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Social Sells Summit – 8 -12 September 2025

September 2, 2025 by Heather Step Leave a Comment

Everyone seems to be selling successfully on social media – but how do they do it? And how do you do it without being sleezy? Join myself and other experts at the Social Sells Summit – where you can listen to experts telling you how to stop the scroll and get results.

The Social Sells Summit - a picture of all the speakers - 8 - 12 September 2025

This summit is put together by Cat Griffin. Cat hosts a number of summits and bundles but she actually started in social media. She started as a travel influencer and grew her account to 100k after having a bet with her husband. She also loves all things social media and teaching us all about that. These days, because of being so busy with the summits and bundles, she isn’t so active on Instagram, but you can check out her out here: Visit her website and Instagram @catgetssocial and @a.traveling.girl

Cat also featured in my summit and her presentation was called “Instagram in 2025,” and she had some really useful things to share. (You can still get the recordings here). Another interesting thing about her is that she is from the UK but lives in Korea.

I’ll also be doing a presentation all about how to do social media leading up to a summit and how I did the video snippets and promoted the speakers.

This virtual summit isn’t about tricking the algorithm or posting endlessly to nowhere. Instead, you’ll learn how to:

 ✅ Sell with integrity – no sleazy tactics  

 ✅ Find a rhythm that aligns with your life and business  

 ✅ Convert your conversations into clients without burnout  

 ✅ Lead with strategies that feel authentic and sustainable

To help you achieve these goals, here is the lineup of speakers:

Sell without the Sleaze

Heather Step - How to sell a summit on social - speaker at the social sells summit
  • Sarah Raanan: Selling What You Know (Without turning into a sleazy salesbot) (Day 1) @itssarahraanan
  • Megan Kachigan: Ethical Sales Strategies That Actually Work (Day 1) @megankachigan
  • Susan Trumpler: Turn Social Media Besties into Paying Clients (without feeling salesy!)
  • Kelsey Silver: Decode Your DMs: How to Turn Conversations into Clients Without Being Online 24/7 (Day 1) @KelseyESilver
  • Heather Step: How to Sell a Summit on Social (Day 4) @samomblogs
  • Laura Coulter: Just Talk. The Rest Can Be Systemized (Day 5) @EfficaAI
  • Sydney O’Brian: The Buyer Behaviour Shift No One’s Talking About (And How It’s Changing Sales On Social) @sydneyobrien.co

Platform Power

Pinterest

  • Hemapriya Natesan: Delegate & Dominate Pinterest (Day 1) @hemapriya.com_official
  • Alex Jean Grunwell: Making Content Work Harder: Your Pinterest Content Stack for Evergreen Marketing (Day 2) @simplyalexjean
  • Frances Vidakovic: Cool Ways To Get Traffic From Pinterest In 2026 (Day 4)
  • Dana Bahr: Pin, Post, Profit: Creating Evergreen Pinterest Funnels That Sell While You Sleep @danas.desk.nc

LinkedIn

  • Julia Zatta: 10 Copywriting Tips to Make Your LinkedIn Posts Pop (Day 3) @juliazatta_copywriter
  • Tiffany Ngu: LinkedIn for Leads: How Coaches & Creators Are Quietly Booking Clients Without Paid Ads (Day 4) (website)

Facebook

Maylene May: From Likes to Loyalty; Tips for Turning Your Groups into Community-Driven Sales (Day 3) @business_dominatrix_maven

Kirsten Robinson _ I revived my Instagram in 30 days

Instagram

  • Kristen Robinson: Back on the ’Gram: How I Revived My Instagram in 30 Days and Built a Consistent Posting Rhythm That Converts (Day 1) @ExplodeYourAudience
  • Cat Griffin: Evergreen your Instagram (Day 3)
Aprille Reed - 11 Ways to Monetize on TikTok

TikTok

  • Aprille Reed: 11 Ways to Monetize on TikTok (from 0 to 10K Followers) (Day 5) @aprille.reed @aprillereed

Creative & Authentic Content

Kayleigh King - Shot list and DIY brand photography
  • Jill Pavlov: What Improv Taught Me About Social Media That Marketing Never Did (Day 1) @comedyjill
  • Kayleigh King: How to Build a Creative Shot List + Introduction to DIY Brand Photography (Day 2) @wildkindphotography
  • Jenn Prochaska: You’re Too Good at What You Do (And It’s Killing Your Content) (Day 2) @writemarketing
  • Amy Ayres: Offbeat Ink Presents: Breaking the Feed (Meaningful and Intentional Social Media That Doesn’t GIve You The Ick) (Day 3) @amyayreswrites

Efficiency & Visibility

Dr Tracey Davis - 311% Instragram growth based on energy not hustle
  • Heather Ritchie: Scroll-Stopping Social: How to Repurpose All Your Content with Less Effort Using AI (Day 1) @writerslifeforyou
  • Jenna Web: How to Authentically Use AI to 10X your art sales and social media reach @jennawebbart
  • Kira McCoy: Magnetic Marketing with a little help from AI (Day 4) @createalong
  • Nikki Hutson: The Social 5 Formula (Day 2) @itsnikkihutson
  • Maiko Sakai: Quizzes as a Fast Conversion Tool: Sell More on Social Without the Hard Sell (Day 3) @maikosakaibiz
  • Helen Garfield: Back and Better: How to Make a Social Media Comeback You Can Actually Keep Up With (Day 5) @creativesdesk
  • Dr. Tracy Davis: From Overwhelm to Aligned Visibility: A 311% Instagram Growth Strategy Rooted in Energy, Not Hustle (Day 5) @theheartworkhub
  • Marin Johnson: Signature Social Series: The Content Strategy You’re Missing (Day 4) @learnwithmarin
  • Becky Nieves: Break Up with the Algorithm (Say 5) @beckythecyclebreaker

There’s also a valuable swag bag of goodies from these speakers!

It’s totally free, fully online, and you can catch each session for 24 hours after it goes live!

You can check out all the details here. (affiliate link)

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