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Marketing Your Business is a podcast dedicated to all things marketing. It's a behind-the-scenes look at the marketing tactics and strategies that lead to a loyal following, growing sales, and a business that gives you more freedom in your everyday life.
Each episode is packed with takeaways to help you get what you have in front of a lot more people. It's about leveraging your marketing to build a business that's high in profit, low in stress, and one that gives you the ability to have the greatest impact on the world.
Join leading online marketing strategist and entrepreneur Stu McLaren as he shares what's working for selling products online with product launches, online communities, email marketing, social media marketing, content marketing, and more. This is about the marketing that leads to more sales, more profits, and a high-growth business.
But this show isn't just about making money. It's about using the power of marketing to give you more freedom. The freedom to work with who you want, where you want, while having time to travel and do the things that matter. It's about reducing the "go-go-go" stress and redesigning your business so you can be more present in the lives of those who matter most to you.
About Stu McLaren:
For years, Stu has helped experts transform their knowledge and influence into recurring revenue by launching, growing, and scaling 7 and 8-figure membership sites. In 2008, he co-founded the world's most popular membership platform for WordPress (WishList Member). He then went on to partner with New York Times best-selling author Michael Hyatt, helping his company go from a high 6-figure business (with lots of stress) to a high 7-figure business (with low-stress). Michael's profitability soared, his email list grew from 70,000 to over 500,000 and he gained back over 100 days with his family by not having to travel.
Today, he's the Co-Founder of Membership.io, helping creators and entrepreneurs build thriving membership businesses. He's also the author of Predictable Profits, which shows business owners how to create recurring revenue so they can stop chasing new customers and start building real stability.
If you've got an established business and you're looking for ideas on how to get your products and services in front of more people OR you're thinking about starting a business and want to see the behind-the-scenes of another entrepreneur doing it in real time, Marketing Your Business is tailor-made for you.
Each episode is packed with takeaways to help you get what you have in front of a lot more people. It's about leveraging your marketing to build a business that's high in profit, low in stress, and one that gives you the ability to have the greatest impact on the world.
Join leading online marketing strategist and entrepreneur Stu McLaren as he shares what's working for selling products online with product launches, online communities, email marketing, social media marketing, content marketing, and more. This is about the marketing that leads to more sales, more profits, and a high-growth business.
But this show isn't just about making money. It's about using the power of marketing to give you more freedom. The freedom to work with who you want, where you want, while having time to travel and do the things that matter. It's about reducing the "go-go-go" stress and redesigning your business so you can be more present in the lives of those who matter most to you.
About Stu McLaren:
For years, Stu has helped experts transform their knowledge and influence into recurring revenue by launching, growing, and scaling 7 and 8-figure membership sites. In 2008, he co-founded the world's most popular membership platform for WordPress (WishList Member). He then went on to partner with New York Times best-selling author Michael Hyatt, helping his company go from a high 6-figure business (with lots of stress) to a high 7-figure business (with low-stress). Michael's profitability soared, his email list grew from 70,000 to over 500,000 and he gained back over 100 days with his family by not having to travel.
Today, he's the Co-Founder of Membership.io, helping creators and entrepreneurs build thriving membership businesses. He's also the author of Predictable Profits, which shows business owners how to create recurring revenue so they can stop chasing new customers and start building real stability.
If you've got an established business and you're looking for ideas on how to get your products and services in front of more people OR you're thinking about starting a business and want to see the behind-the-scenes of another entrepreneur doing it in real time, Marketing Your Business is tailor-made for you.
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Your members aren't leaving because you're not giving enough. They're leaving because they feel lost, alone, or like nothing is working. Here's how to fix it. If you run a membership, a course, or any kind of community, you've probably dealt with this: people join excited and then disappear within 60 days. The natural instinct is to create more content, add more resources, build more modules. But that actually makes the problem worse. The real issue isn't value -- it's that members aren't experiencing success fast enough. In this episode, I walk you through a story about one of our clients who completely turned her retention around, and the three specific levers that made the difference. In this episode, you'll learn: - Why adding more content can actually increase churn - The one thing retained members all had in common (within 2 weeks) - 3 levers that make a community sticky -- clarity, connection, and result - How to build a "GPS-style" onboarding that tells members exactly what to do next - A simple introduction thread strategy that creates belonging fast 📥 RESOURCE: Grab the resources from this episode at https://podcast.stu.me CONNECT WITH STU: • Website: https://stu.me • Book "Predictable Profits": https://a.co/d/4GIi1uz • Instagram: https://instagram.com/stumclaren • Podcast: https://podcast.stu.me • Membership.io: https://membership.io Subscribe and leave a review if this episode helped you.
Someone I admire dismissed my advice because it sounded like AI wrote it. The worst part? He was right. Here's how I fixed it. I'd built all these AI skills, created great prompts, and was churning out social posts, emails, and outlines. I thought I was winning. Then a creator with a massive following asked me for help with his membership. I dictated my advice into Claude, had it clean things up, and sent it over. His response? "Honestly, it just sounds like a ChatGPT response." That one stung. But when I looked at it, he was right. The advice was solid, but it wasn't me. I'd been using AI like a vending machine. Put in a topic, get out content, move on. But AI doesn't know your voice unless you teach it, your stories unless you give them to it, or your principles unless you define them. In this episode, you'll learn: - The one mistake that makes AI content sound generic (and most people are making it) - How to build a voice library so AI actually sounds like you - A 5-point context checklist that transforms AI output quality - Why editing for humanity matters more than editing for perfection 📥 RESOURCE: Grab the resources from this episode at https://podcast.stu.me CONNECT WITH STU: • Website: https://stu.me • Book "Predictable Profits": https://a.co/d/4GIi1uz • Instagram: https://instagram.com/stumclaren • Podcast: https://podcast.stu.me • Membership.io: https://membership.io Subscribe and leave a review if this episode helped you.
Most people become a different person on camera: stiff, awkward, forgettable. McCall Jones has helped thousands fix this (including Russell Brunson...38% conversion increase). Here's how. McCall Jones took someone who was "so awkward on camera that nobody would buy"... and 12X'd her click-through rate in just four calls. Today she runs Charisma Hacking, where she's helped thousands of entrepreneurs—including Russell Brunson—unlock their natural charisma on video. The result? Russell's sales event saw a 38% conversion increase. In this conversation, McCall reveals: • Why "Prim Proper Professional" is destroying your video conversions • The counterintuitive discovery that opposite advice works for different people • How she built 54 different "Charisma Style" combinations using data science • The personalized video thumbnail trick that gets 10X more responses • The Charisma Loop framework: Center, Off-Center, Trigger, Bridge • The 16 emotions that make people buy (and when they need to feel each one) 📚 FREE RESOURCE: Get McCall's Charisma Style Assessment + Video Presence Checklist → https://podcast.stu.me CONNECT WITH MCCALL: • Website: https://charismahacking.com • Instagram: https://instagram.com/McCallJonesOfficial CONNECT WITH STU: • Website: https://stu.me • Book "Predictable Profits": https://a.co/d/4GIi1uz • Instagram: https://instagram.com/stumclaren • Podcast: https://podcast.stu.me • Membership.io: https://membership.io Subscribe for new episodes every week!
Most people are using AI wrong. They're asking it to do things from scratch every single time. It's like a glorified Google search. And that is exhausting. The smarter move? Teach the AI your process once and reuse it forever. In this episode, I'm walking you through how I turned my best creative processes into reusable AI skills using Claude, and how it's saving me 10-15 hours every single week. Here's what happened: I had 216 podcast episodes with years of stories and examples buried inside them. Every time I sat down to write, I'd think "didn't I tell this story before?" but finding it was near impossible. So I fed all 216 transcripts into Claude and it pulled 696 stories. Then it organized them by theme — launch stories, growth stories, pricing stories, transformation stories. Now whenever I need a story, I just call up the skill and boom, there they are. In this episode, you'll learn: • The 3-step process to turn any repeatable task into a reusable AI skill • How I extracted 696 stories from 216 episodes and organized them instantly • The exact prompt that turns any AI conversation into a documented playbook • Why your best work follows patterns, and how to capture those patterns • How to share skills with your team so everyone produces consistent, quality output 📥 RESOURCE - Grab the exact prompts from this episode here: https://podcast.stu.me CONNECT WITH STU: • Website: https://stu.me • Book "Predictable Profits": https://a.co/d/4GIi1uz • Instagram: https://instagram.com/stumclaren • Podcast: https://podcast.stu.me • Membership.io: https://membership.io Subscribe and leave a review if this episode helped you.
You know what drives me crazy? Watching someone get a million views on a reel and then nothing. No funnel, no offer, no way to move that attention into actual revenue. Viral content is worthless if you don't have a system to turn those views into paying customers. In this episode, I'm showing you exactly how to reverse engineer your top reels and turn them into predictable funnels. I'll walk you through the exact 4-step system I used with my VIP client Lisa. She had 7 reels with over 1 million views each in the last year, but they weren't translating into sales. We took one reel about archangels, turned it into a $7 guide with a $27 order bump, and now she's getting a 36% conversion rate on that order bump. In this episode, you'll learn: • How to mine your top posts for universal pain points using the SortFeed Chrome extension • The 3 ingredients every high-performing reel has in common • How to turn one viral reel into 5-7 conversion touchpoints • Why DM opt-ins convert at 65-70% vs landing pages at 30-45% • The exact CTA tweaks that improve conversions by 15-30% CONNECT WITH STU: • Website: https://stu.me • Book "Predictable Profits": https://a.co/d/4GIi1uz • Instagram: https://instagram.com/stumclaren • Podcast: https://podcast.stu.me • Membership.io: https://membership.io Subscribe and leave a review if this episode helped you.
Nathan Barry went from a $63,000 salary to building Kit (formerly ConvertKit) - now powering newsletters for Tom Brady, Matthew McConaughey, and tens of thousands of creators. In this conversation, he reveals the "billion dollar creator" framework and why most creators are leaving massive value on the table. In this conversation, Nathan reveals: • The "billion dollar creator" framework - why attention is the most valuable currency • Why a blog became a $200M exit (the Primal Kitchen story) • The difference between building a "crowd" vs an "audience" (and why it matters) • Why email is "sexier than ever" - even A-list celebrities are obsessed • His personal brand strategy: how he creates content in just 3-5 hours/week • The flywheel approach that makes one podcast generate months of content 📚 FREE RESOURCE: Get Nathan's Billion Dollar Creator Framework + Email Growth Playbook → https://podcast.stu.me CONNECT WITH NATHAN: • Website: https://nathanbarry.com • Kit: https://kit.com • Podcast: The Nathan Barry Show • Instagram: https://instagram.com/nathanbarry CONNECT WITH STU: • Website: https://stu.me • Book "Predictable Profits": https://a.co/d/4GIi1uz • Instagram: https://instagram.com/stumclaren • Podcast: https://podcast.stu.me • Membership.io: https://membership.io Subscribe for new episodes every week.
Most people think raising your price means fewer sales. But what if the opposite is true? We had a $300 program that was doing okay. Beginners kept telling us it was too expensive. So instead of lowering our price, we raised it to $3,000—and more than doubled our best sales day ever. Fewer people on the webinar. Higher price point. Better results. In this episode, I'm breaking down why this works and the three lessons you can apply to your business right now. In this episode, you'll learn: • Why targeting the right people is 25x more effective than broad marketing • How higher prices signal higher value (and why that helps you sell more) • Why excluding people makes the right people pay more attention • The premium pricing effect backed by research • Why your offer doesn't need more people—it needs more of the right people CONNECT WITH STU: • Website: https://stu.me • Book "Predictable Profits": https://a.co/d/4GIi1uz • Instagram: https://instagram.com/stumclaren • Podcast: https://podcast.stu.me • Membership.io: https://membership.io Subscribe and leave a review if this episode helped you.
After 216 episodes, I vanished for 4 and a half years. No warning. No goodbye. Just silence. Today I'm sharing why that happened and the 3 things that brought me back. In 2021, burnout hit me hard. I was coming off back-to-back launches, we'd added 20 new team members, business was booming... and then my brain just stopped. I spent months sitting in a chair, staring out the window, unable to create anything. The shame kept me from talking to anyone about it. If your marketing feels stale, your creative spark has dimmed, or you're just going through the motions without really being there, this episode is for you. In this episode, you'll learn: - Why nearly 9 in 10 entrepreneurs struggle with mental health issues (and only 30% feel comfortable talking about it) - The "dirty water filter" principle that was poisoning my creativity without me realizing it - How one text from Dean Graziosi started pulling me out of the darkness - The simple question from Susie Moore that makes hard things feel possible - Why picking a date and declaring it out loud changes everything This is the most personal episode I've ever recorded. And if you're in a season where the ideas aren't flowing, I hope it helps. CONNECT WITH STU: - Website: https://stu.me - Book "Predictable Profits": https://a.co/d/4GIi1uz - Instagram: https://instagram.com/stumclaren - Podcast: https://podcast.stu.me - Membership.io: https://membership.io Subscribe and leave a review if this episode helped you.
At 17, three knee injuries ended Sam Demma's dream of playing professional soccer. He felt like he had "wasted his entire life." Today? 1 million followers, thousands of schools reached, and a phone call from someone who believed in him more than he believed in himself changed everything. Sam Demma went from feeling like a "complete failure" after three knee injuries destroyed his soccer dreams to becoming one of the most in-demand youth speakers in North America - with over 1 million followers built in just 6 months. In this conversation, Sam reveals: • How he dealt with the identity crisis of losing his dream at 17 • The "delusional" cold-calling strategy that launched his speaking career • The phone call that almost broke him - and the friend who saved him • What 6 weeks in Kenya taught him about happiness • The $13,000 overnight fundraiser that brought his story full circle • The exact content system that grew his following from 0 to 1 million in 6 months 📚 FREE RESOURCE: Get Sam's Cold Outreach Framework + The Happiness Discipline Worksheet → https://podcast.stu.me CONNECT WITH SAM: • Website: https://samdemma.com • Book "Empty Your Backpack": https://a.co/d/cBKDNjN • Instagram: https://instagram.com/sam_demma CONNECT WITH STU: • Website: https://stu.me • Book "Predictable Profits": https://a.co/d/4GIi1uz • Instagram: https://instagram.com/stumclaren • Podcast: https://podcast.stu.me • Membership.io: https://membership.io Subscribe for new episodes every week.
If you've ever sat on an idea waiting for the "perfect time" to launch, listen to this episode. You'll hear 3 hacks to help you build massive momentum in a short period of time. Get Access to the Full Show Notes! To get access to the full story and all the resources mentioned, visit MarketingYourBusiness.com/216
In this episode, I'm talking to you about pricing. How do you price your products or services, programs or memberships, courses, and all the other things that you may be selling? Get Access to the Full Show Notes! To get access to the full story and all the resources mentioned, visit MarketingYourBusiness.com/215
When we do a promotion, we've always got those who buy and those who don't. What do you do with those who don't buy? In this episode, I'm going to break down a strategy for you in terms of what you should do and why, because those non-buyers can be one of the biggest gold mines in your business. Get Access to the Full Show Notes! To get access to the full story and all the resources mentioned, visit MarketingYourBusiness.com/214
In this episode I'm joined by Trupti Karjinni, who has done some phenomenal things in the last nine months with her membership. In this interview, she unpacks how she went from $1,400 per month selling her art, to consistently generating $5,000+ per month with her membership. Get Access to the Full Show Notes! To get access to the full story and all the resources mentioned, visit MarketingYourBusiness.com/213
Recently someone in our community decided to close down a successful business because it felt out of alignment with what she wanted to do. In this episode, I talk through the steps you can take if you're feeling the same. Get Access to the Full Show Notes! To get access to the full story and all the resources mentioned, visit MarketingYourBusiness.com/212
You can have the greatest product in the world, but if you can't communicate the value of it, nobody's gonna buy. In this episode, I'm going to walk you through my process for writing high converting sales copy. Get Access to the Full Show Notes! To get access to the full story and all the resources mentioned, visit MarketingYourBusiness.com/211
Christie Hawkins just crossed a MAJOR milestone of having a million dollar membership within two and a half years. In this episode you're going to hear how she did it! Get Access to the Full Show Notes! To get access to the full story and all the resources mentioned, visit MarketingYourBusiness.com/210
In this episode, I want to talk to you about streamlining your offer. Because when you streamline your offer and your messaging, you are going to skyrocket your business. Get Access to the Full Show Notes! To get access to the full story and all the resources mentioned, visit MarketingYourBusiness.com/209
In this episode, Sapphire Gray joins the podcast to share how she got off to a blazing hot start with her membership and generated $40K+ in just 4 days with a very small audience! Get Access to the Full Show Notes! To get access to the full story and all the resources mentioned, visit MarketingYourBusiness.com/208
What's the best way to prepare potential buyers of your high-ticket offer? In this episode, Marley Jaxx is going to share some creative strategies she's been using in her business to drive the sales of her memberships as well as high-ticket offers. Get Access to the Full Show Notes! To get access to the full story and all the resources mentioned, visit MarketingYourBusiness.com/207
In this episode, I'm going to tell you why people pay for content when free content is readily available on the web, and why abundance of free content in your market is a good thing. Get Access to the Full Show Notes! To get access to the full story and all the resources mentioned, visit MarketingYourBusiness.com/206
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