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EP 03Marketing
003: Retreats vs. Launches: Is the Future of Online Business Happening in Person?
What if your next retreat could become your most powerful marketing strategy? Colet sits down with Fractional COO and Growth + Operations Strategist Melanie Ireton of Ireton Consulting to explore whether retreats are replacing traditional online launches — or becoming the missing piece.
ListenEP 02Community Building
Why Retreat Leaders Should Stop Building an Audience and Start Building a Community
Audiences buy tickets. Communities come back, bring friends, and build your retreat with you. In this episode, Nick and Colet break down the difference—and how to start shifting from follower count to real connection.
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Welcome to the Retreat Machine
Meet the retreat workshop behind the microphone. In our first episode, Nick and Colet introduce the Retreat Machine, why retreats matter more than ever, and what you can expect from the conversations ahead.
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Your First 100 Subscribers Are Not Strangers
The list you keep waiting to build is mostly made of people who already know your name.
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Your Funnel Is a Hallway, Not a Rocket Ship
Everyone sells you the software. Nobody tells you what the thing actually does.
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Marketing
Your List Isn't Dead. It's Just Been Ignored.
How to wake up 1,400 people who forgot they signed up for you.
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