Today, we are going to the dark side–the dark side of online business. Duped is the podcast that I host with Maggie Patterson. And in this episode, Maggie and I have a fascinating conversation about predatory pricing practices in the online business pyramid scheme.  Let's face it, there’s a lot of downright terrible advice and business practices around pricing and Maggie and I try to debunk them all. Find the full show notes and all things Duped at Duped.Online.

Bonus: Duped: Predatory Pricing Practices in the Online Business Pyramid Scheme

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Do you ever find yourself reading an Instagram post or listening to a podcast, and you're absolutely horrified by the advice being given?  You shake your head and you think, “That's not how any of this works!”  
 I know I've been there, and the reason is because experts can spot BS a mile away. I believe that's one of the reasons why marketing is so hard for you.  
 The pseudo experts out there who are promising the quick fix, big rewards for little effort, and the easy to follow blueprints make whatever the challenge is seem so simple and easy to solve.  
 Then an expert looks at it and thinks, “Wow. Yeah. That's not how that works. It's not that simple.  It's more nuanced.” 
 As an expert, you look at those kinds of marketing messages and think, “is this what I really need to say to get people to want to work with me? I just can't say that. It's not right”.  
 And you're right. That instinct is the correct one.  
 Your honesty, your integrity is exactly why we need to get your work in front of people. So it's time. It's time to stage a rebellion with your expertise, and I'm going to give you 3 big reasons why.  
Want to hear more about The Expert Up Club? Book Your Private Tour Here Full show notes and transcript are here.

Communicate the Value of Your Expertise with the 3 Word Rebellion

Why is it so hard to claim your expertise? 
 To own what makes you truly exceptional at your work. To own the capacity and the ability you uniquely have to guide your clients to results.  
 Then why is it so hard to promote that?  To tell people about it?  
 And I get that marketing sucks, but it is truly time to expert up and claim your expertise for yourself.  
 We live in a world that currently doesn’t value expertise so claiming it is an act of rebellion. Let’s define what anti-expert bias is and why we need expert now more than ever.  
Want to hear more about The Expert Up Club? Book Your Private Tour Here Full show notes and transcript are here.

Defying Anti-Expert Bias and Claiming Your Identity as an Expert

If everyone is saying the same thing to market their business, how do you— as an expert—stand out?  
 How can you say something different that catches the attention of your right-fit clients so they pay attention to you and hire you and not your competition?  
Today we're doing something a little bit different.  We’re diving into Marketing Message Makeovers so you can stop using overused marketing cliches that make you blend in. Instead, you can stand out by asking yourself two very simple questions.  
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How To Stand Out In A Sea Of Marketing Clichés

Confession. I'm a bit of a control freak.  
 Control is something we are socialized to do. We are told that we are the masters of our destiny!  the captains of our ship! and we can pull ourselves up by our bootstraps! 
 And in reality - in a business - there are so many things that are out of our control, like whether:A prospective client says yesYou  land a podcast interview or a TEDx talk,People open our emails The algorithm shows people a social media post you spent an hour writing. Even though so much is out of our control, we do control the moments when the ball is still in our proverbial courts:  
 >>What we say during sales conversation >>The content of a pitch we send >>The subject line for our emails 
 For the overlooked experts among us, what you and I control is the key to creating demand for your offers and expertise.  
 It's critical to become known by the right people so your work is valued and people want to hire you.  
 So what do we control?  That’s what we’re talking about today.  
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The Three Things You Control In Your Business

You are the business owner who gets results for your clients.  
 You're masterful at what you do and yet so many times you are passed over and overlooked for someone with half the expertise and experience.  
 What is the deal with that?  
 I wish we lived in a world where the people who are best at what they do are the ones who are consistently known and hired instead of the charismatic few who did it for themselves and now they are shouting it from the rooftops that they can do it for you too! 
 >>>How do we overcome being overlooked? >>>How do we go from seemingly invisible to in-demand?  
 That path is unconventional and we can't follow what the successful few do.  
We need to go our own way.  
 On the podcast today, we’ll talk about how to carve out your unconventional path from overlooked expert to in-demand expert!  
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Bonus: Duped: Predatory Pricing Practices in the Online Business Pyramid Scheme

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