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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.
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Crafting Magnetic Lead Magnets: How to Attract Readers and Grow Your List
In this LBS 25 Expert Session, Arielle covers how people can market their lead magnets for list building, the best way to deliver a lead magnet, and how often you should change your lead magnet.
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.
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Lead Magnet Ideas for the inside of your Book
In this Expert Session, Ray Brehm and Monique Danielle discuss how authors can effectively use Atticus software for book formatting and list building through lead magnets. They emphasize the importance of strategically placing enticing offers within the book to capture reader interest and build an email list. Additionally, they highlight the new collaboration features of Atticus, which allow authors to co-write and share resources easily, enhancing the value of their content.
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Your Most Powerful Lead Magnet: The Pocket Guide
In this Expert Session, Kevin Mullani discusses the concept of pocket guides as powerful lead magnets that offer concise, actionable content for business owners. He explains how these short books can effectively build trust and authority while providing immediate value to readers, thus enhancing lead generation compared to traditional methods. Additionally, the session introduces an AI tool designed to streamline the creation of pocket guides from existing presentations, making it easier for creators to leverage this marketing asset.
Day 3
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How to Save a Fortune and Grow Your Author Business with Pubfunnels
In this GPS 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?
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.
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Lead Magnet Ideas for the inside of your Book
In this Expert Session, Ray Brehm and Monique Danielle discuss how authors can effectively use Atticus software for book formatting and list building through lead magnets. They emphasize the importance of strategically placing enticing offers within the book to capture reader interest and build an email list. Additionally, they highlight the new collaboration features of Atticus, which allow authors to co-write and share resources easily, enhancing the value of their content.
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Your Most Powerful Lead Magnet: The Pocket Guide
In this Expert Session, Kevin Mullani discusses the concept of pocket guides as powerful lead magnets that offer concise, actionable content for business owners. He explains how these short books can effectively build trust and authority while providing immediate value to readers, thus enhancing lead generation compared to traditional methods. Additionally, the session introduces an AI tool designed to streamline the creation of pocket guides from existing presentations, making it easier for creators to leverage this marketing asset.
Ray Brehm
Using Whiteboard Demos for your Optins
In this Expert Session, Ray shows how Toobly is an intuitive doodle video creation tool designed for anyone who wants to create eye-catching whiteboard animations quickly and easily—no design skills required. But it is not just whiteboards. You can create chalkboards, and glassboards as well. You can produce doodle style videos by combining pre-designed assets with your own creativity. Whether you’re creating marketing content, educational materials, social media posts, or business presentations, Toobly simplifies the process and helps you deliver your message with impact.
Chris Behnke
The Four Hidden Triggers Every Lead Magnet, Email, and Offer Must Include
In this Expert Session, nationally recognized strategist Chris Behnke reveals why most lead magnets and emails only connect with a fraction of your audience—and how to fix it using the Nexus Profile. Discover the four unchanging motivational drivers that determine how people make decisions (and how to speak directly to each one). You’ll walk away with instantly usable tips for better email engagement, smarter segmentation, and list-building strategies that actually stick. Don’t miss this if you’re tired of shouting into the void—and ready to write emails that land.
Neil Gordon
The Most Powerful Sentence of Your Lead Magnet
In this Expert Session, Neil Gordon, author of The Most Powerful Sentence of All Time, discussed how to craft persuasive messages. He emphasizes identifying a core idea, a “silver bullet,” that encapsulates the essence of a message. This core idea, strategically placed, empowers the audience by convincing them that positive change is possible, resulting in greater engagement and impact.
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.
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A Before B. No exceptions. Audience Before Book Launch
In this LBS 25 Expert Session, Eric shares the Dos and Don'ts of building a high quality list, and why you should be doing this before you publish your book.
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Lead Magnet Ideas for the inside of your Book
In this Expert Session, Ray Brehm and Monique Danielle discuss how authors can effectively use Atticus software for book formatting and list building through lead magnets. They emphasize the importance of strategically placing enticing offers within the book to capture reader interest and build an email list. Additionally, they highlight the new collaboration features of Atticus, which allow authors to co-write and share resources easily, enhancing the value of their content.
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Your Most Powerful Lead Magnet: The Pocket Guide
In this Expert Session, Kevin Mullani discusses the concept of pocket guides as powerful lead magnets that offer concise, actionable content for business owners. He explains how these short books can effectively build trust and authority while providing immediate value to readers, thus enhancing lead generation compared to traditional methods. Additionally, the session introduces an AI tool designed to streamline the creation of pocket guides from existing presentations, making it easier for creators to leverage this marketing asset.
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.
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Your journey to monetize and build an audience for your bestseller could go one of two ways:
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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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