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Start-to-finish walkthroughs for the things people build in systeme.io. Each one joins several features into one working result, in the order you would really do it.
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Your own domain, set up in the right order
Your pages on your own domain first, then your emails authenticated and sending from it.
Read the guide →Get paid: connect Stripe and PayPal, then test it
Payments switched on and your currency set, then a test purchase before a real customer tries the checkout.
Read the guide →A lead magnet funnel, from opt-in to first email
An opt-in page, a freebie delivered by email, a tag on every new subscriber and a first email that sends itself.
Read the guide →Write and automate a welcome sequence
A run of emails that goes to every new subscriber in order, on the days you choose.
Read the guide →Moving from Kartra, ClickFunnels, Kajabi or another platform
What to move first, and how to bring your list across without hurting your email sending.
Read the guide →Setting up
The groundwork to sort before you sell anything.
The settings to sort before you build anything
Your sender address confirmed, your email footer set, your currency chosen and two-factor login switched on.
Your own domain, set up in the right order
Your pages on your own domain first, then your emails authenticated and sending from it.
Read the guide →Get paid: connect Stripe and PayPal, then test it
Payments switched on and your currency set, then a test purchase before a real customer tries the checkout.
Read the guide →A small website on systeme.io
A home page, an about page, a contact form and your legal pages, all on one site.
A blog that Google can find
A blog with categories and a menu, plus the settings that let search engines read it.
Find out which ads and posts bring your sales
The Facebook Pixel and UTM links set up on your pages, and what each one can tell you.
Making money
Selling something, then selling more of it.
Sell your first ebook or PDF, start to finish
A sales page, a checkout, the file sent after payment and a thank-you page, all joined up.
Sell an online course, start to finish
A course built and priced, with student access handled for you after each sale.
Add an order bump and a one-click upsell
A small add-on at the checkout, and a second offer straight after the sale.
Memberships, payment plans and free trials
Charging the same customer more than once, and what happens when their card fails.
Sell coaching calls with the booking calendar
One-to-one calls that clients book and pay for, without a string of emails back and forth.
A launch with a real deadline
Countdown timers and a coupon that expires, with an offer that closes when you said it would.
An automated webinar funnel
A pre-recorded webinar, with the sign-up page and the webinar emails set up around it.
Sell access to a paid community
A community that people pay to join, and how their payment gives them access.
Start your own affiliate programme
Other people selling your product for a commission, with tracked links and payouts.
Earn from the systeme.io affiliate programme
How the commissions work and how you get paid, plus the link rules to know before you email anyone.
After the sale: refunds and failed payments
What to do when a customer asks for their money back, or a card payment does not go through.
Growing a list
Getting the right people onto your email list.
A lead magnet funnel, from opt-in to first email
An opt-in page, a freebie delivered by email, a tag on every new subscriber and a first email that sends itself.
Read the guide →A free mini-course that builds your list
A short free course people sign up for, with every sign-up added to your email list.
A link-in-bio page that collects email addresses
One page for your social profiles that asks visitors to join your list.
Your systeme.io form on WordPress or any other site
A sign-up form or popup from your account, working on a website you already have.
What to send once they are on it, and making sure it arrives.
Write and automate a welcome sequence
A run of emails that goes to every new subscriber in order, on the days you choose.
Read the guide →Tags and automation rules: the right email to the right people
Tags that sort your contacts, and rules that act on those tags so you do not have to.
Newsletters: schedule one, then resend it
A newsletter written and scheduled ahead of time, then sent again to the people who did not open it.
Emails going to spam: what to check, in order
A step-by-step check for when your emails land in spam or the promotions tab.
Templates and sharing
Finished builds written out for you to copy, and sharing your own.
What a share link really does
How sharing a funnel, course, campaign or block with another account works, from both sides.
Copy this: a lead magnet funnel
Every page and every email written out, ready to rebuild in your own account.
Copy this: a welcome sequence
The emails written in full, to paste into a campaign of your own.
Running the business
Moving platforms, and the tools around your account.
Moving from Kartra, ClickFunnels, Kajabi or another platform
What to move first, and how to bring your list across without hurting your email sending.
Read the guide →Run your account from Claude or ChatGPT
Connecting an AI assistant to systeme.io, and what it can and cannot do for you there.
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