Pitching speakers can bring up a lot of uncertainty. Will they say yes? What will they think of me and my summit?

The truth is, pitching is a whole lot easier when you've taken a little time to make connections first.

So in this episode, we'll cover why I recommend making connections before pitching, whether you really have to do it, and a simple strategy for creating those connections.

You know you want to host a virtual summit. You've chosen your topic, know your goals, and now it's time to choose your speakers.

You might start brainstorming and come up with 10-15 pretty easily. But then you realize that you don't know who else would make a good fit.

This is a really common struggle. It's hard to fill 20+ speaker spots with quality and diverse presenters without having to...

I get all kinds of doubt-filled questions from those thinking of hosting a virtual summit for the first time. One of the most popular is something like, “Can I host a virtual summit if I don't have an email list?” or "Can I host a virtual summit with a tiny email list?"

If you're wondering the same thing, you're in luck. The short answer is: no email list, no problem! 

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A lot can be learned from taking a look at the experiences of other business owners. In this episode, I’m so excited to go behind the scenes with Eden Fried to talk about the two successful summits she’s hosted this year.

We’ll cover the results she’s seen, the strategies that work best for her, and the differences between her two summits like pricing structure, tech...

There's a lot that goes into hosting a successful online 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.

Leveraging affiliates can increase your summit's sales several times over. In fact, in my first 3 summits, affiliates have been responsible for 50% or more of sales. If you're starting with a small audience, that number can be even higher.

To cover all things affiliates, I've brought in Zoe Linda to go over affiliate marketing basics, the biggest mistakes she sees, how to find good...

Tech is overwhelming, but it doesn't have to be! In this episode, we're going to talk about the tech piece of offering an all-access pass.

We'll cover what you need to consider, the most common tech choices, and how to decide which option is right for you.

To continue our topic on monetizing your online summit, in this episode we'll break down how to increase your all-access pass sales with limited-time offers.

We'll cover what a limited-time offer is and what it can look like, why they work, how I use them in my summits, and the tool I use to make it easy.

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...

<imgdata-pin-description="In this episode, we're wrapping up our branding series by chatting with Kory Woodard from Coded Creative Themes to talk all about branding a virtual summit. I’m so excited to share this episode with you because going in, I expected that by talking with a designer about branding we were going to get a complex process to follow. But I’m SO excited that...