Summit Host Hangout®

Jan 30 2025 297 ep. 18 mins 60

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Summit Host Hangout: Krista Miller of Summit In A Box dives deep into what it takes to launch an online summit. Everything from discovering your summit idea to the strategies that go into hosting a profitable, value-packed virtual summit. The best part? You don't have to be an influencer to make it happen. Let's dive in!

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Summit Conversations #05: How I'm handling summit overwhelm

Jan 30 2025 6 mins

This is my first time hosting a summit on part-time hours and, the truth is, I miiiiight not have done a great job of accounting for working half the hours that I used to 😅 In this episode I'm sharing a behind-the-scenes look at what I'm feeling right now, how I might be "failing" when it comes to managing my overwhelm, the steps I'm taking to help, and what I'll do if we aren't

289: Use Gamification to Boost Summit Engagement with Kimba Cooper-Martin

Jan 27 2025 37 mins

You might think of gamification as a strategy that can make your life or business more "fun". But as this week's guest, Kimba, shared the truth is, "fun" isn't a business objective and gamification is so much more than that! In fact, in the world of summits you can use gamification in your marketing, sessions, live show-up rates, community engagement, all-access pass sales, affili

Summit Conversations #04: A refreshed approach to sponsorships

Jan 21 2025 6 mins

If you don't love the thought of pitching sponsors for your summit, you're not alone. After getting turned down time after time when reaching out to sponsors for a summit that ultimately led to $121k in all-access pass sales, I got creative with my strategy. And I'm giving you a behind-the-scenes look today! In this episode, you'll hear why I dislike the traditional sponsorship app

Summit Conversations #03: BTS of going through speaker applications

Jan 16 2025 6 mins

I've always been a little envious of summit and bundle hosts who can put out an application for their event and get hundreds of responses. But after my experience with getting 60 applications for our upcoming summit...I'm not quite as sure 😅 In this week's video, I shared... - What it was like for a highly sensitive, Enneagram 2, ISFJ to sort through 60 amazing people. - How I s

288: Innovating and Experimenting in Summits without Breaking Everything

Jan 13 2025 13 mins

To keep a classic strategy like virtual summits working, it's important to experiment and innovate. However, we don't want that innovation to destroy the results you get from your event! In this episode, I'll break down why getting creative in summits is so important, the rewards and risks of doing so, and examples of what to have fun with vs. what you're better off to leave alone

Summit Conversations #02: Thoughts after leaning into speaker applications for the first time

Jan 09 2025 4 mins

I used to be firmly against using speaker applications to create a summit speaker lineup. I saw people using applications to be lazy and creating lineups that didn’t benefit ANYONE. But I decided to give it a try in our upcoming summit for B2C business owners and leaned into speaker applications. It was an interesting process so I decided to give you a behind-the-scenes look! In

287: Summit and Business Shifts I Noticed in 2024 (and How I'm Applying Those Things in 2025)

Dec 30 2024 18 mins

I've been hearing a lot of doom and gloom about the online business space lately, but from my standpoint after being at it for nearly 10 years, it's all a part of the normal cycle. Tune into this week's episode to hear changes I've noticed over the past year in the world of summits, on online business as a whole, and what I think it means for us in 2025. For show notes, head to h

Summit Conversations #01: Permission to host a summit YOUR way

Dec 19 2024 4 mins

The other day I was thinking about what I wish people knew about summits. I'm a practical thinker, so I was surprised when what came up didn’t have to do with a strategy people get wrong. But what did come up was this: I wish people knew that summits don’t have to be done a certain way. If you see something in other summits that makes you think, “I could NEVER do that”...

286: Becoming the Go-To Expert in Your Industry with Teresa Heath-Wareing

Dec 16 2024 36 mins

Summits are powerful for visibility but what can we do to get more visible outside of summit season? And what should we do to make the most of that visibility? Tune into my conversation with Teresa Heath-Wareing as she shares her framework for preparing to show up confidently, how to make the first few asks feel easy, and her scrappy way of landing collaborations with some of the

285: The Most Surprising Benefits of Hosting a Virtual Summit

Dec 02 2024 17 mins

I share a lot about the list growth revenue you'll see as a result of hosting a summit, but to be honest, those are some of the least-exciting benefits you'll see. And that's good news! While I use those immediate numbers to catch your attention, there are so many more long-term benefits you'll experience and I'm going to break those things down on the podcast this week. You'll h