The Vault Unlocked

How to Build an Opt-In Page That Converts Without Spamming or Manipulating Anyone

46 min
Apr 10, 2026about 2 months ago
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Summary

Jim Edwards, a veteran copywriter with 30+ years of experience, breaks down the anatomy of high-converting opt-in pages and contrasts two lead generation approaches: evergreen vending machines versus live events. The episode emphasizes that successful marketing requires understanding your target audience deeply, crafting compelling headlines, and building offers around real customer problems rather than creating products first and searching for buyers.

Insights
  • Opt-in page conversion is driven by reducing perceived risk while increasing perceived value; the headline package (pre-head, headline, sub-headline) does 90% of the heavy lifting
  • Delaying the form field until after a user clicks a CTA button significantly increases opt-in rates because users have already committed mentally to the offer before seeing the form
  • Live events generate higher quality leads and better conversion data than evergreen lead magnets because they create urgency, promise passive value, and allow real-time audience feedback for optimization
  • The biggest marketing mistake is creating a product first then searching for an audience; success requires identifying your native market (people you understand deeply) and building offers around their specific problems
  • Copywriting ability is the primary differentiator between average and extraordinary financial outcomes; mastering persuasive communication solves most business and life problems
Trends
Shift from form-heavy opt-in pages to progressive disclosure models that reduce friction and increase conversionsLive events and webinars outperforming evergreen automated funnels due to human connection demand in AI-saturated marketIncreased skepticism of AI-generated marketing copy; audiences craving authentic storytelling and human perspectiveDemocratization of marketing tools enabling low-barrier entry but creating market saturation requiring better targeting and messagingAvatar-driven marketing becoming essential as generic messaging fails in crowded digital landscapeEvent-based lead generation enabling faster feedback loops and optimization cycles versus slow evergreen testingEmphasis on native markets and founder story as competitive moat in commoditized service marketsDecline of generic lead magnet effectiveness; specificity and relevance now critical for opt-in success
Topics
Opt-in page design and conversion optimizationHeadline copywriting and headline packagesLead magnet strategy versus event-based lead generationForm field placement and progressive disclosureAvatar definition and audience targetingRisk reduction and trust-building on landing pagesEvergreen versus live event lead generationEmail list building fundamentalsDirect mail history and evolution to digital marketingSplit testing methodology for marketing optimizationCredibility signals and social proof on landing pagesPsychological triggers in opt-in page designNative market identification and founder positioningOffer creation and perceived valueCopywriting as business differentiator
Companies
Copy and Content.ai
AI-powered software platform that generates opt-in page copy, lead magnet titles, and full lead magnets based on avat...
Facebook
Primary advertising platform discussed for running low-cost ads to drive traffic to opt-in pages and funnels
Guaranteed Response Marketing
Jim Edwards' company mentioned as example of credibility building on opt-in pages
People
Jim Edwards
30+ year veteran copywriter and direct mail expert sharing opt-in page strategy and lead generation methodology
Quotes
"You're gonna pay with some brain sweat now thinking about the right stuff or you're gonna pay with years of struggle and screwing around that's gonna leave you poor and dumb"
Jim EdwardsOpening and closing
"The whole purpose here, decrease risk, increase perceived gain. And so all of this other stuff is decreasing the perception of risk."
Jim EdwardsMid-episode
"What most people do that they blow the whole thing is they create and they find a product or invent a product, whether it's a course, a book, a coaching, and then they go in search of an audience. That is the biggest sin, the stupidest thing you can do."
Jim EdwardsClosing segment
"Your ability to communicate your ideas in a way that get people to act, to buy, to try, click, sign up or call you on the phone. Is the difference between having an average life and having an extraordinary life"
Jim EdwardsFinal advice
Full Transcript
You're gonna pay with some brain sweat now thinking about the right stuff or you're gonna pay with years of struggle. And screwing around that's gonna leave you poor and dumb yeah and so if i had to just have if i had to sum the whole thing up that's it. And we're on our fourth episode the final chapter yes Jim so happy again to have you here today is all about opt-ins. Which i would actually think is probably one of the more important ones of all is there's no point in having a sales letter or email sequences if you can't even get people to opt in. Well you know that is handy especially if you want to sell stuff or develop lists that can turn into customer lists or communicate with people or get people to. You know pay attention to what you're doing without having to run and add every single time you want somebody to click so yes it's quite important. So when it comes to opt-ins and i know you've been you've been in this industry for many many years and you've seen. The version of opt-ins before they were digital opt-ins right i'm sure there was that you know something that was before that i just talk about that because i don't have that experience i want to know what was it before we had opt-ins what do people do. People subscribe to a physical mailing list i worked in a mail i worked in a mail house in newport news virginia. Where we have where we bought lists of people or we helped people buy lists. And you had list brokers and that was this giant business list brokers people that had lists of people that were buyers or. Add expressed interest in something and then you literally had to send them physical mail and so one of the things that people would do would be to advertise in magazines newspapers. I'm that was pretty much the main way at magazines newspapers and then direct mail to get people to fill out a card. And send to request more information that's how you ended up on a mailing list and you know you laugh but there were people making millions of dollars doing that when. A million dollars was a million bucks and a million dollars it seems like a lot now but a million dollars thirty five years ago was a crap ton of money yeah. Yeah i would say i mean i'm not an economic economics professor but like in what i know and even in my life a million dollars today back then would be equivalent to probably three million. Not even more just a way of lifestyle you talk about inflation lifestyle i mean it's totally different lifestyle right so i was laughing your wife i was laughing only because i'm thinking about all the variables that you can't control in that old method. Like in terms of you gotta send them a letter that letter has to hit their mailbox they gotta walk out to that mailbox they gotta open that mailbox they take all the mail within that mailbox they come back in their house they gotta sort through all that mail hopefully. Hopefully they sort through yours then you gotta get them actually open it up take the letter out read the letter be convinced enough that it's important enough to fill out the car or calling him. I mean i can i can play the situation out my head that's how i think about sales all those steps right that's how i think about funnels and i and that's why i was laughing. All to just get them to say yes i would like more information and we're out here in the world of luxury i'm gonna call it. It's a simple click of a button on email even you don't have to type your email anymore because of your email has like his auto you know i'm input right it just two clicks you're in your subscribed. But you become a lot easier yes and. The principles that worked when you had all of these physical things that went along with it. Are even more important than they were then and i'll tell you why because there was a barrier to entry back in the day you had to be able to find a name be able to afford to print the piece put the stamp on it. And send it out you know the minimum quantity was always like at least a thousand unless you were doing. Lumpy mail and then you're you know it could be one but if you were doing mass mail type stuff it just to get in the game you were gonna spend two three four thousand dollars just to do a test. And and now any chuckle head for twenty bucks can start running ads on. Facebook to have ads show up in front of people and send them to a funnel which i think it's hilarious because i don't know if you even know enough to remember but the thing that everybody was requesting for the more information was a free report. You know what a free report was it was a freaking ten page twelve page sales letter printed front and back disguised as something you wanted to read. Yeah i'm so now because any chuckle head can do this all the chuckle heads do it. So that's why your feed your facebook feed and any other feed is filled with ads because every chuckle head has twenty bucks a day to run ads because they heard they could make huge money with lillards big profits and so. You have to be better than the chuckle heads. And being better means you have to know the target audience you have to really know psychologically what's gonna make them react and you need to be able to get them to take the action you want them to take before they can have the bright shiny object squirrel moment in the next eight seconds. And so it's it's you know it's different but it's the same and actually more intense now. Why was it say it's inundated with the market so i love i think it's so important what you said there cuz i'm not and this is why i had you on right is this right here. Is there is a mass like there's so many more people doing this anybody can do it i love you said you know chuckle head. So going back and understanding the true fundamentals. And understanding things like copyright and what we talked about already and understanding avatar i cp and understanding all those things that we've had the call about is so important so you know exactly what to say how to say it. In their head so they're even willing to pop up because they get inundated every single day so i'm pumped let's get into it i mean here we are let's i can see it on the screen i can't wait to see what this comes up to be. So so basically when you think about an opt in. Add its most basic form an opt in is asking somebody to give you their email okay at the most basic form. I'm asking somebody to give me their email address in exchange for something now an opt in. Is an exchange of i get your info and you get something back. So it can be an email it could be name and email i pretty much don't. Do anything without getting name and email there are a lot of people you know you will get fewer responses without the name but i like getting the name so that i can actually address the communication. And this also i don't know kind of cuts down on getting just their porn email you know the one they use for for the stuff they have no intention of paying any attention to. Yeah so but you can also get phone yeah i was gonna say why not get the phone or at least have the option for phone you can get their physical address. Okay now what's the difference between just getting an email versus getting a email phone and address and freaking blood type for for. Just for for anything and that comes down to a connection of. And i want to make sure i'm not that you can see this with the way the screen is and stuff but it's it's a difference between risk. And perceived value. So right now in their mind they're thinking themselves all shit they're gonna spam me. All right so you're gonna spam me there their risk of being spammed versus the amount of value that you're offering in exchange for the opt in and so what you gotta do. Is reduce the risk. And raise the value so that they're like okay yeah you can have my email. All right you can have my information i mean that's it at the most basic thing that's all you're doing is overcoming all the negatives that they're thinking could happen if they opt in. With the promise of the value that's on the other side of them filling out a form and whacking the button whether it's a simple. As offering a lead magnet a report a checklist an assessment something like that all the way up to filling out a detailed form that would be in an application funnel which an application funnel still just an opt in. Yeah so when you think about this it actually simplifies it a lot because when you're coming up with your offer page. For the opt in you just gotta make sure that what you're offering is more valuable than the risk that someone might be thinking so how do we do that well there are about. Three things that you can control that are going to do that the first thing is the hook or the headline package. And headline package which i think we've talked about before is basically the pre head the headline. And the sub headline. And the pre headline typically calls out to the audience you know attention frustrated homeowners or it calls out to a situation or a problem attention anyone suffering from you know. Rectile this function so then you said you said yeah awful quick there man not just playing. The next thing is the headline which contains a big payoff typically it's some sort of payoff of a result or resolution of a problem. You know how to write and publish your own outrageously profitable book in his little seven days. Even if you can't write can't type and failed high school English class. You know some sort of a headline. That again just to reinforce it's a result resolution of a problem and then the sub headline typically ties whatever it is you're trying to get them to opt in for. To the benefit so. To the main headline the result payoff of the headline so new report reveals how to overcome erectile dysfunction without pills. You know strange massage or large quantities of money. That's so what are we doing here we're grabbing their attention. We're hitting them with a benefit or resolution promise of a benefit or resolution of a problem and then we're tying the thing that we're offering. To that with the sub headline so pretty much this does especially if it's a free opt in. Okay we're typically talking about a free opt in the best opt in is when someone buys something that's why we talk about the difference between a lead magnet and a trip wire lead magnet is typically something that's free. A trip wire is something that. They pay a little bit of money for okay so I'm assuming right now when we're talking about all this that we're talking about something that is that that's free we're making some sort of a free offer here. So when we do that. Now. This this does the majority of the work. Are there other things that we're thinking about our opt in page. I have seen where. You know a basic opt in page you got your pre head you got your headline you got your sub head. And then a button. For them to. Hit. And this is more of a mechanical thing. So you know send my report. Let's say we'll just pretend like this is a report for right now. So. What's not on this page is a form. Because as soon as somebody sees your page and they see a form they immediately go shit they want me to opt in they're going to spam me oh my god I'm going to end up on porno lists and all this other stuff and I'm just going to go I just don't have time for that. Okay they see the form they like to hell that they don't see your cool pre head your headline in your sub headline they're gone. So that's why you have. A button that says you know send my report or download your report or something like that they click it. And then that pops the little window that says hey where can we send your report. You know give us your best email we promise not to spam you know. Otherwise you know whatever and what this does is they when they click this they've made the decision. That they want it whatever it is. And so that's why you use this in conjunction with the little box that's why you get so much higher rates of opt in because they in their mind that yes screw it I'll take it. And then they're like I just got to do it. That's I want to make sure for those that are listening and can't see this because this is actually very interesting because like I've been in the space for a while myself and. Talking about split testing and you just gave you just basically said you split tested and you and you've seen this actually be way more effective. So typical right opt in page is everything you said you get your pre headlines. be way more effective. So typical, right, opt-in page is everything you say. You got your pre-headlines, you had your header sub-headline, and then usually it's right there. It says, email, you know, name, email, phone, and then press submit. You're saying, take that out, only have the headline, the stack, then a button that says download or whatever they call the action is, when they hit that, then a pop-up happens for them to put their email in, because you've already made the commitment, they've already made the commitment. And what I love what you said is, when they first land on that page, they don't just bounce right off going, oh, they just want my email. They actually sit long enough to read the headline. This is Matt, that little nuance. I would love to split test that immediately with my guy. It's huge. So then the next thing when you're talking about the page is some people, they're just like, okay, it looks legit. So I mean, you gotta have a page that looks like it's part of a legitimate website. I mean, you maybe have a logo up here and some other stuff, but don't have a bunch of other crap. I mean, the only thing that you want is for them to be able to hit the thing. Now, for some people, they're gonna be like, okay, well, let me see what this is. You know, they're like the stray dog that's like, you know, what's going on? Is this gonna chop my head off? So then what you wanna have down below that, you can have, there are other elements that you can put onto the page. So one thing that's cool that you can do down here is it's all about credibility and trust and this sounds good. So this is where you'll see stuff like, you know, as seen on, you know, and you'll NBC or, you know. This is a little bit old at this point. It pretty, yes, pretty much it's, or it's just gonna be slightly visible or what have you, okay? But you got credibility stuff and then you have, you know, again, depending on what it is, if it's a report, a checklist or whatever, then you're gonna have something like, you know, about your, you know, who are we or something like that? And then you're gonna have like a picture and a couple of bullets about you or about the company. This is also where you can have testimony, you know, a couple of testimonials with actual pictures and stuff. Just anything you have that increases credibility that this isn't Chinese freaking hackers that are taking your stuff and you're gonna end up in a work camp or something. It's just this is where it's all just, this is real, this is credible. You also wanna make sure that you have all your disclaimers and all that other stuff at the bottom, contact information, all that other stuff, which is important for, I mean, unless Facebook has changed their rules again, I mean, this is the kind of stuff that they wanna see at the bottom of any page. You're, plus you wanna have your disclaimers, disclosures, links, all that stuff. But that's how we kind of transform this from just some offer thing from 1996 into something that looks like a legit page, but it's just, here's the thing. So that's at its most basic how your opt-in page is gonna be structured effectively. Because what this other stuff does is remember, the whole purpose here, decrease risk, increase perceived gain. And so all of this other stuff is decreasing the perception of risk. You're not just putting your email into some blind webpage. This has got the thing, they got a report, they got all that stuff. Okay, it looks like they've been on here. All right, looks like a legit dude, got some testimonials. This report was, this free report was worth more than stuff that I've done that I paid $2,000 from, says Sally from Dubuque. And at its most basic, that's your starting point. Okay, that's where we start from. Now, what are some other things that you could do to this to make it more effective, to make it so that maybe it converts a little bit better? You asked about split testing stuff. What are some things that you could split test? Well, as you're going through that, let me ask you a question here, because we've done a lot of split testing on our end, and it was interesting to see that you're putting stuff below the fold. Because with our split tests, we've seen the most minimum actually be, like if the headline copy's done properly, all the stuff below the fold ends up actually being more of a distraction. So that's why I'm not telling you to put a shitload of stuff on there. Okay, this is that it's most basic, that's a real basic page. Okay, so other stuff that you can do depending on the audience. Now, you're selling a bunch of wanna-preneurs high on Hopium that are up at two o'clock in the morning eating Cheetos and drinking Jolt Cola. It's very different than going after engineers, or if you're familiar with the disc scale, going after the high Ds versus the high Cs. So again, knowing your audience, but some things that you can do that I have seen make a difference is having like a bulleted list of three payoffs of whatever it is, the thing that you are trying to get them to opt in for, and then having that either before or after the download my report or access my whatever. That can have a real impact, especially if you have an audience that, we try and focus on the one big result, but I can remember a specific case where we had a thing that we were doing that, I told people had, how to get a positively unfair advantage in business and in life, and that represented different stuff to different people. So I had a bullet list that said, whatever that means to you, a fat bank account, a new house, a better relationship, a better career, whatever it is, this will help you do it. And so, and that really helped with conversion because it, I mean, some people I'm sure in their minds, yo, we'll take all of that. So that is the one thing that is definitely, and definitely would be above the fold that you want to test. And then the stuff down here with the who you are and what you got, that try it with it, try it without it. I've had one of my most successful opt-in pages was literally had a cartoon character of me right here, and all it said next to it was the copywriting guy. Didn't know author of this 30 years of doing that, I was just the copywriting guy. So yes, some of this stuff can be a distraction and that's why you got to test. It's gonna depend on your audience, it's gonna depend on what you're doing. Okay, now you can also build some of this stuff into up here. So if I wanted to say something like, attention entrepreneurial authors, how to turn your book into a lead machine without giving away a single copy. Bestselling author, Jim Edwards reveals secrets of turning your book into a lead machine learned over the last 30 years, download your report. So I've built a bunch of stuff in there and I'm spitballing that. I mean, obviously I would spend at least a half a cup of coffee on thinking that through, but that you can kind of fold that stuff into it. So that's again, that's your basic opt-in page when that's available, that's kind of like your 24 seven vending machine on the internet available for anybody to opt in anytime. And what you're hoping for is that the urgency of their problem gets them to sign up now instead of waiting. So I don't know if you have any questions before I move on because they're gonna kind of go on to the next. Yeah, no, I think it's, I think the key here, I'm gonna say this, even though you're the expert, I think with the opt-in, the whole philosophy of kiss. Now it has to be very important how you use that philosophy, but less is more with opt-ins and it's more about how you write that copy and knowing your audience. You do that right, everything else becomes easy. Right, 100%. I mean, that's why this headline package basically does 90% of all the heavy lifting for you. And the rest of this is just kind of dialing it in so that you have a nice smooth runway landing depending on the audience. So again, this part down here, who we are and testimonials and stuff, I mean, I would get rid of the testimonial thing first and then boom, boom, and then it could be brought to you by guaranteed response marketing, helping people since 1997 to be amazing and overcome their ED. So again, it's more about thinking in terms of the building blocks than it is exactly how much verbiage goes here. What's the word count? Should those be single line bullets and all that other stuff? No, what we're trying to do is capture the attention, build the desire, tie it to the thing that we're doing and make it easy for them to do their thing. All right. At this point, I wanna just say this, anybody that's listening and watching this and that might feel confused or say, okay, this is all great, but how? Where? Jim, why don't you tell them, I mean, put a plug in here because this is a perfect opportunity for your software because I know your software does this exact thing for them. Oh yeah. So our copy and content.ai, this helps you define your avatar, define your offer, then you load those into the software and it'll create your opt-in page copy. It'll help you create your titles for your lead magnets. It'll actually help you create your entire lead magnets. I just did a class on this yesterday. It does everything you wanna do and you don't have to wrestle with chat GPT in order to get it to do what you wanna do, which if you're like, oh, I'll just do that with chat GPT. You know what? Go ahead. Fine, just do your thing. If you wanna, I mean, just make sure it's Wesson Oil Wrestling with chat GPT. If you're gonna wrestle with it, make it entertaining. Yes. So now this, again, thinking in terms of you got two options for doing lead generation. And I like to think of them in terms of the vending machine, which is really what I just described to you. Okay, this thing's available 24 seven and the person puts in their email address and out the bottom pops something that they want. The more effective way to do it, but some people don't wanna do this because they perceive it as work, is to do an event. And an event is a webinar, a training, a workshop, a one day challenge and intense, whatever freaking words you wanna use for it. It is a time, a date and a place that all have to coincide for this to come off. But if you have a great promise and you tell somebody, hey, I'm teaching a workshop on Thursday at one o'clock that shows authors how they can develop 12 distinct streams of income from their book. And if you're an author, if even one of those worked for you, it could totally change your life and your financial future and you can attend for free, all you have to do is sign up. Why would you want to sign up as opposed to waiting? Well, that's the key. Yeah, so I'm asking you. You have to sign up in order to get it because it's happening on this date. If you wanna be there at one o'clock on Thursday, what do you have to do? Sign up. Everybody understands that if I want the thing, if I want to attend the event, I have to sign up for the event. I gotta have a ticket. I gotta have a link. I gotta be able to get the link to be able to show up to the thing. They just, people understand it. They don't fight with it rather than, well, are they gonna spam me or no, they're doing this event, I wanna go. Well, what if I can't attend live? Well, we intend to have a replay and as long as nothing goes wrong, but you definitely wanna be there live so that you can ask questions. But at a minimum, you gotta sign up if you wanna be able to access. Like, okay, I'll sign up. And it's just a different psychological thing that goes on in people's mind. They're not like, I'm becoming, I mean, for you, they're becoming a lead, but for them, they're just getting a ticket to the event. And also, people will sign up for events where they might not sign up for your lead magnet or whatever because an event, a training, carries with it the promise of a passive reward. In other words, if I download this checklist, I gotta read the thing and figure out how to use it. Same thing, if I download the removal, shoot, I gotta read this report. I mean, it's just, I wanna choke them, but it's just human nature. But with their event, hey, I'm doing this workshop, it can show up and I'm gonna show you all this stuff and you just have to sit there. And it's gonna be amazing. And I'm like, oh yeah, okay, well, it's kinda like, what would you rather do? Watch the movie or read the book. And so that's another reason why I much rather do an event than do a lead magnet. Always had better luck with events. And like, well, can I make the event ever green? Sure, as long as the event worked live. You know, and so I've just, what's the difference in the opt-in page for an event? It's got a date on it, okay? That literally, it has a date. Join me for this workshop on this date and this time, grab your seat now, limited availability. And is it really limited? Yeah, at some point, it can't hold all seven billion people on planet Earth. So yes, there's limited seating. Grab your seat now, you know? Yeah, yeah. So let's talk about that. Cause I know, like I could tell that you've worked with clients just in that, that don't wanna do events. And we know, and I think, let's just talk about this because you've been in this for so long. Instead of trying to convince people why they should do an event versus the vending machine, you know, typical opt-in VSL, all of that. Let's talk about the success or what we know when we split test. Like why, psychologically, like why is the event way more powerful if done right than just evergreen, you know, vending machine that sits out there. Not saying that doesn't work or you can't do that as well. But if you want impact and you want, you know, if you wanna make money in the next 30, 60, 90 days, running a small event will probably be more effective than the vending machine. Why is that? Because doing an event several times allows you to gauge people's reaction in real time as opposed to creating something and going, well, obviously they're stupid and they're not gonna pay, you know, it's not work, it's not, my fault, it's not work and each people are just stupid. They just don't understand. It's literally, that's what people do when we're talking about the person trying to gather up the leads. As opposed to if you say, okay, I'm doing this on this day, I put 15 people in the event, I do the event, I sell one. Great, I know this works. What can I change? What can I do better? What can I do to get more people to opt in? You're dialing this stuff in. Rather with the vending machine approach, it's you're buying into the bullshit that people are selling out there saying, you know, just create this lead bank, it's amazing. And then use my magic formula for creating Facebook ads and you're able to turn $50 into $250 every single day. And if you wanna scale it up, it's amazing and it's all bullshit. Okay, if that was true, they'd be doing it and not teaching you. Okay, and so the other thing that's happening is there's so much AI stuff out there now and there's so much bullshit that people are craving a connection with another human being. And so that's another thing that events do for you now. Once you've really dialed the thing in, then you can make the event evergreen. And there's tons of stuff out there that you can kind of simulate that it's live and or have the first part of the event be, you know, prerecorded or evergreen and then you kind of pop on at the end or it's doing its thing, but you're in the chat dealing with people or you know, your assistant's in there in the chat. There's all kinds of different stuff you can do. But until you've got this thing dialed in and you know it's working, you're just kidding yourself. Yeah. You're anyway. I know, I agree. I think I want, people are listening. I just want to make sure they understand what you're saying here. And I say, yeah, which is a bad thing because I understand this because I've been doing this myself and I've seen the same wrestle you have with clients. I have myself is them really understanding the power of a live event and why you may have to suffer. Let's call it in their eyes, you're going to suffer for the next three, maybe six months of doing live events. So you can literally dial in every little detail, understand every nuance, which also helps you get the understanding of the copy that needs to be updated at the ad level. And then once you've done that pain, then you can go evergreen. But unless again, just in life and business, unless you're willing to go through the pain and really do the split testing and really see what's working, what's not working, what kind of message isn't working, what's landing this hook, that hook, you're just going to be spending way more money than you actually need. You're going to do pain two ways, your time and energy or your money. And as which one do you want? Yeah, but I also, let's put it in perspective. Some people become little bitches about stuff that is not really painful. Painful is having to go sell blood plasma to get grocery money. Painful is digging ditches. Or standing at a window building a billion dollar business where you're wearing a hair net saying, would you like fries with that and perhaps a hot apple pie? To be able to stand or sit in the comfort of your home talking into a camera and trying to help people solve their problems, if that's painful for you, you may want to reinvent or rather rethink your actual pain threshold. Yeah. I hear you. Yes, I hear you. I hear you. Anyway, I'm just, you know, so that's why I just, I laugh when people, well, I just want to do this one time, have it be perfect and make money. And it's like, that shit don't work. But what does work is knowing your audience, knowing what they really want, knowing a promise that's going to get them to pay attention and then figuring out how to deliver on that promise. And once you do that, you figure out the exact language that has the highest number of them, doing what you want them to do. And it's a win, win, win. But that doesn't happen overnight. It takes time. So as I'm sitting here, I'm sad because I could feel we're coming to the end of our, you know, our four day kind of sequence here. We've talked about copywriting as a whole. You and I have talked about long form, short form sales pages. We talked about email sequences. Today we've talked a little bit, well, we talked a lot about the opt-in and I love how you kind of flipped it also into the two different styles of lead gen. And as we come to an end, I keep coming up with this idea of if someone's sitting there and they're having challenges either in their marketing or challenges in offer creation or challenges, just trying to get their product off the ground. What would be in all your years? I'm talking years of experience. What are a couple of other the steps or things that are preventing them from actually going to where they need to go and being successful. And I love it for those that are not watching right now and listening, he's already writing down the answer. This is why Jim himself is the God of copy over here. I think what do they call you? The Godfather of copy? Is that your new name? No, if you want to call me that, that's kind of cool. I don't want a horse head in my bed or anything like that. The goat, the goat of copy ladies and gentlemen. Right. So here's the thing. If you want to be successful, you've got to understand who it is that you're going after. What most people do that they blow the whole thing is they create and they find a product or invent a product, whether it's a course, a book, a coaching, and then they go in search of an audience. That is the biggest sin, the stupidest thing you can do. Okay, I've seen it forever. And I got the greatest thing ever. Now I just got to find someone to buy it. That's dumb. What you do is figure out the group of people that you are meant to serve. And typically that is some group that you were either a part of or that you have somebody that's close to you that you love that's a part of that group. That's called a native market. And that's the intersection between you and them. This is also where you can tell stories that you can resonate with them that they'll actually pay attention. Once you know who, then you got to find out, okay, what are the problems? What are the results? What are the questions that they have that they need help with? And really know that. And then say to yourself, okay, what can I do that is unique to me that fits with my story, that fits with this audience, that only I can do? And even if you're doing the same thing that everybody else is doing, it's your story that makes you unique. It's where your soul is, your stories, your observations, opinions, unique perspective, your lessons learned, all that stuff is what's gonna sell it. Cause ultimately when people buy the kind of stuff that we're typically selling, they're buying us. And they're getting us as through that thing that they're buying, they're buying a little PCU. And so you got to know who you're going after. You got to know what the problem's questions, roadblocks are. You got to be able to come up with an offer that has high, high perceived value. And it's all got to tie back to you. So that the answers, all the whole thing answers the question, why you, why this, why now? Why the hell should I pay attention to you? Why should I buy this thing? And why should I buy it now? And if you figure all that stuff out, then you are going to be miles ahead of the chuckleheads who just, I don't wanna sell this thing and I'm gonna run some ads on Facebook and why am I not rich yet? Because you didn't do this stuff. And you're like, man, that sounds like work. Okay, but this is the thing of you're gonna pay with some brain sweat now, thinking about the right stuff, or you're gonna pay with years of struggle and screwing around that's gonna leave you poor and dumb. Yeah. And so if I had to just, if I had to sum the whole thing up, that's it. I would love that. I couldn't agree, I mean, I'm not, I couldn't agree more. It's interesting, where you say you, I don't say that, but I love that. And I knew one thing for sure is I tell people, and this is so important. So I'm gonna answer the question as well, just so people can really understand what was just said there. Understand your avatar. Who is it you're actually going after? And what is the problems they have? What are the deepest problems they have? What's the solutions they're looking for? And I love what you said. What are the questions they're asking? Then you build an offer around that, and then you tie you your story. I love that you had the soul acronym. I never even heard that, I love that. But you tie your story. Why, what's so important about what you can do? Answer those three questions. Why you, why this, why now? Now, I just wanna say this to people. I'm gonna go do that on GPT. No. Then please don't or try, go try and see what happened. There is nuance. There is such a high level of nuance in all of this. But once you crack, I call it cracking that code, you crack the code and all these three pillars, there is no reason why anybody in today's market can't have minimum. And I would love to know if you agree on this, minimum. If those three things are cracked, a million dollar a year business guaranteed. I think I would say that it is, it's limitless. And that's why, but some people who've never made it, I mean, like making a million bucks ain't actually that hard, unless you've never done it before. And then your brain's like, eh, so why don't we say at a minimum, this could turn into a really nice six figure business quickly for the, for someone who's willing to put in the thought and put in the work and all that other stuff. And the difference between a six figure business and a million dollar business is just a zero. It's literally just doing it a little more efficiently and that kind of stuff. But I will tell you this, not doing this is a guaranteed way to keep sucking hind tit the rest of your life. I couldn't agree more. Jim, I just want to say, I mean, your time is valuable. The gold, the gold that's been given throughout this series is just, it's amazing. I'm very excited about it. I know that I personally have been writing down notes. I'm going to start implementing all this stuff. And I just want to say thank you. For those people, I listen to me, right? When I say this, please listen to this. You can do it the hard way and take all this free valuable information that Jim has given you and go try to plug it in to GPT or whatever next LM there is or AI there is and try it by yourself. Or you can literally do it through a proven system, a proven process, after I'm going to call it 40, 50 years of copyrighting from Jim that has literally built an easy plug and play, basically a business in the box have done properly where you don't need to struggle and fight the whole GPT. You can actually get the answers you need. Jim, again, I want to make sure I get that website right. And just tell me again, it's copyingcontent.ai. Is that correct? Copyingcontent.ai, absolutely. Go right now, copy and content.ai. The money and time and energy you'll say by going there is night and day. Jim, any last departing words for those entrepreneurs, those marketers, those people sitting there on the edge, waiting, waiting for someone to come and save them, all hopped up on Hopium, I'm using your words, all of that. What is the last departing word, piece of advice that you can give? Your ability to communicate your ideas in a way that get people to act, to buy, to try, click, sign up or call you on the phone. Is the difference between having an average life and having an extraordinary life where you are pretty well insulated from all the BS that other people worry about, money, other stuff like that, you learn how to do that. And there's no problem you can't solve in your life, for real.