Salome Schillack

The Launch Lounge Podcast

Business EN ↓ 100 episodes

Discover top tips & practical advice for building a wildly profitable business sharing your ideas and knowledge with the world. Get the online marketing, advertising, and business strategies you need, all wrapped up with a healthy dose of inspiration and fun. After 10 years of being the advertising secret sauce to the who's-who of the online courses industry, your host Salome Schillack reveals what it really takes to turn your ideas into a thriving online business. Salome shares all the insights she wishes she had when she was juggling a job, a side hustle, and raising two kids. Tune in and ex...

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Salome Schillack

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Business

Podcast website

thelaunchlounge.com

Latest episode

Jul 7, 2026

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Episodes

286. How to NOT Hate Showing Up on Social Media 03.07.2025

Ready to stop dreading your daily social media posts and start seeing actual subscribers rolling in? 🚀 I get it - you'd rather stick a fork in your eye than create another Instagram post that gets three likes and zero email signups. You're juggling client work, course creation, and family life, and social media feels like that demanding friend who takes everything but gives nothing back. In this...

285. Scale Your Course Sales: Moving From Manual Launches to Evergreen Success 01.07.2025

Discover the exact roadmap for transitioning from exhausting live launches to profitable evergreen systems that sell while you sleep! 🚀 You've mastered live launches but dream of evergreen freedom. Before you flip that automation switch, there's a strategic pathway that separates successful course creators from those who burn through savings on failed Facebook ads. I'm sharing the specific conver...

284. Low Lead Quality? How to Improve Lead Quality for Webinars 26.06.2025

Struggling with low webinar show rates despite having all the "right" systems in place? 🚀 I uncover the one core problem: secretly sabotaging webinar attendance and conversions for online course creators - and it's not your email sequences or reminder strategy. Through a real listener's case study, I reveal why even perfectly executed webinar funnels fail when your offer positioning doesn't match...

283. Passive Income Streams: Reality vs. Myth 24.06.2025

Ready to stop falling for the passive income fairy tale that's keeping you stuck in launch limbo? 🚀 I used to dream about sipping cocktails on a beach while my online course magically sold itself. That fantasy nearly derailed my entire business journey, and I see it happening to brilliant course creators every single day. The truth is, those "set it and forget it" promises aren't just misleading...

282. She Turned Her Pain Into Her Freedom Empire – With Laura Furiosi 19.06.2025

Ready to discover how turning your darkest moments into your greatest purpose can create a thriving online courses business? 🚀 Laura Furiosi proves that ANY expertise can become a profitable course - even divorce law. This multi-award-winning entrepreneur went from teacher to baby swimwear mogul to creating a chart-topping podcast and seven-figure course business that helps thousands navigate one...

281. How I'm Using AI to Create HOT Offers for Clients 17.06.2025

Ready to turn your struggling offers into "take my money" offers using AI? 🚀 I've been geeking out about this strategy because one client just increased her conversion rate by 33% and had her biggest multi-six-figure launch ever. Another went from $7 per lead to $5 per lead using what I'm revealing today. If you've been adding paid traffic to your launches and somehow your sales went down instead...

280. Boost Your Cashflow With Upsells and Downsells 12.06.2025

Ready to add 30-50% more revenue to your next course launch without creating a single new piece of content? 🚀 I'm revealing the exact upsell and downsell strategies that have generated hundreds of thousands in additional revenue for my clients. This isn't about being pushy - it's about serving your audience at every level they're ready for. Whether you have buyers who want to go deeper or non-buy...

279. One Big Course or Many Smaller Ones? Here's How to Know 10.06.2025

What if the advice you've been following about having just one signature course is actually keeping you stuck at six figures? 🚀 I'm answering a listener question that challenges everything the big-name gurus tell you about course creation. Anthony and Melinda from Grow My Salon Business are doing something most experts would say is "wrong" - they have multiple courses instead of one massive signa...

278. Get the Media to Talk About You (Without Hiring a PR Firm) with Julie Cole 05.06.2025

What do you do when you have six kids, a law degree, and a crazy idea to start a business in your sister's basement? 🚀 If you're Julie Cole, you build a multi-million dollar company that changes an entire industry. Julie started her online business over 20 years ago while raising six kids, turning Mabel's Labels from a basement startup into a 50-employee empire with 200,000 Facebook followers. He...

277. I'm Breaking Up With ActiveCampaign – Here's Why and What I'm Doing Instead 03.06.2025

Sometimes the bravest business decision isn't what to add - it's what to leave behind! 🚀 After seven years with ActiveCampaign, I'm breaking up with them. But this isn't just another price increase rant - it's a masterclass in making bold choices that protect your freedom empire. When ActiveCampaign tried to move me from $2,700 to over $5,000 annually (adding features I never asked for), I could...

276. Can You Make Money from Writing a Book? 29.05.2025

Want the truth about making money as an author in the online course world? It's not what you think! 🚀 Thinking of writing a book to grow your online course business? Before you block off three months to write your masterpiece, listen to this episode. I'm breaking down the real ways course creators profit (or don't) from publishing books. Spoiler alert: your book isn't the end product—it's the beg...

275. Launch Ads Bombed? Here's Your Unconventional Comeback Plan 27.05.2025

Had a launch that completely tanked? Before you burn it all down and book that one-way ticket to Bali, this is your rescue plan. 🚀 Even the most profitable course creators have launches that flop (I share my own $30K faceplant). But the secret to building a Freedom Empire isn't avoiding failure - it's knowing exactly how to analyze what went wrong and create your comeback strategy. In this episod...

274. 3 x Your Webinar Sales with This Checklist 22.05.2025

Ready to triple your webinar sales without spending more on ads or working harder? 🚀 Discover my proven webinar conversion checklist that transforms passive viewers into eager buyers. Most course creators focus only on content, but the real magic happens in optimizing critical conversion points throughout your webinar funnel. I'm sharing exactly how to craft irresistible offers, create high-conve...

273. How to Build a Highly Engaged Community with Bri Leever 20.05.2025

Ready to discover why some online course creators build profitable businesses in months while others get stuck in a cycle of failed launches? 🚀 The difference between consistently profitable course creators and those working 70-hour weeks with little to show for it isn't about list size or ad budgets. It's about having a proven marketing system that pieces everything together for YOUR audience. M...

272. The $2Mil Problem They Didn't See Coming 15.05.2025

Are you unknowingly setting your online course business up for the $2 million plateau? 🚀 If you're scaling with ads hoping they'll magically replace your organic efforts, you might be heading for the expensive mistake that's derailing seven-figure businesses. After working with 14 multi-million dollar course businesses, I've discovered a pattern: successful entrepreneurs hit $2M, burn out on cont...

271. Split Tests That Double Your Launch Revenue 13.05.2025

Ready to double your course launch revenue with a few simple tweaks? 🚀 Tired of pouring endless hours into launches that don't convert? In this episode, I'm revealing the 7 split tests that my agency uses with our 6 and 7-figure clients to dramatically increase launch revenue without adding more work. Discover how one client doubled her webinar registrations with just a subject line change, and l...

270. Launch Team Essentials: Who You Need at Each Stage 08.05.2025

Ready to build your dream launch team without wasting thousands on the wrong hires? 🚀 Tired of conflicting advice about when to hire help for your online course business? In this episode, I'm revealing exactly who you need at each revenue stage based on what's worked for hundreds of successful course creators. Whether you're DIYing your first launch or ready to scale beyond 6-figures, you'll disc...

269. Is Your Launch Really Ready for Evergreen? Here's How to Tell 06.05.2025

Ready to Turn Your Launch Into an Evergreen Money Machine? Here's When You Know It's Time 🚀 Ever launched your online course multiple times but still feel trapped on the launch hamster wheel? In this value-packed episode, I reveal the exact metrics that signal your launch is truly ready for evergreen automation. Most course creators jump too early into evergreen, wasting thousands on ads targetin...

268. I Closed My Membership to Build Something Better (Here's What) 01.05.2025

Ready to discover why letting go of your successful offers might be the key to building something even better? 🚀 Sometimes our biggest business breakthroughs come not from fixing what's broken, but from releasing what's merely "good enough" to make space for something truly aligned. In this vulnerable episode, I'm sharing why I closed my profitable Launch Lounge membership after years of success...

267. Under 1K Subscribers? You Can Still Crush Your Launch 29.04.2025

Ready to crush your course launch with a tiny email list? Your small audience might be your secret weapon! 🚀 Forget what you've heard about needing thousands of subscribers before launching your online course. In this episode, I reveal why a warm audience of less than 1K subscribers can actually convert BETTER than massive cold lists. I break down my three-part framework that shows why audience t...

266. Why You Should Delete Email Subscribers (Yes, Really) 24.04.2025

Ready to boost your email engagement and conversion rates by deleting subscribers? (Yes, really!) 🚀 Is your online course business suffering from the "big list, low engagement" problem? After watching my open rates plummet below 10% despite having 10,000 subscribers, I made the tough decision to delete 40% of my list—and it completely transformed my results. In this episode, I'm sharing why inact...

265. Double the Offers, Not the Burnout: My Stacked Launch Plan 22.04.2025

Ready to double your launch revenue without doubling your workload? My stacked launch strategy is about to change your entire business. 🚀 Are you noticing engaged audience members who consume all your free content but never buy? You might be sitting on a goldmine without realizing it. In this episode, I reveal how offering a deeper, premium tier alongside your signature course can capture those r...

264. Will Your Business Still Work Next Year? Let's Talk 17.04.2025

Is your online course business one algorithm change away from disaster? 🚀 What if Facebook or Instagram disappeared tomorrow? Would your business survive? Most course creators build their businesses on platforms they don't control, leaving them vulnerable to algorithm updates, iOS changes, and the whims of tech billionaires. In this episode, I reveal how to create a truly resilient online course...

263. The Boring Systems That Give Me 10x More Freedom 15.04.2025

Feeling like everything in your online course business grinds to a halt without you? Time to implement boring systems that create extraordinary freedom! 🚀 Is your calendar packed with meetings while actual work gets pushed to evenings? Are you drowning in team questions and repetitive tasks that anyone could handle? You're the bottleneck in your business - but not for long. I'm sharing the exact...

262. From Booked Out to CEO: How I Grew My Agency 10.04.2025

Ready to transform your service business from constant hustle to high-value strategic partnership clients can't live without? 🚀 In this episode, I reveal exactly how I evolved my ads agency from undercharging and overworking to highly sought-after consulting, working only with people I love while delivering better results for clients. Whether you're running a course business, coaching practice, o...

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