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The Launch Lounge Podcast

Salome Schillack

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

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335. What You Can Expect in 2026

The Launch Lounge Podcast ·

2026/01/06

What if the smartest content strategy isn't about reaching more people—but going deeper with the ones already here? 🚀 I'm shaking things up in 2026. After an email list disaster cut my podcast downloads in half overnight, I learned something powerful: you're not random strangers scrolling Spotify. You're my people—course creators who've been in my world for months or even years. So I'm done chasing podcast algorithms. This show is becoming my cozy living room—a space for real conversations about

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21:43

334. Stop Half-Working Through Christmas

The Launch Lounge Podcast ·

2025/12/18

If your version of "time off" is scrolling on the couch while mentally auditing your funnel, this episode is your intervention. 🚀 Let's be honest—most course creators have mastered the art of fake rest. You know the kind: laptop at every family gathering "just in case," mentally planning your January launch over Christmas lunch, checking your Stripe account while pretending to watch holiday movies. But here's what I learned the hard way: fake rest doesn't refill your tank. It just makes everything

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24:23

333. Still Not Making 'Quit My Job' Money? This Might...

The Launch Lounge Podcast ·

2025/12/16

What if you never make the "quit my job" money you've been dreaming about? 🚀 If that thought has been quietly haunting you, I need you to hear this: the problem isn't your work ethic or that you're not cut out for this. The problem is you might be running a business model that was never designed for YOUR life, audience, or strengths. I learned this the hard way chasing other people's membership models. They had huge audiences and years of platform-building behind them—I was trying to copy their

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25:29

332. 3 Signs You're Ready to Scale (And 3 Signs...

The Launch Lounge Podcast ·

2025/12/11

Scaling your course too early is one of the fastest ways to burn cash and accidentally build a business you hate. 🚀 Everyone's screaming "scale, scale, scale" online — but nobody mentions that scaling doesn't magically create more profit. It increases revenue at a higher cost, with more complexity, and usually a lower ROAS. Ouch. So how do you know if you're actually ready? In this episode, I'm giving you three green lights that say "go for it" and three red flags that say "hang on, let's stabilize

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26:45

331. If I Had to Start Over Again: What I'd Do...

The Launch Lounge Podcast ·

2025/12/09

What if you could keep all your skills and lessons but rebuild your business the smarter way? 🚀 I've been playing with a fantasy lately: burning it all down and starting fresh. Because if I had to rebuild my online courses business from scratch in 2026, I absolutely would not do it the same way I did in 2016. The market has changed. Launches have changed. People have changed. In this episode, I'm sharing the exact five pillars I'd focus on if I were starting over today. The best part? You don't

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25:27

330. Your "One More Launch" Is Keeping You Stuck

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2025/12/04

What if that "one more launch will save me" energy is actually the thing keeping you stuck? 🚀 I'm seeing it everywhere right now—smart course creators pouring everything into one more webinar, one more challenge, hoping it'll rescue their business. I get it because I've been there. In 2023, I ran four launches in one year, each born from that same desperate prayer. Spoiler: it didn't work. Here's the truth nobody wants to admit. Cold traffic converts less reliably now. Buyers need 27 touch points

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35:21

329. Your 2026 Success Map Starts NOW: My Planning...

The Launch Lounge Podcast ·

2025/12/02

If traditional planning makes you want to cry, this episode is going to change everything. 🚀 I spent $200 on a fancy planner, filled out January with color-coded perfection, and found it abandoned in a drawer by March. For years, I thought that made me a failure at business. Turns out, I just have ADHD—and every planning system I tried was designed for a brain that works completely differently from mine. Today I'm revealing my exact 4-step planning process built around profit, joy, and how my

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26:51

328. The Comparison Trap: What to Do When Everyone...

The Launch Lounge Podcast ·

2025/11/27

That 300K launch you saw in your Facebook group probably cost 240K to run—but you don't see that part. 🚀 Here's the thing: comparison isn't your enemy. It's actually trying to tell you something useful. The problem is what you make it mean about yourself. Last week, a student who made $47K in her launch was ready to quit—not because she failed, but because someone else's win looked bigger on Instagram. I gave her three things that stopped the spiral completely. By morning, she'd gone from "I'm

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34:07

327. The Real Cost of DIY: When to Invest in Help for...

The Launch Lounge Podcast ·

2025/11/25

You're "saving money" by doing everything yourself, but your revenue is stuck and your to-do list is screaming at you. 🚀 Here's the truth: DIY isn't saving you money—it's costing you in delayed revenue, creative energy, and time you could spend growing your online course business. I've lived through every version of this, from doing it all myself to over-hiring in panic mode, and I'm sharing exactly when it's time to stop white-knuckling everything. In this episode, I walk you through the stages of

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41:46

326. The Permission Slip You've Been Waiting For

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2025/11/20

Tired of running your online course business on everyone else's rules? 🚀 I'm giving you five powerful permission slips to transform how you build your business in 2026. After helping course creators scale from $10K-$25K launches to consistent six-figure results with Meta ads and strategic funnels, I've learned this: sustainable success comes from knowing when to break the rules. In this episode, I share the exact permissions I've given myself—from changing my mind about A-Lister (my flagship

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33:26

325. How to Audit Your 2025 Revenue: What Worked,...

The Launch Lounge Podcast ·

2025/11/18

Your course business can look wildly successful on paper while quietly destroying your profit margins, stealing your time, and wrecking your mental health. 🚀 I've watched too many online course creators cut costs that actually enable their revenue while keeping coaching programs that drain them dry. They look at total revenue and think they're winning, but they're missing the real story their business is trying to tell them. If you're serious about building a sustainable online courses business in

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56:22

324. Why Your 2025 Didn't Go As Planned (And What...

The Launch Lounge Podcast ·

2025/11/13

I cut my email list in half this year on purpose and it tanked my podcast downloads overnight—turns out those "dead leads" were worth nearly $40,000 in revenue. 🚀 That's just one of three expensive mistakes I made in 2025 that taught me exactly what not to do in 2026. If you had big plans this year that didn't quite pan out—launches that underperformed, evergreen funnels that didn't convert, or ad spend with nothing to show for it—you're not alone. But before you just hope next year will be

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28:50

323. The Black Friday Trap: Why Discounting Might Be...

The Launch Lounge Podcast ·

2025/11/11

What if that 50% Black Friday discount you're planning is actually destroying your course business instead of growing it? 🚀 That sale isn't a marketing strategy—it's a pricing death spiral. I've watched too many online course creators accidentally train their audiences to never pay full price again, all because everyone else is running Black Friday promotions. Here's the truth: what works for Amazon doesn't work for expertise-based businesses like coaching programs and online courses. The problem

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31:39

322. The Worst Business Advice I Got and Why I'm...

The Launch Lounge Podcast ·

2025/11/06

What if the advice that nearly broke you was exactly what you needed? 🚀 I made $2,000 on my first launch and quit completely. That might've been the dumbest decision I ever made. But here's the twist - the advice that led me to quit, the advice that nearly broke me, and the advice I absolutely hated hearing ended up being the same advice that helped me build a seven-figure online course business. Sometimes the worst advice teaches you more than the best advice ever could. And sometimes the advice

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42:06

321. Everyone's Burning Out - You Don't Have To....

The Launch Lounge Podcast ·

2025/11/04

Your most successful year might be the one that destroys you. 🚀 Three months ago, one of my clients hit her $47K revenue goal but sent me a 2 a.m. message: "I can't do this again. I'd rather go back to my corporate job." She'd worked until midnight for three weeks straight, snapped at her kids constantly, and survived on coffee and adrenaline. Six weeks later, she launched again. Same revenue. But this time she finished by 4 p.m. daily, took weekends off, and actually enjoyed it. Here's the

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28:15

320. Salome Answers Your Burning Ads Questions

The Launch Lounge Podcast ·

2025/10/30

Tired of waiting for the "perfect time" to run Facebook ads? 🚀 Here's the truth: Meta is always going to change. While you're waiting for ideal conditions, other course creators are scaling to six figures because they learned how to adapt instead of wait. I've spent 10 years running Meta ads and I've seen it all—account shutdowns at 5 AM, mysterious disapprovals, ads that suddenly tank. Every single frustration has a solution that doesn't involve giving up on ads entirely. In this episode, I'm

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43:23

319. Why Most Course Creators Waste Money on Ads (And...

The Launch Lounge Podcast ·

2025/10/28

You've run Facebook ads before and maybe it felt like you were better off putting your money on the roulette tables in Vegas. 🚀 I get it. You're watching other course creators post their "6-figure launch" screenshots while you're bleeding money on ads that don't convert. But here's what nobody tells you: ads aren't the problem. Your approach is. In this episode, I'm breaking down the five biggest reasons course creators waste money on Facebook ads and Instagram ads and exactly how to fix them

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13:21

318. How One List-Building Ad Made $91K in Sales

The Launch Lounge Podcast ·

2025/10/23

What if one ad was all that stood between your struggling side hustle and a wildly profitable online course? 🚀 I'm sharing the 2017 launch that changed everything I thought I knew about Facebook ads. A course creator handed me a $7K budget (I nearly fell off my chair), and what happened next proved that when your marketing aligns with the right Meta ads strategy, magic happens. That single campaign turned $7K into $91,000 in sales with just one lead magnet and two email sequences. This wasn't about

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29:23

317. Are Ads Dead? Not If You Do This Instead

The Launch Lounge Podcast ·

2025/10/21

Spoiler alert: Facebook ads aren't dead for online course creators—you're just following e-commerce advice that was never meant for your business model. 🚀 I'm pulling back the curtain on why so many coaches and course creators waste money on Meta ads while e-commerce brands thrive. The difference? They're selling $30 lipsticks with impulse buyers. You're selling transformational online courses that require trust, nurturing, and a completely different ad strategy. In this episode, I'm breaking down

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24:40

316. Stop Fearing Tech: How to Take Back Control Now

The Launch Lounge Podcast ·

2025/10/16

That tech fear holding you back from scaling your online course? It's not about technology—it's about taking back control. 🚀 I know you've put off critical business moves because the tech intimidated you. Facebook ads manager feels like a foreign language. Email automations seem impossible without three assistants. But here's the truth: when you reframe tech as a tool instead of a test, everything shifts. In this episode, I'm sharing the five-step framework my Launch Lounge students use to

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