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EPISODE · Mar 4, 2026 · 14 MIN

230: Why Most Webinars Fail (It's Not What You Think)

from Marketing Your Business - Marketing Strategies for Business Owners · host Stu McLaren

My client Lisa came to me and said, "Stu, I am terrible at selling." She wanted to revamp her entire webinar presentation. But when we broke down the numbers, we found something she never expected.   Lisa wasn't bad at selling at all. Her close rate was actually strong. The real problem? She wasn't getting enough people into the room in the first place. It was a traffic and show-up problem, not a selling problem. And once we identified that, the solution became simple.   In this episode, I walk you through the 6 conversion points in any webinar funnel -- the chain of events that determines whether your webinar works or falls flat. Most business owners look at the whole thing and say "this isn't working." But when you break it down link by link, the answer becomes obvious.   In this episode, you'll learn: • The 6 conversion points in every webinar funnel (and how to diagnose each one) • Why "I'm bad at selling" is almost never the real problem • How to tell if your bottleneck is traffic, opt-in, show-up, stay-on, close, or follow-up • Why attendees who interact through Q&A and polls are 30% more likely to buy • The follow-up stat most people ignore: 25% of webinar sales happen after the event   📥 RESOURCE: Grab the resources from this episode at https://podcast.stu.me    CONNECT WITH STU: • Website: https://stu.me  • Book "Predictable Profits": https://a.co/d/4GIi1uz  • Instagram: https://instagram.com/stumclaren  • Podcast: https://podcast.stu.me  • Membership.io: https://membership.io    Subscribe and leave a review if this episode helped you.

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