Summary
In this video, I walk through a practical 2025 year-in-review—what changed inside D3 Digital Media Marketing, what worked, and what I’m building to help business owners create a content system that consistently attracts attention, moves people into a funnel, and converts into real conversations and clients.
Here are the key takeaways:
1) Our “platform of choice” became Go High Level (GHL)We made a deliberate shift away from scattered embedded website forms and moved lead capture, tracking, scheduling, and automation into GHL (our white-label: CxNector). The goal was simple: one system clients can actually run their growth from—without duct-taping tools together.
2) Why GHL matters (even if you’re not “technical”)I break down the parts of the platform that matter most for scaling:
- Dashboards and pipelines (visibility into lead flow + conversion)
- Calendars (the starting point for attribution and automation)
- Contacts + smart lists (segmentation without chaos)
- Payments, invoices, subscriptions, and documents (operational maturity)
- Social planner + email campaigns (distribution without multiple subscriptions)
- QR codes tied to tags + automations (events, networking, digital business cards)
3) A “white glove” onboarding mindsetTools don’t solve the problem—adoption does. I explain how we guide clients through setup and usage so that handoff is realistic, reporting is meaningful, and bottlenecks are solvable.
4) The operational upgrades that drove real leverage
- Manual posting → 100% automated posting to eliminate inconsistency and reduce client risk
- Zapier → Make.com to reduce cost and improve performance
- Expanded automation workflows across calendars, tagging, follow-ups, and nurture
- Consolidation of scheduling and analytics into GHL (replacing tools like Metricool)
5) Outcomes that matteredI share examples of what we’ve seen this year: stronger posting consistency, traffic lifts (2–3x in some cases), and tangible revenue outcomes tied to better visibility + follow-up systems.
6) Why I built KontentPath (the “missing journey” problem)
People understood “post content,” but didn’t understand how content becomes pipeline. ContentPath is my attempt to make the full journey teachable and repeatable through a 6-step system:
- Digital Visibility
- Strategic Network Building
- Digital Relationship Building
- Platform Transition (don’t let social platforms own your audience)
- Live Connection
- Pipeline Management
It includes AI-driven assessments (you input your current reality, it generates a plan), templates, scorecards, and a more linear “do this next” approach for people who don’t want to guess.
7) Closing message: scale responsiblyI close by acknowledging the team behind the execution, the community members and affiliates driving word-of-mouth growth, and the intent for 2026: expand thoughtfully—without outpacing what we can deliver at a high standard.
If you’re building your own system in 2026: the big idea is that content is the start of the funnel—not the finish. The win is when your content, automations, and follow-up process work together to create conversations on purpose.
The KontentPath is actually in beta with my mastermind at the moment and will be available more broadly in 2026. DM me if you want to discuss any of the other items discussed in this video.