The Smart Passive Income Online Business And Blogging Podcast

Creators often default to bundles as their collab tactic and call it a day. But there are so many more opportunities out there! Not only that, but you can often get better results by tightening your circle and working with a few key people!Our List Building Live speaker, Nadalie Bardo, is all about partnering up to reach highly targeted audiences. Essentially, she's down with OPP! That's to say she often shows up on other people's platforms to teach and deliver massive value. You already know we love that here!Joint venture webinars, workshop swaps, and boot camps are all covered today by Nadalie!Listen in to hear more from her, and visit SmartPassiveIncome.com/Nadalie-Bardo to access Nadalie's free Collab Ready Checklist!Also, if you need a group of business peers to team up with and take action, List Building Live listeners get 50% off the SPI Community for life! Join us at SmartPassiveIncome.com/listlive using the code 26LIST to jump on this special offer!Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/LBL-N

You don't want to be the best-kept secret! If people don't know who you are and what you do, they can't help you. That's why finding networking opportunities is vital even if you're running your whole brand online! So how do you put yourself and your goals out there? More importantly, how do you then convert your visibility into clients?If you're posting but nothing's actually happening in your business, listen in on this expert session with Tracy Beavers! This List Building Live talk will help you find more leads and networking opportunities than you'll know what to do with, so don't miss out!Listen in to hear more from Tracy, and visit TracyBeavers.biz/lizlistbuildinglive2026 for her free Visibility-to-Client workbook!Also, if you need a group of business peers to team up with and take action, List Building Live listeners get 50% off the SPI Community for life! Join us at SmartPassiveIncome.com/listlive using the code 26LIST to jump on this special offer!Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/LBL-Tra

#943 It's gotten to the point where my kids roll their eyes every time I say this. But "you can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want." And if there's one regret I have in entrepreneurship, it's that I didn't fully understand the power of building relationships and collaborating sooner! Don't make the same mistake, because growing alongside other creators and brands is the absolute fast track to success. And that's what today's episode is all about! Liz and I are coming at this from two different angles because you can use either one of our approaches to win big. And for even greater results, think about combining both! Liz will walk you through her methods of finding, reaching out to, and partnering with relevant creators. Then I'll step in to share how I'm working with major brands in the Pokémon space on some next-level deals! Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session943.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Noti

We've been discussing collaboration a lot lately. Now, we're walking the walk with our first virtual audio summit. Tune in because this session is the perfect place to start to understand the power of bringing creators together!Our speaker, Leticia Jadene, shares how she regularly hosts collaborative bundles, freebie galas, and summits to supercharge her email list growth and build niche authority. Her collabs regularly get her thousands of new subscribers! And while you have a lot to gain by participating in these kinds of events, going the extra mile to become a host is where it's really at.Listen in to get Leticia's awesome tips, and visit LeticiaJCollins.com/challenge for her free 5-day audience growth challenge!And if you need a group of business peers to team up with and take action, List Building Live listeners get 50% off the SPI Community for life! Join us at SmartPassiveIncome.com/listlive using the code 26LIST to jump on this special offer!Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/LBL-Leticia-J

With the right funnel in place, running ads to get newsletter subscribers can pay for itself and then some! So why aren't more email marketers learning how to leverage this strategy the right way?This awesome session with Chris Orzechowski is part of our very first virtual audio summit. Don't miss out because this is the perfect place to start if you're too busy to rely on content creation for email list growth! Chris shares how he engineers his ads to bring in dozens of new subscribers per day. But that's just the start. It's his next-level upsell strategy that brings everything together and turns new signups into actual revenue.Listen in to hear more from Chris, and visit SmartPassiveIncome.com/ChrisOrzechowski for his free Flow Fixer checklist!If you need a group of business peers to team up with and take action, List Building Live listeners get 50% off the SPI Community for life! Join us at SmartPassiveIncome.com/listlive using the code 26LIST to jump on this special offer!Show notes and more at SmartPass

Getting people off social media and onto your email list is an uphill battle. Not least because platforms like Facebook and Instagram are actively working against you. They absolutely don't want you moving people off their platforms! That's why hosting your own virtual events with like-minded creators is such a powerful alternative path to massive growth!Gabe Cox, our speaker for this List Building Live summit session, is a perfect example of what can happen when you sidestep the social media system! That's because five years of the content grind netted her about 350 email list subscribers. One virtual event later, she was already up to 3,500! Tune in to hear how she pulled it off because you don't even need an audience to start!And for more from Gabe, visit SmartPassiveIncome.com/GabeCox to grab her free Get Event Ready resource!Also, if you need a group of business peers to team up with and take action, List Building Live listeners get 50% off the SPI Community for life! Join us at SmartPassiveIncome.com/li

When the views and likes come in on social media, the dopamine hit tricks you into thinking your business is growing. But what happens when you run the numbers and your posts aren't bringing in any real revenue?Listen in on this List Building Live session for the freebie swap tactic that sidesteps the social trap and sets you up for actual results!Allyn Miller is joining us for our very first virtual audio summit to deliver an inspiring look at what happens when you stop chasing validation. She shares her cold outreach tactic, how she finds collaborators off social media, and why multiple follow-ups are key to building new relationships.Listen in to hear more from Allyn, and visit SmartPassiveIncome.com/AllynMiller for her free 3-Step Guide to a Healthy Relationship with Your Young Child!Also, if you need a group of business peers to team up with and take action, List Building Live listeners get 50% off the SPI Community for life! Join us at SmartPassiveIncome.com/listlive using the code 26LIST to jump on thi

Some paid opportunities cost way less than you would expect. They might also deliver much greater results! We're talking the kind of growth you'd have to spend months posting on social media to recreate. So why not fast-track your audience building with sponsored emails?Sara Obando is joining us for our very first virtual audio summit to share how she's getting hundreds of new subscribers with paid mentions on other people's newsletters.$97 is all she paid for a full week's worth of sponsored emails. Not only that, but she converted almost 50% of the clicks she got into new signups! That's bananas!Listen in to hear more from Sara, and visit StargazedStudio.com/audit/lbl for her free 1-Day Website Audit!Also, if you need a group of business peers to team up with and take action, List Building Live listeners get 50% off the SPI Community for life! Join us at SmartPassiveIncome.com/listlive using the code 26LIST to jump on this special offer!Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/LBL-Sara-Obando.See Priva

The benefits of hosting collaborative virtual events go way beyond just growing your email list. Don't underestimate what the boost in niche credibility and authority can do for your brand!Join us for our very first virtual audio summit to get a glimpse at the power of bringing creators together. And since we've been going on and on about collaboration lately, we're now walking the walk with another incredible session!Don't miss out on this one because our speaker, Cat Griffin, shares her unique $1 event strategy! This is a great tactic to use if you're looking to attract an audience of real buyers. And if you also have upsells in place, you're in business!Listen in to hear more from Cat, and visit SmartPassiveIncome.com/CatGriffin for her free collaboration guide!Also, if you need a group of business peers to team up with and take action, List Building Live listeners get 50% off the SPI Community for life! Join us at SmartPassiveIncome.com/listlive using the code 26LIST to jump on this special offer!Show not

AL #011 Social media is not the end-all, be-all in audience building. You know me, I'm always down with OPP. Jumping on other people's platforms is one of my top strategies to pop up, serve, and get new leads! And that's a great place to start for Julie Kleinhans of Reshape and Recover, who's submitted the topic for today's AskLiz session! Julie is worried that people in her weight loss niche might shy away from publicly engaging with her posts. So how do we get creative with our growth when traditional advice doesn't seem to work? Listen in on today's episode because I share how you and Julie can reach people right where they're already gathering online! But in our age of oversharing, I also want to help Julie get over the feeling that her topic is off-limits. I share valuable tips about learning a niche's language to overcome common objections. Enjoy! Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/al011.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy

#942 Sloptimization. That's what I call using AI to write scripts or perfect your videos to the point where your entire personality is gone. Even though the tech is still new, people are already tired of it. Nobody wants to watch that kind of stuff! That said, if you're not creating videos for your brand, you're getting left behind. So how do you remove friction and take consistent action to hit publish often enough? Today's chat with my friend Doc Rock from Ecamm will open your eyes to what's possible! But first, you have to let go of the idea of perfection. No fancy equipment or editing needed to stand out! In fact, you likely already have everything you need to get started. Second, you should seriously consider going live to fix your content strategy in one fell swoop! The tips we get from Doc on that are where it's at. Listen in! Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session942.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my

AL #010 You can't read the label from inside the jar. That's why getting an outside perspective on growing your brand is often the missing ingredient that makes all the difference! On today's AskLiz session, Sandra De Freitas wants me to do just that. The mind-blowing part is Sandra's been helping people build engaged communities since freaking 2005! So why isn't she a household name yet? Listen in because the same unproductive patterns might be holding you back! As I've told Sandra, the number one thing to look out for is doing too much. So what are the tasks that don't move the needle? That's where I'd start subtracting. I also share the top metric I obsess over and use to guide my growth, my email signature trick that lands me on new podcasts all the time, the tripwire offer tactic that converts on the spot, and more! Enjoy, and keep sending your questions in at SpeakPipe.com/LizWilcox! Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/al010.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privac

#941 If you're growing an audience of superfans, it's important to give them a place of belonging. And here's the thing. They belong together! That's why Liz and I are diving straight into the topic of live events today to help you serve your people! Our recent trip to Kit's Craft + Commerce conference was a new reminder of just how much in-person meetups can do for a brand and its followers. And of course, I have my growing Card Party events that are now attracting something like ten thousand attendees each! But that's not where your mind should be at to start! Liz and I want to help you find the minimum viable and valuable live event for your audience. That can be something as low-lift as a coffee shop meetup or co-working space hangout. No matter the size of your get-together, you can still change lives and uplevel your brand. Listen in to hear our best tips! Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session941.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art

Al #009 If you've tuned in to last week's AskLiz session, you know I'm big on partnerships as the number one way to grow your email list and brand. Today's episode is very much meant to drive that point home with an interesting collaboration idea coming from Allan Ngo of DigitalSolopreneur.com! If you have a talk lined up at a virtual summit, can you partner up with some of the other speakers for win-win cross-promotion? I absolutely love this line of thought! But how do you pull it off without appearing self-interested or sleazy? Listen in on this quick session for my thoughts on how I would approach a virtual summit opportunity like this! I'll share the exact DM I'd send out proposing no-brainer partnerships and the top ways to leverage this kind of networking for targeted growth. Enjoy, and please keep sending your questions in at SpeakPipe.com/LizWilcox! Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/al009.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/pr

#940 Liz and I are going head-to-head today and comparing our very different audience growth approaches! As you know, I'm all about posting daily. Especially since I've seen huge success creating Shorts for YouTube. After all, two million subscribers with just fifteen minutes of work per day is pretty good! Liz, on the other hand, is much more of a stealth operator. Her targeted growth is based on finding the right collaborators for strategies like lead magnet swaps, virtual speaking, and podcast guesting. She values her email list way more than any follower count! And the truth is, both of these approaches could work. That's why you should join us for this session to uncover and choose the growth tactic that resonates the most with you! So how do you build consistency to post every day? Alternatively, how do you network across to build your audience brick-by-brick? Tune in to find out! Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session940.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Priv

AL #008 Just post more! That's the most common piece of advice new creators get flooded with while trying to grow an email list. Here's the thing, though. You'll get there eventually, especially if you post daily. But why not be smart about your growth right from the get-go? Listen in on today's AskLiz session for a chat on the highest-leverage tactics that can get you more subscribers without extra content creation! Because, y'all, I'm no Pat Flynn. I'm very sporadic on socials and still managed to grow my email list without spending a dime on ads. The secret? Strategic partnerships! Today, I'll walk you through the top ways to network and partner up with other creators for win-win growth. From freebie swaps to co-creating products, I've used every single one of these opportunities to level up my business. So tune in to set yourself up for new growth! And thank you, Melissa, from HelloPrimeLife.com, for submitting today's question! Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/al008.See Privacy Policy at htt

#939 Wow. You're in for a special episode because we're talking about a still mostly untapped opportunity that has to be the easiest passive income you can earn online right now! The best part is that the barrier to entry is so low that you can start generating revenue whenever! So listen in to hear today's guest, Kathleen Kobel, share an inside look at her incredible success posting videos to Amazon. That's right. This opportunity is all about creating short, one- to two-minute product reviews to help shoppers make a purchase decision. On your end, you don't have to have your face on camera or do a bunch of editing! You also don't need to put in any work to promote your videos. The Amazon Influencer Program will get eyeballs on your content by default! This is something you can dip your toes in or even go full-time with, so don't miss out! Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session939.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-

AL #007 Live streams are a powerful way to grow and connect with your audience. But how do you take it a step further and turn your lives into evergreen content? More importantly, how do you do it without creating a whole bunch more work for yourself? Done right, a single stream can be repurposed into weeks of valuable posts. That's why I always say you have to begin with the end in mind! For my tips on how to do just that, listen in on today's AskLiz session. I'll share the Ecamm Live trick you should use to create Shorts and long-form videos in one go, and I'll help you map out your streams in advance for easy-to-clip highlights. If you've been struggling to post often enough, this might be the missing piece of the puzzle for you. Don't miss out! And for more AskLiz, don't forget to send in your online business questions at SpeakPipe.com/LizWilcox! Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/al007.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do

#938 Learning comes from the action you take, not the research you do! That's the theme of today's special episode, where I answer your questions on everything from content creation to live events. If you've been struggling to post consistently, been wondering if selling merch is right for your brand, or want to know when it's time for your first hire, listen in! Our incredible Director of Community, Liz Wilcox, is joining me for this throwback to the AskPat days. And that's exactly where we start. I'll share why I couldn't be more excited to have Liz coming on as my co-host after flying solo for so many years, but there's much more to take away from this session! I discuss finding and focusing on an MVPC, your minimum viable piece of content, to beat perfectionism and procrastination. I also share a look at the massive growth of my Card Party conventions and why bringing people together live is the most rewarding thing you can do as a creator. Tune in! Show notes and more at SmartPassiveIncome.com/session938

AL #006 Paid membership communities don’t have to fizzle out after a year or two. But how do you maintain engagement and attract new members to keep things fresh and profitable? Join me for today's AskLiz episode to hear my top community experience tips. With my Email Marketing Membership going strong for over six years and the SPI Community also turning six, I have many insights to share to help you thrive and keep bringing people together! I'll tell you how I create content for my members consistently, without burning out. I'll also discuss why I rely on events as much as I do for engagement boosts and new growth. And because bringing new people into your community is one of the best ways to maintain excitement, I'll go over how I sell my membership year after year. So don't miss out! For more, visit our show notes page at SmartPassiveIncome.com/al006 and keep sending your online business questions in at SpeakPipe.com/LizWilcox!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at