Right Now You Can, by Ericka

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Stop Being the Chief Bottleneck (Your Events Will Thank You)

If your event only works when you do everything… we need to talk.

Hey👋!

Let’s have an honest moment.

If your event only works when you personally touch every reminder, follow-up, and “quick check-in”…

Congratulations—you’ve promoted yourself to Chief Bottleneck.


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Last Friday’s session on Automating the Event Lifecycle pulled back the curtain on a truth most founders don’t want to admit:

👉 Getting people to show up is not the win.

👉 The money is made after the live event.

And yet… that’s where most systems mysteriously disappear.


Here’s what we uncovered together:


We also talked real-life fixes:


The big takeaway?

If your event success depends on your constant involvement, you don’t have a system—you have a stress habit.

And we’re done with those.






🚀 What’s Next (and You Don’t Want to Miss This One)

Friday, January 16th at 10:00 AM EST

Session 3: Data Unification & The Single Attendee View

We’re tackling:


Because “I think they were interested” is not a sales strategy.


Until then, ask yourself this one question:

👉 What happens to every single attendee after your event ends—and how do you know?


See you Friday,

*Keep Moving Forward!

Ericka Bates

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Ericka BatesDigital Transformation Strategist | Virtual Event Producer | Facilitator of The Virtual Summiteers, Talk Virtual
[email protected]

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