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# Application Notes — Brunson Method

## Best applied to

- **Courses / info-products** — Brunson's home turf
- **Coaching / mentorships** — high-touch, high-ticket
- **Paid communities** — Brunson essentially invented the modern paid community model
- **Transformation programs** — health, wealth, relationships, identity-shift offers
- **High-ticket B2C** — webinar funnels, Perfect Webinar pitch structure

## Tone

- **B2C aspirational** — emphasizes transformation, belonging, possibility
- **Health / wealth / relationship niches** — these niches map cleanly to Brunson's emotional register
- **Audiences seeking belonging** — community / movement positioning is core to the method

## When the Brunson method does NOT apply

- **Serious B2B enterprise** — too aspirational/tribal a register
- **Public sector** — formal/conservative tone misalignment
- **Formal legal / regulatory** — bold transformation claims may violate compliance
- **Minimalist luxury goods** — Brunson's storytelling volume contradicts luxury restraint

## Combination rules

### Brunson + Kennedy = direct mentor lineage

Russell Brunson was directly mentored by Dan Kennedy. The combination is **canonical** for course launches. Mapping:

| Brunson element | Kennedy reinforcement |
|-----------------|----------------------|
| Perfect Webinar | Kennedy's Ultimate Sales Letter structure |
| Value Stack | Kennedy's stacked offer with bonuses |
| Origin Story | Kennedy's write-backwards from customer |
| Real Scarcity | Kennedy's "real reason to act now" |

Apply Brunson's storytelling architecture inside Kennedy's 10-rules audit. The combination is **theoretically deepest** for high-ticket info-product launches.

### Brunson + Schwartz = foundational + execution

Schwartz's awareness diagnosis tells you **WHO** is reading and **WHERE** they are. Brunson's structure tells you HOW to take them through the conversion.

For high-stakes launches, Schwartz audience diagnosis BEFORE writing → then Brunson 6-part or Perfect Webinar structure for execution.

### Brunson + Halbert = funnel architecture meets long-form mastery

Halbert's long-form sales letter discipline can be embedded inside Brunson's Perfect Webinar phase 5 (Offer). The webinar opens, breaks beliefs, presents solution → then the offer phase USES Halbert's 10-step long-form structure.

This combination produces VERY long sales copy (10,000+ words / 60+ minute webinars) that converts at premium price points.

### Brunson + Georgi = ❌ contradiction

Brunson and Georgi have **conflicting registers**:
- **Brunson:** excited, aspirational, tribal, story-driven
- **Georgi:** sober, rational, data-driven, mechanism-focused

These don't combine cleanly in the same piece. If using both in a campaign, separate by piece (e.g., Brunson for the webinar, Georgi for the post-webinar email follow-up to skeptical leads).

This conflict is documented in `relations: { contradiz }` in manifest.json.

### Brunson + BR personas = ❌ register mismatch

Avoid mixing Brunson with:
- **Ladeira** (BR mainstream lightcopy) — the registers are very different (Light Copy 3-Cs lean vs. Brunson's storytelling volume)
- **Ícaro de Carvalho** (BR autoral confessional) — autoral polarization vs. Brunson's tribal aspiration
- **Diogo Gomes** (BR periferia) — different cultural register

For BR markets, use BR personas. For US/EN aspirational direct response, Brunson dominates.

## Awareness × Audience match

Brunson excels at:
- **Levels 2-4** (Problem Aware → Product Aware) — his Perfect Webinar structure assumes the audience has acknowledged a problem
- **Level 1 (Unaware)** — the bold transformation tone may scare prospects who haven't yet acknowledged a problem; soften the opening
- **Level 5 (Most Aware)** — overkill for Brunson's structure; use shorter direct offer instead

For Stage 4-5 mature/saturated markets, Brunson's mechanism integration in Phase 3 (New Path) is critical — without it, the "new path" sounds like every other path.

## Modern application

Brunson's principles transfer directly to digital:

| Brunson original | Modern equivalent |
|------------------|-------------------|
| Webinar | Live or recorded VSL, stream, masterclass |
| Origin Story | Founder content (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube) |
| Funnel | Sales sequence (any length / channel) |
| Value Stack | Course tier offers, mastermind tiers |
| Perfect Webinar | VSL script, sales page, email sequence |
| Community | Discord, Slack, Telegram, paid Circle |

The format changes; the discipline doesn't. **In 2026, Brunson's method is still dominant** for course launches, despite many "Brunson is over" predictions.

## Why this genome doesn't have advisor mode

Brunson is alive and operating ClickFunnels in 2026. We don't have authorization to embody his voice in advisor mode. His coaching is paid and gated through ClickFunnels / Funnel Hacking Live events. To consult Brunson, the user should:
- Read his books directly (Expert Secrets, DotCom Secrets, Traffic Secrets)
- Subscribe to ClickFunnels (free trial available)
- Attend Funnel Hacking Live (annual event)

Use this genome's frameworks as method reference for copy production.

## Use as funnel/launch specialist + paired foundational

> Brunson is the modern launch architect. Pair with Kennedy (direct mentor) for direct response discipline; pair with Schwartz for foundational diagnosis.

Brunson + Kennedy + Schwartz is the canonical US course launch stack. Most modern info-product launches in 2026 use this trinity, even when not explicitly cited.
