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Thriving in the CBD Glut & Price Cuts
It’s no secret that there’s a bucket load of cash to be made with CBD.
Average people are selling CBD directly from their homes, through online channels, or both, and often earning more money part-time than they bring home from their full time jobs. CBD is a great product that people love and are willing to buy repeatedly over a long period of time.
CBD is one of the ultimate consumable products with awesome recurring revenue from a customer base you can build over time.
But we all know what happens in every lucrative new market… people get excited by all the money being made and jump into that market to get their piece of the pie.
It happens in every market, and the more profitable the market, the faster it happens, so nobody should be surprised that it’s happening in the CBD market. We’re currently seeing increased competition, prices dropping and a glut of supply as more people enter the market.
Is it too late for you?
Did you miss another trend or can you still profit in the CBD market?
The good news is that you can still profit in the CBD market and realistically make a lot of money. The bad news is that there are really only 3 ways to do this now, and only 1 way is reasonable for the smaller business person just starting out in the market.
But back to the “good news” side of this equation because within this “1 way” there’s an almost unlimited sub-set where you, and thousands of others, can make a killing and avoid the price wars and other negative effects of oversupply.
In fact, if you follow this simple path, an oversupply of CBD will actually help you become more profitable because you’ll enjoy the benefits of the lower cost supply without the disastrous price wars that occur when you follow the traditional CBD business paths where only the large and established can survive.
3 Ways to Thrive in a CBD Glut
- Brand Domination – Having the number 1 brand in any market guarantees your success as long as you can maintain your reputation in your market – think Coke, Budweiser, Nike etc. You will likely not be able to afford this level of brand domination so avoid expenses related strictly to branding.
- Massive Distribution – Having your CBD products in every popular retail location is another way to guarantee success but also very difficult and insanely expensive, to accomplish.
- Niche Solutions – Use mass market products to provide a prepackaged, targeted, solution to solve a specific problem. This is how smart entrepreneurs can thrive in a crowded market, avoid price wars, and create a space that they can “own”.
The CBD market is ripe for creating niche solutions since CBD is so good at so many things and helps so many different ailments.
Problems with the current CBD market:
- Too General – Does a poor job of defining the problem and then providing a solution to the problem.
- Focused on “Ingredients” – Selling the flour and sugar for the brownies instead of a prepackaged box of “done for you”.
- Confused Customers – Forcing the end user to “figure things out”. Forcing customers to “think” is a sales killer.
People do not like to do these things!
People like when someone else has pre-packaged the solution for them so all they need to do is open the box and take the solution versus opening the box and following directions to create the solution from the raw ingredients.
This is where your opportunity lies.
For example, instead of telling people to take a CBD tincture for arthritis, it would be much better if you created a product name / brand that addresses this ailment directly and specifically. Now you’re selling “Arthriticare” (I just made this name up) and pre-packaging all the items needed into a “kit”.
Arthriticare might consist of a 3-times daily oral (gummie), a topical cream and a nightly “sleep enhancer” (another type of oral) and all you need to do is package these items up and make it appear to be a specific “cure” for the specific ailment.
It doesn’t matter that they could have purchased these ingredients separately because people like the convenience of having things pre-packaged and created for them i.e. think about cake mix, pancake mix, brownie mix, etc. All of these products are easily produced from household ingredients but people like them pre-packaged and ready to go without thinking or effort.
Sounds great …right? Now you just need a way to do all of this with a pre-packaged solution to sell your pre-packaged solutions.
CloudNet360.com is the only system specifically designed to make it “out of the box” easy for the “niche marketer” because it’s the only solution that allows you to run unlimited brands, unlimited websites, unlimited landing pages, unlimited funnels and have them all be 100% brand specific and / or product specific.
Do you want to sell Arthriticare under one specific look, feel, and brand and then sell weight reduction under a different brand, to a completely different market with a completely different look, feel and brand then later expand into 5, 10 or even 75 different niches?
CloudNet360.com is the only solution that allows you to do this with ease. This is how we “niche market” our software by becoming the only solution that gives you this power.
If you want to thrive in today’s CBD market, start a 30-day trial… or better yet, call us and we’ll help you through every step to ensure you hit the ground running and profitable as possible.
Only CloudNet360.com give you this level of personalized FREE support even during a 30-day trial. Amazing support for an amazing product – we have your back.
CBD Shopping Cart – Brings Home The Money
Getting the best CBD shopping cart is as critical to your online CBD business as selling the best CBD products.
In fact, some might argue that having a high risk shopping cart is even more important than the CBD products because it really doesn’t matter how good your CBD products are if you cannot sell them to anyone.
I settle somewhere in the middle because selling mediocre products through a great shopping cart still mean you’re going to struggle as a long term business. Sure, you’ll make your sales to new customers but the real key to your CBD business success is the ability to get people into auto-ship subscriptions and follow up sales of new products and this will never happen if your CBD products are not top quality.
Conversely, top quality products that are hard to buy will also severely hinder your CBD business. Too many factors are involved with every purchase transaction, especially the first sale to a new customer.
This first sale is always the most difficult and any glitch in the process, anything that makes the purchase process more difficult, is going to result in a lost customer.
Besides making the checkout process simple and straight forward, what other factors are needed that will separate a basic shopping cart from a non-stop selling machine that brings in the cash while you’re sleeping?
- Auto-Billing / Subscriptions – Recurring billing is the holy grail of business success so it’s absolutely critical that your CBD shopping cart provides limitless recurring billing options.
- Free Trials – Nothing builds trust and reduces risk like a free trial of your product but unless you’re the size of Proctor and Gamble, it’s hard to pay the bills by giving things away. You need to have a trial system that allows you to give products away but then automatically charges the customer after a defined period of time i.e. “Try it free for 14-days and if you don’t love it, just ship the empty bottle back to us and pay nothing. But if you decide to keep the product, we’ll automatically bill you for $39 and ship you new bottle every 30-days”.
- Re-Billing / New Order System – Selling to existing customers is always cheaper and easier than finding new customers. It’s even easier when they can call from their car and simply place a new order without the need to provide credit card or billing information. The easier you make it for them, the more they will order – guaranteed!
- Clean and Simple Order Forms – KISS… we all know this theory but too many fail to live by this philosophy and end up changing their customers away to their competitors that did make it simple.
Even things like displaying the “coupon code” field can cost customers as they leave the order process in the hunt for a coupon. This needs to be configurable, with a simple click of the mouse, to ensure these coupon fields only appear when you’re actually promoting your CBD products with a coupon. Otherwise, keep them hidden to avoid losing the “coupon hunters”. - Upselling Systems – Using a high-risk shopping cart is important but the real risk you face as a CBD merchant is to not maximize each transaction volume with every customer. It’s absolutely critical that your shopping cart has an industry-leading one-time-offer system that puts more dollars into every cart transaction.
Business is all about mitigating and managing your risks. When you start your CBD business, make sure you partner with a high-risk shopping cart system that actually understands your industry and wants your business.
Many shopping carts for high-risk merchants will claim they want your business until the first “hiccup”, or complaint, and then you find yourself quickly cut off from your business and livelihood.
CloudNet360 is the high risk shopping cart partner you need to make your CBD business into the success you deserve.
Win Your Sales Battle with Snail Mail
There has been a lot of murmur going on about how snail mail has become obsolete, it is no longer relevant and the same thing is being said about email. Now, both these have so far been the most used tools in any marketing campaign, but now people are predicting that a change is forthcoming, which is going to alter the very concept of marketing and the only medium which would still be feasible for your selling purpose is social media.
But the reality is far from it. In fact, there is no way snail mail or email is going to be obsolete. Yes social media is the current favorite tool of many marketers, but it is definitely not going to replace the traditional marketing tools.
As a smart marketer you simply cannot deny the power of personalized communication which a snail mail, email or even a text message could easily add to your marketing campaign. Now, if you just incorporate all of these in your campaign along with a generous dose of social media you can expect to see better sales numbers.
The sound of putting all of these together might seem like a daunting task, but when you have a fantastic CRM system like CloudNet360 you don’t need to worry about anything. This incredibly smart CRM system will take care of your need. Since this is an automated system you can easily select the auto documents lined up in your print queue and choose the ones you want to print out.
You could also generate CSV address labels for your documents and you could run these through your label printer. You can easily personalize each document which comes complete with names and addresses along with other specific information. Now the only action you need to take is to print these out and you are good to go.
Snail mail is not dead, neither is email, no matter how much you love using social media do not neglect these tools in your campaign because these let you approach your customer in a personalized way and give your sales process a much needed boost. So to win the sales battle makes sure that you have all these weapons in your arsenal.
Busting Myth on Funnelhacking
In this video, I am going to reveal what a sales funnel is and how it works for your business and how FunnelHacking is misleading you with their lies.
The ugly truth about DFY funnels
I could tease you and withhold the ugly truth about DFY (done for you) funnels until the end of this article but there are enough naive people that won’t believe me anyhow so I’ll tell you right now and save some of you the time required to read to the bottom.
DFY Funnels don’t work.
(For the rest of you, keep reading because the solution to the problem is detailed below)
This simple truth is flying in the face of so many Facebook “experts” that claim your business is lacking one thing and one thing only… the “super funnel” that only they can create for you.
Frank Kern was amongst the first, and best, to promote the myth that he can build a funnel for you that will magically transform your business by routing prospects through a labyrinth of steps to convert them into paying customers that beg to buy your product and every up sell you push onto their screen.
He was so good at these funnels that he promoted his book where he taught others how to become “experts” so they could live a lavish lifestyle creating funnels for others and earn huge paychecks for their expertise.
Thankfully for everyone that wants a DFY funnel, you now have unlimited options and suppliers to choose from… if only they actually worked – but they don’t.
That’s not to say all hope is lost.
You can still get help building a funnel but you need to understand the difference between a DFY funnel and a DWY funnel.
DFY (done for you) = Cookie cutter funnel based upon someone else’s idea of how your business operates and what your customer base wants.
DWY (done with you) = Sales funnel that replicates your business as it already exists and simply makes it better while automating the “drudgery” items so you don’t need to do them any longer.
Until your business is just like all the others, until your customer’s demand the exact same thing as all the others… you need to keep operating your business in the manner that has brought you to this point. Not to say you should not improve your business every day but there’s already a “secret sauce” in the success of your business that you own and others do not have.
It’s easy to believe there’s a shortcut, a silver bullet or “secret” technique that will 10X your business but the reality is that you already know far more about your business than the “experts” telling you how to “change” your business. Don’t fall into this trap.
At CloudNet360, you’ll receive expert help with DWY (done with you) funnels that acknowledge the expertise and years of experience you bring to the table. We’ll help you transform what you’re already doing today into an automated process so you can do more of what makes you successful.
If you’ve made it this far, I’m assuming you’re already tired of the hype and ready for an “adult conversation”. Call us today to discover the difference between “Facebook experts” and “real world expertise”.
Call toll free: (888) 388-1815
Gary Jezorski
PS If you’re serious about taking immediate action, then ask to speak with me directly and I’ll personally help you get started and rapid funnel implementation. Let’s get the “grind” off your plate today.
PPS I have very limited availability so please be ready to put thoughts into action before asking for my personal assistance. I move quickly and I need you to be ready to do the same.
Webinar on Leadership Training with Barbara Alexander
Cloudnet360 team is proud to organize this webinar with Barbara Alexander, who shared some invaluable insight on how controlling your personal energy can change the way you live in relationship to yourself and others in a positive way and can make you a better leader to lead your life.
Customer Review of CloudNet360 and Our Staff
Heartiest thanks to Barabara Alexander of BarbaraInc.com for sharing this nice video of her experience with CloudNet360 platform and its support staff.
One more reason for you to choose CloudNet360.com as your business automation tool.
Summary of Webinar on How to Become a Best Selling Author
Gary Jezorski, the man behind CloudNet360 got together with Marty Dickinson and presented a live webinar on Jan 10th to teach people how to quickly and easily become a Amazon bestselling author. It was first in the series, the rest will follow soon.
The discussion was targeted at people who are coaches or consultants and it focused on how they can increase their business by writing a book on their area of expertise and sell it on Amazon.
The main points discussed in the webinar were:
1. One needs to have an original concept or, a method of their own on which they might want to enlighten people. One shouldn’t copy an idea to turn it into a profit making book.
2. One needs to choose a particular topic to write the first book
3. Instead of writing a long 500-page book which many people won’t bother reading, make it concise, more like 80-100 pages.
4. Break down the topic into five core chapters
5. Use a ghost writer with good grammar skills who is skilled at interviewing to uncover the essential information – ProduceMyBook.com is a good resource
6. Research a title that people will be hooked on and promises an attractive benefit
7. There is a methodology of writing the book that gets people to read far enough through the book in order to get paid for the book on Amazon.
8. Always register a domain name for your book and use it in your promotions.
These were the main points that were discussed; now this being an extensive topic they are going to break it down into several webinars, the next webinar will cover the topic of launching the actual book after it gets written.
So, if you have an idea for a book then make sure you attend the next webinar which will take place onWednesday January 17 at 10:00 AM Central Time (Chicago).
Watch for the announcement and join link coming soon.
With CloudNet360, Become a Best Selling Author
Almost every business owner, coach and speaker has thought of writing a non-fiction book.
But, few actually finish the process. Why?
Because most people either hate writing, have no time for writing, are not good at writing, or just do not believe writing will be worth their time or money.
One of our long-time CloudNet360 users has figured out a way every one of your coaching clients could have a book with their name as the author…in as little as six weeks. And the author doesn’t have to type a word of the manuscript.
Imagine how much easier it would be to help your client to:
>Attract more leads and sales to their businesses
>Get more speaking gigs
>Increase their industry stature
…if they just got their book done.
The guy’s name is Marty Dickinson. Gary with CloudNet360 and Marty have led several webinars together for CloudNet360 users.
If you have coaching clients still needing to get their book done, checkout Marty’s blog post for some ways to make it happen.