{"id":486,"date":"2009-07-02T11:24:09","date_gmt":"2009-07-02T19:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/?p=486"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:12:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:12:39","slug":"how-to-get-a-46-conversion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/02\/how-to-get-a-46-conversion\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Get a 4.6% Conversion"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/02\/how-to-get-a-46-conversion\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F07%2F02%2Fhow-to-get-a-46-conversion%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p>A few years ago, I interviewed a marketer named Gobala Krishnan about how he built his opt-in list.<\/p>\n<p>It was his first interview&#8230; either being asked the questions, OR doing the asking.<\/p>\n<p>His english wasn&#8217;t even perfect, but he knew the topic well and gave some excellent tips.<\/p>\n<p>Then, just six months later, he discovered why I was interviewing him in the first place&#8230; and the power in doing interviews himself.<\/p>\n<p>He had put 3 months into writing an e-book that he spent over $600 to create, and only managed to sell 10 copies in 2 years.<\/p>\n<p>Yikes!<\/p>\n<p>Then he asked some friends to be interviewed, and sold the resulting audio package to his existing customers, making almost $2000 in 72 hours with a 4.6% conversion rate.<\/p>\n<p>That product continued to sell like crazy for the rest of the month, and people still buy it today, over two years later.<\/p>\n<p>Then he interviewed one person on a topic he knew nothing about, and made $750 in 72 hours by selling just that one interview&#8230; with a 3.6% conversion.<\/p>\n<p>A light-bulb went off as he realized something very important: these audio interview products were selling better than any e-books he&#8217;d created, the conversion rates were sky-high, and he was now becoming seen as a &#8220;guru&#8221; himself!<\/p>\n<p>But despite any challenges he had with language or experience, Gobala understands that you need to ask the RIGHT kinds of questions to get the BEST answers&#8230; and that asking the wrong questions to the right person will get you nowhere.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, it will also result in doors being closed so that you get the standard excuse from experts: &#8220;I don&#8217;t have time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That really just means, &#8220;I don&#8217;t have time for YOU, because you don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;re doing!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Want to know what you&#8217;re doing, and even have experts ASKING you to interview them?<\/p>\n<p>Want to churn out high-quality content that will get the same kinds of high conversions that Gobala enjoys?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/profitwithinterviews.com\/details\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I&#8217;ve got all the tools to help you do that here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep Unwrapping Your Success!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Heather Vale Goss\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif\" alt=\"Heather Vale Goss\" width=\"205\" height=\"35\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Unwrapper\u2122<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few years ago, I interviewed a marketer named Gobala Krishnan about how he built his opt-in list. 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