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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Evolving Your Summit Over Time with Liz Wilcox

Let’s talk about evolving your summit and offer over the years, plus how to help an audience not familiar with virtual summits understand how it all works.

 In this episode, Liz Wilcox is taking us behind the scenes of what it has been like to host 3 summits alongside 3 co-hosts.

We're talking about everything from how the event and offer have evolved over the years to how to help an audience not familiar with online summits understand how it all works.

I'll let Liz take it from here!

Liz’s First Virtual Summit

I started my website...

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What To Include On Your Virtual Summit Registration Page

Want a virtual summit registration page that converts? Of course, you do! Here are 19 pieces to include on a high-converting summit registration page.

Want a virtual summit registration page that converts? Of course, you do!

What most summit hosts don't know is that it's not as easy as creating a page that says you're hosting an awesome event. Instead, you need to put just as much thought and strategy into it as you would into a sales page for a paid product.

After all, people are paying you with their time, even if the ticket is free.

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What Should Happen After Someone Registers For Your Online Summit?

What should happen after someone registers for your virtual summit? Here are 5 steps of the registration process and mistakes to avoid for the best results.

The moving pieces that kick in once an attendee registers for your summit play a huge part in your success.

Should you pitch them your all-access pass on the registration page? Should they be directed to a simple thank you page? What are the most important pieces to include on the registration page?

In this episode, we'll cover:

  • the 5 pieces in your summit's registration process
  • what it...
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How Long Does It Take To Plan A Virtual Summit?

How long does it take to plan a virtual summit? Here is my timeline recommendation along with the big picture tasks you'll want to complete along the way.

You're excited to dive into planning a virtual summit, but how long does it take? Let's talk about along with an overview of the big picture tasks you'll want to complete along the way.

How Long Does it Take to Plan a Virtual Summit?

As a woman who owns a business, I get asked a lot of questions about how my business works, what I do throughout the day, and what working as a momma looks...

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How to Know It's Time To Plan A Virtual Summit

Wondering whether you're really ready to host your first virtual summit? Here are the 3 things you need as well as 3 things you shouldn’t wait around for.

Stuck wondering whether you're really ready to host your first online summit? Well, now you can stop wondering!

In this episode, we'll cover:

  • what you need before you start planning your first summit,
  • and what not to wait for.

What You Need to Plan a Virtual Summit

Let's start by talking about what you need before planning your first summit. And this is not a super long list. A lot of...

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How to Make a Virtual Summit Accessible with Erin Perkins

Is your online summit accessible to the deaf community? Probably not, but it's not difficult to change that. Here’s how to make your virtual summit accessible.

Is your online summit accessible to the deaf community? Probably not, but it's not difficult to change that.

We're chatting with Erin Perkins to talk about what her experience with summits has been like as a deaf business owner, what you can do to make your summit accessible, and what to do if you don't think you have anyone deaf in your audience.

We'll let Erin take it from here!

Your...

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5 Keys To A Successful Virtual Summit

There's a lot that goes into hosting a successful virtual summit. No matter what your specific goal is, there are 5 pieces you should always pay attention to.

There's a lot that goes into hosting a successful virtual summit. And success can look like so many things.

No matter what your goal is, there are some pieces you should always pay attention to. So in this episode, we'll go over 5 keys to a successful online summit.

5 Keys to a Successful Virtual Summit

There's a lot that goes into hosting a successful virtual summit. And success can look...

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How to Make Money with a Virtual Summit

Wondering how to make money with a virtual summit? Let’s break down 4 ways to monetize your free online event along with details on which is my favorite.

One of the top questions I get from first-time virtual summit hosts is how to effectively monetize.

There are endless options for how to make money through a summit, but today we'll cover the most common and widely effective ways.

We'll also cover:

  • How to make money through a free virtual summit
  • The most common ways to monetize
  • My top recommendations for making the most money from...
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Everything You Need to Know About Virtual Summit Branding with Kory Woodard

 As much as I wish your virtual summit branding didn’t matter, it truly does. Learn to impress your new audience from the beginning with an easy branding process! 

There is an assumption that branding is a complex process to follow, but that couldn't be further from the truth. 

Today I've brought in Kory Woodard to break down:

  • whether a summit should be branded...
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10 Design Elements That Every Virtual Summit Needs

As much as I wish it weren't true, visuals play a huge part in branding your virtual summit.

The way things look can be the difference between someone taking action on a social media post versus scrolling by. Or deciding that your registration page is worth reading versus closing the tab the second they see how things look.

Since visuals are worth paying attention to, today we'll cover:

  • ...
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