Are you using “I hope so” marketing? Discover the 4-step Conversion Formula that replaces guesswork with proven results. Michael Barbarita shares how strategic offers and emotional messaging can double your revenue. 

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Key Notes 

  • The Conversion Formula: Captivate (problem), Fascinate (solution), Educate (why you’re superior), Close (compelling offer). 
  • Five elements of a compelling offer: Scarcity/Urgency, Risk Reversal, Added Value, Packaging/Bundle, and Indifference to the Outcome
  • Common mistake: “I hope so” marketing – generic claims like “best quality” or “great service” that fail to connect emotionally. 
  • Emotional resonance in marketing often works best when it addresses industry-wide problems. 
  • Vital Financial Metrics (The Vital 5): Sales, Gross Profit, Gross Profit %, Net Profit, Cash Balance

Offer 

  • Free Book: Powerful Business Strategies 
  • Contact to be interviewed for the next edition: Use the contact form and mention “book interview.” 

Meet Michael

Michael J. Barbarita Jr. is an accomplished 

entrepreneur, award-winning public speaker, and 

co-author with over 40 years of success across 

retail, manufacturing, and service companies. After 

launching his career as a financial analyst, 

Barbarita led the retail chain Ski Town USA from 

$2.5 to $8 Million in annual revenue in less than 

five years, before launching Next Step CFO in 2007 

to provide business owners with more time 

freedom and more consistent profits through 

implementation of financial and business 

strategies that their competition isn’t doing! 

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