Dare to Launch

Dare to Launch

I’m Jeff Walker, creator of Product Launch Formula® – THE formula that has generated over $1 billion in online sales. I started my first online business in 1996 while I was a stay-at-home dad, and I’ve been teaching online marketing since 2003. Tens of thousands of students around the world – in hundreds of niches – have used my step-by-step methods to start and grow thriving online businesses. In Dare to Launch, Chris Saunders and I will be having in-depth conversations about what’s working – and what’s not working – in online business. Listen in and learn from amazing entrepreneurs who are in the trenches building incredible businesses – while living the #launchlife.

Episodes

August 21, 2025 22 mins

What if you could turn your passion into a business… without the stress of endless trial and error?

 

In this week’s episode of Dare to Launch, Sarah MacKeigan shares how she made a bold career move – from healthcare project manager to dog physiotherapist. 

 

You might have heard the advice – “just follow your passion.” But that’s easier said than done.

 

Sarah followed her passio...

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If you’ve ever wondered whether you could turn your skills into something more, you should meet David H. Lawrence XVII…

 

Because while most people in his industry live gig to gig, David discovered a way to turn his voiceover talents into a thriving online business – one that’s brought in 24 six-figure launches (so far) and serves thousands of aspiring actors.

 

Here’s what’s crazy…

 

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Register for this year's FREE Launch Masterclass at https://getyoulaunched.com/  

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Resources Referenced in the episode: Dare to Launch Interview with Mich...

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I didn’t plan it.

 

It just kinda happened… and then it became a “thing”.

 

A few years back, I was doing a live session in my Launch Masterclass, when out of the corner of my eye, I saw it…

 

Right next to my camera was a squirrel.

 

And this thing is just going nuts.

 

Now I’m live with thousands of people. So I’m doing everything I can to stay focused ...

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Affiliate promotions (where you promote someone else’s product to your list) can be one of the easiest, fastest, and most profitable launches you do.

 

I’ve been on both sides – both promoting and having other people promote my launches – for literally decades now. 

 

And it’s no secret that I love these kinds of promotions.

 

Done well – where you promote a proven offer that gets...

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There are moments when life just wallops you – when all you can see is fear, overwhelm, and uncertainty.

 

So let’s get into what you can do when that happens…

 

Because there is a way through those moments. And it doesn’t involve looking for silver linings or pretending everything’s fine.

 

I won’t pretend staying calm and grounded when the pressure is on is easy… because it’s no...

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Pat Flynn didn’t set out to build a Pokémon brand with over 4 billion views and 3 million followers…

 

He just wanted to learn how to use TikTok. So he created a simple experiment – he was going to post one video a day for 60 days.

 

That’s when things kinda snowballed…

 

What happened next is a crazy story, with a bunch of powerful lessons. And since Pat’s a good friend, I invite...

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What if you woke up tomorrow and your business was gone?

And I’m not talking “you lost a big client” or a “big chunk of money” gone…

I’m talking every client… every cent  – your entire business. And not just gone… but stolen by one of the people you trusted most.

Well, I can tell you how it feels… because it happened to me.

One moment, I was earning more money than I ...

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We all have moments when our mental game slips a little. 

 

Maybe we feel stuck. Maybe we catch ourselves thinking, “Why me?”

 

Thoughts like this might be natural… but that doesn’t make them any easier to live with. 

 

What we want is to snap ourselves out of a funk and get back on track. But how do we do that?

 

To find out, I asked one of the most bulletproof peopl...

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Back in 2005, launching was a game of one-hit wonders – build a product, launch it once… and then start again with something new.

 

The idea of relaunching the same offer was pretty much unheard of… as ridiculous as a studio re-releasing the same movie over and over.

 

So when I wrapped up my first launch for Product Launch Formula (PLF) – and it brought in $600k in 7 days – I assumed that was...

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It’s easy to look at 7-figure memberships and think they’re only for folks with massive audiences… or the leading experts… or that you need to constantly give away valuable secrets.

 

And sure, those things can work in your favor. But as Gina Bianchini reveals in this week’s episode of Dare to Launch… they’re not required.

 

And Gina should know…

 

As the founder of Mighty Network...

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One of the biggest mistakes I see entrepreneurs make is launching new products too soon.

When growth slows… or you hit a plateau, it’s natural to think about launching something new and exciting to get things moving. But that can actually make things worse. 

Much worse.

If you’re not careful, having multiple offers – even in the same market – can make it feel like you’re running m...

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Many people think they need to feel confident before they take action, but they’ve got it the wrong way round…

Confidence doesn’t come first. 

In fact, some of the most successful launches I’ve ever seen started with doubt…

“Should I wait until I have a bigger email list?”

“I’m not sure this headline will resonate with my audience…”

“Is now the right time...

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As anyone who’s spent time in the comment section of YouTube will tell you – a community left unchecked can get messy real fast.

 

So it stands to reason that if you want to build a thriving community, you need strict guidelines and rules… right?

 

Well, if that’s true, someone should tell Emma and Eleanor from The Reconnected... :-)

 

Because they don’t have moderators… or a huge...

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One of my favorite questions for my entrepreneur friends: “What do you do when you need to get inspired… and you don’t have a whole lot of time?”

 

After all, as entrepreneurs, we get paid for the ideas we create and put out into the world. 

 

Which sounds great in theory… but as anyone who’s had this “job” can tell you, that can be a lot harder than it sounds.

 

And if you’ve bee...

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You know you’ve tapped into something special when your customers are going out of their way to help each other win.

Sadly, that’s not what most “communities” are like – either no one’s posting… or it’s just a bunch of random updates and no real connection.

But Amy Small’s knitters show up. And not just for themselves…

They cheer each other over the finish line. And then they come...

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A few months ago, we hosted a private, high-end event with some serious entrepreneurs… and we left with some big takeaways.

 

To set the scene… this wasn’t a fancy conference with a big stage and thousands of people…

 

It was an intimate, hands-on workshop for a small group of folks… with me and my campaign design team working side by side with them on their launches for two full days.

 

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Many people have this backward…

They think failure is a sign they’ve done something wrong. But the truth is... failure isn’t a setback…

It’s a step forward. 

Failure is how you actually get where you want to go.

The folks who win big often aren’t the most fearless or the ones with superhuman levels of willpower…

They’re the ones who made a simple decision...

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This is the best time in history to be a creator… but it’s also the loudest. And if you don’t know how to cut through the noise… you risk getting buried under it.

In this week’s episode of Dare to Launch, we’re joined by Michael Walker – someone who knows a thing or two about “noise”...

He helps musicians go from unknown to literal rockstars… not by selling T-shirts or chasing streams, but by ...

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How do you go from $110K… to $600K… to $3.7MM – all in a pretty short window of time?

 

Well, I can tell you exactly how I did it. Including the really wild part…

 

You see, right in the middle of that crazy run… I lost my business.

 

Not just part of my business – my entire business vanished overnight, meaning I had to start over from zero – with no list, no audience, and no prod...

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