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BIG changes are coming that will impact every business that uses email marketing. In this episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon speak to email automation expert, Cheryl Rerick, about the looming changes being made by Google, Yahoo, Microsoft that have a direct impact on the deliverability of your emails! These are some of the biggest changes to happen in email marketing for 20 years and you need to get ahead of the changes to ensure your emails remain compliant and that you can continue get your message into the inbox of the people on your email list. Listen to this episode to hear more about: -> Authentication practices you need to have in place by April 2024 (or put your email deliverability at risk). -> What the heck acronyms like SPF, DNS, DKIM and DMARC mean (and exactly what you need to do to be compliant). -> Why the changes are not as scary as they first sound and how they are actually good for you and for email marketing in general. -> How you can take back control of your email delive

In today’s show, we’re sharing a MANTRA that is making a BIG difference with our students and clients when it comes to having a Marketing Breakthrough. Sometimes, a marketing breakthrough can be doing something new, and sometimes, it can be what we’re STOPPING doing that creates it. Sometimes, it’s BOTH – we have to stop one thing so we can do another. But change can be daunting. Whether you’re delving into new territory, turning off a part of your business to focus on another, or launching or closing down a product – this simple 3-word Mantra could be a powerful tool for you! Listen to this Episode to Hear More About: -> The conversation that sparked this 3-word mantra. -> How to use this mantra to stop second-guessing yourself. -> How to create an effective mantra (and why you might need one to “hack” your behaviour). -> Why adding some whimsy to your mantra actually make it more effective. -> The one thing that makes all the difference between being able to create big positive changes in your business or g

Your niche is the market you serve. And we’ve all heard the advice that “you’ve got to have a niche.” But it’s not enough to have a super clear niche and really great messaging that speaks directly to them. The missing ingredient that we’re seeing a lot in the content marketing of small business owners is that they’re not really OWNING (in a deep and profound way) the niche they’ve chosen. In this episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon explore what it means to really take “ownership” of your niche and WHY that’s crucial for the growth (and survival) of your business. FREE DOWNLOAD Finding Your Niche - 6 Thought-Starter Questions. We’ve put together this list of 6 questions you want to ask yourself when you are considering how you might use the power of Niching Down. Go here to get your list of questions now. Listen to This Episode to Hear More About: -> The shift Suzi has made in the last year to get even clearer on her niche (and why that took really OWNING who she most wanted to serve). -> Th

One tactic that could be really helpful for you if you are offering an online course, a challenge, a live event or some other kind of workshop or program is to offer a VIP Ticket Option. If you’re not currently offering a VIP option, this can be a real game changer! And if you ARE already giving your customers a way to get a VIP experience, we’ve got some tips that will make it more effective for you! Your hosts Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon share their top tips for what to put in your VIP offer, when and how to offer the VIP upgrade and more! Listen to this Episode to Hear More About:  -> How to offer a paid VIP upgrade, even when your event ticket is FREE! -> Suzi’s tip for adding a VIP option to a Summit. -> How to use your VIP revenue to fund your advertising. -> The one thing every VIP offer MUST have to succeed (and it may not be what you think!). -> More than 15 things you can EASILY add to your VIP option to make it irresistible. -> Why people who upgrade to VIP are more likely to buy your NEXT offe

Over the years there’s been a lot of buzz around this idea of “10X-ing.” And with the release of the book “10X is Easier Than 2X” by Dan Sullivan and Dr Benjamin Hardy Suzi and Michelle got to thinking about this idea of 10X and especially how it relates to women marketers and business owners. Is it all hype? Is 10X REALLY easier than 2X? Or is there even any merit in comparing the two? Do we actually need BOTH? If you’ve ever been “turned off” by the “bro marketer” take on 10X, then this is the episode for you. Your hosts Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon share their views on the 10X vs 2X debate. This is a “juicy” show and they say some things that might surprise you, whichever side of the 10X debate you might be on. Listen to This Episode to Hear More About: -> Why you can’t always increment your way to growth. -> The big distinction Suzi & Michelle hope every reader gets when reading books like “10X is Easier Than 2X.” -> The massive takeaway from Dan Sullivan and Ben Hardy’s book that unlocked the 10X

It’s time for our annual review of the books we’re recommending for the new year! Join your hosts Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon as they share books they’ve loved and learned from that can help you be a more effective content marketer in 2024 (plus get your hands on our NEWLY UPDATED and hugely popular Content Sells Recommended Reading List!). Some books featured on today’s show are brand “newies” and others are classic “oldies” Suzi and Michelle have pulled out of the vault because they’ve been re-reading them and recommending them to clients and students so much recently. Listen to This Episode to Hear More About: -> The book Michelle and Suzi couldn’t believe had never been featured on the show before! -> How to get your hands on the hugely popular Content Sells Recommended Reading List. -> The book that can literally give you back HOURS in your business every week (so you can finally have the freedom to do the high-value work that brings you energy and joy instead). -> The book that shows you how to crea

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 found useful and so much more. So, whether you already HAVE a podcast and you’re looking for some tips to make your life easier; or you’re thinking about doing a podcast and wondering how it works from start to finish, this show is for you (and even if you don’t plan on having a podcast, you can take these tips and map them to ANY content you create regularly like blogs, newsletters, videos etc). Listen to this episode to hear more about: -> The 3 stages of podcast production and the must-know tips and pitfalls to avoid a

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 drawn” business model that can take you just 2 minutes but save you YEARS of trial and error -> The “Ski-Lift Strategy” for easily offering an upsell to your customers (especially good for high ticket sales) -> The Marketing Mountain Suzi exploded (and why it was one of the best things she did for her business at the time) -> Why understanding who you are selling to helps you to see which Mountains to keep and which ones you want to “detonate” -> How many mountains is too many mountains (and how to tell which ones you don’t need)? ->

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 immediate challenges or changes in your market or industry. Or to quick ideas you have in reaction to something your competitor is doing or to plug a cashflow hole that has cropped up. Your hosts Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon talk you through the ways reactive marketing might be showing up in your business and how to make the shift from reactive to proactive marketing (and be more profitable, less exhausted and more on track than ever!). Listen to this episode to hear more about: Why making the shift to proactive marketing ca

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 quickly and get customer feedback as soon as you can. This MVP approach can SAVE you making some big and expensive mistakes AND it can actually enlist your customers to help you create your product for free, make it better and more likely to sell! Listen to this episode to hear more about: -> How to go to market with a “less than perfect” course, program, product or service. -> What you definitely DON’T skimp on when launching your MVP. -> The MVP example that involved a flip chart and a zoom connection and turned into a multi

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. -> The surprising thing about repetition and why knowing this can literally save you HOURS of time. -> What Hollywood understood in the 1930’s that most content marketers still don’t know today. -> The Rule of 7 and how to use it to your advantage. -> The surprising thing Michelle found in her Inbox and why this discovery can unlock a breakthrough when it comes to saving your time! -> Suzi’s approach to content marketing for her free Facebook Group and how you can use this one idea to get hours back each week if YOU have a Facebo

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 in this episode they explain why repurposing is not just taking a blog post and turning it into 5 social posts and 3 videos. Instead see how you can create less CORE content and reimagine it in ways that are strategic and conversion-focused. Listen to This Episode to Hear More About: -> The ONE thing you need to know about EVERY single piece of content you create. -> Why no matter how efficient your content creation is, if you’re missing one important ingredient, chances are you’re working too hard making content that’s no

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 that has a 90% trust rating. -> How to structure a referral so it leads to an “effortless” sale. -> The different types of referrals (and why you want to create systems for a VARIETY of these). -> The PERFECT time to ask for a referral. -> How to reduce your “churn rate” with referrals. -> How to identify the ideal referral partner (and what to do next!). -> And much more! Also Mentioned in This Episode: -> HerBusiness Marketing Success Mastermind -> The REACH Retreat in Hawaii -> Content Sells Facebook Page -> Referral Factory -

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 life, your business, your message, your experience and go for it anyway. They share some of their top tips and observations around this topic based on their own personal journeys of embracing imperfection and also what they’ve seen work with the literally hundreds and hundreds of business owners they support. Listen to This Episode to Hear More About: -> The staggering scientific results that show women rate their performance more poorly than men do (even though actual performance is about on par!). -> Why underestimating our

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 talking about. In this instance YOU are the appointed body! Yes, you are appointing yourself as the creator of a report! And that immediately goes to helping your credibility. Plus reports can be incredibly newsworthy. Meaning you could pick up some PR - whether that’s in mainstream media or in your own market niche related media AND they can work really well as a lead magnet to grow your list and attract new prospects to your business. In this episode, your hosts, Suzi Dafnis and Michelle Falzon, share their top tips for creat

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 the “optimisation mindset” you need to have when it comes to getting results from your online sales process – because it’s very rare that the first thing you put together will totally knock it out of the park. And that’s why they’ve dedicated today’s episode to what happens AFTER you launch your sales funnel. What do you focus on? How do you optimise the various moving parts to keep getting better and better results? Listen to this episode to hear more about: -> The “hard truth” business owners need to accept when it comes t

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 episode to hear more about: -> Why Suzi and Michelle are fans of the paid workshop (and the counterintuitive reason they work). -> How you can instantly radically increase your show up rate. -> The strategy for doubling your conversions. -> How to attract more buyers and less tyre kickers. -> The ideal price point for your low cost workshop. -> The “fine balance” you need to strike between price, value and next steps. -> And much more! Also Mentioned in This Episode: -> HerBusiness Marketing Success Mastermind -> The REACH Re

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 Dafnis and Michelle Falzon, dive deep with Ryan on the new “revolution” he sees coming for people with expertise and those who help others through coaching and consulting. He calls it the Hybrid Expert Revolution and he shares why NOW is the exact moment to make “The Switch” from a “1:1” to “Group” approach to expand your impact and your income. Listen to this episode to hear more about: -> Ryan’s BRAND NEW Hybrid Expert Method (be one of the first in the world to learn this approach). -> The 3 Key Shifts giving coaches, cons

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 the tools mentioned on this show AND many more in our FREE freshly updated Content Marketing Tools Guide. Listen to this episode to hear more about: -> What Suzi and Michelle are STILL loving about the tools they shared in their 2022 Favourite Tools episode. -> The tidal wave of new tools created due to the AI explosion! -> Suzi’s favourite AI tool. -> The mindblowing new tool that enables you to turn yourself into a “virtual expert” using AI to tap into all your previous content! -> The super cool AI addition to a globally w

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 put too much in your lead magnet. -> The ugly truth about lead magnets (and why knowing this can help you increase your results). -> Why, in some ways, your lead magnet doesn’t matter and what you need to do immediately after someone opts in that matters WAY more. -> The important “tension” you need to create between free and paid content. -> Content ideas to nurture your free Facebook Group. -> What to think about FIRST when deciding how to market your coaching program (hint - this also applies to marketing ANY kind of program!). -> W