Top Tier Strategies · Launch Schematic

Recruitment Launch Engine
Ads and Katherine's list drive to one opt-in page: it captures the email and hands back the group link in a single step. That buyer email list is the asset. Opt-ins go straight into the 12-day "Stop Chasing. Get Chosen." workshop, a video a day, and the cart closes on an in-group order link for the monthly membership. The group then self-destructs, block don't delete, and re-launches to the list and past members next cycle.
Live now Turns on July 1 Automated in GHL Human / optional
Katherine's List
Warm list · runs first, near-zero cost
Facebook Ads
Buyer lookalike · after the warm-list seeds buyers
Buyer leads, not crowds. The ad and lead magnet pull the urgent-problem buyer and repel everyone else, "500 buyers over 500,000 non-buyers." No wide volume opt-in.
The front door · cold-acquisition entryOPT-IN

Opt-In Page

The only front door. One step captures the email and delivers the group link together, so a cold click becomes a lead and a member of the free "Stop Chasing. Get Chosen." workshop in the same move. No Facebook Page hop. No standing free group to wade through.

The ad / the email
Buyer Clicks

The lead magnet speaks to one expensive, urgent problem, so the click is a buyer, not a browser.

The page
Opt-In + Group Link

Captures the email and hands back the group link in one step. "Workshop starts soon."

Hold · pre-window
Holding Area

Early joiners land in the workshop group pre-pinned "starts day 1," with light anticipation posts.

The real asset · what survives every launchTHE ASSET

Buyer Email List

Everyone who opts in is on the list, whether or not they ever buy. The 12 days monetize the fast buyers; the list is monetized for 18 months. The group is the disposable launch vehicle. The list is the asset.

The 18-month back end: a value-first nurture plus repeatable short campaigns to the list. About half of all leads buy the category within 18 months, only ~15% in the first 90 days. The list is where that money is.
The launch vehicle · a temporary, self-destructing group · one video a day12 DAYS

"Stop Chasing. Get Chosen." · The 12-Day Workshop

A private group spun up for 12 days only, not a standing community. Morning email points to the day's video; an afternoon email asks "did you watch it?" Every video ends with a question, and the team (Katherine, Don, Dan) reply in the group, so know-like-trust and social proof build all week. Three prelaunch days warm them up, five training days build desire (teach the what, hold back the how), four close days drive to the midnight deadline.

Day 1
Welcome
Excitement.
Day 2
Proof
Build trust.
Day 3
Promise
Doors close · ads off
Anticipation.
Day 4
Own the Asset
Lesson 1.
Day 5
Get Picked
Lesson 2.
Day 6
Stop the Leaks
Lesson 3.
Day 7
Win the Job
Lesson 4.
Day 8
One Into Three
Lesson 5.
Day 9
The Pitch
The offer.
Day 10
The Bonus
Sweeten.
Day 11
Live Q&A
Answers.
Day 12
Final Push
Closes midnight
Last call.
The close · low-ticket branchORDER LINK

Close on an In-Group Order Link

The day-9 pitch drops in the group and links straight to the order form. No phone call. At a monthly membership this is Caleb's low-ticket close: the 12 days did the selling, so people buy themselves before the midnight deadline.

Pick a tier
$295 / $495 / $795

Per month, recurring. Annual versions pay for ten, saving two months.

The link
Order Form

Straight to the order form inside the group, not a sales page. Buy before the group closes.

Real scarcity
Midnight, Day 12

The group actually closes and empties at midnight. The deadline is structurally true, not a fake timer.

Bought on the order link?
Yes · self-serve
No human neededAUTO

Straight to Onboarding

Order-link buyers, monthly or annual, hand straight off to the account manager. This is the default path.

Optional · annual tier
Only if they want to talkOPTIONAL CHAT

Light Qualifying Chat

An annual commitment, roughly $3k to $8k up front, can justify a short chat for someone who asks for one. Optional, not the default close, and never required to buy.

Every closed contractor lands hereHUMAN · AM

Account Manager · Onboarding

The handoff after any close, self-serve order link or the optional chat. The account manager runs onboarding and gets the contractor live.

Midnight, day 12RESET

Group Self-Destructs

Block every member, do not delete them. Clean the group to an empty shell. Blocking keeps the audience, so you can unblock and re-promote the same people next cycle.

Next cycleRE-LAUNCH

Re-Launch to the List

The next 12-day run goes to the email list and the unblocked past members, plus fresh ads. Non-buyers stay on the list, get the nurture, and re-enter the next cohort. Nobody is wasted.

Closed · paying membersMEMBER

Members-Only Group

A separate, gated, paid-member community. Retention and mentoring, part of what they bought. This one is permanent on purpose, the opposite of the disposable workshop group, and its job is to keep and serve, not recruit.

Pricing MEMBERSHIP

$295 / $495 / $795per month, recurring subscription
annualpay for ten, save two months (~$3k–$8k up front)
This is the low-ticket branch: it closes on an order link, not a phone call. The annual tier can carry an optional light chat.

Ad Setup CURRENT META

Leads obj.to the opt-in page (website + Lead event), not Instant Forms or link clicks
A+ AudienceUS-wide, seeded with a 1% buyer lookalike plus a few interests
buyers firstcycle 1 runs to Katherine's list; build the lookalike from those buyers for cycle 2
pixel + CAPIboth firing, domain verified; Multi-Advertiser Ads OFF on every ad
not a SACa membership sale, not employment or credit, so targeting stays open
scalejudge on the cost-per-lead tree through the learning phase, then +20%/week

Build Once GHL

funnel_start_datestamped on opt-in
cart_close_datethe 12-day deadline, personal
video_progress0–8, bumps on each watch
tagsprelaunch-watched, training, sales-video, purchased, wants-chat
1 email/video setthe 12-day video sequence + 13-email push
cohort tagone per mini group; drives the dated drip
1 workflowruns the 12 days, then if not purchased → 18-month list nurture

Pipeline STAGES

1Opted In
2Watching Prelaunch
3Training · Day 4–8
4Cart Window · Day 9–12
5Order Link / Opt. Chat
6Closed · Onboarding

Real Scarcity STRUCTURE

The group actually closes and empties at midnight on day 12. The deadline is structurally true, not a fake countdown. A founding-member cap and price lock stack on top.

Caveats VERIFY

Single source. The funnel method is Caleb O'Dowd's system, not validated best practice.
Retired tactics dropped. The old <20% image-text rule and the flat 24-hour cull are gone; the Ad Setup above follows current Meta.
Foundations first. Ads are downstream of the opt-in page and the email and group nurture; those hold before any spend.

Facebook Page · Setup Details

The ads publish from a public Page, so it has to exist (no Page, no ads), but it is not a funnel step. The how-to is not here on purpose. These are the details to fill in.

Page name
Top Tier Strategies
Username / URL
@TopTierStrategiesfacebook.com/TopTierStrategies. Fallbacks: @TopTierStrategiesHQ, @TTSContractors. Grab it early.
Category
Business ServiceUp to two more (Company, Marketing Agency). Avoid any lender or financing category, it can trip special-ad rules.
Button
Sign Up → opt-in pageInterim until the opt-in is live: Learn More → ttscontractors.com/for-contractors
Profile photo
TTS logo, square1080 x 1080 PNG, mark kept inside the safe circle.
Cover photo
1640 x 624Text and logo inside the ~640 x 360 mobile-safe zone. Slate with a red accent.
Ownership
Business PortfolioPage owned by the business and connected to the ad account, not a personal profile.
Before any spend
2 to 3 intro postsSeason the Page first. Keep dates off the evergreen posts.
Bio (under ~100 characters)

The membership we never had. Built by contractors. Real homeowners, one contractor, your brand.

About / description (paste as-is, voice-gated)

We're contractors, roughly 75 combined years in the trades. We paid for shared leads sold to five other guys at once, got billed for names that turned out fake, and watched our reviews disappear the day we stopped paying. So we're building the membership we never had.

The homeowner picks one contractor, not five. A person confirms the project before you are billed a dollar. The work runs under your own brand: your name, your reviews, your reputation. And it is built by people who paid those same bills.

Real homeowners. One contractor. Your brand.

Contractor recruitment