The Laylee Emadi Podcast — For Speakers, Coaches, and Course Creators

Lely sits down with Dylan Jaris to trace the road behind a growing online education and coaching business.

Host Laylee Emadi announces a brief hiatus to focus on her Creative Educator Conference, encouraging listeners to catch up on past episodes and attend the event.

Relationships do the work.

Lely Imadi brings back producer and friend Haley Gaffin for a spontaneous conversation about responsibility behind the mic.

Laylee Emadi shares her personal goal-setting process and business plans for 2026, including maintaining her Educators Lounge membership, hiring a new coach, writing a book, and her controversial stance against using AI for marketing copy.

A bonus episode featuring Tamasha Suber discussing how speaking is a revenue strategy and the importance of online visibility for getting booked on stages.

Layla catches up with Shannon McKinstry after connecting with her on Instagram and starts asking the questions everybody wants answered.

This episode discusses creating brave spaces for women of color founders and the importance of online visibility for speakers.

The host compiles clips from interviews with retreat organizers about how they select speakers for intimate events.

Host Laylee Emadi interviews event organizers about their speaker selection process to help applicants stand out.

Lely Amadi opens by asking a question a lot of speakers quietly carry: when does an unpaid gig actually make sense?

Behind-the-scenes exploration of how creative industry event hosts handle speaker compensation.

The Laylee Emadi Podcast episode on speaker pitches gathers advice from Elizabeth Henson, Jordan Gill, Christina Olivares, Amber Housley, Christina Bartold, and Joanna Waterfall.

Educational deep-dive on email marketing fundamentals in context of September Black Friday prep (live November launch).

Laylee Emadi kicks off a new series for speakers by bringing on Kelly Penn, owner of the Reset Conference, to pull back the curtain on how speaker selection really works.

Laylee Emadi says her Educators Lounge membership launched with a goal of 10 people and drew more than 80 signups in a week, which she says sent her to therapy because she was afraid of letting members down.

Dakota Hersey, founder of More Than Creative, discusses building a marketing ecosystem—a self-sustaining system of interconnected content that works across multiple platforms.

Laylee Emadi provides a practical checklist for creative entrepreneurs to build an effective speaker page that will help them book more speaking gigs.

Angelica Pompey and Jamie Fisher discuss shared responsibility in coaching, memberships, courses, VIP days, and masterminds, with Laylee Emadi framing the conversation as one about outcomes rather than blame.

Host Laylee Emadi interviews Angela Shea about overcoming burnout and building Social Templates Co., a membership for Instagram templates.

Host Laylee Emadi interviews Danielle Desir Corbett about grants, partnerships, and sponsorships for small business owners and creative entrepreneurs.

Host Laylee Emadi interviews copywriter Zafira Rajan about writing emails that people want to open and read, focusing on personality pillars and approachable strategies.

Host Laylee Emadi introduces a guest expert on building community and accountability in business, while promoting her new membership for creative educators.

Host Laylee Emadi interviews Davy Jones about creating effective lead magnets to generate more leads for creative businesses.