Courage & Clarity Podcast

Host: Steph Crowder

[SUMMIT REPLAY] Day 3: Predictable Launches

Date: March 19, 2026

Episode Overview

In this episode, Steph Crowder shares Day 3 of her Sold Out Sales System Summit, focusing on “Predictable Launches” for group programs and services. The conversation offers a mix of inspirational mindset shifts and actionable business tactics tailored for entrepreneurs—especially those feeling frustrated by launching or sales processes that often feel unpredictable, draining, or demotivating. Steph breaks down why launches typically falter, how to shift from "convincing" to "inspiring" your audience, and the critical elements of designing launch events that predictably convert eager buyers.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Pain of Unpredictable Launches

• Steph defines “launches” as finite sales windows, but generalizes her principles to any kind of sales process. Listeners who don’t run launches can substitute “sales” for “launch.”

• Most entrepreneurs feel like launching is a gamble; they hope for the best and blame poor results on small audiences or email lists.

• It's not your audience size that's the problem—it's your approach, messaging, and what you create during your launch events.

• Common struggles: Overexplaining, justifying, and defending offers; feeling you must "audition" for clients; finishing launches feeling exhausted instead of energized.

  "You might be launching and selling in a way that feels like you're performing...like you're auditioning for clients instead of it feeling like a chill invitation." — Steph (15:45)

From “Convincing” to “Inspiring”

• Most launches come from a "place of trying to convince." Buyers sense desperation, which creates resistance.

• The real questions buyers ask:

  • Is this possible for me?
  • Do I believe I can get this result?
  • Does this person understand me, and is this the right next step?

• No amount of "feature listing" or logical benefits will compensate if a buyer doesn’t believe in themselves.

• Overteaching—giving away tons of free value in webinars or events, hoping “if my free stuff is this good, imagine the paid stuff”—actually backfires.

  "Teaching more is just convincing dressed up as generosity... Information does not motivate buying decisions." — Steph (34:03)

Launches that Inspire vs. Launches that Convince

Steph outlines the stark difference between convincing and inspiring approaches:

• Convincing Launches:

  • Lead with features, pricing, and justification.
  • Focus on overcoming objections.
  • Overteach to prove competence.
  • Create pressure and resistance.

• Inspiring Launches:

  • Lead with the buyer’s situation and potential.
  • Center on transformation and what's possible.
  • Dissolve objections before they even arise.
  • Create desire, not pressure, and spark clarity/action.

  "When your launch is built around inspiration instead of convincing, your audience feels so deeply understood that they think you wrote your launch content just for them." — Steph (47:21)

The “Window of Possibility” Concept

• Steph introduces the “window of possibility” as the main job of a launch: not to give every answer, but to crack open the belief in what’s possible.

• Overteaching gives temporary satisfaction but not actual transformation or action.

• Truly serving your audience means helping them see their potential, feel understood, hopeful, curious, and ready—not just informed.

  "They left feeling informed, not transformed... Belief is worth more than any tactic or framework you give them for free." — Steph (38:53)

The Converts Framework & Buzz Blitz

• Steph briefly introduces her “Converts” framework—an acronymic model for designing highly effective launch events/webinars.

• Key elements:

  • Make attendees feel immediately seen.
  • Shift how they understand their problem (“Oh, I thought it was X, but it’s Y.”).
  • Help them vividly picture life after solving their problem.
  • Overcome objections directly and preemptively.
  • Provide just enough hope and clarity to encourage action (without overwhelming).
  • Finish with a confident, clear invitation to work further together.

  "Opening the window of possibility is not an accident... There is a structure to it." — Steph (52:12)

• Buzz Blitz: Steph’s structure for a launch sequence that creates anticipation, educates the audience, and drives conversions—refined for repeatability and sustainability.

Real Client Case Studies

Steph shares several stories to illustrate her frameworks in action:

• Melody: Went from declining sales to 40% over target and needed extra cohorts; doubled her revenue.
• Renee: 5X’ed her group enrollment in her busiest season by implementing Buzz Blitz (from 3 to 15 clients).
• Richard: Launched a group and generated $100k+ in two months, “20x-ing” his investment.
• Michael: Doubled his offer price and increased enrollments from 5 to 19, ushering in focus and predictability.

Selling Without Feeling Salesy: Sales Mindset Coaching

• The key to sustainable business is making your offers about your clients, not you.

• When struggling with selling, get deeply curious and obsessed with your client’s journey, not your own ego or visibility worries.

• Not selling is selfish if you truly believe you can help—"If you had the medicine in your pocket, you wouldn’t walk by someone who needed it."

• Great selling doesn’t require losing your integrity or personality; it lets you be more authentically yourself.

  "Not selling is selfish. People are dying for the result you can bring and you’re keeping it to yourself." — Steph (67:04)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Overteaching:
  "Teaching more is just convincing dressed up as generosity... Information does not motivate buying decisions." — Steph (34:03)

• On “Window of Possibility”:
  "Your job is to help them believe that change is possible for them and that you are the guide who can get them there... That belief is worth more than any tactic or framework you give them for free." — Steph (38:53)

• On Convincing vs. Inspiring:
  "A lot of you are feeling like you have to prove and perform your expertise in order to sell someone, right? But if you think about that, you're not actually making it about the other person. You're making it about yourself." — Steph (23:31)

• Sales as Service:
  "Not selling is selfish. People are dying for the result you can bring and you’re keeping it to yourself." — Steph (67:04)

• The Predictability of Launches:
  "Launching can be the easiest time in your business. Truly. It has a rhythm to it; everything is planned in advance. Non-launching times are harder for me!" — Steph (82:25)

• Great Analogy:
  "Selling is like walking around your living room with a plate of brownies, saying, would you like one? If they take one or they don’t, it doesn’t say anything about you or your brownies." — Christie (73:02)

• On Mindset:
  "If you had the medicine in your pocket, would you walk by someone dying in the street? That would be insane. Not selling is the same." — Steph (67:04)

Practical Strategies & Frameworks

• Review your launches/webinars:

  • Stop trying to "prove" yourself or overload with content.
  • Instead, use stories, relatable shifts in perspective, and clear vision casting.
  • Make your audience feel seen, understood, and able to picture change.
  • Open with validation, face objections directly, and close with a compelling, simple invitation.

• Audit Your Own Materials:

  • Check: Am I making my communications about me or my client?
  • Where am I overteaching? Where am I failing to address belief/possibility?
  • Do I make it easy for people to imagine success?

• Framework Application:

  • Build webinars or sales events to lead with connection, understanding of the problem, solution vision-casting, and only then an invitation.

Q&A & Coaching Highlights

• Steph answers various questions about launching, content feedback, mindset roadblocks, and the difference between “buzz” events and sales presentations.
• Encourages using client language, SEO-style podcast titles, and curiosity-based hooks instead of jargon or giving away the punchline.
• Mindset tip: When you feel resistance to sales, assess if you’re making things about you. Shift focus to your client’s benefit and journey.

Timestamps for Key Segments

• Introduction & Summit Context – 00:00–06:20
• Defining Launches & Why They Fail – 06:21–16:00
• Convincing vs. Inspiring Energy – 16:01–25:30
• Obstacle: Overteaching – 33:30–41:00
• What Buyers Really Need – 41:00–47:20
• “Window of Possibility” Concept – 47:21–52:30
• The Converts Framework – 52:31–59:35
• Case Studies – 59:36–64:30
• Mindset, Client Obsession & Service – 64:31–68:30
• Q&A - Sales Calls, Content, Mindset – 68:31–81:16
• Listener Coaching Live (Christie Q&A) – 72:58–83:47
• Final Q&A, Wrap-Up & Next Steps – 83:48–End

Final Takeaways

• Launches and selling don’t have to feel like a performance or exhausting gamble—they can become predictable, repeatable, and energizing with the right approach.
• Focus launches and all selling efforts on opening up clients’ window of possibility—helping them see themselves in the transformation, not just hear about what you offer.
• Overteaching creates temporary satisfaction but not action—teach to inspire, not to overprove.
• Mindset is as critical as tactics: get obsessed with your clients’ journey and transformation, and make your sales process about connecting, not convincing.

For more resources or to apply for Steph’s Sold Out Group Programs Mastermind, visit stephcrowder.com/apply.

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