🐣 Adventures in Marketland [4/6] 🐣


Happy Spring! We've got a new episode of the Gorgeous Effect and more in our weekly round-up of content for our Funnel Gorgeous community!

🎉 FG Society is now open! Join for just $67/m and get over-the-shoulder training, core marketing education, and browse marketing jobs that come directly into the community.

The Gorgeous Effect - Choosing the Right Hook for Your Audience✨

In today’s episode, Julie and Cathy dive deep into the art of crafting irresistible hooks for your marketing funnels—those crucial first lines, visuals, or moments in an ad, email, or social post that snag your audience’s attention in just seconds. This week, you’ll learn the difference between positive hooks (that draw people in with inspiration and promise) and negative hooks (that tap into fears and pain points to spark action).

The conversation gets real as Julie and Cathy share their own reactions—why some negative hooks make them click, while others turn them off completely, and how different situations or personalities might call for distinct approaches. They go beyond the psychology, getting specific with examples from Julie’s sheep business, and debate where negative versus positive hooks shine, depending on whether your audience is problem-aware, just looking for inspiration, or somewhere in between.

💸 New Metrics Muse - From Invisible To Paid 💸

This month’s drop is all about diagnosing your marketing line so you can stop guessing, stop over-crediting weak efforts, and see what is actually moving people toward revenue.

The 8 Steps From Invisible to Paid Diagnostic Spreadsheet helps you audit 11 different marketing initiatives across the full customer journey, from Attention all the way to Sale. Then your Custom GPT and Google Gemini Gem step in as AI Line Diagnostic Auditors to help you interpret what your scores are really telling you.

Instead of asking, “Am I doing enough marketing?” this drop helps you ask better questions: What is actually working at ideal capacity? Where is the line broken? What should I fix first?

This month's drop includes:

  • The 8 Steps From Invisible to Paid Diagnostic Spreadsheet: Your main diagnostic tool for evaluating how your current marketing initiatives support each stage of the customer journey.
  • Custom GPT + Google Gemini Gem: Your AI Line Diagnostic Auditors that help you assess your boxes honestly, identify your primary constraint, and decide what to focus on next.

The goal of this drop is to help you see:

  • Exactly where your marketing-to-sales pipeline has gaps
  • Which of your current initiatives are actually pulling their weight (and which ones are not)
  • What to focus on FIRST so you can stop the spray and pray and start seeing real movement toward revenue

Check out Metrics Muse today!

💪FG Funnels Weekly Announcements 💪

Here are your FG Funnels updates through April 2nd:

  • Contacts - Custom Fields page got a cleaner UI with object switching, live preview, new field icons, and sortable columns
  • Forms - Brand Board colors now available directly in the builder color picker
  • Site Analytics - Enhanced funnel analytics now include time-on-page insights, session tracking, drill-downs, and persistent filters
  • All of this and more! Check out all the updates here!

🌟This Week's Calls🌟

  • FG Society Calls -
    • Wednesday, April 8th at 11am - Urgency vs. Sustainability with Nicole McDonough
  • Tech Calls for FG Funnel Users - Call info HERE
    • Monday, April 6th - Tech Call with Nuno 9 am ET
    • Tuesday, April 7th - Tech Call with Nuno 4 pm ET
    • Wednesday, April 8th- Tech Call with Nuno 10 am ET
    • Wednesday, April 8th - New User Call with Team Gorgeous 11 am ET
    • Thursday, April 9th - Design Date with Amber 12 pm ET
    • Friday, April 10th - Tech Call with Nuno 7 am ET

xx
Julie + Cathy

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