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Why Free Summits Make More Money Than Paid Ones

Free summits typically make more money than paid ones. Here's what happens to your registrations, show-up rate, and revenue when you charge for a ticket.

I get asked about free vs paid summits more than almost anything else, and there's an assumption I hear a lot:

If people don't pay to register, they're not committed, and they won't buy.

It sounds logical. It's just not what the data actually shows. 

What I've seen over and over again, in my own experience and from clients who have experimented with both free and paid summits, is that free ...

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Give Back, Fill Your Cup, and Add 10K to Your List with Kelly Rossouw

First-time summit host Kelly Rossouw shares how she hit 10K registrations, raised $6K for charity, and grew her list with a virtual summit.

Every so often I get to sit down with a client and hear a first-summit story that makes me want to grab a notebook. This is one of those episodes!

Kelly Rossouw is a Cricut and crafting creator who has been making YouTube videos for years, sharing hundreds of free tutorials with a community that spans multiple continents.

In this conversation, Kelly walks me through why she waited until she...

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The Biggest Mistake Repeat Summit Hosts Make That Can Cost You Thousands

Hosted a summit before? Discover the #1 mistake repeat summit hosts make and 3 fixes that drive growth from one event to the next.

If you've hosted a summit before and you're gearing up to run it again, I want to ask you something first: what's your plan for making it bigger and better this time?

For a lot of repeat summit hosts, the honest answer is some version of, "I'm just going to run it again. It'll naturally do better." But that assumption is the single biggest mistake I see repeat summit hosts make! And I've wat...

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How to Attract Buyers to Your Summit & Sell Without Feeling Slimy with Paul and Melissa Pruitt

Paul and Melissa Pruitt share how to stop attracting freebie seekers and start converting real buyers through strategic audience alignment and ethical selling.

Have you ever felt that uncomfortable shift when it's time to switch from providing free value and engaging with your attendees during a summit to pitching your offer? You know, that moment when your voice gets a little higher, you start talking faster, and you just want to get through it as quickly as possible. If that sounds familiar, this episode is for you!

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Proof That B2B Summits Still Work in 2025

Learn why B2B virtual summits still work in 2025 and the key strategies needed for success. Krista shares how she doubled her summit revenue despite industry challenges.

The online business world feels... kind of weird right now. Evergreen funnels are quieter, launches are smaller, and there's this general uncertainty about what actually works anymore. If you're running a B2B business and wondering whether virtual summits are still worth your time and energy, I have some very encouraging news to share with you.

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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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The Most Surprising Benefits of Hosting a Virtual Summit

There are so many long-term benefits to hosting a virtual summit. This week, you'll hear the most surprising benefits I've seen and I'll share what 5 of my clients reported as benefits they would have never expected.

It’s been a long time since we’ve chatted about how great summits are and I thought it would be fun to talk about the surprising benefits of hosting a summit! 

There's a lot of talk right now about how traditional business strategies just aren’t working anymore. To be quite honest, I actually have seen that coming through in my last couple of launches and have been working on updates that I ...

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Behind the Scenes of Launching a New Program

Today, I share what made me go with a beta offer for the first time, why I launched with a webinar, the biggest

We're currently in a behind-the-scenes series where we're looking at how my team and business have evolved over the years. It's wild to look back and see how much things have changed from how things started out, to where they are now.

So far we've covered...

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Two Must-Have Pieces of Your Summit to See Record-Breaking Revenue

In this episode I'll break down two higher-level pieces that you need to pay attention to and how they influence the revenue generated through your summit.

One of the first things many people think about when they start planning for a summit is "How many registrations can I get?" And last week we talked about why getting as many registrations as possible isn't what matters.

The next thing people generally start to wonder is: "How much revenue can I make from my summit?" So this week we're going to talk about the two areas of your summit that yo...

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Why I Don't Rely on One Marketing Strategy

Summits aren't my only strategy! Today, I'll break down why I don't rely only on summits, how I found my perfect mix of strategies, and how you can too.

Today's episode originally started as a comment on a Facebook Ad, and turned into a perfect segue into something fun we’ve got coming up next week!

So, let’s start with the backstory... I run a lot of Facebook ads, and I get a lot of angry comments from people who are mad that I'm running ads when I teach that summits work so well. It drives them nuts!

I finally started commenting back to a...

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