Summit Host Hangout®

If speaking at virtual summits is part of your visibility plan, it's important that you make yourself into a good summit speaker. Being a good summit speaker will ensure that hosts ask you to come back to their events, refer you to other hosts, and it will make the process easier and more beneficial for you too! In this episode, we'll cover what not to do as a summit speaker, what summit hosts really want from speakers, and how to make the process easy on yourself. For show notes, head to https://summithosthangout.com/113

It used to be standard for virtual summit hosts to share the full attendee list with all of the speakers. But with GDPR, all of the privacy rules today, and modern marketing tactics, what's the right answer? Today, we'll break down whether or not you should share the full attendee list with virtual summit speakers. For show notes, head to https://summithosthangout.com/112

As long as bad speaker pitches keep going out, we'll have more and more people thinking poorly about virtual summits. To help, let's cover the 4 mistakes to avoid when pitching virtual summit speakers and turn a "gross, heck no" into a "heck yes!" For show notes, head to https://summithosthangout.com/111

I know what it's like to get a big idea and want to do it, like, yesterday. For a lot of business owners, a virtual summit is one of those big ideas. With that initial excitement comes disappointment when they hear that I recommend a 90-day timeline for planning and launching a summit. From there, I tend to hear, "Well...can I host a virtual summit in less than 90 days?" We'll break it down in this episode and cover why I recommend a 90-day timeline, what the biggest pieces of that timeline include, sacrifices you'll need to make by doing it faster, and corners you can cut when 90-days just isn't in the cards. For show notes, head to https://summithosthangout.com/110

Thinking about hosting a live or paid virtual event? Jordan Gill, host of the Done in a Day Interview Series is joining us today to give us a behind-the-scenes look at how she uses a live, paid virtual event to love on her people and bring new members into her group coaching program. For show notes, head to https://summithosthangout.com/109

A virtual summit is the one strategy that can skyrocket your email list, income, visibility, expert status, AND connections - all at once. It's an insanely powerful strategy that can also get complex. It's true, a virtual summit funnel has a lot of moving pieces, but if you're already running a business I know it's nothing you can't handle. The thing is, a lot of summit hosts don't even think about their overall funnel. They decide a virtual event is something they want to host and dive in without giving the bigger strategy a passing thought. You can still be successful that way, but starting with the overall funnel in mind will work wonders in getting you to where you want to be after your virtual summit is over. So how do you create a profitable virtual summit funnel that converts? We'll chat through the entire process in this episode. For show notes, head to https://summithosthangout.com/108

Hosting a virtual summit is an incredible way to build interest in the products and services you offer. But, what if I told you there was a way to use truly-targeted offers to sell better after your summit? There is! And in this episode, we have Allea Grummert to teach us all about it. We'll cover how you can use your summit to gather data from your attendees, how to use that data to send subscribers targeted pitches post-summit, and how to use that data to your advantage. For show notes, head to https://summithosthangout.com/107

Thinking about skipping the speaker agreement for your virtual summit? Think again! In this episode, we're chatting with Casey Handy-Smith to talk about whether you need a speaker agreement, what it should and shouldn't include, whether you can make it yourself or need an expert, and what other agreements should be a part of your event. For show notes, head to https://summithosthangout.com/106

Naming your virtual summit shouldn't get checked off your list the moment you think of that *perfect* name. If you don't follow this 3-step process from Joey C Vitale to call dibs, you might not even be in a position to call that perfect name yours. Tune in to learn all about the RAD method, whether you want your name to be descriptive or general, and how to call dibs on your virtual summit name. For show notes, head to https://summithosthangout.com/105

"Do I *have* to pay my virtual summit speakers affiliate commissions?" This is a question I've seen popping up a lot on my Facebook community and I'm sharing my thoughts in this episode. We'll go over whether or not I think affiliate commissions are a requirement, why that is, and how to overcome the biggest hurdles in going that route. For show notes, head to https://summithosthangout.com/104