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TODAY AT 12pm ET: How To Ask For The Sale Without Feeling Cringy. A Do Not Miss!!

✨The Gorgeous Effect - Restarting from Zero in 2026✨

Julie and Cathy are playing the "start from zero" game in this episode. You know, that thought experiment where you pretend you have no money, no email list, no followers, and have to rebuild everything in 2026.

What's interesting is they push back hard on the whole "start small, test everything" advice that gets thrown around constantly. Sometimes you actually need to go bigger faster if you want to pay your rent. They walk through what they'd actually do to get revenue coming in quickly, which involves some choices that might surprise you.

The conversation covers the usual stuff (finding your niche, building an audience) but in a way that's more honest about the tradeoffs. Like when does it make sense to chase audience growth versus just selling something right away? How do you figure out what people will actually pay for versus what sounds good in theory?

Worth listening to whether you're starting out or you've been doing this for years and wondering if you're doing it wrong. They're not selling a course or anything, just talking through how they'd approach it if they had to do it all over again.

📊 Metrics Muse Reminder - Ad Reviewer Skill 📊

Don't forget to download your monthly Metrics Muse drop! Most of us write ads hoping they'll attract the right people. But what if your copy is quietly pulling in the wrong audience instead?

This month's drop gives you a simple way to find out. Instead of guessing why an ad is or isn't converting, you'll see exactly who's responding to your message, how well they match your ideal buyer, and what to adjust before your next campaign.

This month's drop includes:

• Ad Reviewer Skill: A Claude skill that analyzes your ad, identifies who's most likely to respond, and rewrites your messaging for a better-fit buyer.
• Ad Library: A place to log, score, and review your ads so you can spot patterns and build on what's working.

​Check out Metrics Muse today!​

💪FG Funnels Weekly Announcements 💪

• Here are your FG Funnels updates through July 23rd:
• Courses - Course Progress Analytics has been completely rebuilt and is faster, more reliable, and far more useful for understanding how learners engage with your content.
• E Commerce - The placeholder images across E-Commerce Store pages and elements in the Page Builder have been updated to cleaner, illustration-based visuals. The new placeholders reduce confusion caused by realistic product images and create a more consistent editing experience.
• All of this and more! Check out all the updates here!​

🌟This Week's Calls🌟

• FG Society Calls -
  • MCP FG Funnels & Claude Training with Amber Wednesday, August 5th at 1 pm ET ​
  • Interested in FG Society? Check it out HERE​
• Tech Calls for FG Funnel Users - Call info HERE​
  • Monday, August 3rd - Tech Call with Nuno 9 am ET
  • Tuesday, August 4th - Tech Call with Nuno GS 11 am ET
  • Wednesday, August 5th- Tech Call with Amber 10 am ET
  • Wednesday, August 5th- New User Call with Team Gorgeous 11 am ET
  • Thursday, August 6th - Design Date with Amber 12 pm ET
  • Friday, August 7th - Tech Call with Nuno 7 am ET
  • Interested in FG Funnels? Check out everything FG Funnels can do for your business!​

xx

Julie + Cathy

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