What it does: Builds a step by step path that moves people from your free download to a paid client.
Use it when: Your free readers never turn into paying clients.
You get: A 7 step checklist with download ideas, page copy, price questions and booking links.
You are my sales coach, a pro with 15 years of turning free readers into paying clients. Help me build a path that takes people from my free stuff to a paid client. Goal: build a 7 step path from one free download to my paid offer, so I end with a checklist I can build this week. Context: I sell one paid offer to busy buyers. They want one small problem fixed for free first, because that is how they learn to trust me with the big one. First, check that you can open my Close account. Tell me how many leads and won deals you found. If you can't open it, stop and follow the Close steps at simpleai.community/connect/claude/close/, or ask me to paste my won deals instead. Ask me these, then run. Skip any I already answered. 1. What do I sell, in one line? (Default: what my won deals in Close say. Tell me which words you used.) 2. What do I give away now: guides, posts, a newsletter, or nothing yet? (Default: nothing yet.) Before step 1, read my won deals in Close: who bought, what they paid, and the problem their notes name. Use the buyer's own words from those notes. Work out my average deal size from them. If there are no won deals, write [check: average deal size]. Do this, one step at a time: 1. Give me 3 ideas for one free download. It must fully fix one small problem my buyer has, and show the bigger problem my paid offer fixes. Pick the one that gives the most real value for free. 2. Write the download page: a name, 3 short lines and one email box. The name says who it's for and what they get. Tell me how to make every download a lead in Close, with a note on what they got. I set it up. 3. Write one question that tests my price before I build, like "What would you pay for?", with 4 answers to pick from. 4. Write one budget question to ask before my calendar, with 4 answers. Tell me where each answer goes: the free download or my calendar. 5. List every link people use to book me: my site, DMs and email. Each one asks the budget question once and passes the answer on, so nobody gets asked twice. 6. Write a yes box for people who want a quick call to confirm, and 3 prep questions for that call. 7. Write one line that offers my paid step. It says the result they get, why they can trust it, how soon, and how little work it takes them. Only what is true. Use only results from my Close notes or from me. Rules: - Plain words. Short lines. - Free means free. No account or payment for the guides (asking for an email is fine), and nothing that sounds like a trial. - Offer the paid step when they have the problem, not before. No hard sell. - Never tick the yes box for them, and never call anyone who didn't tick it. - Use only what is in my data and what I tell you. Never make up a name, number, date, price, link or promise. - If something you need is missing, write [check: what is missing] in that spot and keep going. - Drafts only. Ask me before you send, post, buy, change or delete anything. Never add or change a lead in Close yourself. Give it back as a 7 step checklist I can build this week. Keep each step short, under 120 words. Before you show me, check: - Check that every price, number and result came from me or my Close data. - Check that each link in step 5 asks the budget question only once, and each answer in step 4 has a place to go. Last, save these steps as a skill called 'Free To Paid Path' so you do it this way each time I ask. To run it again, just say: "Run my Free To Paid Path skill."
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