3 easy collabs you can set up in 30 days - The Email Sound Booth with Liz Wilcox

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Podcast Summary: The Email Sound Booth with Liz Wilcox
Episode Title: 3 Easy Collabs You Can Set Up in 30 Days
Release Date: May 22, 2025

Introduction

In Episode 143 of The Email Sound Booth with Liz Wilcox, Liz delves into practical collaboration strategies tailored for online businesses aiming to enhance their email marketing efforts. Targeting entrepreneurs who are proactive and seeking to scale their businesses effectively, Liz outlines three straightforward collaborations that can be established within a month or even less.

Collaboration 1: Top Contributors Web Page

Overview:
Liz introduces a strategy reminiscent of her blogging days: creating a dedicated web page that features top contributors within your niche. This approach not only fosters community but also leverages the networks of each contributor to amplify reach.

Steps Involved:

Identify Contributors:
- Select 5 to 10 individuals who operate within your niche or adjacent niches. These collaborators should complement your offerings and possess a similar audience size.
- Liz emphasizes, “We network across. We don't network up for this. Like, I'm not going to ask Oprah to contribute to this. I'm going to ask someone in my league, right?” (02:15).
Create the Web Page:
- Develop a simple webpage on your website (e.g., lizwilcox.com/top-five) listing these contributors.
- Include each contributor’s photo, website link, social media handles, and a featured freebie or lead magnet they offer.
- Ensure there’s a brief description highlighting the value of their freebie, possibly accompanied by an image of the freebie itself.
Promote the Page:
- Share the webpage through your email newsletter, social media channels, and other communication platforms.
- Encourage contributors to reciprocate by sharing the page with their audiences, thereby expanding visibility and attracting new subscribers without requiring users to input their emails to access the content.

Notable Quote:
“...this is like the elementary version of a bundle, okay? And you're going to share it out to your social, and then your contributors will share it out to their social...” (06:30)

Collaboration 2: Co-Hosted Live Sessions

Overview:
Co-hosting live sessions with another professional in your field can significantly boost engagement and expand your audience reach. These sessions can take place on platforms like Instagram or Facebook and serve as a platform to share expertise while promoting each other’s services.

Examples Provided by Liz:

Live Session with Brock Johnson:
Liz collaborated with Brock Johnson for a live session that was featured on her extended edition show available at watchlist.com.
Live Session with Christina Lenkowski:
Partnering with Christina, a podcast broker, Liz conducted a live session during Christina’s service launch. This collaboration not only promoted Christina’s offerings but also helped Liz grow her email list and social media following through live engagement.

Steps to Execute:

Identify a Partner:
- Choose someone whose audience complements yours and who has a platform (like a Facebook group) suitable for hosting a live session.
Plan the Session:
- Decide on the topic and structure of the live session.
- Coordinate schedules and promotional efforts to maximize attendance.
Promote and Execute:
- Both parties should promote the live session to their respective audiences.
- Engage actively during the session to foster interaction and encourage participants to subscribe to your email lists.

Notable Quote:
“I even got email signups from that. And I was just helping her with her launch. So co-hosted live session.” (12:45)

Collaboration 3: Lead Magnet or Freebie Swap

Overview:
Exchanging lead magnets or freebies with another creator is a low-effort yet highly effective collaboration. This strategy involves sharing each other’s free resources with your respective email lists, thereby providing value to your audiences while expanding your reach.

Implementation Steps:

Choose a Partner:
- Select a collaborator whose freebie aligns with your audience’s interests and complements your offerings.
Exchange Freebies:
- Share your freebie with your partner’s email list.
- In return, have your partner share their freebie with your email list.
Promote the Swap:
- Announce the freebie swap through newsletters, social media, and other communication channels to inform your audiences about the additional value available to them.

Benefits:

Minimal Effort:
The swap requires little time and resources from both parties, making it an accessible collaboration method.
Expanded Reach:
By tapping into each other’s audiences, both collaborators can gain new subscribers without significant investment.

Notable Quote:
“...a lead magnet or a freebie swap. I share your freebie to my email list. You share my freebie to your email list. Super low lift on both ends.” (17:50)

Networking Strategies for Effective Collaborations

Beyond the specific collaboration types, Liz emphasizes the importance of strategic networking:

Target Similar Sized Audiences:
Collaborate with individuals who have a similar audience size to ensure mutual benefit.
Niche and Complementary Partnerships:
Focus on partners within your niche or adjacent niches to maintain relevance and provide cohesive value to both audiences.
Avoid Networking Up:
Instead of seeking high-profile partners, prioritize those within your approachable league to foster genuine and sustainable collaborations.

Notable Quote:
“Don’t try to network up. We’re going to link arms with people that are in our industry niche, adjacent, complimentary, and have similar audience sizes.” (20:10)

Conclusion

Liz Wilcox wraps up the episode by reiterating the simplicity and effectiveness of these three collaboration strategies. She encourages listeners to act promptly, suggesting that finding suitable partners can be achieved quickly. Additionally, Liz hints at an upcoming networking for collaborations and list building challenge, poised to further assist listeners in mastering these techniques.

Key Takeaways:

Leverage Community: Building a webpage of top contributors fosters collaboration and expands reach.
Engage Live: Co-hosted live sessions enhance visibility and audience interaction.
Mutual Promotions: Freebie swaps are an efficient way to grow email lists with minimal effort.
Strategic Networking: Focus on partnerships with similar or complementary niches and audience sizes for maximum impact.

By implementing these collaboration strategies, online business owners can effectively remix their email marketing efforts, build a robust email list, and drive profitable engagement.

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[00:01]
Liz Wilcox
Okay, okay. Episode 143 Easy Collabs. You can set up in 30 days or honestly, less, baby. Why? Because this is Liz Wilcox and this is the email sound booth. And around here we do it different. We do it simple. We take action. You're listening because you're a go getter. You want to have a real business. You probably already have a real business, and you're trying to get realer. All right? So let's get real. So three easy collabs, all right? And the first one you might never have heard of. I used to do this in my blogging days. I've got to bring it back because it excites me. So this is just like a web page. I don't even know what to call this, but I'm going to explain it. So get yourself five to 10 contributors. And y' all, we don't have to. We network. We network across. We don't network up for this, right? Like, I'm not going to ask Oprah to contribute to this. I'm going to ask someone in my league, right? Okay, so get five to 10 contributors. Now you're just going to. This is going to be wicked simple. Stupid simple. Create a web page on your website. You know, Liz Wilcox Dot com. Top five, right? And you're gonna put, you're gonna get those contributors are gonna be like, within your niche or niche adjacent niche, complimentary if you will. And we're gonna make a webpage and, you know, like my top five creators, you're gonna put their, you know, their picture, their website, their social media and their freebie. And you're gonna do a little description of the freebie and why somebody would want it. Maybe the picture is of the freebie. Okay. Of course, put yours as one of them. So if you've got top five, you only need four contributors and your damn self, okay? Now you're going to share this webpage with your audience. You're going to write an email newsletter. You're going to put it on social. You're gonna be like, these are my top five. In case you were wondering. These are my top five. These are my top ten. However many people you want to get in this, this is like the elementary version of a bundle, okay? And you're going to share it out to your social, and then your contributors will share it out to their social, share it out to their email, etc. And of course, because you're one of those people, all the sharing people are going to sign up, right? So this is kind of like a bundle but it's not a bundle, right? Like nobody's hosting it. Like nobody has to put in their email to see the top five, to see the top ten. This is something you can publish on your website as a blog post or a page, whatever, and it'll live there. And you can, you could, every six months, you could put this out as an email. Every 12 months, put this out as an email. Right? This is, this is going to be great. This is going to be simple. People are going to love it. Especially if you're kind of new to collabs and you're, you know, working with people who are also new to collabs. They're going to be like, wow, this a genius idea. Yeah, let's do it. Okay. The second, you know, collab you can set up in 30 days or less is a co hosted live session. For example, last week in the email sound booth extended edition, which you need to go to watchlist.com to watch under their live videos, I did a co hosted live session with Brock Johnson. Right? Super simple. I've done co hosted live sessions on Instagram, on Facebook. This is just like, hey, I know you've got a Facebook group. I got this freebie over here. Can I come in your Facebook group? Can I teach on abc? Thanks. Right. I even did a live with my girl, Christina Lenkowski. She's a podcast broker. She helped me get started with podcasts in my industry. I hired her, I worked with her, I think for almost two years. And we did a live during her launch on her podcast broker services. And I talked all about, you know, how it helped me grow my email list. I got more followers because I was live on her page. I even got email signups from that. And I was just helping her with her launch. So co hosted live session. Okay. And then last, of course, you already know I'm gonna bring this up. This was a huge topic at list building live in 2025. It's a huge topic on the podcast. A lead magnet or a freebie swap. I share your freebie to my email list. You share my freebie to your email list. Super low lift on both ends. That's why I know you can set this collaboration up in 30 days or less. You could probably go out and find someone today to do it with you. Right. And remember to network across. Don't try to network up. We're going to link arms with people that are in our industry niche, adjacent, complimentary, and have similar audience sizes. Because when we link arms like that, our audience appears twice as big. All right, that's it. That's my spiel. Episode 139, three easy collabs you can do in 30 days or less. So excited for you. Remember, May 26th, the networking for collabs list building challenge goes up for sale. It's going to be $33. It's June 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. I'm bringing in a guest expert. I'm bringing in Lindsay Johnson, who is the radical connector. She knows how to connect people, or they know how to connect people. I'm so excited for them to come in and help me with this list building challenge, help you learn how to network specifically for collabs. That's June 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. It's going on sale very, very soon. Be on the lookout for that, as always. I'm Liz Wilcox. You are awesome. I'll see you on the next episode. My friend.