This episode is from Drive 2024, our first-ever in-person event for B2B marketers in Burlington, Vermont. Lashay Lewis, Founder of Authority Plug, hosted a session on making the transition from in-house marketing to building a solo business.
Lashay covers:
- How to niche down by focusing on one problem for one ideal customer profile.
- Why it’s important to develop a strong point of view to stand out in your category.
- How to create a repeatable, results-driven process that builds trust and sells your service
Timestamps
- (00:00) - - Intro to Lashay
- (06:21) - - When Change Outweighs Pain Of Staying The Same
- (09:59) - - Step One: Narrow Your Job Description
- (12:36) - - Step Two: Develop a Strong Point of View
- (15:22) - - Step Three: Use the L.O.C.K Formula
- (21:54) - - Step Four: Let the Process Sell Itself
- (25:56) - - Niche Consultants vs. Agencies Are The New Normal
- (28:52) - - “Live Your Dash”
- (31:46) - - How to Approach Selling Your Brand vs. Your Name
- (33:07) - - How to Figure Out Your Niche
- (36:03) - - Closing Remarks
Send guest pitches and ideas to hi@exitfive.com
Join the Exit Five Newsletter here: https://www.exitfive.com/newsletter
Check out the Exit Five job board: https://jobs.exitfive.com/
Become an Exit Five member: https://community.exitfive.com/checkout/exit-five-membership
***
Today’s episode is brought to you by Zuddl.
We’re halfway through 2025, and one thing’s clear: events continue to be one of the highest performing marketing channels. Niche meetups, conferences, curated dinners, networking - you name it. Everyone’s leaning in.
Events are a core part of our playbook this year at Exit Five. So far, we’ve hosted two virtual sessions each month, one large virtual event, one in-person meetup, and we’re deep in the weeds planning our Drive conference coming back to Vermont this September.
Zuddl helps us run a smarter event strategy - from driving registrations, managing invites, automating comms, reminders, analytics, tracking. Their Salesforce integration also makes it simple to report on pipeline and revenue from events without pulling in ops.
On top of that, the differentiator with Zuddl is how their team is insanely good at supporting us. They always go above and beyond for us - and that’s how we’ve been able to keep the momentum going with 12+ events already this year, with plenty more to come.
If events are part of your marketing strategy, you need to look at Zuddl to see how companies like Zillow, CrowdStrike, and Iterable are using the top event platform for Business events in 2025.
Head over to zuddl.com/exitfive to learn more.
