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Why raising retreat price didn’t bring relief
You raised the price, the guests still came, and the pressure stayed exactly where it was. This post covers what a price increase can genuinely fix, what it leaves untouched, and where to look when the relief doesn't arrive.
Why retreat pricing feels harder than everything else
Pricing a retreat means putting a number on something that doesn't exist yet, for a group of people you haven't met. That's genuinely harder than pricing your other work. This post covers why, and what makes the number easier to land on.
Selling out isn’t the same as being profitable (Here’s why)
Every seat filled, a beautiful event, and almost nothing left at the end. It's one of the most common outcomes in this work and one of the least discussed. This post covers where the money goes and how to find it while you can still change something.
The survey went out, so feedback feels handled. It only reaches the people who came, though, and the people who ran the event with you saw a different day. Here's how to send the survey, and the two conversations that cover what it can't.