Long time lurker here, first time poster... 2 days ago, I ran a 24-hour auction in my Skool group of 400 people. There was a "pool party" theme to make the event even more fun and exciting than it might be otherwise. All in all, around 35 people ended up making a bid. Out of those, 10 or so were actively and continuously bidding for the actual offer over the 24 hours. The winning bidder wasn't one of them — he only swept in during the last 2 or so minutes, and won the auction in a photo finish, with a last-second $31k bid. (I had initially estimated the entire auction might bring in $10k total.) Along with the winning bidder, now I also have 10 people who have expressed a serious level of interest in the outcome I was promising in the auction offer. I'm talking to them as well, to see how we might end up working together. On top of all that, my entire group is on a kind of high. Folks really got into the auction and the pool party theme — there were side bets going on, running gags, people goosing each other on, and lots of jokes, to the point that somebody recommended giving out a prize for the funniest comment (a suggestion that was immediately adopted). There are 755 comments on the auction post, and a bunch of members have written me afterwards to thank me for putting on an exciting and fun spectacle. All that's to say... now I'm a believer. And I'll be doing more auctions soon. Big thanks to both @Travis Sago and @Chris Dyson for their help before, during, and after the auction.

Just had a coffee date with a sales coach on auctions. "This is brillant!" "Like, this is so subtle and it all makes so much sense!" Auction date set to Jan 27 for now. Love it @Travis Sago Happy friday 🍻

This one took THREE WHOLE DAYS! 😆 I'm behind schedule, but I will DM folks who showed interest in what I'm up to in this poll, ASAP Rooting For Ya, Travis PS Instead of persuasiveness and insisting on time on a calendar, the Giving FUNnel is something anyone can do to get coffee dates and deals on demand. Everyone can give 3 or 4 things away. Those things don't even need to be theirs!

Anybody who can give things away and has an offer that solves a problem can do this. 👉Guess how much research I sweated over before he replied?

So I dunno if this offer will 'crush' or not...(we're still checking for signs of life on email). But if you're encountering a dead list (and from the few tests I've run it seems that most of em are!) then you need to get on BTEM and the warm up sequence in there. We've got a horrible open rate, about 10-12% so far. But the insights are GOLD. People opening up about their problems and their dreams. Every time I see one of these replies pop up I'm grinning, and we've not even got to the T1 yet. 😅 Now I will say, the creator here is all over YT and has audio-books etc, so their audience feel connected to them, even if they've not been emailing, which helps. But yeah, this is cool.