Well, it’s episode 225 and we figured it was about time we shared how we produce this podcast! Your hosts Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon have had numerous questions from listeners over the years about various aspects of the podcast and how it gets made. In this episode they pull back the curtain on their process from end-to-end. Including how they come up with podcast episode ideas, how they batch their recordings, what to think about when recording, tools and software and processes they’ve...

This episode is all about Exploding Mountains. Your hosts Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon talk you through the 5-point checklist for knowing whether you need to stop delivering a particular product or service (even one that is profitable!). Listen to this episode to hear more about: -> What a Marketing Mountain is and why you need to understand this concept to have a successful business -> How “turning the funnel upside down” can be a game changer for your marketing -> The “hand...

Proactive marketing involves anticipating future trends, your customer needs, and market changes and strategically planning your marketing in advance so you can achieve the goals you really want to achieve. Whereas reactive marketing can mean you never really get to your goals because that’s not what’s driving your marketing. Instead, with reactive marketing, it’s less about where you want to go and more about being driven by what’s happening right now. You’re very often responding to...

MVP stands for Minimum Viable Product and it’s all about getting to market with the bare essentials of your product or program and testing the idea is actually what the market wants, BEFORE you over invest and create the entire fully fleshed out bells and whistles version of the product. Once you know “it flies” THEN you launch it. Your hosts Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon talk you through how to adopt the MVP mindset and give you case studies and examples of how you can get to market...

This episode is all about how you can get literally HOURS back each week by adopting some simple but powerful marketing systems. Your hosts Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon share 3 marketing systems that are do-able and don’t need a lot of tech AND can save you from doing a bunch of stuff you don’t need to be doing. Listen to this episode to hear more about: -> What one of the biggest “red herrings” in Content Marketing is and why it’s keeping you distracted, exhausted and frustrated. ...

In this episode we’re talking about something that’s a bit of content marketing “chestnut” – there was a time whenever you saw a content marketer on a speaker lineup, they talked about this… but, while we’ve touched on it in numerous ways, and we’ve done a couple of interviews with people who are doing this… we’ve never actually done a show, just you and I, dedicated to this idea… That “ol’ chestnut” your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon are talking about is “Repurposing Content”  and...

We’re covering a topic that can make a massive difference to your results… and that’s getting more referrals. And while we all love a good referral, in many businesses, it tends to be something that happens organically. In this episode, your hosts Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon cover 6 specific things you can do to cultivate and systemise your content marketing to actually encourage more referrals on a regular basis. Listen to this episode to hear more about: -> The type of referral...

Striving for perfection is often what keeps us from launching our new product, sending that email, putting ourselves out there for that opportunity, reaching out to that amazing strategic partner, putting our hand up for that media opportunity, opening that new store, or any other great thing that you might be holding back on because you don’t yet have things perfect enough! In this episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon’s big message is to EMBRACE what’s IMPERFECT in your...

There’s a strategy we have long loved and wanted to cover on the show… and that strategy is all about how you can boost your authority, grow your audience and own the space by publishing a report. Now, what do we mean by a report… Well, the dictionary defines a report as: An account given of a particular matter, especially in the form of an official document, after thorough investigation or consideration by an appointed person or body. And that’s a pretty good definition for what we’re...

Your Sales Funnel is a process or series of steps for taking someone from not knowing about you or your offer to actually buying the specific product or service you want to sell. And we’re seeing a LOT of obsession about this BEFORE people launch their Sales Funnels, but then they launch and there can be this sense of “TICK” – that job is done. When really, you’re just at the STARTING line and your work is just beginning. In this episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon, share...

Not getting the results from webinars like you used to? Have you ever considered offering a low-priced workshop into the mix as a way to attract BUYERS right from the start of your sales process and open the door on your higher priced services, courses or products? In this episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon, share WHY you might want to use this strategy of adding a PAID low-cost workshop as well as where, when and HOW it might fit into your marketing mix. Listen to this...

Imagine being able to go from “Tired & Trapped” with your marketing and business model, to achieving “Freedom & Flexibility” where you are able to unhook your income from your time and make more by doing less – sound like a pipe dream? If you’re a coach, consultant, course creator or other type of expert, best-selling author and 6-time Inc 5000 CEO, Ryan Levesque, has spent more than a decade decoding the exact steps you can take to do just that. In this episode, your hosts, Suzi...

Get the low-down on the Content Marketing Tools We’re Loving in 2023! These are tools that are helping us be more productive, more creative, more efficient and there are so many exciting things happening right now in terms of new tech! In this episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon, revisit a topic they covered around this time last year as they share an UPDATE on their favourite content marketing tools (and a LOT has changed in just 12 short months!). You can check out ALL...

It’s Q&A Time! In this episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon, have are answering recent listener questions! We absolutely LOVE it when you ask questions and if you have something you’d like us to cover on a future show, go over to our Facebook Page and let us know! Listen to this episode to hear more about: -> What to do if you’re struggling with creating content for your email list. -> Suzi’s “email plan” tip that can save you hours! -> How to know if you’ve...

Applications work great for high ticket products and services because higher dollar sales typically require a bit more 1:1 connection and more personalized, high touch support in order for people to feel ready and confident to move forward and make the purchase. In this episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon, are talking about how you can sell high ticket items and premium products and services using an application process. The application process is something we’ve used very...

We know many of our listeners have some form of recurring revenue in their business model – whether that’s a membership site sharing information, or a repeatable service, a high dollar coaching program, or even a retainer arrangement – these are all recurring revenue models and you want to RETAIN as many of your recurring customers as possible. In this episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon, are diving into their many years of experience with memberships to give you their best...

Anyone who’s listened to this show for a while will know what big fans we are of both DOING customer surveys and gathering customer language. It’s one of the best ways you can deeply understand your market… and ALSO create powerful marketing language. So we thought it was high time we did an episode dedicated to giving you some frameworks for doing just that. In this episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon, share how you can write slam dunk marketing copy using your customer’s...

In this episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon, are shaking things up and for the first time ever, are interviewing not one, but THREE guests as they talk about their breakthroughs when it comes to the MONEY part of Marketing! This is a topic we’ve touched on at different times over the years, but it’s the first time we’re approaching it like this bringing in 3 people who’ve had money breakthroughs in 3 important ways that relate to how we do our marketing: -> Mindset...

AI is here to stay and it’s changing the marketing game for small business owners. In this episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon, deliver their first AI-related show (it won’t be the last!). They discuss the importance of crafting great prompts to get the best out of AI and share a simple “Prompt Crafting” framework you can follow to optimise the results you’re getting from AI. They also discuss the incredible opportunities available to small business owners through the use...

Today, we’re talking about the elements of a successful sales page. A sales page is a web page where you’re… selling something! And while that might seem obvious, there is definitely a science and an ART to creating a high converting sales page. In this episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon, draw on their decades of experience creating sales pages to share their checklist of 16 Essential Elements of a High-Converting Sales Page. Listen to this episode to hear more about: ...

We’re discussing a topic that underpins everything we do as business owners, and particularly what we do as marketers and content creators. And that is this idea of Owning More Space. What we mean by that is expanding into a bigger expression of yourself and your business in all the ways. Whether that’s… Charging more for your products or services Becoming more visible in your marketing Becoming more audacious in your messaging Offering something new that you know your market needs you...

Today we’re looking at something we see happen to a lot of business owners. Especially when you’re moving into new territory. For example, if you’ve never done a webinar before, or you’ve never paid for traffic before, or you’re launching a new product or service that’s different to what you’ve done before. And that is to OVER think and UNDER do! This approach comes with plenty of perils… Because new territory, while full of potential and opportunity, can also become a big hole we get...

We’re talking about rebranding… and specifically the 12 questions you need to ask yourself before rebranding anything! Because this is definitely something where there can be more worms in the can than you might first imagine! And we’ve seen too many people undertake a rebrand when it was NOT needed! BUT… if you DO need a rebrand (and we cover the reasons for a rebrand in today’s show) - you definitely want to get clear on these questions FIRST. In this episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and...

We’re talking about the “Features Trap” that most business owners get stuck in. We’re all in love with our own product and we can become obsessed with all the “things” that make our product great… but guess what? Your market is not interested in your product or services FEATURES! They want to know about its BENEFITS! In this episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon share how you can rewire your marketing brain to be more BENEFIT focused and less stuck in the Features Trap! ...

In this episode we’re doing something that’s become a tradition! It’s our annual Best Content Marketing Books episode! Your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon LOVE talking books and they’ve got some GOODIES to share! Plus we’ve released our newly updated 2023 Content Sells Reading List which you can get here! Listen to This Episode to Hear More About: -> The book Michelle read early in the year that “just wouldn’t leave her alone.” -> How one author is demystifying “charisma”...