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The Lead Magnet Playbook
How we got 4,000+ newsletter subscribers in 2 months with nothing but lead magnets. 9 rules for freebies people actually take, and how to cluster them so they all point at what you sell.
No ads. No giveaways. Just lead magnets.
In the last 2 months our newsletter grew by more than 4,000 subscribers, and every one came through a free lead magnet on our resources page.
It wasn't because we made more freebies. It was how each one is built, and how they all fit together. Here's the whole playbook.
Part 1
What makes one lead magnet worth taking
- 01
A speed saver, not homework. Nobody comments a word to get more work. They take it when it solves one specific problem fast. If they can't use it in under 10 minutes, it's homework.
- 02
Pick a format that works right now. A Claude skill that saves an hour. A doc framed as an upgrade for your AI ("feed this into Claude"). A small piece of working software. A dataset or library of examples. A plain PDF is the weakest option on this list.
- 03
Continue the exact topic of the video. A hooks video gets a hooks magnet. A scripting video gets a scripting magnet. When it matches, the CTA feels like a favor, not an ask.
- 04
Make the pain real, then hand them the fix. The video shows the problem. The magnet solves it.
- 05
Put one on every post. Every video and every carousel points to one magnet. One CTA, not three.
- 06
It's the first yes, not the last. Nobody books a call off one video. An email is the cheapest yes you can ask for, and it lets you keep showing up in their inbox until they're ready.
Part 2
One good magnet isn't a strategy. Clusters are.
Most people make a new freebie every week, get a spike, and get forgotten.
- 07
Keep every magnet close to what you sell. The test: if someone uses this magnet and gets a win, is buying from you the natural next step? If they could stop there happy, it's a nice resource, not a lead magnet.
- 08
Build magnets in clusters, not one-offs. List the problems your buyer hits on the way to needing you. Each problem becomes a cluster of 3 to 5 magnets. Every video picks the magnet from the cluster that matches its topic. Over time every freebie points the same direction, and people link your name to one thing.
- 09
Reuse before you build. One strong magnet can carry 20 videos. Before making a new one, check whether one you already have answers that video's topic.
Example
How ours cluster
We run done-for-you founder video. Every buyer question below gets its own cluster of free resources.
| Buyer question | Our magnets |
|---|---|
| What do I post? | 100 Content Ideas, Creator Reels Decoded, The Cult Sheet |
| How do I make it without filming every week? | AI Avatars, Faceless Story Kit, AI Slop Banned List |
| How do I test and scale it? | 48-Hour Trial Loop, Videomaxxing, Virality Predictor |
| How do views become clients? | BUYER Checklist, This playbook |
Every cluster ends in the same place: "I want this running without doing it myself." That's what we sell.
Checklist
Before you ship a magnet
- 01Does it solve one specific problem in under 10 minutes?
- 02Does it continue the exact topic of the video?
- 03Can they feed it into AI, run it, or use it right away?
- 04Does it have a name and a number in it?
- 05Is buying from you the next step after it works?
- 06Which cluster does it belong to?
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