Webinars

The Paid-to-Webinar Subscription Engine

By Ben Chrzanowski, CHRZ

How CHRZ scaled a company to six figures in subscription revenue using paid traffic and a live webinar

Real System: A ground-level breakdown of the exact system we used to turn paid traffic into predictable, recurring subscription revenue. No launches. No artificial scarcity. A system that compounds.

This is not a funnel overview.

It's not a theory doc.

And it's definitely not a "webinars work!" pitch.

What you're getting here is a ground-level breakdown of the exact system we used to turn paid traffic into predictable, recurring subscription revenue.

No launches.

No artificial scarcity.

No spikes followed by silence.

A system that compounds.

In case you're not familiar…

Redacted is a subscription business.

Which means we don't win by:

  • one big conversion
  • one great webinar
  • one killer close

We win by keeping people.

And that single constraint changed everything about how we approached paid traffic and webinars.

The problem with how most people sell subscriptions

Most subscription funnels are built like course funnels.

They rely on:

  • heavy front-loaded promises
  • outcome-based positioning
  • "get results fast" language

That works for one-time purchases.

It quietly kills subscriptions.

Why?

Because subscriptions aren't about finishing something. They're about continuing inside something.

So we rebuilt the entire funnel around that idea.

The core insight (everything else flows from this)

We stopped selling:

"Join our subscription"

And started selling:

"Enter the system we use internally."

That one shift reframed:

the ads
the webinar
the pitch
the onboarding
retention behavior after month one

The funnel

Paid Ads
Paid Webinar Registration
Live Webinar
Subscription Checkout

But the conversion did not happen at checkout. It happened much earlier.

1

Paid traffic with the right promise

Our ads did not promise:

  • revenue
  • freedom
  • shortcuts
  • tactics

They promised relief from rebuilding.

Ad framing example:

"If you're tired of restarting your strategy every month, this session will help."

This matters because:

  • subscriptions fail when people feel overwhelmed
  • overwhelmed people churn
2

The pre-webinar conditioning sequence

We sent context-setting emails, not hype.

Pre-Webinar Email #1 (Immediately)

Subject: this isn't a typical training

Body:

This session isn't about learning something new.

It's about understanding why most creators stall even after buying good programs.

If you've ever felt like you know what to do, but can't sustain momentum, this will click.

No pitch.

No CTA.

Just perspective.

Pre-Webinar Email #2 (24 hours later)

Subject: what we're actually covering

Body:

We're going to talk about why intensity feels productive but consistency actually compounds.

And why most people confuse movement with progress.

Again, no selling.

We're shaping the mental model before they show up.

3

The webinar's real job

The webinar was not designed to:

  • teach tactics
  • deliver a "win"
  • overwhelm with value

Its job was to reframe how progress works.

The webinar macro-structure

*Note we were selling to creators

  1. 1Why one-time solutions fail long-term
  2. 2Why creators keep restarting
  3. 3Why motivation is unreliable
  4. 4The role of systems
  5. 5What continuity actually looks like
  6. 6The decision

Each section quietly points to the same conclusion:

"You don't need another solution. You need a place to operate from."

The decision moment (exact framing)

"This isn't something you complete.

It's something you stay inside.

And the question isn't 'do I like this?'

It's: 'Do I want to keep rebuilding on my own?'"

At this point, the subscription doesn't feel risky.

It feels logical.

Why this engine works

Because it:

sells staying, not starting
reframes commitment as safety
makes monthly feel reversible, not permanent

That's the Paid-to-Webinar Subscription Engine.

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