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Ray Brehm and Paul Brodie have brought together a group of experts to teach you how to build your list, audience and business.
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FREE ACCESS | April 27th to May 1st, 2026
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Featured Expert Sessions
Day 1
Paul Brodie
List Building 101
In this Expert Session, Paul covers several different list building techniques guaranteed to grow your list. Paul also covers different lead magnet options and engagement strategies to help turn readers into clients.
Kody Duncan
How to Grow Your Email List (and Revenue) by Borrowing Audiences—The Fast-Track with List Match
In this Expert Session, Kody Duncan exposes the overlooked shortcut to building your email list and driving revenue—without the overwhelm of becoming a marketing superstar or spending a fortune on ads.
Derek Doepker
List Building Summit Session
In this expert session, Derek shares his insights on building a list for your author business.
Tanya Morgan
List Building for Fiction Authors
In this Expert Session, digital strategist and author Tanya Joy Morgan uncovers the #1 misconception fiction authors have about list building—and the powerful shift that transforms your emails into an authentic extension of your writing.
John Tighe
Creating CustomGPTs as Lead Magnets for List Building
In this Expert Session, John Tighe demystifies custom GPTs and reveals how experts and entrepreneurs can use them as irresistible lead magnets. Discover what custom GPTs really are, why they’re quickly becoming essential tools for list building.
Day 2
Alexa Bigwarfe
Using Summits to Build Your Audience
In this Expert Session, Alexa covers how to use virtual summits to build your audience and establish expert positioning. Alexa also covers the best ways to use a summit to build your list, the importance of finding your niche, and the best lead magnets to use for your summit.
Shelby Leigh
Leveraging Social Media to Build Your Audience
In this Expert Session, Shelby covers strategies right now that you can use to increase your audience. Shelby also mentions the social media platforms that work best to give you the best return on investment.
Lise Cartwright
The Private Podcast List Builder: How Creators Turn Cold Audiences into Subscribers Fast
In this Expert Session, Lise covers how to utilize private podcasts to turn cold audiences into subscribers fast. If you want higher open rates, closer connections, and a fun, sustainable way to grow your list, this is the must-see session.
Kris Safarova
The 9-story email strategy that makes sending daily emails easy
In this Expert Session, bestselling author and founder of StrategyTraining.com, Kris Safarova, reveals her 9-part storytelling framework that fuels her daily emails and keeps her audience loyal and engaged. Discover how to build a real relationship with your list—starting from email #1—and never run out of things to say. If writing to your list feels awkward, inconsistent, or overwhelming, this is the session you didn’t know you needed.
Alina Vincent
Building Your Audience: The Power of Paid and Free Challenges
In this Expert Session, Alina Vincent shares the proven framework she’s used to grow a responsive list from scratch using short, high-impact challenges. You’ll learn why these mini-events are still one of the most powerful list-building tools online—and how to design one that attracts your ideal audience and primes them for what’s next. Whether you’re starting from zero or looking to scale faster, this session will give you the step-by-step to do it.
Day 3
Eric Van Der Hope
List Building Summit Session
In this expert session, Eric shares his insights on building a list for your author business.
Marcy Pusey
Strategies to Build Your List and Engage with Your Audience
In this Expert Session, Marcy covers her keys to successful list building strategies including how to build your list through specific lead magnets, engagement strategies on how to connect with your audience, and leveraging calls to action to turn readers into clients.
Jessie Cunniffe
Leads Not Likes: Finding an Approach that Works on Social Media for Sustained List Building
In this Expert Session, Jessie covers which social media sites work best to turn followers into subscribers. Jessie also covers how many chat works and the importance of using threads on both Instagram and X. In addition, Jessie covers the only call to action that she uses to build her list on social media.
Kevin Sanderson
The Grow Marketing Blueprint: How Virtual Summits Build Unstoppable Digital Businesses
In this Expert Session, Kevin Sanderson unveils the behind-the-scenes strategies of his Grow Marketing Blueprint—a system refined over dozens of virtual summits. You’ll learn why summits are more than revenue engines: they’re powerful tools for list growth, authentic connection, and partnership-building that most entrepreneurs overlook. Kevin will tease the key tactics for attracting your ideal audience, delivering high-value content without sleazy tactics, and building a business moat others simply can’t cross. Discover the real secret to sustainable online growth from someone who’s quietly done it—and see how you can apply the principles for your own digital success.
Ray Brehm
How to Save a Fortune and Grow Your Author Business with Pubfunnels
In this Expert Session, Ray covers how you can save a fortune and grow your author business with Pubfunnels. Building your author brand can be overwhelming with all the different products and services that you need ranging from a CRM like MailChimp, a scheduling program like Calendly, affiliate management with ThriveCart, a website builder like WordPress or Kajabi, a course management system like Teachable or Thinkific, a lead magnet and optin system like Leadpages, webinar management and virtual summits with Kartra, and AI programs like Chat GPT.
This process can be incredibly overwhelming, complicated to integrate, time intensive and very costly.
What if you could have a program that takes care of all these things for a fraction of the price?
Day 4
Joshua Sprague
How To Write Emails That Sell In An AI World
In this Expert Session, Joshua covers how to write emails that sell in an AI world. Joshua also discusses the importance of writing emails to your list in your authentic voice and the pitfalls of having AI write your messages for you.
Karen Ferreira
List Building for Picture Book Authors
In this Expert Session, Karen covers how picture book authors can build their email lists. Karen also covers lead magnets examples, strategies to engage readers, and engagement strategies.
Jon Schumacher
From Idea to Income: John Schumacher’s AI Fast Track for Offers, Sales Scripts & Avatars
In this Expert Session, John Schumacher unveils his AI-powered “fast track” system that empowers coaches, consultants, and service professionals to create their core business assets—offer, sales presentation, and client avatar—in record time. Discover how John’s integrated AI workflow eliminates guesswork, accelerates execution, and helps you launch or optimize your business with confidence. If you want to see how the latest AI tools can transform your approach and results, this is the session to watch.
Lise Cartwright
From Book to Breakthrough: How Lise Cartwright Turns Readers into Engaged Superfans with AI
In this Expert Session, Lise Cartwright unveils her AI Book Buddy—an interactive tool that instantly upgrades any nonfiction book into a hands-on coaching companion. If you’re ready to make your book unforgettable and drive real results, this is the behind-the-scenes look you don’t want to miss.
Day 5
Paul Brodie
Closing Session and Special Live Event Announcements
Ray Brehm
Closing Session and Special Live Event Announcements
In this LBS 26 Expert Session, Ray & Paul recap LBS 26, cover next steps, and they have a special announcement for two upcoming live events that will be held over the next two weeks to help in your list building journey.
Want to access to all the World Class Sessions?
These sessions will show you valuable resources that will help you to launch, monetize and build an audience for your bestseller. For a limited time, you can get FREE access to this exclusive content right here.
WHY SHOULD I SIGN UP FOR THE LIST BUILDING SUMMIT?
Your journey to attract fans, increase sales and create a thriving author business
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Once-In-A Lifetime Curated Speakers & Actionable Content - Never before seen strategies explained by the top leadership experts in the world (hand-picked just for this summit.)
You Don’t Even Need To Leave Your House -- Attend From Your Computer, Phone or Tablet - There’s no flight or hotel room to book… saving you thousands of dollars, unpaid work leave, and time away from your family.
World-Class Quality Content - This not your ordinary online event. We take pride in delivering you the absolute best content so that you can get great results, and build a thriving audience for your book.
VALUABLE RESOURCES AND STRATEGIES REVEALED BY THE TOP LIST BUILDING EXPERTS IN THE WORLD
Your journey to monetize and build an audience for your bestseller could go one of two ways:
Long and Difficult Way
You could spend thousands dollars and countless hours trying to implement "OLD" outdated strategies you've learned from "so-called experts" that aren't that effective anymore (or worse... don't work at all!).
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You could sign up for the summit today and get real insights from the experts and a step-by-step guide to get some of your biggest questions about building an audience.
Meet Your Host Paul Brodie
Paul Brodie is a 21-time Bestselling Author and CEO of Brodie Consulting Group. He helps people share their story and positions them as an expert in their field. His company, Brodie Consulting Group, accomplishes this by helping their clients create, publish, and launch their books to a guaranteed best seller with over 240 consecutive best selling launches in all genres.
Meet Your Host Ray Brehm
Ray Brehm is USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, and the founder of Pubfunnels™, the #1 Business Hub for Authors.
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