Masterminds (Susan Epstein)

07/19/23 • 17 min

Susan Epstein, LCSW, is a business coach and strategist who works with coaches, therapists and healers to fill their practices and then leverage their time with groups and masterminds.

Hosts Linda Claire Puig and Ari Iny explore with Susan how to quickly create revenue and a pipeline of clients by establishing a mastermind or group—and what the important distinctions between those two formats are.

In this episode, we discuss:

How Susan used her expertise to create a supportive mastermind of caring peers that generated over $56,000 in 9 months...with a process you can easily follow
Why you don’t need to get a hotel, hire staff, or “overproduce” an in-person mastermind event (most people take this approach and end up losing money)—and how to run a profitable mastermind in a much easier, less expensive way
Why running a mastermind is not the same as offering group coaching...in fact, running a mastermind is much more rewarding and requires a lot less effort
And much more!

“The power in masterminding is in all the people. So don't don't worry about the money for the first 10. It doesn't matter. That's your foundation.” —Susan Epstein

Susan Epstein is the founder of Highly Profitable Practice, which provides coaching and mentoring services to seasoned professionals who want to scale their coaching business. Susan has more than 20 years’ experience as a business coach and strategist helping men and women

create coaching programs that give them a lifestyle business and the financial independence they want.

Susan currently offers coaching programs that focus on enrollment and sales strategies for coaches and consultants.

Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:

Mirasee

6-Figure Newsletters

Susan’s website

Susan’s free gift

Credits:

Hosts: Linda Claire Puig & Ari Iny

Producer: Linda Claire Puig

Managing Producer: Cynthia Lamb

Executive producer: Danny Iny

Audio Post Supervisor: Evan Miles, Christopher Martin

Audio Post Production: Post Office Sound

Music soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely

Making our hosts sound great: Home Brew Audio

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Music and SFX credits:

Track Title: Sunny Side Up

Artist Name(s): Neon Beach

Writer Name: Aaron Sprinkle

Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Track Title: Presence

Artist Name(s): Mikey Geiger

Writer Name: Michael Thomas Geiger

Publisher Name: BOSS SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONS

Track Title: Coo Coos

Artist Name(s): Dresden, The Flamingo

Writer Name: Matthew Wigton

Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Episode transcript: Masterminds (Susan Epstein) coming soon

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Susan Epstein, LCSW, is a business coach and strategist who works with coaches, therapists and healers to fill their practices and then leverage their time with groups and masterminds.

In this episode, we discuss:

How Susan used her expertise to create a supportive mastermind of caring peers that generated over $56,000 in 9 months...with a process you can easily follow
Why you don’t need to get a hotel, hire staff, or “overproduce” an in-person mastermind event (most people take this approach and end up losing money)—and how to run a profitable mastermind in a much easier, less expensive way
Why running a mastermind is not the same as offering group coaching...in fact, running a mastermind is much more rewarding and requires a lot less effort
And much more!

“The power in masterminding is in all the people. So don't don't worry about the money for the first 10. It doesn't matter. That's your foundation.” —Susan Epstein

create coaching programs that give them a lifestyle business and the financial independence they want.

Susan currently offers coaching programs that focus on enrollment and sales strategies for coaches and consultants.

Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:

Mirasee

6-Figure Newsletters

Susan’s website

Susan’s free gift

Credits:

Hosts: Linda Claire Puig & Ari Iny

Producer: Linda Claire Puig

Managing Producer: Cynthia Lamb

Executive producer: Danny Iny

Audio Post Supervisor: Evan Miles, Christopher Martin

Audio Post Production: Post Office Sound

Music soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely

Making our hosts sound great: Home Brew Audio

Music and SFX credits:

Track Title: Sunny Side Up

Artist Name(s): Neon Beach

Writer Name: Aaron Sprinkle

Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Track Title: Presence

Artist Name(s): Mikey Geiger

Writer Name: Michael Thomas Geiger

Publisher Name: BOSS SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONS

Track Title: Coo Coos

Artist Name(s): Dresden, The Flamingo

Writer Name: Matthew Wigton

Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Episode transcript: Masterminds (Susan Epstein) coming soon

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Previous Episode

Personalized Messaging (Josh Turner)

Josh Turner is the founder of Connect 365, a software company that has helped businesses generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue by automating personal messages that result in more leads, more sales appointments, and better relationships with prospects.

Hosts Linda Claire Puig and Ari Iny explore with Josh how to reach (and close) more prospects easily with “content leveraging” and personalized messaging.

In this episode, we discuss:

A proven system for generating warm, pre-qualified leads in any niche by leveraging other peoples’ content (this system took Josh from a few thousand in the bank to several million in annual revenue!)
How to create (and sustain) top-of-mind awareness in your target market on social media
How to craft messages that are personal but can easily be used over and over to build trust and rapport with your prospects
And much more!

“It's the follow up that usually gets the most responses.” —Josh Turner

Josh Turner is the founder and CEO of Connect 365 and LinkedSelling, as well as a Wall Street Journal best-selling author. His team of nearly 60 employees has helped thousands of clients generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue using his business growth systems.

Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:

Mirasee

6-Figure Newsletters

Josh’s website

Josh’s free gift

Credits:

Hosts: Linda Claire Puig & Ari Iny

Producer: Linda Claire Puig

Managing Producer: Cynthia Lamb

Executive producer: Danny Iny

Audio Post Supervisor: Evan Miles, Christopher Martin

Audio Post Production: Post Office Sound

Music soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely

Making our hosts sound great: Home Brew Audio

Music and SFX credits:

Track Title: Sunny Side Up

Artist Name(s): Neon Beach

Writer Name: Aaron Sprinkle

Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Track Title: Presence

Artist Name(s): Mikey Geiger

Writer Name: Michael Thomas Geiger

Publisher Name: BOSS SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONS

Track Title: Coo Coos

Artist Name(s): Dresden, The Flamingo

Writer Name: Matthew Wigton

Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Episode transcript: Personalized Messaging (Josh Turner) coming soon

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Next Episode

Done-for-You (Abe Crystal)

Abe Crystal is a learning design expert who co-founded the learning platform Ruzuku, as well as Instant Courses, which provides done-for-you courses for entrepreneurs, authors, coaches and small businesses.

Hosts Linda Claire Puig and Ari Iny explore with Abe the value of done-for-you offers, both for your clients and your own business, plus the considerations needed before you decide to add them to your own business.

In this episode, we discuss:

How you can design done-for-you offers that empower you to solve more problems for your audience—without requiring any ongoing time or effort
Where you should start when developing your own done-for-you offers (and the very first question you must ask) so you can create as much value as possible for your clients
How to create “white label” offers that your clients can easily customize to suit their own purposes (this type of done-for-you offer can be used in an enormous range of niches)
And much more!

“There's just a wealth of opportunities for coaches to use courses in a way that's complimentary to their core coaching.” —Abe Crystal

Abe Crystal, Ph.D., is co-founder and CEO of Ruzuku, an easy-to-use online course platform for entrepreneurs, authors, coaches and small businesses. Ruzuku has hosted more than 75,000 courses serving more than half a million students around the world. Abe specializes in learning design and user experience research, and earned his Ph.D. in human-computer interaction at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is an adjunct professor in the School of Education at UNC-Chapel Hill, where he teaches seminars on educational innovation.

Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:

Mirasee

6-Figure Newsletters

Abe’s website

Abe’s free gift

Credits:

Hosts: Linda Claire Puig & Ari Iny

Producer: Linda Claire Puig

Managing Producer: Cynthia Lamb

Executive producer: Danny Iny

Audio Post Supervisor: Evan Miles, Christopher Martin

Audio Post Production: Post Office Sound