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Launch: An Internet Millionaire’s Secret Formula To Sell Almost Anything Online, Build A Business You Love, And Live The Life Of Your Dreams

  The start of everything is critically important . . . and every truly successful product or business starts with a successful launch. Unfortunately, most entrepreneurs put all their focus into “”getting the doors open””, without giving much thought to creating a great launch. However, since 1996 Jeff Walker has been obsessed with creating hugely successful launches in our increasingly digital world. During those years, Jeff has created an unbroken string of amazing successes for himself and his clients. Operating tiny businesses in an almost underground society—they’ve collectively done over $400 million in sales. The Launch is the “”how to”” manual for using Jeff’s formula to follow their path of success—to create a product or business launch that gives you nearly-instant momentum, sales, and positioning.

The book we’re reviewing today is an EXTREMELY must have & must read for every starter or even experienced online entrepreneur. But first, let’s see who is Jeff Walker.

Biography

Jeff Walker has literally transformed the way stuff is sold online. Along the way he’s become one of the top entrepreneurial and marketing trainers in the world. But it didn’t start out that way…

When Jeff started his first online business, he was a stay-at-home dad taking care of two small children. The “business” was launched from the baby’s changing room – and it started with a free email newsletter sent to 19 people. That was in the Internet Dark Ages of 1996.

After that humble start, Jeff quickly developed an underground process for launching new products and businesses with unprecedented success.

But the success-train was just getting started – once he started teaching his formula to other entrepreneurs, the results were simply breathtaking. Tiny, home-based businesses started doing launches that sold tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and even millions of dollars in sales with their launches.

Back in the old days before he started teaching his “Product Launch Formula”, almost no one in the online entrepreneurial world talked about “product launches” and the idea of a “million dollar day” seemed almost ludicrous. But now, in the post-Product Launch Formula world, the million dollar (and multi- million dollar) launches hardly raise an eyebrow. They’ve almost become routine.

Of course, Jeff’s techniques are not just for big gurus — he’s taught thousands of students (who operate in hundreds of niches), and they’ve generated more than $500 million in sales (and that number grows every day.)

Jeff lives in Durango, Colorado where he pursues his passions for all kinds of outdoor fun. He lives with his wife Mary and their dog Jenny. And even though the children are out of the house, Jeff still has lots of adventures with them (especially on skis and mountain bikes).

“Launch” is an extremely helpful yet pretty enjoyable read targeted at small-business homeowners or even starting-out internet marketers.

In this book, Jeff Walker really does his best to explain why and how marketers need to start their internet business with speed, developing a conversation in their niche market and collecting feedback and even pre-sales just before product is even created.

This book also describes the “old school” technique of starting a business incrementally, coming out with a product after 36 months working secretly in a downstairs room, hoping and expecting it to be sold, and explains the reason why this method has been unsuccessful time and time again.

 What makes this book good:

First of all, the writer appears to really know what he is referring to. It seems that just about every successful business author or trainer has learned from Jeff Walker’s launch strategies and he uses lots of case studies from them, and also other learners which are not in the “business” niche, to back up every chapter. You will be glad to read page after page of actual step-by-step advice backed up with real-life good examples. The author also offers “swipe copy” (examples of email and sales scripts that you can use in your own product launch).

Talking about providing extra content material, this book as well recommends a lot of supplemental cost-free resources. From ranking the top software to use on your launch, to sharing case study and extra “how-to” video modules, the writer has certainly an objective of making this a complete, comprehensive training course, and not simply a book-form advertisement for his services ( because a many “Internet experts” often write their books as sales letters for their other programs. “Launch” is not really one of those and it’s refreshing)

The structure of this book moves very fluidly, the content continues to be engineered in order to generate questions progressively and then answer them. Which is also an interesting thing with the launch process, the author describes in Chapters 6 and 7: it is possible to create a conversation with your market, elicit their objections, and answer those objections elegantly, before trying to make the sale.

At the same time this is a really down-to-earth book. You will not feel that the author is talking down at you using a lot of marketing slang. Neither will this be the usual, “only numbers matter, obtain the sale at all costs” marketing book. To the contrary, the case the author makes from the first to the last page of the book, is that you can both get a ton of sales, AND contribute a lot of value even to your non-buyers. And in the meantime, get yourself a great satisfying lifestyle. While I did find the tactics and tricks of a Product Launch (Chapters 6 through 10) mind-boggling, for me personally the actual orgasm from the book was Chapter 13 – the one about the life you may build from those launches, concluding with the story of the guy which built his business to allow him to dance all over the world with his girlfriend.

Who should purchase this book :

If you are an entrepreneur, and you’re getting started and looking for a solid, easy marketing plan to get your first customers in a door fast, then this book is for you. Also for an established company, this book might be the best investment ever since you would already have a list of prospective buyers available to experiment with – and the techniques within this book would help you gather feedback and engage your buyer base before putting your next product on the market. Launch: An Internet Millionaire’s Secret Formula To Sell Almost Anything Online, Build A Business You Love, And Live The Life Of Your Dreams

  A briefing of the formula in this book:

1. Create a squeeze page to collect leads. 2. Ask people on your list to help you in a survey. This helps you know what to include in your product and also builds anticipation in a non-salesy way. 3. Thank your list for their help. This further builds anticipation. 4. Distribute a sequence of three content pieces (videos, PDFs, whatever) over a period of 7-10 days to those who have opted in. This further builds anticipation. 5. Ask for comments from readers of those content pieces on your blog. 6. Announce that your shopping cart will take orders starting on a specific date/time. 7. Let people know that door will shut after such and such a time. (This creates scarcity.) 8. Open the door as announced. Take orders. 9. Close the door as announced. 10. Later, repeat.

Important reviews for “Launch” book:

Business is a succession of launches—new products, projects, promotions, incentives, partnerships, etc. To succeed you’ll need to master the launch. To do so you’ll want to study the master of the launch—Jeff Walker. Ten thousand hours and millions of dollars later, he has figured it out. Read this book and shorten your path to profits dramatically. —Darren Hardy, Publisher and Founding Editor of SUCCESS and New York Times Bestselling Author of “The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success.”

  This is not just a book. It’s a license to print money. (Okay, maybe I’m overstating it a bit, but not by much.) I used Jeff’s Product Launch Formula to create a seven-figure-plus business I absolutely love. And unlike some successful entrepreneurs, he holds nothing back. It’s all here—a proven strategy, real- world examples, and step-by-step instructions—everything you need to create a business you’re crazy about while making an incredible living doing it. —Michael Hyatt, New York Times Bestselling Author and Founder of PlatformUniversity.com

  If I could say one word about Jeff Walker and LAUNCH, it would be: IMPACT. If you are looking for a huge positive impact on your business, your family, or in life, then LAUNCH is a must read. Don’t walk to get a copy . . . run, and let Jeff Walker help you create a great legacy for those around you. —JB Glossinger, Founder of MorningCoach.com