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Every funnel type, mapped step by step: opt-in, tripwire, webinar, VSL, and application funnels that print.

This silo maps every funnel type the way an operator actually builds it: opt-in, tripwire, webinar, VSL, and application funnels broken into the exact steps that move a stranger to a buyer. It's for people building digital assets solo, with no team and no agency on retainer. The real direct-response craft is here, handed to you as copy-paste AI prompts you can run today.

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Funnel TypesA book a call funnel diagram showing traffic moving through a VSL page, a qualifier form, a calendar page, and a confirmation page, with unqualified leads routed to an email nurture.

Book-a-Call Funnel: The 4-Page System That Fills Your Calendar With Qualified Buyers

A book a call funnel screens tire-kickers before your calendar. The 4 pages, an AI-scripted VSL, the qualifier questions, and a prompt to build yours.
Don Lyons·Jul 14, 2026
Funnel TypesQuiz funnel diagram showing traffic entering a start page, moving through a branching question tree, splitting into result buckets, and each bucket feeding a segmented email follow-up sequence.

Quiz Funnel Guide: The Segment-and-Sell Machine You Can Build in an Afternoon

A quiz funnel captures a lead and segments them in one step. The exact question tree, the result buckets, and AI prompts to build the whole thing fast.
Don Lyons·Jul 12, 2026
Funnel BasicsValue ladder explained: a four-rung concept diagram climbing from a free lead magnet to a high-ticket community offer

What Is a Value Ladder? Turn One Buyer Into Four Purchases

What is a value ladder? The free-to-high-ticket model that turns one buyer into four purchases, plus a copy-paste AI prompt to map your own ladder fast.
Don Lyons·Jul 10, 2026
Funnel BasicsConcept diagram of funnel vs landing page: a single landing-page card with one headline and one button sits inside a wider four-step funnel sequence (landing, checkout, order bump, thank-you) with an arrow running click to purchase, showing the page is one node inside the sequence.

Funnel vs Landing Page: The Difference and When to Use Each

Funnel vs landing page, settled: a landing page is one page with one job; a funnel is the whole sequence that moves a buyer from the click to purchase.
Don Lyons·Jul 9, 2026
Funnel BasicsConcept diagram of how to build a funnel with AI: a shared context brief feeds a five-link prompt chain, one prompt per page (opt-in, sales, order bump, upsell, thank-you), each passing its output into the next so the whole funnel speaks one voice.

How to Build a Funnel With AI (Page-by-Page Prompt Chain)

How to build a funnel with AI: a copy-paste prompt chain that drafts every page, opt-in, sales, order bump, upsell, thank-you, in your voice and offer.
Don Lyons·Jul 8, 2026
Funnel TypesA sales funnel for coaches decision diagram splitting by price point: high-ticket offers route through a webinar or application funnel to a booking page and close call, while mid-ticket offers route through an opt-in to a direct call.

The Best Sales Funnel for Coaches and Consultants (2026)

The best sales funnel for coaches depends on price. High-ticket wants a webinar or application funnel, mid-ticket an opt-in to call. The page flow inside.
Don Lyons·Jul 7, 2026
Funnel BasicsSales funnel for digital products diagram showing the four stages from lead magnet to tripwire to core offer to membership with each page in order.

How to Build a Sales Funnel for Digital Products (Step by Step)

Build a sales funnel for digital products the right way: lead magnet to tripwire to core offer to membership, the exact page order, plus AI prompts for each.
Don Lyons·Jul 6, 2026
Funnel TypesStep-by-step diagram of a tripwire funnel showing cold traffic moving through a low-priced tripwire offer into upsells, where the front-end sale covers ad cost and the upsell is the profit.

What Is a Tripwire Funnel? (How the Low-Ticket Front-End Works)

A tripwire funnel sells a cheap, irresistible offer to turn cold traffic into buyers, then upsells. Here's how the math and the mechanics actually work.
Don Lyons·Jun 27, 2026
WebinarsWebinar pitch stack diagram showing the seven-step offer reveal order from the transition line through value, price anchor, and the final ask.

The Webinar Pitch: How to Sell Without the Cringe

A webinar pitch that sells without cringe: the exact transition, the pitch stack, and a copy-paste AI prompt to script your offer reveal.
Don Lyons·Jun 27, 2026
WebinarsDiagram of a webinar funnel showing registration, show-up, teaching, the pitch with a deadline, and a follow-up email sequence that closes non-buyers.

The Webinar Funnel: How to Sell From a Webinar (Live or Automated)

A webinar funnel sells by teaching first, then pitching. Here's the slide structure, the pitch, live vs automated, and the follow-up sequence that closes.
Don Lyons·Jun 27, 2026
WebinarsWebinar follow up sequence diagram showing show-up, replay, and cart-close email phases all pointing at one cart deadline.

Webinar Follow-Up Sequence That Recovers Sales

A webinar follow up sequence that recovers lost sales: show-up, replay, and cart-close emails with copy-paste AI prompts you can ship today.
Don Lyons·Jun 27, 2026
Funnel TypesA VSL funnel diagram showing the five pages in order: traffic source, VSL page, order page, upsell, and confirmation.

VSL Funnels: Structure, Pages, and the Pitch

A VSL funnel wraps a video sales letter in the right pages. Here's the page-by-page structure, when it beats a text sales page, and a prompt to map yours.
Don Lyons·Jun 27, 2026
Funnel BasicsDiagram of the sales funnel system showing traffic, funnel, and offer in sequence with follow-up looping non-buyers back to close the sale.

The Sales Funnel System: How the Whole Machine Fits Together

A sales funnel system is the full machine: traffic, funnel, offer, follow-up. Here's how every part connects so leads turn into paying customers.
Don Lyons·Jun 27, 2026
Funnel TypesLaunch funnel diagram showing the four phases of a product launch sequence: pre-pre-launch, pre-launch, open cart, and close.

Launch Funnels: The Product Launch Sequence

Build a Jeff Walker-style launch funnel as a solo operator. The pre-launch to cart-close email sequence, rebuilt with AI-written emails you can copy and paste.
Don Lyons·Jun 27, 2026
Funnel TypesLead funnel diagram showing traffic flowing through an opt-in page to a thank-you page and into an email welcome sequence.

Opt-In Funnels: Build a Lead Funnel That Converts

Build a lead funnel that fills your email list fast: a simple opt-in page to thank-you page, the exact copy to use, and a paste-ready AI prompt.
Don Lyons·Jun 27, 2026
Funnel SoftwareComparison diagram of low ticket vs high ticket funnels showing how price drives opposite page count, traffic, and follow-up.

Low vs High-Ticket Funnels: How They Differ

Low ticket vs high ticket funnel: why a $27 funnel and a $5k funnel need opposite page counts, traffic, and follow-up, plus the right build for each.
Don Lyons·Jun 27, 2026
WebinarsLive vs automated webinar sequence diagram showing run live to find the winner, the stability signal to switch, then flip to an automated evergreen webinar to scale.

Live vs Automated Webinar: Which Converts?

Live vs automated webinar: live converts higher, automated scales. Here's when to run live for the lift and when to flip to evergreen, by stage of business.
Don Lyons·Jun 27, 2026
Funnel BasicsHow to build a sales funnel: the 5-page funnel flow from stranger to buyer.

How to Build a Sales Funnel Step by Step (With the AI Prompt to Build Each Page)

How to build a sales funnel step by step: the 5 pages you actually need, a real example, and the copy-paste AI prompt to build each one. Tool-agnostic.
Don Lyons·Jun 27, 2026
Funnel BasicsFunnel vs website diagram comparing a linear one-path funnel with zero exits to a website hub with many links and many exits.

Funnel vs Website: Which One Sells More?

Funnel vs website, settled. A funnel forces one decision per page; a website lets people wander. Here's when each one sells more, with a copy-paste AI prompt.
Don Lyons·Jun 27, 2026
Funnel SoftwareDecision aid for choosing a ClickFunnels alternative in 2026, routing by stage and who you serve to Systeme.io, GoHighLevel, a Webflow plus Stripe stack, or an AI-native builder.

ClickFunnels Alternatives in 2026 (Cheaper and AI-Native)

The best ClickFunnels alternatives in 2026, sorted by use case and budget, including cheaper AI-native funnel builders. Honest picks plus a prompt to choose fast.
Don Lyons·Jun 27, 2026
Funnel SoftwareDecision diagram matching your business stage to the best funnel software, from budget beginner tools to serious platforms and AI funnel builders.

Best Funnel Software in 2026 (and the AI Funnel Builders)

The best funnel software in 2026 by use case and budget. ClickFunnels vs alternatives vs AI funnel builders, ranked honestly with no hype.
Don Lyons·Jun 27, 2026
Funnel SoftwareDecision aid matching your situation to the best funnel builder for beginners, from creator storefront to all-in-one platform.

Best Funnel Builder for Beginners (2026)

The best funnel builder for beginners is the one you can launch on this week. Here is how to pick on ease, what to skip, and a first funnel you can ship fast.
Don Lyons·Jun 27, 2026
Funnel BasicsAutomated sales funnel diagram showing the five steps from ad to landing page to lead capture to email sequence to offer page running on autopilot.

How to Build an Automated Sales Funnel

Build an automated sales funnel that runs ad to sale while you sleep. The exact 5-step path, the software stack, and an AI prompt to map your own.
Don Lyons·Jun 27, 2026
Funnel TypesAn application funnel flow diagram showing traffic moving through a sales asset, an application form, and a qualify-and-route step where fits reach the booking page and no-fits are routed to a lower offer or email list.

Application Funnels for High-Ticket Offers

An application funnel adds a qualify step so you only book buyers, not tire-kickers. The exact filter questions, the page flow, and a prompt to build yours.
Don Lyons·Jun 27, 2026
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