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What To Do When Virtual Summit Attendees Ask For Special Treatment

No matter how clear you make the details and policies of your virtual summit, you'll always have attendees ask for special treatment. Here’s how to handle it.

No matter how clear you make the details of your summit and the policies you have, you'll always have attendees asking for special treatment.

Today we'll cover the two most common places you'll have your policies questioned:

  1. The length of time attendees can access presentations for free
  2. All-access pass pricing

I'll share my thoughts on what these policies can look like, canned...

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What To Expect The Week Of Your Virtual Summit

The week of your virtual summit can leave you scattered and wondering what to focus on at any given time. Let’s cover what to expect during your virtual event!

The week that your virtual summit is actually happening can feel crazy. You might even find that it flies by, leaving you wondering what in the world just happened.

To help, we'll cover exactly what to expect the week of your summit. We'll talk about everything from registration and sales patterns to the hours you'll be working and more.

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What to Expect When Your Virtual Summit Opens for Registration

You've got an incredible online event planned and it’s time for the doors to open. Here’s what to expect when your virtual summit opens for registration!

You've got an incredible virtual summit planned, speakers are lined up, and tech is ready, but what should you actually expect once you open registration?

I don't want anything that happens during your promotion period to catch you by surprise.  We're going to cover exactly what to expect once your summit opens for registration.

This will cover things to expect around tech, feedback,...

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Increase Virtual Summit Profits with a Solid Funnel with Kate McKibbin

Adding a high-converting funnel to your virtual summit can bring it to a whole new level. Let’s cover how to increase virtual summit profits through a funnel.

Virtual summits are powerful on their own, but adding a high-converting funnel into the mix? You just brought it to a whole new level!

We're chatting with Kate McKibbin about how to increase your virtual summit profits through a well-positioned funnel. She'll cover how to do this both as a host and as a speaker to help you see maximum profits. 

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Comparison of Free vs Paid Virtual Summits with Cara Harvey

Some summits offer free registration, while some are paid. But which one is best? It depends on your goals! Let's break down free vs. paid virtual summits.

Some summits offer free registration, while some are paid. But which one is best?

I've only ever run free summits, so I brought in Cara Harvey of A Purpose Driven Mom to give us the inside scoop of the results she's seen running both free and paid summits.

We'll cover:

  • What Cara's various summit formats have looked like
  • The juicy details of the results she's seen
  • What her recommendation is...
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How to Choose Your Virtual Summit Format

Not sure if your virtual summit should be live or pre-recorded? Have presentations or interviews? Be two days or five? Let’s choose your virtual summit format.Not sure if your virtual summit should be live or prerecorded? Have presentations or interviews? Be two days or five? Have 15 speakers or 50?

There are all kinds of details to consider when planning your summit format and we're going to break them all down in today's post.

That way, you can stop sweating the small details and get going on the pieces that will truly matter in creating a...

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"Virtual summits are overdone"

Have you ever heard someone say that “virtual summits are overdone”? I sure have and those people are turning their back on a strategy *because* it works.Have you ever heard someone say that "virtual summits are overdone"? Or maybe you've even thought it yourself?

Quite honestly, I see this as someone turning their back on a strategy because it works. 

...Which is silly, right?

Let's chat about why I say that in today's post. 

Do you think summits are overdone?

I was recently talking to an influencer who was planning a summit. They...

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How to Pitch to Speak at Virtual Summits with Michelle Lewis

Did you know there is a magic formula to craft an insanely effective summit pitch? Here’s how to pitch to speak (and get speakers) at virtual summits.Did you know there is a magic formula to craft an insanely effective virtual summit pitch? There is and Michelle Lewis is going to map it all out for us.

In addition to the magic formula to help you land more summit speaking gigs, Michelle also shares how to get around the time-sensitive nature of a virtual summit pitch and her best tip for pitching big-name speakers to be on *your*...

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How To Get Speakers To Contribute A Bonus To Your All-Access Pass

A virtual summit all-access pass that sells is all about the bonuses. Here’s how to encourage speakers to contribute a bonus for your all-access pass.In the all-access pass for my most recent virtual summit, I offered over $3000 in speaker bonuses. This is how I've always done it and it has a huge part to play in why the summit strategies I teach have a 3-5 times higher conversion rates than industry standard summits.

The best part is that this strategy benefits not only you, but also your speakers and attendees.

Read on to learn how to get...

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The Problem With Requiring Speaker Promotion + How To Do It Right

There’s a problem with how some summits hosts encourage speakers to share their events. Let’s talk about requiring speaker promotion of your virtual summit.There is a major problem with how some summits hosts have gone about requiring speakers to promote their event. But when you see someone doing something a certain way, I know it's second nature to do it similarly yourself.

So today we're going to break down what these issues are and how to fix them so you can create an incredible speaker experience for your next virtual summit.

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