The Summit Host Hangout® Podcast

Hundreds of episodes filled with real stories, real strategies, and real numbers to help you make your virtual summit (and the launch that follows) as streamlined and profitable as possible.
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The Keys to Emails that Increase Summit Registrations with Allison Hardy

Allison Hardy shares the top 2 mistakes summit hosts make in their emails, appealing to multiple types of buyers & the most important parts of an effective promo email.

When it comes to promoting your virtual summit, email marketing is hands-down the most effective channel for driving registrations. But are you making the most of this powerful tool? If you're not using email marketing strategically (both in your own emails and the swipe copy you hand off to speakers), you're probably leaving a lot of signups on the table.

In this episode, I'm joined by emai...

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How Jacob Leveraged Relationships & Marketing to Standout and Host a Multi 6-Figure Summit with Jacob Cass

In this episode you'll hear from Jacob Cass about how he brought his 2000 attendee goal to 23,000 attendees, how he managed that many people, the keys to his success, and more.

Making your summit stand out from the crowd isn't as easy as it used to be. But today's guest on the podcast today is proof that it's still possible, even in the highly competitive B2B space, to not just stand out, but to host a summit that totally exceeds all expectations. 

In this episode, you'll hear from Jacob Cass about how he started with an initial goal of 2000 attendees and completely ...

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Virtual Summits for Highly Sensitive Audiences

If you're targeting a highly sensitive summit audience, I'm sharing practical strategies to make your event supportive and accessible.

My goal is always to create a meaningful and engaging summit experience for attendees. But for some audiences, making that happen might require more thought and intention than others. What if your audience includes a lot of Highly Sensitive People (HSPs), neurodivergent individuals, or those navigating deep emotions like grief or trauma? How can you ensure your summit feels supportive rather ...

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Virtual Summits for Highly Sensitive Hosts

If you're targeting a highly sensitive summit audience, I'm sharing practical strategies to make your event supportive and accessible.

I've always been honest about the work that goes into hosting a virtual summit. It's a big project for anyone, but for highly sensitive people, the pressure, visibility, and sheer number of moving parts can feel even more intense.

If you're a highly sensitive person (HSP) and you're thinking about hosting a summit, you might be wondering:

  • Can I really do this without burning out?
  • Will my
  • ...
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Build an Income Based on Impact, Not Hours with Samantha Harris

In this podcast episode you'll hear from membership mentor Samantha Harris as she breaks down the idea of exponential income, which is income dependent on impact, not hours.

When we think about increasing our income, most of us focus on adding things in - more hours, more offers, more hustle. But what if the key to sustainable growth wasn’t working harder, but working smarter?

This week, I’m chatting with membership mentor Samantha Harris about the power of exponential income - income that grows based on impact, not hours worked. Instead of staying stuck in a cy...

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What I Look For In My Summit Speakers

I'm breaking down the top 8 things I look for in my summit speakers, 2 things I don't care about, and my thoughts about having a list-size requirement.

I can't believe that somehow, after 287 episodes of the Summit Host Hangout podcast, that I've never shared what I look for in my summit speakers... but today we're fixing that! I've talked a lot about speakers on the podcast over the years, and even shared the 7-stage process I used for brainstorming speakers, but I've never gotten into the details of the criteria I look at when choosing my ...

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Maximize Your ROI by Being an Active & Involved Summit Speaker with Sara Alepin

 I've got Sara Alepin on the podcast to share how being a standout speaker lead to direct sales (and so much more!) in her business.

We talk a lot about hosting summits around here, but this week we've got an episode for the summit speakers! I know many hosts do their fair share of speaking at summits too, and it can be tempting when you agree to speak at a summit to just send in your presentation, do a minimal amount of promotion, and consider your job done.

But what what it look like if YOU were the amazing speaker who wa...

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Why Summits Work Better for B2C Business Owners

If you target a business-to-consumer audience, I'm happy to tell you that B2C summits tend to work even better than summits for B2B owners. I'm breaking down the reasons for that in today's episode along with sharing a long list of some of the B2C audiences we've helped clients host summits for!

I've heard a lot of people say over the years that summits only work when you have an audience of business owners. But that couldn't be further from the truth.

If you're a B2C (business-to-consumer) business owner, as in your target audiences is NOT business owners, I'm happy to tell you that B2C summits tend to work even better than summits for B2B audiences.

I'm breaking down the reasons for ...

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Use Gamification to Boost Summit Engagement with Kimba Cooper-Martin

This week's guest, Kimba, shares how you can use gamification in your virtual summit marketing, sessions, live show-up rates, community engagement, all-access pass sales, affiliate promotion, speaker motivation, and so much more.

If you’ve ever taken part in my challenges, summits, live trainings, or even been an affiliate for our programs, you know that I love to include games, prizes, and engagement aspects to make things fun and give people a reason to participate.

I never really thought much of it when I started. I just tried it once, noticed that it increased show-up rates and engagement, and then just kept on g...

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Innovating and Experimenting in Summits without Breaking Everything

In this episode, I'll break down why getting creative in summits is so important, the rewards and risks of doing so, and examples of what to have fun with vs. what you're better off to leave alone.

There’s so much talk in online business now about the old, classic strategies not working. Webinars are dead. Challenges are dead. Summits are dead. Email lists are dead... whatever. First of all, I actually think all of those things are incorrect, and I have numbers to back it up. But still, I do think that we need to innovate.

A webinar strategy that worked in 2018 probably needs a decent...

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