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A money model is a deliberately structured series of offers designed to generate the most upfront cash, leads, and lifetime value by encouraging repeat purchases. Accelerating cash flow allows businesses to outspend competitors and future-proof themselves against rising advertising costs. Companies with strong money models thrive, while those without struggle.
Most businesses spend money to acquire customers, hoping to recoup the investment over time. A money model flips this by making more money from a customer within the first 30 days than it costs to acquire them. This is the 'cheat code' to business success.
The speaker shares his experience with his gym. Initially, customer acquisition costs rose, making the traditional membership model unsustainable. By selling supplements to new members immediately after they joined, he generated enough upfront revenue to cover acquisition costs and outspend competitors.
There are four offer structures to implement: attraction offers (maximize conversion), upsells (maximize gross profit per customer), downsells (turn 'no's into 'yes's), and continuity offers (encourage repeat purchases to create customer relationships). Each has a specific objective.
The speaker analyzes the traditional gym model (low barrier offer followed by continuity) and contrasts it with his model. The old way leaves about $53 per lead, and requires waiting and is hardly profitable. Instead, the speaker sells a high-ticket package, and supplements upfront. This lets the business spend $245 per lead.
The most important factor of any offer is that you structure the sequence to maximize cashflow up front, and boost the likelihood of continuity and recurring revenue. Some examples are win your money back, supplement up-sell, rollover upsell and buy X get Y discounts.
The speaker explains how money models fits within a hierarchy of the $100 Million Brand series. The first book, $100 million offers, teaches how to create an offer so good people feel stupid saying no. Meanwhile, the next book, $100 million leads, teaches how to advertise and get customers.
It doesn't matter the size of the business, a money model is core to every business. A better money model will result in higher-profits overall, and allows business to ethically compete out others in the same field, by simply having more efficient cash flow.
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