
Sponsor Magnet: Attract, Price, & Execute Dream Partnerships
Will Sponsors Jump Ship if you Sell Your Company?
What happens when a creator who's built an 18-year business decides to sell it — sponsors, audience, and all? Pat Flynn just sold Smart Passive Income to Liz Wilcox, and in this episode, we get into the real anxieties, the sponsor conversations nobody talks about, and how Liz plans to reset the entire sponsorship strategy for SPI. Why Pat turned down multiple 8-figure offers before finally saying yes to Liz The exact way Pat and Liz introduced the transition to sponsors without spooking them Liz's plan to lean into email over YouTube subscriber counts when pitching brands How Pat's Vault X binder deal went from a random shoutout to a six-figure sponsorship Why "closed mouths don't get fed" applies to pitching brands on surfaces they don't know you have Follow our guests: Pat Flynn: https://patflynn.com/ Liz Wilcox: https://lizwilcox.com/ Grab my book, Sponsor Magnet, to learn how to transform your influence into income: https://sponsormagnet.com Want one-on-one sponsorship coaching? Join Wizard's Guild: https://wizardsguild.com 0:00 Pat Flynn's Confession: Selling Smart Passive Income 0:19 Meet Liz Wilcox, the New Owner of SPI 1:35 The Anxiety Behind Handing Off an 18-Year-Old Business 4:54 Liz's Sponsorship Philosophy: Doubling Down on Email 8:42 Passing the Baton: Rebuilding Sponsor Trust 10:03 Involving Your Audience in Sponsorship Decisions 13:05 Merging Two Brands Into One 14:06 The Video Content Opportunity for SPI 18:19 Pat's Vault X Deal and the Power of Giving Wins First 21:30 Where to Follow the New SPI For collaborations or partnerships, shoot us a note: inquiries@creatorwizard.com

