Welcome and thank you for taking the time to check out Podia, an all-in-one platform
that replaces five or more tools creators use to sell and market their work.
I’m Ben Toalson and today I’m excited to pull back the curtain and show you everything
Podia has to offer.
I’ll begin by introducing you to the amazing tools that make it easy to sell your work.
And please hold your applause until the end of the show.
First up is Online courses.
With Podia, you can share your knowledge and expertise your way with videos, links, PDFs,
quizzes, and more.
Let’s put a spotlight on everything you can do with courses.
You can set it up as a standalone course your students can purchase and take at their own
pace.
A drip course so you have more control over the student’s learning experience or a cohort-based
course with a start date so students can go through the material at the same time.
You can pre-launch or pre-sell your course, and you can bundle your course with other
digital products.
Setting up an online course is easy.
From your dashboard, click create and select product.
In the popup, add your title, select online course, and click create product.
In the content tab, you can add sections, upload files, create quizzes, and more.
In the settings tab, you can categorize your course, set a start date, open and close enrollment,
and in the pricing tab, you can set your pricing, offer payment options, and add upsells to
other products.
Once you’re ready to launch, just click the draft dropdown and click published.
Next is Digital Downloads.
If you can download it, you can sell it.
At Podia you can sell eBooks in pdf or epub format, templates and presets like photoshop
files or luts, Music as mp3 or wav files and much much more.
You can even offer a digital download as a free lead magnet for your email list.
To create a digital download from your Podia dashboard, click create and select product.
In the popup, give your digital download a title, select digital download, and click
“Create product.”
In the files tab, you can create sections and drag and drop your files.
The details tab allows you to set a page url, add categories, and manage integrations.
Under pricing you can select whether you’d like to offer your download for free, charge
a one time payment, or set up monthly payments.
And the availability tab lets you manage access and visibility and the option to set a future
start date.
When your product is ready to sell, click the publish dropdown and select publish.
Now let’s talk about Memberships.
Podia memberships come with our shaker and earthquaker plans and provide everything you
need to build, launch, and grow a community around your content and products.
You can easily manage access, offer free trials, bill monthly or yearly, and create an unlimited
number of membership plans for an unlimited number of members.
You can even operate your membership as a blog by posting free, public-facing content
for everyone.
Setting up your first membership plan is a breeze.
Click the “Memberships” tab on the top menu.
Then, give your membership a name and click “Create your Membership.”
Now click on the “Plans” tab and click “Create a plan”
From here you can name your plan, set up pricing, and select any existing products you’d like
to include as a part of your membership.
Head over to the “Posts” tab to create your first post with our easy-to-use text
editor that allows you to format your text, add images, video, and manage access.
Once you’ve published your first post, you can officially launch your membership site
by clicking “Publish!”
And finally, we’ve got Webinars.
Podia makes it easy to charge for access to your webinars and livestreams.
Simply connect your YouTube Live account or your Zoom account if you’ve got the Shaker
or Earthquaker plan.
Your audience will be able to register, purchase, and attend your webinar all through your Podia
site.
You can even earn passive income by selling webinar replays.
To set up a webinar from your dashboard, start by clicking “Create” and select “Product.”
Give your Webinar a name, select Webinar, and click “Create product.”
On the video tab, you can paste a link to your YouTube live stream, integrate your Zoom
account and select scheduled streams, set your timing, provide instructions, add a replay
video, and manage reminders.
You can edit the details, pricing, and availability the same way you can for your other digital
products.
Once you’re ready to schedule your webinar, click the publish dropdown and select publish.
And what if you’re already hosting your customers and digital products on another
platform?
For creators who sign up for an annual plan, we’ll happily migrate your content and customers
absolutely free.
Just having the ability to sell and manage your digital product makes Podia a great place
to host your business, but there’s more!
We also offer powerful tools to help you market your work, so let’s skip the intermission
while I briefly walk you through each of those tools.
These first few are available on all Podia plans.
First up, email marketing.
Email marketing with Podia gives you a complete toolkit for building, growing, and selling
to your email list.
Build your list by adding signup forms anywhere on your Podia site or embedding a signup form
on your own site, send or schedule an email broadcast to go out to your email list, to
customers of specific products, or both, create an automated email drip campaign to move your
subscribers down the funnel toward paid products, and get real time analytics of opens, clicks,
and complete revenue metrics for every email you send.
Next, let’s talk about messaging.
This one is a show stopper.
A scene stealer.
Messaging is an amazing tool that helps you engage leads, boost sales and build customer
relationships right from your Podia dashboard.
It’s a built in messaging system that lets you chat with your customers in real time.
Visitors can become customers while chatting directly with you on your site.
Customers can get live support and answers to their questions.
You can set up notifications so you’ll know any time a customer is trying to reach you.
And if you’re off the clock, set your status to away and have peace of mind knowing chat
messages will be saved so you can respond to them later when you return.
This is gonna be a tough act to follow.
Now let’s talk about your custom website.
With Podia, you can build a beautiful, modern, search optimized, and mobile-friendly website
for your brand, no coding required.
In fact, Podia’s site editor is so easy to use, you can create a stunning site with
no design expertise whatsoever.
You can create a homepage to feature your amazing work, sales pages to feature each
of your products, a newsletter signup page, and custom pages to build any kind of page
you can imagine.
Our powerful editor gives you a live preview of all changes, and makes it easy to customize
each page with images, videos, layouts, color selections, and a wide variety of fonts so
you can match the look of your site perfectly with your brand.
Your site will automatically be set up with a Podia subdomain, but you can also use a
domain you’ve already purchased.
Additional tools Finally, on the Shaker and Earthquaker plans,
you have access to Affiliate marketing which makes it easy to set and manage commissions,
and allows you to turn your biggest fans into sales reps.
You also have access to embeddable product cards, buttons, and links that you can add
to your personal website and conduct your customer’s transaction right from the page.
And if you’re a customer with a thriving business that’s ready to scale, our Earthquaker
plan gives you access to a suite of advanced features, including 5 team member seats, a
dedicated account manager, an onboarding call, and a monthly community call with other Earthquaker
creators.
You get all of this with zero transaction fees and unlimited everything.
That means you get to keep more of what you make with no limits on content, students,
or earnings.
Sell as much as you want to as many people as you can.
If all of that wasn’t enough, Podia offers a wealth of free resources, including blog
articles, videos, guides, and tools to help you succeed.
And best of all, as a Podia creator, you have access to world-class seven-days-a-week customer
support to answer your questions and help keep your business running smoothly.
Our support team loves creators and is eager to make your experience at Podia the best
ever.
That deserves a standing ovation.
And that’s our show, folks!
Now it’s time for you to take the stage.
If you’re a creator who is looking for an easy-to-use platform to sell your digital
products, powerful marketing tools, a support team dedicated to your success, all with zero
transaction fees and unlimited everything, then try Podia today.
Sign up for a 14 day free trial at podia.com/signup.
You’ll get access to all of our amazing features and you can start building your audience
and selling right away.
Let us help you make a living selling products and building a community around what you love.
Sign up today.
If you have any questions, reach out to us via live chat or email hello@podia.com so
we can help you get started.