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Welcome, Phil Mershon, the Director of Events for Social Media Examiner, inside the Greenroom! Phil Mershon leads Social Media Marketing World plus several online training events. Bringing a focus on transformational experiences and customer service, Phil has been leading events for churches, non-profits, and corporations for the last 30 years.

In this episode, Phil shares what it takes to run such an incredible event and the art of creating memorable moments. Experience is paramount – but so is revenue (events are expensive!) Phil and I dive into how to create more revenue streams at your event.

Want to be a speaker at Social Media Marketing World or a similar event? Then don’t miss this inside scoop! Phil shares what his vetting process looks like and the type of messaging he looks for.

PLUS, for the first time ever, we reveal a “secret weapon.” Phil is the only person I’ve seen implement this at his events, and it’s very powerful.

Quick Episode Summary:

• 2:45 Welcome, Phil inside the greenroom!
• 4:22 How Social Media Marketing World began
• 7:07 Avoiding burn out after your event
• 7:32 The power of a C.M.P.
• 16:21 Keeping audience leaning in
• 17:07 Creating powerful moments
• 21:35 Lessons you can learn from Phil
• 23:10 The revenue streams of S.M.M.W.
• 28:56 How many stages you can win
• 31:21 How to win Social Media Marketing World's stage
• 40:27 One of the greatest secret weapons for speakers
• 47:30 The speaker who has impacted Phil the most
• 48:50 Phil's favorite up-and-comers
• 49:37 How live events are so important
• 51:50 Phi's most powerful moment inside a green room
• 53:28 Phil's advice to speakers
• 54:39 My biggest takeaways

Contact Phil:

• Facebook
• Website
• Email: [email protected]
• Phone: (316)- 558-1963

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Welcome the Founder of Smart Passive Income, Pat Flynn, inside the Greenroom! Pat Flynn is a father, husband, and entrepreneur who lives and works in San Diego, CA. He owns several successful online businesses and is a professional blogger, keynote speaker, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. His podcasts have earned a combined total of over 55 million downloads, multiple awards, and features in publications such as The New York Times and Forbes.

In this episode, we discuss what it takes to launch your first or next event – whether it’s taking place online or offline. Pat shares the opportunities and challenges he faced when launching his first offline event.

PLUS: We can’t have Pat Flynn on and NOT talk about podcasts! One of the BIGGEST opportunities for you as a speaker is online stages – and podcasts are a powerful one. Today, Pat shows you how to win them!

Connect with Pat:

•  Social Channels: Twitter // Facebook // IG
•  Website: www.smartpassiveincome.com

 

Quick Episode Summary:

• 2:08 Welcome Pat Flynn!
• 2:29 How Pat and I met
• 4:01 How Pat launched his career
• 9:09 What fear can tell you
• 15:47 FlynnCon's first theme
• 18:26 One of today's themes
• 20:08 Go to the experts
• 22:50 How Pat took his event to market
• 37:27 My challenge with online stages
• 39:49 Pat's advice to podcasters
• 42:29 The Pat Flynn effect
• 49:20 Spead round!
• 49:37 The speakers who have impacted Pat
• 50:33 Pat's favorite up-and-coming speaker
• 52:01 Why are live events still important
• 23:28 Pat's favorite moment in a greenroom
• 55:50 Pat's final piece of advice
• 58:31 My biggest takeaways

 

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Website: advanceyourreach.com
Email: [email protected]

 

Welcome the Founder of Smart Passive Income, Pat Flynn, inside the Greenroom! Pat Flynn is a father, husband, and entrepreneur who lives and works in San Diego, CA. He owns several successful online businesses and is a professional blogger, keynote speaker, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. His podcasts have earned a combined total of over 55 million downloads, multiple awards, and features in publications such as The New York Times and Forbes.

In this episode, we discuss what it takes to launch your first or next event – whether it’s taking place online or offline. Pat shares the opportunities and challenges he faced when launching his first offline event.

PLUS: We can’t have Pat Flynn on and NOT talk about podcasts! One of the BIGGEST opportunities for you as a speaker is online stages – and podcasts are a powerful one. Today, Pat shows you how to win them!

Connect with Pat:

•  Social Channels: Twitter // Facebook // IG
•  Website: www.smartpassiveincome.com
  

 

Quick Episode Summary:

• 2:08 Welcome Pat Flynn!
• 2:29 How Pat and I met
• 4:01 How Pat launched his career
• 9:09 What fear can tell you
• 15:47 FlynnCon's first theme
• 18:26 One of today's themes
• 20:08 Go to the experts
• 22:50 How Pat took his event to market
• 37:27 My challenge with online stages
• 39:49 Pat's advice to podcasters
• 42:29 The Pat Flynn effect
• 49:20 Spead round!
• 49:37 The speakers who have impacted Pat
• 50:33 Pat's favorite up-and-coming speaker
• 52:01 Why are live events still important
• 23:28 Pat's favorite moment in a greenroom
• 55:50 Pat's final piece of advice
• 58:31 My biggest takeaways

 

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• Facebook: www.facebook.com
• Website: advanceyourreach.com
• Email: [email protected]

Welcome back to Part 2 of our post REACH Live series! In Episode 1 of this series, my wife Kim and I shared why we paused our event, REACH Live for almost two years, and what led us to doing it again this May.

In this episode, we break down this year’s REACH Live event – the good, the bad and the ugly. It was the best event we have ever done, but not everything was perfect, so we are opening the curtain and sharing the behind-the-scenes of what we didn’t do well, and the lessons learned – so you can improve your events AND up level your speaking game!

We packed this episode FULL of nuggets - and you’ll be hearing from six people, including our Director of Operations, the Speak-Off Winner – Erik Salzenstein, our Head Coach, our Director of Customer Experience, my son, and our Emcee–who has been at all six REACH Lives–my good friend Keith Yackey.

And we cover: - What we did great, and what wasn’t so hot, the #1 thing we FINALLY did right - What made this the BEST Speak-Off finals we’ve ever had - The strategies our Speak-Off winner used to win PLUS the offers he’s had since REACH Live - The “Speaker Superpowers” that top speakers have and YOU can begin to implement - So much more

Take 1 or 2 things from this episode to bring to your events or to your own speaking. If you do that each week, the compounding effect will create exponential improvements!

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• Website: advanceyourreach.com
• Email: [email protected]

Welcome back to Part 2 of our post REACH Live series! In Episode 1 of this series, my wife Kim and I shared why we paused our event, REACH Live for almost two years, and what led us to doing it again this May.

In this episode, we break down this year’s REACH Live event – the good, the bad and the ugly. It was the best event we have ever done, but not everything was perfect, so we are opening the curtain and sharing the behind-the-scenes of what we didn’t do well, and the lessons learned – so you can improve your events AND up level your speaking game!

We packed this episode FULL of nuggets - and you’ll be hearing from six people, including our Director of Operations, the Speak-Off Winner – Erik Salzenstein, our Head Coach, our Director of Customer Experience, my son, and our Emcee–who has been at all six REACH Lives–my good friend Keith Yackey.

And we cover:
- What we did great, and what wasn’t so hot, the #1 thing we FINALLY did right
- What made this the BEST Speak-Off finals we’ve ever had
- The strategies our Speak-Off winner used to win PLUS the offers he’s had since REACH Live
- The “Speaker Superpowers” that top speakers have and YOU can begin to implement
- So much more

Take 1 or 2 things from this episode to bring to your events or to your own speaking. If you do that each week, the compounding effect will create exponential improvements!

Connect with us!

• Facebook: www.facebook.com
• Website: advanceyourreach.com
• Email: [email protected]

Welcome to Inside The Greenroom! Today's episode is part one of our behind the scene look at our sixth live event! What some people don't know about Reach LIVE is that my wife, Kim and I decided to stop hosting the event for a season. Almost two years to be exact. Today we discuss why both stopping and starting when we did, were the best decisions we could have made. Join us as we reveal why we made the decisions we did and how choosing to start the LIVE event back up was not only the right decision but the easiest decision we made this year.

Quick Episode Summary:

• 0:33 We made it in the top 100!
• 1:22 I want to serve you well
• 3:48 What to expect in the next two episodes
• 8:11 Welcome my wife, Kim Vargas to the Greenroom
• 9:19 Why my wife called off Reach Live
• 10:44  The bad advice I got
• 12:01 What made us bring back Reach Live
• 12:44 Bringing in the pros
• 13:13 The two key things that made our event successful
• 18:43 Taking care of your team
• 19:20 How my wife helped me be me
• 23:10 The only offer I made from the stage
• 24:57 The biggest compliment you can give my wife
• 28:29 What I want you to know
• 29:50 What's coming in part two

LINKS:

• Sage Events
• Know a Meeting Planner/Event Producer we should talk to? Let us know!

 

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• Facebook: www.facebook.com
• Website: advanceyourreach.com
• Email: [email protected]

Welcome to Inside The Greenroom! Today's episode is part one of our behind the scene look at our sixth live event! What some people don't know about Reach LIVE is that my wife, Kim and I decided to stop hosting the event for a season. Almost two years to be exact. Today we discuss why both stopping and starting when we did, were the best decisions we could have made.
Join us as we reveal why we made the decisions we did and how choosing to start the LIVE event back up was not only the right decision but the easiest decision we made this year.

Quick Episode Summary:

• 0:33 We made it in the top 100!
• 1:22 I want to serve you well
• 3:48 What to expect in the next two episodes
• 8:11 Welcome my wife, Kim Vargas to the Greenroom
• 9:19 Why my wife called off Reach Live
• 10:44  The bad advice I got
• 12:01 What made us bring back Reach Live
• 12:44 Bringing in the pros
• 13:13 The two key things that made our event successful
• 18:43 Taking care of your team
• 19:20 How my wife helped me be me
• 23:10 The only offer I made from the stage
• 24:57 The biggest compliment you can give my wife
• 28:29 What I want you to know
• 29:50 What's coming in part two

LINKS:

• Sage Events
• Know a Meeting Planner/Event Producer we should talk to? Let us know!

 

Connect with us!

• Facebook: www.facebook.com/advanceyourreach
• Website: advanceyourreach.com
• Email: [email protected]

For this episode, you’re joining me “Inside the Greenroom” on the road. This past week, I was at an amazing event, CADREcon in the DC area and got a chance to sit down with several of the speakers PLUS the event host, Derek Coburn. There are lots of gold nuggets in this episode – but what stands out the most is HOW to create incredible events. I was blown away with the experience Derek created at CADREcon, so we dove into how he made it happen.

 

Quick Episode Summary:

• 0:28 What you're going to get from this episode
• 3:40 Welcome Derek Coburn inside the greenroom
• 5:33 What Derek has created
• 7:05 How many members CADRE has
• 7:27 Cadre's unique membership frame-work
• 8:24 You can a local event too
• 9:34 What made Derek want to start an event
• 11:33 How Derek books the right speakers
• 13:51 What you can learn from Derek's mistakes
• 16:51 How Derek keeps diversity at CADREcon
• 19:20 What Derek looks for in speakers
• 22:12 The two types of people who run events
• 26:26 How Derek lands the best speakers for a great price
• 26:37 The speaker who has impacted Derek the most
• 29:31 Derek's favorite up-and-coming speakers
• 31:22 Why Derek believes live events are still important
• 33:16 Derek's favorite greenroom memory 
• 35:05 Derek's final thoughts
• 37:18 Backstage at Cadrecon
• 37:36 Interview with Sam Horn
• 40:54 Interview with Re Perez
• 47:31 Interview with Angelique Rewers
• 52:44 My take-away's from CADREcon

 

LINKS:

• www.cadredc.com
• www.facebook.com/cadredc
• Click here to see pictures from CADREcon

Connect with us!

• Facebook: www.facebook.com/advanceyourreach
• Website: advanceyourreach.com
• Email: [email protected]

For this episode, you’re joining me “Inside the Greenroom” on the road. This past week, I was at an amazing event, CADREcon in the DC area and got a chance to sit down with several of the speakers PLUS the event host, Derek Coburn. There are lots of gold nuggets in this episode – but what stands out the most is HOW to create incredible events. I was blown away with the experience Derek created at CADREcon, so we dove into how he made it happen.

 

Quick Episode Summary:

• 0:28 What you're going to get from this episode
• 3:40 Welcome Derek Coburn inside the greenroom
• 5:33 What Derek has created
• 7:05 How many members CADRE has
• 7:27 Cadre's unique membership frame-work
• 8:24 You can a local event too
• 9:34 What made Derek want to start an event
• 11:33 How Derek books the right speakers
• 13:51 What you can learn from Derek's mistakes
• 16:51 How Derek keeps diversity at CADREcon
• 19:20 What Derek looks for in speakers
• 22:12 The two types of people who run events
• 26:26 How Derek lands the best speakers for a great price
• 26:37 The speaker who has impacted Derek the most
• 29:31 Derek's favorite up-and-coming speakers
• 31:22 Why Derek believes live events are still important
• 33:16 Derek's favorite greenroom memory 
• 35:05 Derek's final thoughts
• 37:18 Backstage at Cadrecon
• 37:36 Interview with Sam Horn
• 40:54 Interview with Re Perez
• 47:31 Interview with Angelique Rewers
• 52:44 My take-away's from CADREcon

 

LINKS:

• www.cadredc.com
  
• www.facebook.com/cadredc
• Click here to see pictures from CADREcon

Let's connect! Go to advanceyourreach.com and like us on Facebook.

We are coming to you LIVE from our Speak Off. What is the Speak Off? At our annual 3-day event each year, we host “The Speak-Off” – a competition of the best speakers – judged by the most influential meeting planners in the world.

This year was our 6th Speak Off and was our best field of competition ever. We started with 100 speakers, and the final 10 were judged by over 60 of the top Meeting Planners in the world who control thousands of stages.

After the Speak Off, we interviewed the Meeting Planners to find out WHY they voted for who they voted for and what they look for in a Speaker.

In this episode, we share the top interviews with you. 

• JJ Virgin - Mindshare Summit
• Pat Flynn - Smart Passive Income Podcast
• Lance Wallnau - Dream Trip
• Sonya Keenan - Traffic & Conversion Australia
• Sean Cannell - Think Media
• Pedro Adao - 100X Academy
• Don Shaffer - CADA
• Marc Gutman - Entrepreneurs Organization - EO - Colorado
• Plus more!

Quick Episode Summary:

• 0:27 We are LIVE at Reach Live!
• 2:01 What to expect from this episode
• 3:21 JJ Virgin 
• 8:44 Pat Flynn
• 12:21 Lance Wallnau
• 14:39 Don't lose the Butterfly feeling
• 16:49 Sonya Keenan
• 18:37 Tips for speaking on international stages
• 19:60 Sean Cannell
• 20:02 Follow the A.Y.R. framework
• 23:44 Pedro Adao
• 25:15 Facing your fears
• 27:32 Marc Gutman
• 29:04 My takeaways
• 37:21 What's coming up on episode 5