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In today’s issue:

🧲 Issue #18 — Audience vs. Leads: Know the Difference or Stay Stuck

Why having followers isn’t the same as having a future customer

It’s the biggest quiet killer in online business:

People think they have a “business”… but really, they just have an audience. 😬

I’ll say it plain:

100 leads are worth more than 10,000 lurkers.

📱 Meet Devin — The Instagram Star With a Broke Stripe Account

Devin had 18K followers. Viral Reels. Daily comments.

But also…

  • No lead magnet

  • No nurture system

  • No consistent sales

Once we built a simple opt-in, nurture sequence, and linked his IG bio properly?

He made $4,200 the next month — from an email list of 612 people.

🔍 Audience = Attention. Leads = Leverage.

Here’s the difference:

Audience

Leads

📱

Follows

Emails or phone numbers

🧠

Likes content

Consumes & clicks

💸

Maybe buys (eventually)

Buys repeatedly & refers

🧰 How to Turn Your Audience Into Leads

  1. Build a lead magnet they actually want
    (Checklists > PDFs. Urgency > “value.”)

  2. Put the link where it counts

    • Bio

    • Pinned posts

    • Comment replies

    • Stories

  3. Nurture with personality, not pressure
    → Tell stories
    → Share frameworks
    → Point to the next step

📜 “An audience applauds. A lead converts.”

💬 How are you collecting leads right now?
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