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How I Built the First 3 Rungs of My Value Ladder
When I started freelancing in 2020, I had minimal experience, zero budget, and no real strategy. I had a bit of experience blogging, but had never made more than a few dollars writing.
Looking back, I needed to create a value ladder. I did eventually, but things would’ve been much easier if I had done this sooner.
A value ladder is a set of steps or rungs of things you offer. The first step of your ladder is a freebie or low-cost product, then it moves up to more expensive products as customers climb up.
Most people won’t buy a high-ticket offer straight away. Spending more money = more risk.
The value ladder brings people in at a low-risk offer. They can give you their email, a few minutes of their time, or a few dollars in exchange for something valuable. This builds trust, and they become more comfortable taking a bigger risk and spending more money on a product or service.
Your value ladder can be as many steps as you need. The most important steps are the first 2–3.
Those look something like this:
Step #1 - Low/No-cost product or service
Step #2 - Low-ticket product/service
Step #3 - Core offer / Flagship service
