In this episode, I interview one of our Sell From Stage Academy® and ELITE members KT Merry. She is a renowned luxury and destination photographer and recently started her Expert business with great success. In this interview, we dive deep into the strategies that have very quickly moved her towards having multi-six-figure launches. In fact, using the Sell From Stage Formula she created a $393,000 webinar launch on her second attempt! As always this interview is practical and useful so that you ...
Apr 28, 2021•37 min•Ep. 60
In this episode, you'll discover the 3 crucial skills that are needed to grow your Expert business (especially in this current economy). After running my business for over 12 years I've noticed that there are some very specific skills that the most successful Expert business owners have developed. In this episode, I unpack these three skills and talk about how you can apply them to your business right now. Join the NEW Free How To Sell From Virtual Stages LIVE 3-Part Training Series www.virtuals...
Apr 21, 2021•34 min•Ep. 59
In this episode, we tackle one of the biggest fears that most experts face. The fear that 'no one wants or will join your online course'. You'll discover the three big mistakes that experts commonly make that cause no one to join your course. You'll also discover the exact strategies you can implement right away to start your course selling like hotcakes. I talk honestly about one of my biggest failed launches and how I went from selling only one product to making millions of dollars, with this ...
Apr 14, 2021•46 min•Ep. 58
This season has been incredibly difficult for many people. But the interesting thing is that some people have managed to adapt and develop, while others have floundered and struggled. In this episode, you'll discover the lessons that we've learned through the various difficult seasons in our business and life and how you can apply them to grow your Expert Business right now. This is a conversation that is full of funny moments, random stories, and some insights that you can apply in your busines...
Apr 07, 2021•36 min•Ep. 57
Whether you are speaking on a virtual stage or a live stage these speaking mistakes are ones to avoid. I've been speaking for over a decade and I've noticed that these three mistakes robbed the speaker of authority on stage, connection with the audience, and ultimately success in the speaking business. I trust you'll enjoy these distinctions and how to fix them. CONNECT WITH COLIN: www.sellfromstageacademy.com www.expertedgepodcast.com @colinboyd TOOLS COLIN RECOMMENDS: Kajabi (Click here to lea...
Mar 31, 2021•19 min•Ep. 56
You probably already know that storytelling is one of the most powerful ways to connect with your audience. But the big problem is knowing which story to tell and how to share it in a way that doesn't make the audience's eyes roll back in their heads. In this episode, I dive deep into 3 secrets for making your stories highly engaging. You'll be able to use these strategies on your next Facebook live, webinar, virtual presentation, or any sort of delivery where you are standing in front of an aud...
Mar 24, 2021•27 min•Ep. 55
Today’s episode is the final part 3 of my Sales Psychology series and we’re having a conversation around how to sell from a place of abundance. This one I think is going to stretch you big time! I’ll be sharing 3 philosophies that are going to help to shift your thinking into an abundance philosophy when it comes to selling and being a leader in the marketplace. I don’t want you to think about this as this is just a mindset one, this fundamentally has the ingredients to shift how you show up in ...
Mar 17, 2021•29 min•Ep. 54
Part Two of my Sales Psychology series is all about offer psychology and how to create and think about creating an offer. Your offer can make or break your business so I’m sharing 3 really hot ideas that will shift your thinking when it comes to making offers. I want to get you deep into the philosophy and the emotional and energetic space of feeling comfortable selling and making offers! Review and subscribe so you don’t miss a thing! CONNECT WITH COLIN: ww.sellfromstageacademy.com www.experted...
Mar 10, 2021•27 min
This is the start of a new series where we’re diving deep into sales psychology. If you have any sort of dissonance or fear around selling, then this session is going to be great for you. I’m going to go deep into how to be aware of what your resistances are, how to shift them and remove them, and then I’ll be diving into the psychology of how the top people in the expert industry think about sales. Being confident in your sales is just the tip of the iceberg in getting your business thriving in...
Mar 03, 2021•37 min•Ep. 52
Welcome to our fourth and final week of the Expert Edge Social Media Bootcamp! This final week we’re talking all things Instagram with Instagram Marketing Strategist, Elise Darma. Most of us spend a ton of time on Instagram already so learning how to make the move from social app to strategic marketing platform is pivotal in growing your reach and engagement. We’ll be breaking down some very practical steps you can take to do just that, as well as how to actually use Instagram to start convertin...
Feb 24, 2021•45 min•Ep. 49
This week we’re talking all about Youtube growth strategies with the one and only Sean Cannell. This guy is a beast and with 2 million subscribers on youtube he’s here to teach you exactly how he did it. We talk all things around the mindset, strategies and applications of getting started and then scaling up, as well as why Youtube still has SO much untapped potential to take advantage of. Sean shares specific apps and systems he leans on as well as what strategies he’s found the most efficient....
Feb 17, 2021•47 min•Ep. 50
Welcome to Week Two of our Social Media Bootcamp! In this second week, we’re diving into Facebook Advertising and I’ve brought on my friend and incredible marketer, Alejandro Reyes to join me in the discussion. I’ve worked with him personally, as have my friends, and he is the master of helping you launch well. We’re gonna talk about what’s working on Instagram and Facebook marketing, how to build a brand on social media, and lastly, video because that’s going to be key this year. You’re gonna g...
Feb 10, 2021•47 min
Welcome to week one of our February Social Media Bootcamp! Social media is a really important part of building your expert business and I wanted to bring on some of the leading experts in this particular field on the show to share their strategies with you. Today is all about building a social media presence and taking the overwhelm out of that. I’m interviewing Stacy Tuschl who is a highly successful expert with multiple businesses who thrives on social media. We break down the phases you need ...
Feb 03, 2021•52 min•Ep. 48
Today's all about increasing your confidence as an expert. One of the main things you sell as an expert is YOU, so in this short conversation, I'm sharing 3 real strategies that have helped me to improve my confidence as an expert. One of the most attractive qualities you can have as an expert is a sense of certainty about yourself and your offer. I didn't start there but there are very specific strategies that helped me get to a place of assuredness as a leader and I’m going to show you exactly...
Jan 27, 2021•25 min•Ep. 47
Have you ever wondered why some people naturally and easily connect with others and some people really struggle? Well the secret lays in how they use their face, gestures, and intentions. In this episode, I wanted to give you some super practical tools to help you connect and speed up rapport with the people around you. This means you'll more easily build relationships, create trust, and feel a deeper sense of connection with those around you. These are the 3 strategies that have dramatically im...
Jan 20, 2021•27 min
In this episode, I’m super excited to introduce you to my good friend Amy Porterfield. If you don’t know of her already, she is THE most successful online course creator in the world right now. She is extremely exceptional at what she does, and behind all of her success has remained an incredibly generous and integrous human. There is so much to learn from her journey, which is why I wanted to bring her on to discuss some of the high and lows that got her where she is today. We’ll be breaking do...
Jan 13, 2021•42 min•Ep. 48
For the first episode of 2021, I’ve brought back my incredible wife Sarah to share with you one of our most powerful tools in both our business and our personal lives: a theme word! Every year we sit down and decide on a word for the business and for our family. We’ve talked about the power of a theme in your business before, but now we’re doubling down on why this powerful tool can make 2021 the best yet for your personal life as well! It helps set the tone and trajectory and impacts every deci...
Jan 06, 2021•29 min•Ep. 44
This episode is a little different because I’m pulling back the curtain to share a little behind the scenes snippet of Sell From Stage Academy Coaching calls. You’re getting direct access to a group coaching call where we workshop a question from a student live. This is a super practical session! The student’s problem was that she sells a coaching offer that's a little more expensive than a normal offer and the question she asked was “should I book potential clients into 1-on-1 sales calls and t...
Dec 16, 2020•10 min•Ep. 43
I love to feature my student’s stories because scaling your business is a journey! Not everyone starts out doing $100K on a webinar, it starts out small. Which is why I’m featuring Emma Lewzey as a guest on this week’s podcast episode. She’s an incredible consultant and speaker who recently started doing webinars. Her story is incredibly encouraging and her journey to her first 5 figure webinar is going to help you a lot! If you’ve just started with webinars or you’ve never ran one before, we’re...
Dec 08, 2020•44 min•Ep. 42
I’ve been hearing a lot of people say webinars are dead, but 2020 has proved them all wrong! I can tell you from personal experience that webinars are BOOMING and they’re going to continue to be massive. In this episode, you’ll discover why webinars aren’t going anywhere and I’ll give you 3 BIG hacks that you can use right away. Following a formula is the easiest way to convert claps into clients and these 3 tricks will help you DOUBLE your conversion rates so that you can serve more people! CON...
Dec 02, 2020•34 min•Ep. 41
We are going DEEP into some of the most overlooked, underutilized, unconventional strategies for selling your courses in 2021. We’re going past the normal topics and ideas and I’m sharing some real ninja strategies. In this episode, you’ll discover the top 3 ways to sell more online courses in 2021. After rubbing shoulders with the biggest names in this industry and seeing how they run their businesses, marketing, and messaging, this is how they do it! If you’re ready to go past your normal leve...
Nov 25, 2020•28 min•Ep. 40
For this week’s episode, I am giving you exclusive access to one of my greatest secret weapons, Tiffany Lee Bymaster. As a celebrity makeup artist turned online branding master, Tiffany specializes in coaching online business entrepreneurs on how to discover their voice on live video. She is the FIRST person I call for help when I’m doing a live video and I wanted to give you guys access to her training here. Mastering LIVE video is what your business needs to thrive in 2021! We dive into practi...
Nov 18, 2020•55 min•Ep. 39
For this week’s conversation, I wanted to bring Sell From Stage Academy student Megan Sumrell on to the show to share a bit of her journey. 2020 has brought its unique challenges to the Expert Industry, one of those being learning how to master virtual stages. Megan was able to find her confidence in speaking online and not only that, but she was able to DOUBLE her conversion rates on webinar. We’ll be jumping into how to really increase your persuasion and your ability to communicate from a vir...
Nov 11, 2020•38 min•Ep. 38
This episode is all about getting you paid as a speaker! Knowing the value of what you bring to the table and being able to ask for that is a really important skill set in this industry. I’m going to be breaking down my own personal journey to getting paid and showing you practically how you can make $10,000 a session as a speaker. If you’ve ever been paid lower than what you expected or struggled to ask for more, then this episode is going to be incredibly helpful for you! CONNECT WITH COLIN: w...
Nov 04, 2020•33 min•Ep. 37
In the Expert Business Industry, a huge part of growing your business is growing yourself. Which is why in this episode I’ve got a really special guest for you named Julia Kristina. Our conversation is all about how to grow internally as an entrepreneur and how to break through anxiety and insecurity so you can build the confidence you desire and step into your place as a market leader. Growing your business is not only functional but emotional as well and so we’re going to be unpacking her jour...
Oct 28, 2020•47 min•Ep. 36
I’m sharing one of the most powerful productivity strategies I have: theming. For me, a theme drives all of my decisions and it's incredibly practical. It helps point me in the direction I’m focusing my growth in for that season. I’ll share the pragmatics of why a theme is so valuable to implement along with how themes have worked for me. It’s a concept I teach to all my high-level clients early in their journey because it adds so much momentum to their progress and goals. In this episode, we’ll...
Oct 21, 2020•27 min•Ep. 35
In this interview, I’m bringing you one of my good friends Tanya Dalton. She is a rockstar when it comes to productivity and personal effectiveness and even though she runs a multi-7-figure expert business now, she started by selling physical products. We’ll talk about how she made that transition as well as ways that you can also navigate any change in your business model during Covid. She’s an amazing woman, a true leader, and an inspiring business owner. If you want to improve the quality of ...
Oct 14, 2020•55 min•Ep. 34
In this episode, we’re gonna be talking about growing your capacity. In order to reach your goals you must expand your capacity, so how do you grow in this area? I’m gonna share with you some of the strategies I normally only share with my high-level implementation and coaching group, Expert’s Inner Circle, and I’m gonna unpack some of my biggest failures. I’ll tell you how I was able to leverage them to reach my goals, and how I went from seeing negative numbers on my ROI’s to seeing 3-7 times ...
Oct 07, 2020•29 min•Ep. 33
I’m excited to welcome back my wife, Sarah Boyd, to the podcast! This time we’re diving even deeper into how to have a healthy life as an entrepreneur and talking all about running a business while raising kids. Sarah runs a company called Resilient Little Hearts that teaches parents and children about emotional health and resilience, so her expertise in this area brings a lot to the conversation. If you have kids, or even if you want kids in the future, this episode will be extremely helpful an...
Sep 30, 2020•43 min•Ep. 33
This session is all about mindset and helping you to lift and shift your limiting beliefs so that you can go to your next level. I’m pulling back the curtain and giving you some behind the scenes access to content that is normally only available to my Sell From Stage students, but I wanted to give it to you here because I know this concept will be crucial to growing your business. In this LIVE recording of a coaching call with my students, we’ll break down a really practical process I’ve used in...
Sep 23, 2020•31 min•Ep. 31
