The Great Escape

Today we're sitting down with Digital Nomad, Email Copywriter Extraordinaire, and Newsletter Mastermind:  Francis Nayan.After becoming seriously burnt out from teaching English abroad, Francis dove deep into freelancing to build the lifestyle he always wanted.Listen to him share everything he's done to build a business that allows him to work half as much as his old full time gig AND travel to beautiful places across the globe.Want to learn how he's built a business that's fit HIS lifestyle and not the other way around? Head to www.thenomadnewsletter.com now, get the next issue of his amazing newsletter, and learn how you can work more travel AND downtime into your business without everything falling apart.---Thanks for listening to The Great Escape! We're talking with freelancers, consultants, agencies, you name it so you can get a taste of the freedom you're working towards AND steal EVERYTHING you can for your business. If you want to get new episodes delivered straight to your inbox 2x/week AND get all kinds of email marketing gold from yours truly, head on over to www.emailempire.org today and subscribe.Here's 5 ways you can learn how to build an audience of die hard fans that can't wait to buy from you:Subscribe to this podcast, follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn and join my free Email Empire Facebook GroupGet my Cold Email Gold Email Course In less than 7 days you'll go from hadn't-shaking while you type to netting white-whale opportunities with your cold emails. (All proceeds go to charity) Click HereGrab my Warm Welcome AND No-Shame Sales Sequence Emails Hook your subscribers from the start and turn them into raving fans AND paying customers within their first week on your list. Click HereGet Access to List-Building on a Budget Grow your very own list of die-hard subscribers that can't wait to buy from you without spending a dime on ads or learning any crazy tech set-up. Click HereWork with me personally and build an email marketing ecosystem your customers will NEVER want to leave Want to turn your email list into a literally money printer that makes a massive impact on your perfect customer without sending more than a few emails each week? Read more about the packages I offer and apply to work with me here

Erin dove in and shared everything she knows about creating a hard-hitting website FAST. If you've got a website that' feels a bit meh, you've got nothing at all to mark your spot online OR you've been putting off publishing it for months because you just can't knock it out—this episode's for you.You can find her at erinpennings.com where you can get on the newsletter, hear great strategies and ideas (like what we talked about today).That's also where you can find out more about her offers, whether that you need someone else to write your website for you OR you want to learn how to get your own site up and running FAST.If you liked what you heard, please leave us a rating on whatever platform you listen to podcasts. And, if you don't want to miss an episode again (and learn how to build an empire of your own die-hard email subscribers), join the newsletter at www.emailempire.org/newsletter/

James I. Bond is one of America's leading Behavioral Management specialists, having consulted, advised and coached hundreds of America's leading executives and professionals over more than three decades.James has discovered surprising secrets about how to simplify your ability to influence, persuade and sell just about anyone - by using the decision-centers of your listener's brain. In this FREE guide, James shares a powerful five-word phrase that can help you get the positive response you want from virtually any prospect.Discover the 5-Word Behavioral Psychology Hack that makes selling virtually anything a lot easier at www.learnbrainglue.com

Grace is a course launch strategist and copywriter helping online entrepreneurs launch super successful digital courses of their own. Covering everything from strategy, tech, and conversion copy behind the perfect course launch for you, Grace has seen it all when it comes to online courses.You can learn more about EVERYTHING Grace is doing to help her clients and her subscribers overcome all the hurdles that come with launching a course—whether this is your first or you're looking for help with your latest launch—at www.gracefortune.comResources mentioned in the show:Course Hosting: Kajabi.com Membervault TeachableFunnels/Emails: Leadpages Convertkit ActiveCampaignBooks: The Alter Ego Effect by Todd Herman

On episode 10 of The Great Escape Show, I sat down with Esai Arasi to talk about everything that's going on in the world of marketing and dive back into the foundations that got us here.For nearly 5 years, Esai and her team have been trying to find the silver bullet to:

Jon's been torn apart and broken down while he studied under some of the greatest marketing masters in the past few decades.And, he's obviously come out the other side as one of the most experienced and high performing copywriters in the influencer and self-development industry.With over 8 figures sold from his work with giants like Brian Tracy, Dean Graziosi and more, Jon had a TON to share about his journey and what it's like to build a bulletproof brand that your customers will love.Want to learn from him? Or maybe you want to hear more great content from Jon—head over to www.copyblueprints.com

 A killer conversation with Jill Wise—Lifestyle Entrepreneur, Pocket CMO, and Brand StrategistWe covered everything from what it's like to get your freelance career off the ground, how to actually own your business AS a business, and what it looks like to scale beyond just client work and consulting.Jill shared all kinds of great resources but a few notable ones were one of her favorite books: 7 Habits for Highly Effective People by Steven CoveyIf you're struggling with finding the confidence and self-belief that you need to take the next steps in your biz—then this is the show for you.We go beyond all the regurgitated bullshit that so many online business owners get caught up in when they start buying courses, working with early coaches or just reading all the content they can for free.Plus, she shared a FREE course on her website with all of you.4 steps to Profit is a free, 4-day course that walks you through the foundations and shares exactly how Jill's grown her business from serving side-hustle to full-time lifestyle entrepreneurship.If you want Jill's 4 key steps to making a more profitable business fast, check out jillwise.com/4-steps-to-profit.com

I'm sure you noticed, but this is the first of a BRAND NEW episode format! One of the most valuable habits I've picked up in the past few months has been writing down 10 ideas about absolutely anything every single morning. And I thought, why am I keeping these (sometimes) golden nuggets from my audience? So, keep an eye out for these kinds of episodes moving forward!Traditional launches (looking at you, Jeff Walker-ites) are RUINING the world of digital marketing.They're all running the same formula of a few videos, a workshop/webinar series, and a shit-ton of sales emails in a VERY short period of time. All for a cart that's open for a few weeks a year, at most...  Believe it or not, you can actually have some success without doing the same damn thing that everybody's been doing for the past 10 years because it's "proven".  So today we're going to be talking about 10 ideas for launching a new product without some scummy countdown timer, to create urgency.And, as always, the goal of this show is to help people just like you find the freedom that I know you deserve. So, if you loved today's episode or you learned ANYTHING at all, my only ask is that you share this show with likeminded people.Friends, family, and even your customers can listen to the show and learn more about EVERYTHING we have to offer at: www.thegreatescape.show/subscribe

Today's episode features Csaba Borzasi.The man who analyzed over 100 different sales letters in only 100 days on his YouTube channel and caught the attention of some of the greatest names in copywriting history!He walks us through exactly why it takes so much less than we think to actually become an expert in your industry. Plus we talk about everything from building a name for yourself online and why your customers don't care if you're not the NUMBER ONE person in your industry.Learn more about Csaba and everything that he has to offer at www.gameofconversions.com Plus, he's giving away the secrets behind some of the greatest ads of ALL TIME that you can use to start skyrocketing conversions on your own sales pages, emails and more. And, just for our audience, he threw in a few extras if you sign up now at https://gameofconversions.com/copywriting-secrets/And, as always, the goal of this show is to help people just like you find the freedom that I know you deserve. So, if you loved today's episode or you learned ANYTHING at all, my only ask is that you share this show with likeminded people.Friends, family, and even your customers can listen to the show and learn more about EVERYTHING we have to offer at: www.thegreatescape.show/subscribe

Paul Melrose, conversion copywriter extraordinaire, polymath, and educational pioneer sat down with me and shared his thoughts on that poisonous word every freelancer fears: Nicheing...We cover everything from direct marketing greats and how they came up, why picking a niche is thought of as some unquestionable law, and all the value in holding out just a little longer to bounce around different industries. I give you: Paul Melrose!

Greg and I cover everything from email marketing to living in the UK and scaling a business while still killing it at a full-time job.

Episode 2

A taste of what's to come. Hear my story, where the idea for the show came from, and just a few of the things I've learned already in my freelance career.