I shared this ‘Trick’ in yesterday’s Trick + Treat email and this will definitely have differing opinions… Personally, I like the application > approval > submission phases rather than straight to submission, for a few reasons: 1️⃣ Application gives you a chance to validate the bundle concept (if you don’t get enough applications you can then let them know it’s not going ahead, nbd right?) 2️⃣ Application gives you the opportunity to curate the bundle in a way that submission only doesn’t - even if you say you’re going to decline at submission stage, that’s kind of a bit rough for the contributor who doesn’t get in but still has had to set up everything as if they would (time = money). If you decline at application stage then the contributors are less invested and less effort has gone into preparation on their end. Plus of course you get to be very picky about who and what goes into your bundle (this matters more than perhaps you think). 3️⃣ You can skip Application for certain people. Having a 2 phased process allows you to send your pre-approved (VIP or past contributors) straight through, with a quick way to submit which makes them feel appreciated and important (read: more likely to promote). Agree with me, or think Application > Approval > Submission is a waste of time? Some people swear by the straight to submission process, and that’s great… for them. But what do you think?

Interesting conversation happening over in Bundles of Bundles on Facebook from my friend and host of the Get Serious About Sales Summit, Nadalie Bardo. She's asking what would you do if you have a speaker (but also applies to any collaboration where promoting is a requirement) who is ignoring emails from the host about doing their bit to promote and they've not promoted at all for an event that's starting next week... 👀 Would love to know... What Would You Do? 👇🏻

You might've caught this in the latest 'Weekly Transmission' of the collabortunities, I've opened up applications for a new member showcase 'bundle' that will start 1 October and go all the way through to 31 October. 🎃 All of October I'm going to send an email to my list with a Trick and a Treat 🎃 👻 The "Tricks" will be tips, based on my 30 days of tips to host a Bundle - which you might've seen inside Bundles of Bundles a few months back. 🍭 The "Treats" will be a freebie or heavily discounted product (premium gift for free/high quality freebie or a high quality product with an exclusive discount) not from me - but from you and the community inside CoLAB Club. This will be a member showcase, with a new offer shared every single day to my email list. Open to B2B AND B2C businesses. Note: Something similar to this would normally be valued at $250 for an exclusive solo email and pinned post, not to mention the eyeballs of 3500+ subscribers on your thing. This offer is exclusive to CoLAB Club, Bundle Better and Collab Better members ONLY - please do not share this form with anyone else. There is no promo requirement from your end, this is my gift to you members 🙏🏻 To contribute fill out this form and I'll be in touch with confirmations from 1 October.

Who do you resonate with the most? Was this the archetype you got when you did the Cosmic Compass Quiz? I went into detail on each archetype in today's training for the Cosmic Collab Base Camp - when you know and are clear on your archetype, please share with us here on this thread. Note: In Day 2's session we will help you to match with aligned collaboration partners based on your results and we can only do that if you share your archetype here.

OK, so you might've missed this, but Lizzy aka @Elizabeth Goddard is NOT hosting her annual Christmas party this year. Instead she's hosting a bundle of $9 products at the same time as the Christmas party dates. More info here if you want to participate www.lizzysparty.com (applications open next week 👀) There's a rule that you need at least 10 sales of a $9 product by EOD 12 September to qualify to apply for the party. *I need just 3 more sales for this workshop for it to be valid to apply for Lizzy's Party* I've sold 35 at the pre-sale price of $4.99 but they don't count unfortunately... So help a girl out 🙏🏻 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ftsnJWU0sdM2LBPBxy-nTLVzhkm4vHhyFq7ViKDYz5Y/edit And if you see any of the ads running, give it some love 🙏🏻💖🙌🏻