Hey everyone!
Jason here, digital marketing consultant.
And in this ClickFunnels, review and demo, you're going to learn the top five reasons,
ClickFunnels is awesome.
And one of the best sales funnel, builder software solutions out there.
And when you stick around to the end, I'll be sharing with you my personal opinion on
who ClickFunnels is for.
And more importantly, who ClickFunnels is not for.
So timestamp table of contents in the description, along with some playlist and video links,
comparing ClickFunnels to other solutions like Kartra, Kajabi, Lead Pages, ThriveThemes,
Optimized Press the list goes on and on here, let's go ahead and focus on why ClickFunnels
is awesome and then wrap up with who it's for and not for now.
Now reason number five, ClickFunnels is great comes down to it's ease of use.
If you are a complete beginner and new to this whole sales funnel building thing or
online marketing thing, then ClickFunnels is absolutely one of the best softwares out
there because it literally holds your hand through the entire sales funnel process.
Now, if you're any sort of a veteran or you've been out this for three to six months, you
understand what a funnel is, you know, the difference between a webinar funnel, a launch
funnel, and then just a plain old VSL funnel.
Then you click the extra stuff that ClickFunnels gives you in terms of that giant easy button.
Probably isn't really going to matter all that much, but something that I really like
about ClickFunnels, especially for beginners, is it really demystifies the whole sales funnel
building process.
And when you're going to go build your sales funnel, they actually just made a long laundry
list of every possible combination of funnel you could put together.
Now, little asterisks here as someone who likes to keep it simple.
I actually find this to be a little bit of a downside as well though, because when you're
first building your funnel, all you need is a landing page, a sales page, sends some emails
and then a checkout sequence.
Like that's it.
You don't need all these complex funnels, but if you want to get fancy and you want
to understand what you can do in the possibilities, then ClickFunnels definitely is a giant easy
button when it comes to creating funnels and just building a high converting marketing
process.
Now, reason number four ClickFunnels is great is the ease of split testing.
When it comes to optimizing your sales funnels, optimizing your online sales process, split
testing is number--, the number one thing you need across everything that you're doing,
whether you're just making content, whether you're driving ads, whether you're testing
emails, landing pages, sales pages, heck ClickFunnels even allows you to test your confirmation
page, which is something that I have not seen anywhere else.
Now you might be thinking why on earth would you want to test your confirmation page?
And this, I'm talking about the confirmation page after someone has opting into your email
list, enter their name and email on the landing page or the confirmation page after they've
purchased.
And it's crazy to think that you could actually split test those pages, because if someone's
just bought your product, you may actually want people to take an action after they've
purchased.
And so you can try different pages to see, Hey, which page actually gets someone to set
up the account or get someone to fill out the pre implementation program survey or whatever
action you want them to take.
So when it comes to split testing, ClickFunnels makes it an absolute breeze.
And that is just an absolute must when it comes to your online marketing.
And when you're setting up your split tests, you can easily just duplicate the current
page you have and change out your headline or a couple of bullet points, which is where
I recommend starting or you can start with an entirely new template.
Now, just a little asterisk here, if you're setting up your split tests, once you've chosen
your page type, when you go to create the second page, you're only going to see the
pages of that type.
So for example, if you want to use a sales funnel template for your landing page, then
your first variation needs to be the sales funnel template.
Because when you go and create the duplication for your split test, ClickFunnels is only
going to allow you to choose the landing page templates, not the sales page templates.
If that didn't make any sense.
No worries.
I just wanted to add that in there in case you're already inside of ClickFunnels and
you're getting a little frustrated.
So reason number three, ClickFunnels is awesome, comes down to it's a full stack.
Something that can drive you nuts when you're trying to put together your--, just a basic,
funnel is trying to connect so many different services.
I think something like automate.io and Zapier are perfect examples of how ridiculously contrived
and crazy it's gotten, trying to connect different solutions together.
If you've never heard of those two, essentially it's a piece of software that makes sure that
your other pieces of software can actually talk to each other.
Well, if you're just gonna pay for ClickFunnels, you don't have to deal with any of that headache
because all of your shopping carts, your landing pages and sales pages are all talking to each
other.
And really the only thing you have to worry about integrating is your email autoresponder,
because I don't recommend using their Action [unintelligible 00:04:44] and backpack.
As that's part of their Edison suite at $300 a month.
Now, when it comes to your membership sites, ClickFunnels actually has you covered there
as well.
So you can have your entire digital business inside of ClickFunnels, and then just connect
whatever email autoresponder you decide to use.
I recommend checking out ConvertKit, MailerLite, or ActiveCampaign.
One of those three, and you have everything you need.
Literally two pieces of soft--, two pieces of software.
And you're good to go.
Now, little asterisk here again, when it comes to the membership sites, you're not going
to be doing anything fancy, right?
You're not going to have multiple membership levels and a bunch of extra packages or add-ons
when you make upsells and down sells inside of ClickFunnels though, it is very easy to
say this upsell equals this product in my membership website.
So in that regard, it's really, really nice and integrated.
And when you're trying to build something on WordPress, you'll find that this is just
so, so much easier to use and manage.
Now, reason.
Number two is one of my personal favourites and that is tracking, something that drives
me nuts and our client's nuts because I run a little digital marketing agency.
Is actually figuring out which specific landing page or which specific traffic source resulted
in the most sales.
Now, yes, you can set this up inside of Google analytics using something called Google tag
manager.
But most of the time, unless you're actually working with a professional who understands
tag manager, understands analytics and maybe you're using something called Google optimize.
If that made no sense than ClickFunnels definitely might be for you because you're going to be
able to easily see which specific funnel is producing the most new members, you know,
new subscribers or new sales, because you're going to be able to see in one easy dashboard,
your statistics from your landing page, all the way to checkout.
Upsells down sells the whole nine yards.
Something else that's really nice that our bigger clients really like about ClickFunnels
is the fact that you could easily duplicate a funnel for another traffic source.
So now instead of dealing with tracking links, all you have to do is hit duplicate on a funnel
that's already working and then say, “You know what?
We were driving Facebook traffic to this funnel.
Let's go ahead and drive Pinterest traffic or Instagram or YouTube traffic to this funnel”.
And then you can just duplicate your funnels and have essentially one funnel for each traffic
source very quickly, very easily.
And this also ties into the fact that if you're using some other pieces of software or using
a combination of softwares, then you're creating multiple landing pages in one you're creating
multiple checkouts and another, and then you're trying to create multiple sequences in your
email auto responder, and then it just becomes a real mess.
So it's nice that with just one button, you duplicate the entire funnel, and now you have
your funnel for your next traffic source, which is something that we do for a lot of
our higher ad spend clients.
Because if you're spending a couple full thousand dollars a month on ads, we want to make sure
that you're optimizing the funnel for the actual traffic source.
Now, reason number one, ClickFunnels is awesome, actually comes down to price.
And this was something that surprised me the most.
Because in the past I've been very critical of paying a hundred dollars a month for essentially
a page builder with a shopping cart.
However, based upon the other solutions out there, ClickFunnels is actually one of the
most reasonably priced solutions in the context of a full funnel builder.
So I'm not going to compare this to other solutions that don't have the full sales funnel
ability.
So looking at this chart, we're going to be comparing ClickFunnels to Kajabi, Kartra and
Get Response.
I also included a WordPress based solution just in case you're thinking about doing everything
on WordPress.
So you can see the price differences.
Just remember that that last one is going to be a much more kind of technologically
headache process than the other three, because the other three are going to take care of
all that for you.
You're going to have a lot more tech headaches with the last one, but it's going to pay off
more in the long run.
So ClickFunnels actually comes in the number two most expensive spot.
You of course get a discount when most of these services.
So it's a thousand dollars a year for ClickFunnels, 1400 bucks a year for Kajabi 950 bucks a year
for Kartra and then just $482 a year for Get Response.
However, when we look at what happens when our email list grows, Kajabi goes up to $200
a month when you have more than 10,000 subscribers or contacts, and Kartra at just 2,500 subscribers
jumps up to almost $150 a month, which puts it in the same price range as Kajabi.
And if you're going to compare Kajabi to Kartra, well, Kajabi definitely wins.
So when it comes to pricing comparisons out of the gate, ClickFunnels can look a little
more expensive than the other solutions.
However, if you look down the road just a little bit, assuming that your funnels are
going to work right? as soon as you cross the two 2,500 to 5,000 subscriber mark, all
of a sudden you're going to be looking down at the ClickFunnels price from Kartra, Kajabi
or Get Response and go, “Wow, I really wish I was using ClickFunnels because now I'm paying
more.
And now that I'm a little more successful”.
So it's something to just keep in mind now with all of this, I still recommend having
your own email auto responder.
So if you're going to use your own email auto responder, you're not going to hit those contact
limits when it comes to Get Response, you know, Kartra and Kajabi, but it is something
just to note.
And if you do decide to go to WordPress, your first year is going to cost $820.
And then year number two is only going to cost $198.
And you're going to see why I included this when we talk about who ClickFunnels is for
and who ClickFunnels is not.
So that does it for the top five reasons.
ClickFunnels is awesome.
I was very, very surprised with the price.
If you have anything to add or subtract from this list, go ahead and comment below.
Let me know because your experience or your insights is going to help other people figure
out whether or not ClickFunnels is something they should be using at all.
And speaking of that, let's go and talk about who ClickFunnels is for and who isn't, because
I think there's a lot of confusion.
So let's just clear the air right now.
Again, this is my opinion, obviously, but ClickFunnels is for businesses who are already
making money.
It's simple.
If you're making money, ClickFunnels is designed for you.
And if you're a new business owner or a new entrepreneur, who's not making any money yet,
then ClickFunnels is not for you.
And this is actually backed up by Russell Brunson, who's the founder of ClickFunnels.
He actually went on a little ramp because people were comparing the $97 a month price
point to the $30 a month price point for Builderall which I'm not even going to get into link
the description.
If you've heard of Builderall, it's a complete piece of garbage doesn't even compare to ClickFunnels
or anything else that we've talked about.
There's just no comparison between the quality of, of the two.
ClickFunnels is definitely worth the higher price point.
Russell Brunson: So for you guys, [unintelligible 00:11:25] hundred dollars and I can only build
30 funnels and [unintelligible 00:11:30] I still have to get an SMTP, [unintelligible
00:11:33] my emails out.
I have no, I have no like empathy for that.
None.
Zero.
I want you to leave us and go to your competitors, please, for the love, leave us go for the
$37 option.
I want you to be their nightmare clients.
I do not want you to be usually ClickFunnels.
I don't have any empathy, zero, not one iota of empathy for you.
You cannot pay a hundred, even 300.
If you kept a $300 to run your company, you are not an entrepreneur.
You should leave this business.
Jason: But if $97 a month is stressful in terms of the budget you have for growing your
business than simply wait on ClickFunnels, you can do a lot on WordPress.
And in fact, if the price point of ThriveTheme seems like a lot.
And the combination with Thrive Cart seems like a lot.
Well, you can do a lot with free.
I've actually, I'll link up in the description.
I did an entire video on how you can put together an entire sales funnel, collecting payments,
growing your email list for $0.
ClickFunnels really is designed for people who have a business already making money.
And this is something I personally didn't really understand or realize until I started
growing an agency.
There are a lot of businesses out there that don't understand what funnels are.
They don't understand that they should have something other than just a website.
And so ClickFunnels comes in and fills that need really, really well.
So if you're already having, you already have a business, you have marketing budget spending
a thousand or $2,000 a year on some nice marketing software.
Isn't going to break the bank then yeah, you should check out ClickFunnels.
If it's going to be stressful, then look at other options.
You don't necessarily have to have ClickFunnels in order to be successful.
So thank you so much for watching.
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