What You Need to Know About a Sales Funnel Template [That You Wish You Knew Last Year]

One of the quickest ways to turn your blog or business into an automatic sales machine is by using a sales funnel template. If you never heard of sales funnel templates before don't worry I'll explain later. You already know that reducing your workweek to 20 hours means your business needs to have some automation built-in to save you time. However, you are not sure exactly how to go about getting this done without having to learn technical stuff. Another caveat is that you may not want to outsource this task but the cost may be prohibitive. Picture this... Your business has a few sales funnels set up so that it generates a decent income on autopilot every day. This means that you no longer have to worry about stepping away from your business to do the stuff that you love. Creating and editing a sales funnel from scratch can be a source of overwhelm and frustration. In this post, you will learn the quickest way to get your hands on a sales funnel template that will free you up to get back to your zone of genius. You will also see the best way to implement a high converting sales funnel template so that you can put your business income on autopilot. What is a Sales Funnel Template? Are you new to sales funnels? Ever wondered why having one is important for you and your business? In a recent post, I went into a lot of detail about what is a sales funnel here. You can take a look if you don't understand the term sales funnel. If you already know what is a sales funnel then the template is just a prebuilt funnel that you can take and customise to suit your business. Here is a diagram showing you a self-liquidating offer funnel. As you can see there are a lot of moving parts including the page, the copy or text on the page and the images for each item on the page. There is also the connections between each element of the funnel, payment processing and even the Ads campaigns on Facebook. How long do you think it will take you to create one of these funnels? Because I have experience it can take me a few hours or up to a day to create one depending on what is required. Key Elements of a Sales Funnel Template Before looking at a few sales funnel template examples it would make sense to understand what are the essential items needed for a successful funnel. In case you missed it I spent a lot of time going through sales funnel stages here. If you are more interested in webinar funnels, the automated webinar funnel resource will be useful for you. I am assuming you are more or less familiar with sales funnels but here is a reminder of essential items for every funnel. * A landing page* An irresistible offer* A signup form* An autoresponder* 1-4 follow up email sequences* An awesome delivery platform for the offer or lead magnet* A lead magnet* The product or service being delivered* A thank you page* The checkout cart* A payment processing engine You may notice that I haven't included the traffic element because that is not something that comes with a sales funnel temp...