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Copy This Marketing Strategy It'll Blow Up Your Business

By Adam Erhart

Summary

Topics Covered

  • Less Marketing Grows Businesses Faster
  • Sharpen One Axe Beats Five Dull Swings
  • Define One Clear Offer First
  • Speak Your Client's Exact Words
  • One Big Idea Repeated Builds Trust

Full Transcript

Will doing less marketing actually grow your business faster? I believe the answer is yes. And I've been testing it.

Only working a few hours a week for the past month and watching it outperform my old more time-consuming approach. That's

why in this video I'll show you the new marketing strategy that gets more clients, more trust, and more sales by doing less. Less content, less

doing less. Less content, less overwhelm, and less random acts of marketing. So, let's dive in.

marketing. So, let's dive in.

You ever seen someone flailing around in a swimming pool just splashing like absolute crazy but going nowhere? That's

what most businesses look like with their marketing. They're everywhere.

their marketing. They're everywhere.

Instagram, Tik Tok, Facebook, Twitter, sorry, X. Podcasts, email newsletters,

sorry, X. Podcasts, email newsletters, cold DMs, SEO blogs, funnels, webinars.

It's like watching someone trying to win a triathlon by swimming and biking and running all at the same time. I mean,

seriously impressive hustle, but terrible strategy. And sadly, most of

terrible strategy. And sadly, most of the advice out there just makes things worse. One expert says, "Post three

worse. One expert says, "Post three times a day on TikTok." Another says, "All you need is a marketing funnel."

And the next guru tells you to run ads until it works. So, you try it all.

Daily posting, being on every platform, having 17 funnels, a new ad every week.

But here's what happens. Instead of

building momentum, you end up burning out. Your content becomes super

out. Your content becomes super scattered. Your message gets really

scattered. Your message gets really muddy, and your audience leaves confused. and confused customers don't

confused. and confused customers don't buy. In other words, this isn't a

buy. In other words, this isn't a marketing strategy. It's marketing

marketing strategy. It's marketing roulette. You're using disconnected

roulette. You're using disconnected tactics that don't really build on each other. So, even when something does work

other. So, even when something does work magically, mysteriously, and completely by fluke, doesn't move your business forward. And the worst part of all of

forward. And the worst part of all of that is that you can't scale chaos. You

can't trust it. And over time, this is going to kill your motivation and completely destroy your ROI. So, before

we move on, I want to ask you one simple but kind of brutal question. Is your

marketing intentional or reactional?

Here's how to spot it. If you're

switching strategies every month, it's reactional. If you're constantly feeling

reactional. If you're constantly feeling like you're behind, it's reactional. And

if your marketing calendar is just a content checklist, not a strategy, it's reactional. Now, we're going to fix that

reactional. Now, we're going to fix that with a simpler, smarter system. But

first, we need to ditch the noise because doing more won't save you. It's

just going to drown you.

So, let's flip the script because the most successful businesses aren't doing more. They're doing less, but doing it

more. They're doing less, but doing it on purpose. And to explain how this

on purpose. And to explain how this works, let me show you something.

Imagine for a second two people trying to chop down a tree. One of them grabs five dull axes and takes a swing with each, jumping between tools and switching angles and adjusting their

grip every 5 seconds. The other spends time sharpening one axe and then hits the same spot again and again. Well,

it's no secret that the one axe guy is going to bring down that tree in a fraction of the time. That, my friend, is what strategic marketing looks like.

It's less noise, more precision. You're

not everywhere. You're exactly where you need to be with exactly the right message. And this is why the best

message. And this is why the best marketing feels calm and intentional and repeatable. Because instead of chasing

repeatable. Because instead of chasing trends or flooding every feed, you double down on the right message for the right audience on the right platform with one clear next step that they can take. In this new world of marketing,

take. In this new world of marketing, it's not about volume anymore. It's

about alignment. So ask yourself this.

If someone discovered me for the first time today, would they instantly know what I do, who I help, and how to take the next step? If not, your marketing needs sharpening, which kind of rhymes.

This is where strategy comes in, where every piece of content has a job, and you're not making decisions based on stress or FOMO. Because when your message is clear, your systems are simple, and the steps to work with you,

and your business are completely obvious, your audience stops scrolling, and they start trusting. And that trust turns into sales. So, in this next section, I'm going to walk you through the five-step system that makes this

actually relatively simple to pull off.

But remember, simplicity isn't about doing less for the sake of doing less.

It's about doing the right things so your business moves faster with far less effort.

So, you now know the power of focus in your marketing, but the next question then is, how do you actually do this?

Well, this five-step system is like a marketing GPS. It tells you exactly

marketing GPS. It tells you exactly where to go, what to build, and how to avoid the rabbit holes that waste your time. So, let's break it down. Starting

time. So, let's break it down. Starting

with step one, define one clear offer.

Your business's offer should feel like a guide book to a specific destination, not a travel magazine with 30 random different places to visit. Just one map for one journey that solves one problem.

How do I get there? Now, most people struggle here because they try to sell everything to everyone. But doing that forces you to water down your message and gloss over the most important and valuable differentiators of your

business. And it risks confusing and

business. And it risks confusing and completely overwhelming your prospects with a list of features that they may or may not care about at all. This is why clarity here simplifies pretty much everything else. So ask yourself, what's

everything else. So ask yourself, what's the one transformation or result that my product or service delivers better than anyone else? When that's clear, and I

anyone else? When that's clear, and I mean really clear, well, the rest kind of falls into place, but let's keep going. Step two, get clear on who it's

going. Step two, get clear on who it's for. All right, let me be blunt. Vague

for. All right, let me be blunt. Vague

messaging does not work. Just like how you need to define one clear offer so you can laser in on the ideal outcome or result that your business delivers, well, the same goes for your overall content and messaging. In other words,

if your content could apply equally well to a dentist, a dog trainer, and a drop shipper, it's not going to work. The

secret copyrightiting hack here is that the more specific you are about your ideal client, the more your message cuts through the noise. Think of your content like a magnet. It's strong and attractive for the right people, but

invisible or repelling pretty much all of the bad fits that you don't want to work with anyway. Here are three questions you want to answer right now.

Seriously, pause the video if you have to. Write them down unless you're

to. Write them down unless you're driving, but do your best to answer them. Number one, what does my ideal

them. Number one, what does my ideal client want right now? Number two, what language do they use to describe their problem? And number three, what

problem? And number three, what objections are stopping them from taking action? The clearer you get, the easier

action? The clearer you get, the easier marketing becomes. But let me give you a

marketing becomes. But let me give you a real life example here to uh to make this real. Let's say you're a health

this real. Let's say you're a health coach who helps busy moms lose weight.

Well, after a few quick conversations with your ideal clients, here's what you've determined are the answers to those questions. For question one, what

those questions. For question one, what does my ideal client want right now?

Well, they want to lose 10 to 20 lbs.

They want to feel more confident in their clothes, and they want to have more energy without extreme diets and without long workouts. Question number

two, what language do they use to describe their current problem? Well,

they probably say things like, "I'm too tired to work out. Uh, I don't have time to meal prep. I've tried everything and nothing works and I just want to feel like me again. And then question number

three, what objections are stopping them from taking action? These are going to be things like, I don't have time with the kids in work, or healthy eating is too expensive, or I failed at this

before, what makes this different, or I can't stick to a routine. So, armed with that information, you can now go to work creating content and messaging and marketing materials that address all of those in a single go. But let me show

you what I mean. For example, you could say, "Are you busy, tired, tried it all?

I help moms lose 10 to 20 pounds with quick workouts, simple meals, and zero crash diets, so you can finally feel like you again without flipping your whole life upside down." Or how about, "You don't need hours at the gym or a

fridge full of kale. I help busy moms lose weight with realistic routines that fit your life, your schedule, and your sanity." Or how about something like,

sanity." Or how about something like, "No time, no problem. I help moms drop the weight and boost their energy with easy, doable changes that actually work, even if nothing else has. You see,

marketing is often made to seem way more complicated than it actually is. The

secret truth here that nobody wants you to know is that most of the time we're just repeating what our ideal customers are already thinking, sometimes word for word. That's it. That's that's the game.

word. That's it. That's that's the game.

Okay, moving on to step three. Build one

conversion path. First things first here, let's destroy this myth once and for all that you need a 27step funnel and 148 email nurture sequence and 13 upsells in order to make a profit. Cuz

you don't. What you need is a clear, simple path that takes someone from curious to customer. Think of it like this. Here's something valuable. Want

this. Here's something valuable. Want

more? Great. Here's the next step. Yep,

that's it. A simple conversion path might look like a valuable YouTube video that ends with a call to action. Click

the link in the descriptions below for more info. It could be an Instagram post

more info. It could be an Instagram post that links to a lead magnet. Grab the

free guide in my bio. It could be a single landing page with one offer and one button. Book your call now. Or

one button. Book your call now. Or

almost anything else as long as it's clean, clear, and compelling. When you

do it this way, there's no distractions.

There's no decision fatigue. There's

just one clear road with one clear destination. Because here's the truth.

destination. Because here's the truth.

If your audience has to guess what to do next, they're not going to do anything at all. So, your job is to make it

at all. So, your job is to make it painfully obvious what that next step is and then make it easy for them to take.

Okay, let's keep this ball rolling because this next one's important. Step

four, pick one primary channel. Trying

to be on every platform out there is like trying to be in five rooms all at the same time. The result being you end up being present nowhere. So, you want to pick one channel and then go deep.

Now, I appreciate that there is a barrier to entry with having to be on camera and make videos. But if you truly want the biggest possible return for your marketing time and money, then YouTube is hard to beat, possibly even

impossible to beat, at least right now.

That said, Instagram is still a decent second option and still good for short form content and fast testing of new ideas. Facebook is basically the perfect

ideas. Facebook is basically the perfect platform for local businesses, and email is the one tool that ties all of this together. It's so powerful and so

together. It's so powerful and so insanely profitable that not using it is basically admitting that you don't like money. Now, you can feel free to add

money. Now, you can feel free to add more channels later, but do not spread yourself too thin, especially before you've really gotten going and before you've nailed one and got it to the point where it's producing consistent

leads and customers and sales. Okay,

let's move on to the final piece of this system. Step five, systemize and

system. Step five, systemize and automate. All right, real talk here for

automate. All right, real talk here for a second. If your marketing relies on

a second. If your marketing relies on you waking up motivated every single day, it's broken. The goal isn't to hustle forever. It's to build a system

hustle forever. It's to build a system that works even when you're offline.

That means repurposing content instead of always reinventing. It means using AI or templates to speed up creation. It

means automating your follow-ups. My

entire marketing automation system runs on one simple tool that I use every day to automate and grow my business. I'll

make sure to link it up so you can grab an extended free trial, plus a free marketing course that walks you through the setup and shows you how to start getting results fast. The point here, though, is that the next time you sit down to do some marketing, stop. Look at

these five steps and ask, "Where am I over complicating things?" If even one of these things is out of whack, it creates operational drag. You fix it though and the momentum comes back. And

if all else fails, then you can remember this catchy little money-making saying, "Simplicity scales, complexity fails."

It's a bit of a bit of a tongue twister there.

Most businesses think they have a marketing problem, but what they really have is a clarity problem. Because when

you try to do everything and you try to serve all the people and be in all the places, you end up saying nothing. So if

you're posting for the algorithm, stop.

The algorithm doesn't buy from you.

People do. If you're chasing virality, stop. One viral post won't fix your

stop. One viral post won't fix your funnel. In fact, might even make things

funnel. In fact, might even make things worse by attracting the wrong people.

And if you're spending time perfecting every post, every email, every blog, stop. Clear beats clever. 80% done and

stop. Clear beats clever. 80% done and published is always going to beat a masterpiece that never sees the light of day. Now, here's the twist. The really

day. Now, here's the twist. The really

good part, when you stop doing all of the random stuff, you start looking like a brand that people actually trust. Not

because you're everywhere, but because you're consistent. You're coming out

you're consistent. You're coming out there with the same message, same tone, same mission over and over until your audience knows what you stand for without you even having to say it. So,

let me ask you something else. If I

scrolled through your last 10 posts, would I know what your business is all about instantly? Cuz if not, you've got

about instantly? Cuz if not, you've got a clarity leak. Because real marketing power doesn't come from complexity. It

comes from consistency. In fact, there's even a name for the benefits that come from showing up consistently in front of your customers called the mere exposure effect, which says that the more we see something, the more we like it. And the

more we like it, the more we trust it.

So, no, you don't need 12 new ideas a week. You just need one big idea said a

week. You just need one big idea said a 100 different ways. That's what gets remembered. That's what builds trust.

remembered. That's what builds trust.

And that's what leads to more sales.

Your customers, your clients, your audience, they don't need more. They

probably don't even want more. What they

want is repetition, simplicity, and confidence and the belief in what you're saying. And the moment that you start

saying. And the moment that you start saying the same thing with the same clarity again and again, well, people stop scrolling. They start nodding along

stop scrolling. They start nodding along and they start buying. Because marketing

less doesn't just save you time, it also forces you to get way more clear. And

when you strip away the noise, well, here's what you're left with. A message

that resonates, a product or service that people actually want, and a clear path for your customers to take in order to buy. And when all that's dialed in,

to buy. And when all that's dialed in, you don't need to be on six platforms. You don't need to dance for attention, and you definitely don't need to polish every post like you're submitting it to a museum. You just focus on what

a museum. You just focus on what actually moves the needle, which is building trust, delivering value, making sales. Once I stopped doing all the

sales. Once I stopped doing all the marketing things and focused on less but better, everything changed. More leads,

more sales, less stress, and I want the same for you. So, if you want my full system to simplify your marketing and grow without burning out, check the link in the descriptions below. You'll get

free access to the core training, templates, and the exact software I use to run it all, plus a 30-day free trial to test it yourself. And when you're ready to apply it all, well, you can watch the next video right here. It's

going to show you exactly how to turn this strategy into real results fast. So

feel free to tap or click that now and I'll see you in there in just a

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