.

They’re easy to setup and use and with the results I saw, they’ll without a doubt be part of our strategy going forward.  

On Today’s Show You’ll Learn:   

  • Our strategy behind how we used Messenger ads including who we targeted and why
  • Where Messenger ads fit in your funnel and how to strategically use them to move people closer to a sale
  • How we leveraged the questions we were getting as a result of the ads to make “on-the-fly” changes to our email sequences
  • The two types of Messenger ads, and who you can (and can’t) target with them  
  • What the #1 thing (IMO) you need to consider when running Messenger ads
  • What ManyChat is and how it can be strategically used as a next-level messaging platform to communicate with potential customers  
  • And much more...
Mar 22, 2017

On today’s show we’re talking about landing pages, specifically, the biggest landing page mistakes that people make (and how to avoid them).

And, joining me to share these mistakes and best practices is Jeff Wenberg.  I was recently introduced to Jeff and learned that he was the Group Coaching Manager at LeadPages, where over the past few years, he’s reviewed 100s of landing pages.

With that kind of exposure to so many both good and bad (and the ugly) landing pages, I asked him to come onto the show and share with you what he’s learned over the last few years.

As you listen the show, keep in mind…

Everything we’re talking about today is best practices for high converting landing pages and goes whether you’re using tools like LeadPages, ClickFunnels, Optimizely, Unbounce, Optimize Press, Thrive Themes, etc…

All of these tools are great.  I do use LeadPages in my business, but you can be using what makes the most sense for you.

On Today’s Show You’ll Learn:

  • Why a template is absolutely crucial to have before you start designing your landing page
  • Optimizing images is simple to do, yet not doing it screams “amateur” to visitors of your landing page
  • Your copy needs to highlight the benefit of your offer, but using too much copy may not be the best strategy to use
  • “Keep it stupid simple” – hear what Jeff means by this and how to do it when it comes to your landing pages 
  • People need to know WHY they should sign up for your newsletter, and hear why a free resource may be a better offer to use
  • If you’re going to split test on your landing page, what do you test first?
  • And much more!

Jeff also shares a great reminder that when it comes to marketing, the fundamentals will always serve you better than the flashy new tricks. 

And, that the key with landing pages is to just start somewhere, evolve and improve on them as you go.

Mar 15, 2017

In this episode of The Art of Paid Traffic podcast, I take you behind-the-scenes and break down our latest Facebook ads launch.

We just wrapped up the launch of my brand new program, The FB ADmanager, and it blew away my expectations on every front.

So today on the podcast today I thought I’d share with you the lessons I learned during the launch, specifically around our Facebook ad campaigns and what we did that allowed them to perform so well.

I’ll also share a few general things we did this time that I felt made a huge difference in the success of the launch.

On Today’s Show You’ll Learn:

  • Why taking the time to identify and be crystal clear about our three audience avatars BEFORE running any Facebook ads was critical to our ads success.
  • The exact ad copy and images used to speak directly to our target audiences.
  • The reason audience size is so important. What’s the ideal range and why it’ll differ for warm and cold traffic…
  • How we scaled our Facebook ads campaigns without ruining our good results.
  • The way we used Facebook Messenger ads in the launch and achieved an unbelievable ROI on them
  • How we segmented people from the webinar registration page which resulted in the highest webinar show up rates (and engagement) we’ve had in over a year
  • And a lot more…

Also in today’s episode, I get a bit personal and share how a recent family emergency has given me more perspective and clarity of purpose for what I do.


Thanks for listening...

Mar 8, 2017

Today we’re talking about a topic that doesn’t get discussed a whole lot but is UBER important to get a handle on…

...the importance of the legal side of paid traffic and running your business.

And to share her expertise on the topic is my friend Annette Stepanian, an attorney who specializes in working with entrepreneurs.

I asked her to come on to the show because this is one of those topics that not a lot of people talk about yet is so important to know as an entrepreneur, a business owner, someone who creates programs or products, if you run paid traffic like Facebook ads, etc...

It's not the sexiest of topics, I realize, but too often the importance of it pops up when it's too late and you're in a bind.  

So that's my goal here for you today -- to educate and share the types of things you should be thinking about in your paid traffic and running a business.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

The critical “legal” things you need to think about when you're running paid traffic.  And, for example, why just abiding by Facebook's ad policies isn't enough.

How NOT to use testimonials in your business (if you do use them this way, you can get into legal trouble).

What the difference is between a Privacy Policy and Terms of Service, why you need them and where to get them

The difference between trademarking and copywriting and how they can benefit you with your business, products and programs, etc...

Annette breaks down the differences between being a Sole proprietor, an LLC, and a Corporation, and the pros and cons of each for your business structure.

And, we also dive into the TOP questions you should ask before hiring a lawyer.

And a whole lot more...

Super important episode here talking about this stuff.


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