CALL FOR SPEAKERS AND CONTRIBUTORS https://skoo.ly/seasonalsummitsept Your biggest Q4 doesn't start in October. And your biggest Q1 doesn't start in January. Black Friday to Ball Drop: The Seasonal Summit is a virtual event hosted by The Paid Creative, built to help creators plan Q4 AND Q1 in one weekend. Black Friday through Easter is a five month selling window, and most creators walk into it unprepared. We're fixing that. Event dates: September 24 to 26, 2026 Applications close: August 16, 2026 at 2:00 AM CDT Products and assets due: September 10, 2026 Slides due (speakers): September 17, 2026 We're looking for 8 to 10 speakers to deliver a 50 minute practical session across two live days, plus contributors for the digital swag bag. Six categories are open: Q4 (Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, gifting, year-end promos) Q1 (New Year planning, Valentine and Galentine, Black History Month, Lunar New Year, Women's History Month, wellness resets, spring, Easter) Business Strategy (pricing, listings, funnels, batching, email, launches, selling systems) AI (workflows, custom GPTs, automation, repurposing, product development) Health and Wellness (rest, burnout recovery, self-care, meal planning, movement, capacity) Relationships, Family, Faith and Community (family, friendship, grief, gratitude, parenting, gathering, devotionals, Lent, Easter) Categories 5 and 6 are new this edition and wide open. Not everything in Q4 and Q1 is a sales campaign. People are grieving through the holidays and burning out by January, and that work belongs here too. What you bring: One free item valued at $27 or more, available at no cost during the event, with a Quick Start covering what it is, who it's for, and the first three steps. Plus the promo commitment: 2 emails, 2 social posts, 2 community posts across September 10 to 26. What you get: Our email list, our Skool community of 1,000+ creators, our socials, and every other participant's audience. Done for you promo graphics and swipe copy. Speakers get a warm live room and a recording to keep.

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