Behind The Scenes Of My Recent Get It Done Week
Self-study courses and workshops are great, but sometimes a little extra accountability can make all the difference. That’s the power of a Get It Done Week and why I’ve been loving implementing these short support sprints for my courses.
Recently I hosted a Get It Done Week for my €9 Not-So-Live Launch Events course and wow, did they get stuff done!!
So in this blog post, I’m sharing some of the behind-the-scenes of how it went.
What is a Get It Done Week and why did I host one?
Get It Done Weeks are a pop-up live support sprint for a typically self-study course that encourages action-taking during a set window of time.
I’ve participated in tons of Get It Done Weeks before and loved the extra accountability, support, and motivation to complete a task that I’d otherwise likely put off forever.
Personally, I had a few reasons I wanted to host this recent Get It Done Week for my Not-So-Live Launch Events course :
I'd recently been in Lizzy Goddard’s* Playground Bundle grown my email list by 500 people who all had access to Not-So-Live Launch Events
I was curious about testing a lower-lift container to support people without having to show up live or hop on calls, so this was a great way to experiment with a format I thought I might like in theory and see how it felt in practice - spoiler alert: I loved it!
Since my shop was still relatively new, I wanted to get some more reviews in and this seemed like an easy way to encourage that for one product at least.
How did I prepare for my Get It Done Week?
Since the Not-So-Live Launch Events course was already done, all I had to put together what the event itself and my promotion to encourage people to participate.
For the event, I decided to host it in a pop-up Facebook group and also offer the prompts via email each day.
Overall, 70+ people joined the pop-up Facebook group throughout the promo period and during the Get It Done week.
Personally, I sometimes opt out of joining pop-up Facebook groups for events like this which was why I decided to also email the challenge prompts each day to everyone who had the course, with the option to opt-out if they didn’t want to participate. Only 10 people clicked the opt-out link, so a good number of people received each of the daily prompt emails and I received many lovely replies saying how much they were enjoying the event and appreciated the email format 🥰
And for my promo, I kept it simple and emailed my list 4 times over about a week, asked my affiliate to share, posted on my Facebook profile and in my client & student only group Chez Michelle.
How did my Get It Done Week go?
Before the event, about 500 people already had the course and afterward, I added another 500 for a total of 1,033 people who owned Not-So-Live Launch Events and were eligible to participate in the Get It Done Week.
I also sold a dozen or so more during the promo which was a nice bonus 😍
The pop-up Facebook group started the Get It Done Week with about 50 people and we added another 20+ throughout the week. It was pretty active and I made a point to answer everyone’s comments each day with feedback, encouragement, and advice. This was definitely the most energetically draining part of the event for me, but it was super rewarding to see everyone taking action so I didn’t mind in the end!
I also had several lovely emails from people following along with the email prompts sharing their progress, asking for feedback and just letting me know they were really enjoying it - this was such a pleasant surprise and I’ll DEFINITELY be including email prompts the next time I run something like this!
As an extra incentive to get their Not-So-Live Launch Events ready that week, I offered an opportunity to have their event promoted to my full email list and 14 people managed to get their events together and submitted for that bonus, which was fantastic!
Final Thoughts
I had a blast hosting this Get It Done Week and it seems like people got a ton out of the experience. I’ll definitely be hosting something like this again for another course - and who knows, maybe for Not-So-Live Launch Events again too!
I’m really glad I’d prepared everything before the week started as that took a lot of the pressure off and allowed me to pour all my energy into supporting the people actually taking part during the week. It’s also nice that it mirrored the way I teach them to plan out their launch events inside Not-So-Live Launch Events, so I really felt like I was walking the walk 😎
Overall, it was a great experience and I’d definitely recommend you try it out for yourself - though perhaps participate in one or two first to decide how you’d want to do things for your own event 😘 Check out this blog post if you’re curious about hosting your own Get It Done Week or want to get more out of participating in one
