How To Create A Powerful Business Funnel with Ayesha Ahmad

How To Create A Powerful Business Funnel with Ayesha Ahmad

In this week’s blog, we will be talking all about funnels and how to create a powerful funnel for you business! I have a special guest, Ayesha Ahmad is joining me in this post! Ayesha is a Kartra sales funnel expert who helps 1:1 coaches earn passive income with high converting sales funnels.

The concept behind funnels can seem daunting to some, so stick around, because we will be breaking this down and diving into how you can better understand business funnels!

But before we dive on in, let me introduce myself. My name is Megan Yelaney, and I have built two six-figure businesses and one multi-six-figure business by fully embracing my authentic self and not trying to hide the quirks that make me, ME.

So if you’re a female entrepreneur looking to learn, grow your business strategies and mindset, and scale your biz to multiple six figures while having fun doing it…you’re in the right place, girl! Because I made this blog exactly for YOU!

Keep reading to learn more about how you can create a powerful business funnel and hear all of Ayesha’s top tips!

“A funnel is perfect for this because you can pick out a freebie or something that can serve value to your audience that still aligns with the bigger picture.”

Ayesha’s story and how she started her business.

Ayesha says it all started with a Facebook Ad.

She was scrolling through Facebook and entered a funnel, where she went in and put her email address to download some sort of freebie. Once that freebie was downloaded, she was then presented with all these offers.

The freebie was blog-related, she was so interested in the fact that there were people out there educating others about blogging.

So Ayesha entered into the blogging space, started looking more into the online space, and admits it was overwhelming at first.

There was creating the blog post, promoting, creating an online course, offering high ticket coaching, and learning SEO. Ayesha didn’t know any of this at the time so started to learn a little bit of everything.

She then decided to start up as a Virtual Assistant as she learned these tools. Little did she know, her clients would start highly requesting help with email marketing.

When Ayesha helped with email marketing, it involved a funnel. She started to help people set up their funnels and email marketing, through this she learned there were so many different platforms. She then decided to niche down into being a sales funnel expert.

Intrigued by the strategies for the entire technique of funnels and how it could make you money Ayesha dove right in.

Eventually, Ayesha found Kartra, an all-in-one marketing tool. She describes this as a game-changer for her business. She was on so many different platforms and half her hours clocked would be spent finding API keys from one platform to plug into another.

Kajabi and Karta have been essential for Ayesha’s business. Now Ayesha makes sales funnels within Kartra and loves to find the best ways to convert regardless of what niche the client is in.

Ayesha breaks down exactly what a funnel is and why it is useful.

Ayesha believes it’s very important that you understand what a funnel is before you start creating one. She started out thinking a funnel was where you throw up a lead magnet, get people into some sort of email list, and then send out emails from there.

What she didn’t realize is that a funnel is a customer journey.

You are taking someone through an entire journey, and initially, they may not even be aware of who you are, especially if you’re in front of a cold audience. Someone may sign up and consume your content but you don’t have the next steps for them, there is no journey.

A funnel is about filling the gaps and ensuring you’re able to give the most value. A funnel is like serving, you are serving them a platter of multiple options.

When you have a journey and strategy behind your funnel, the leads will stick around and want more from what you have to offer.

The goal of the funnel has to be determined first before you create it, you can start with growing an email list but it has to be aligned with your ultimate brand or business goal.

For example, if you are a sales funnel expert, you can talk about email marketing, list building, or funnels. However, Ayesha wouldn’t recommend that you talk about un-related topics such as Instagram content. A funnel helps you refine your message down and lead someone to a point where they are ready to work 1:1 with you.

How you can utilize powerful business funnels with one signature framework.

A funnel is perfect to get your audience ready for your signature offer. You can develop a freebie or something that can serve value to your audience that aligns with the bigger picture.

Even if they aren’t ready for the bigger picture yet.

For example, if you are teaching people how to build a sales funnel to sell an online course, someone may need something more about how to create a framework within their coaching business to scale. They will eventually be ready for more, but if you don’t have a funnel set in place initially, they can’t get access to more.

This could start with a free challenge, paid workshop, something quick. Focus on something small and that offers a quick win.

Our attention span is about 3-5 seconds and funnels are all about going from one page to another page.

Your offer has to be very specific and offer a very specific problem you’re solving that is still in alignment with the overall framework. Having a framework is key, it’s almost like reverse engineering. If you want to serve this ideal client, but they’re not fully there yet, think about how you can lead them to get there.

This is about educating the person, getting them to love you, and getting them to know what your entire framework is about. Offer value in small pieces!

Easy ways you can start driving traffic to your funnel without running ads or constantly talking about it.

Ayesha shares top ways you can start implementing advertisements for your funnel without paying for ads or feeling like you’re constantly talking about the funnel.

1. Utilize your Instagram bio – you can link to your funnel right there and make sure you add a catchy call to action, for example, “Get the free x, y, z now. Click below.”
2. Create an Instagram post promoting the funnel – even if you don’t add a call to action within the post itself, try to tie the content into your funnel so that people are encouraged to check out your profile and click your link.
3. Use your Instagram highlights – highlights appear right at the top of your Instagram profile and it’s a form of constant advertisement without you having to pay.
4. Tag relevant, bigger accounts – For example, if Ayesha is recording a podcast episode with me and posts about it to her IG story, she would tag me and I can repost it to showcase my audience. Getting as many click backs as you can to your profile is important.
5. Be active & provide free value in Facebook Groups – by being active and offering free value, people will want to learn more about how to work with you and your services
6. Use the search feature within groups – Sometimes you can also go into Facebook Groups and search for a word relevant to your lead magnet, people may be asking about it and you can help answer.
7. Run Facebook Ads – you can grow your audience through Facebook ads when you are ready to invest financially into your funnel growth goals. They can be affordable when you are ready!

The bottom line with Instagram & Facebook is that the more you engage and post, the more people will consume your content and see the funnel you are offering. However, for them to see it, it needs to be there! Start with optimization and then implement the other simple strategies to drive traffic to your funnel!

How To Create A Powerful Business Funnel with Ayesha Ahmad: Main Takeaways

This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to creating powerful business funnels but I hope this episode gave you a great overview of what funnels are and how they can tremendously help your business! If you have any questions about funnels, Ayesha shares that her Instagram DMs are always open to help you out in any way she can.

And as always, stay safe, stay healthy, and stay #PrettyAwkward!

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