You know what makes absolutely no sense?

Deciding you're going to train for a marathon by completing a series of 100 meter sprints.

Or deciding you're going to train to be a sprinting champion by running a long, slow 10 miles a day.

I hope you're laughing at these examples because it's painfully obvious how misaligned they are: you’re training one way and then planning to perform in a completely different way.

But that leads me to an uncomfortable question: Since this misalignment is perfectly obvious to you when it comes to running, why are you choosing to do this exact thing in your marketing?

Most of you - without having even realized it - have chosen a marketing plan that is not at all aligned with your ideal clients or your business model.

You're doing the marketing equivalent of training for a marathon by running a series of sprints. 

And I'm guessing it's working about as well. Meaning, not at all.

Welcome to the concept of Traffic and Relationship Marketing Funnels.

Understanding the difference - and which one is aligned with your business - can change everything.

Here’s what I mean by Traffic and Relationship Marketing Funnels:

Traffic Marketing means your business is a volume business: you move a lot of leads through a sales process that leads to a (relatively) low cost product and your conversion rate (the number of leads who buy your thing) is pretty low.

That’s a traffic funnel: High volume, low cost.

Think: Amazon, software, e-commerce, books.

Relationship Marketing means your business is the opposite of a volume business: you move very few leads (in this case, quality over quantity) through a sales process that leads to a high ticket offer and your conversion rate is through the roof.

That’s a relationship funnel: Low volume, high cost.

Think: Coaching, Service Providers, Consulting, Agencies, even Course Creators

And now you see the problem.

Small business owners (especially those who market over the internet) are almost always taught traffic tactics: opt-ins, email, launches.

They're almost never taught relationship tactics, or if they are, they're taught to move past them as quickly as possible because they are "inefficient".

Which leaves you feeling confused, frustrated and even mad that your endless traffic-based content creation seems to be going nowhere. 

You're busy all day, you're producing endless content - so why aren't enough people buying?

 They're not buying because they're not traffic buyers, they're relationship buyers. And until you meet them in a relationship funnel, you're going to stay frustrated. 

I'm guessing some of these scenarios might feel uncomfortably familiar?

✅ You're trying to amass a ton of followers on social media and then sell them an expensive product

✅ You're launching a podcast, writing a book, building out a tripwire funnel and then wondering why no one is upgrading to your 10k package.

✅ You're creating (yet another) pdf opt-in gift and wondering why it doesn't seem to be enough for someone to know, like and trust (and buy from) you.

✅ You're doing everything in your power to stay “efficient” but efficient looks a whole lot like not making any money (which by the way is not at all efficient).

If this is you: Stop. Just stop with the content and traffic madness and let's build you a relationship funnel that'll actually convert.

Build Your Relationship Funnel is designed to:

1️⃣ Help you understand the difference between Relationship and Traffic marketing and sales, and why Relationship marketing is a strategy that can help you grow (it's not just something you do when you're first getting started). 

2️⃣ Orient you to the 3 stages or marketing - Awareness, Engagement, Sales - and how they work together in a Relationship funnel.

3️⃣ Help you design your very own Relationship-based Awareness, Engagement and Sales strategies. 

Hi I'm Michelle.

I design tiny companies that  last.

I have an MBA from one of the world’s top business schools and 15+ years experience growing small businesses, which means I know how to focus on what actually matters. 

And knowing what actually matters is how I help my clients achieve results that are sustainable and scalable in the long term while also staying resilient and adaptable in the short term. 

 In other words: More progress, less shiny object chasing.

It’s the way I grew my first business in the social impact tech sector, and it’s what I've used to help 300+ CEO's create businesses that work for the important stuff: profit, energy, passion + time. 

Build Your Relationship Funnel Will Cover: 

Session 1: Relationship Marketing Fundamentals

Before we dive into building your relationship funnel, we'll spend the first session deep diving into the fundamentals of relationship marketing:

-> What it is - and what it isn't

-> How you can still scale while using relationship marketing

-> What makes it different from the marketing you're probably used to

-> Why it's a great idea for most creatives, service providers, coaches + consultants, agency owners and even course creators

Session 2 & 3: Design Your Awareness Strategy

Awareness - the moment in time when your leads come to know you exist - is the first stage of any marketing funnel, and it's a critical one in any relationship marketing funnel.

We'll go over the basics of how the awareness stage works, look at examples and best practices, and then you'll design an awareness strategy that makes sense for your business.

Session 4: Design Your Engagement Strategy

Engagement - the stage where your leads grow to like and trust you - is the second stage of your relationship marketing funnel.

And it's so so so much more than simply sending out a newsletter.

During this session we'll dive into Engagement strategies that work for relationship funnels, and specifically how to think about engagement strategies that can straddle the line of scale and relationship-building at once. 

You'll then take the examples and best practices we've talked about to design an engagement strategy that makes sense for your business.

Session 5 & 6: Design Your Sales Strategy & Stress Test Your Funnel

This is the big one! Every marketing funnel needs to end in an invitation for a sale - and that's true of relationship marketing funnels as well. 

We'll talk about how to take the relationship you've built and transition it into a conversation and invitation to work together further.

No flashing deadlines and false scarcity here - but there will be sales, and during this session you'll take our examples and best practices and use them to design a sales strategy that works for your business.

And You're Off!

You're ready to go! By the end of the four Build Your Relationship Funnel sessions you will know exactly what you need to do, and in what order, to get your funnel implemented.

And in case you have a few extra questions, I'll hold a pop in office hours one week after Build Your Relationship Funnel wraps so you can get any implementation questions answered.

Here's Exactly What's Included

New Expanded! Three Days of Intensive Bootcamp Content

Build Your Relationship Funnel takes place over 3 days.

We will have 2, 90 minute sessions each day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon (central US time). Each session will be followed by 30 minutes of optional office hours.

All session will take place over Zoom and will be recorded for your future reference. 

Relationship Funnel Blueprint

After your last session you will leave with a Relationship Funnel blueprint, which is the custom relationship funnel you will build over the course of the workshop to meet your specific goals.

The Blueprint will make clear what your strategies are for each stage of your relationship funnel - Awareness, Engagement and Sales - and the specific action steps you will take - in priority order - to make those a reality. 

Build Your Relationship Funnel Workbook

During the Bootcamp you'll have a workbook to guide you through our discussions, use as a central place to take notes and begin the brainstorming process for your Blueprint. 

The workbook won't be where your final plans land - those will be captured in the Blueprint - but if you're a person who likes to follow along with a workbook, I have you covered.

All Questions Answered 

I'm with you hand in hand as we work through the Bootcamp and will be answering all questions in 1 of 3 ways:

1. There will always be time during the sessions for q&a

2. I will hold 30 minute q&a sessions after each of the 4 bootcamp sessions, so if you have an immediate question, I'll have an answer.

3. One week after we wrap up I'll hold a bonus, 60 minute q&a to cover any questions that come up as you begin to implement.

No one is left behind in my bootcamps.

Workshop Portal for Lifetime Access to Content

When you join the Bootcamp you'll receive access to the Bootcamp portal where all the Bootcamp materials and recordings will reside. You will have access to this portal for 1 full year, and in that time you'll be able to download anything from the portal to your local drive, so you have lifetime access to all the material.

BONUS: Implementation Office Hours

($1000 value)

I'm not going to leave you hanging after the Bootcamp with no support. One week after we wrap up I'm holding a 60 minute drop in office hours on Zoom so you can ask any questions that have come up as you move into implementation mode. 

Can't make it? No problem, you'll be able to submit your questions ahead of time and I'll address them in the recording.

BONUS: Resource Library Access 

You'll have access to a curated resource library full of email templates, campaign templates and planning documents that will walk you through how to implement the different action steps you'll identify in your Build Your Relationship Funnel.