#315: Breaking Down Our $101,666 Launch: The Mechanics And Lessons Learned From Our Virtual Summit

#315: Breaking Down Our $101,666 Launch: The Mechanics And Lessons Learned From Our Virtual Summit

August 18, 2026 · 59 min · Season 1 · Episode 315

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This episode breaks down the mechanics and lessons learned from a successful virtual summit that generated over $101,000 in revenue.

Our first-ever 6-figure launch started with a cold email I didn’t respond to. Twice. The third time, I wrote back. A few months later, we ran a 3-day free virtual summit that drove $101,666 in revenue — with a $78,400 margin. This is the full breakdown of how it happened, what we’d do the same way again, and what we’d change. Joining me for this behind-the-scenes recap is Anna Reich, the integrator here on the Creator Science team. This was Anna’s first launch — 3 and a half months into the job — and she was right in the middle of all of it. We ran this summit in partnership with a third-party team called After Harvest, who pitched us on the whole concept via cold email and worked on a 15% performance-based fee. In this episode, we talk about: The full mechanics: $101,666 in revenue, $23,300 in costs, and the exact offer stack that got us there What we’d absolutely do the same — the VIP ticket, aggressive email volume, and the live pitch with a day-2 bonus What we’d do differently — a simpler structure, a new webinar platform, and building the presentations before everything else The 80/20 version: what a stripped-down, repeatable launch playbook actually looks like By the end of…

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Host: Jay Clouse

Guest: Anna Reich

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