If Your Audience Doesn’t Feel Smart, They Won’t Stick Around

Boost Audience Confidence with These 4 Techniques. Subscribe now.

Want better engagement, stronger relationships, and more loyal followers? It starts with how you make your audience feel—specifically, whether they feel smart enough to keep learning from you.

What You’ll Learn:

• The #1 reason your audience stops watching your content.
• Why complexity kills trust and conversion.
• 4 techniques to boost audience confidence and build connection.
• How to simplify expert content without dumbing it down.

In this episode of Built To Tell, Mike Liguori tackles one of the most overlooked keys to content success: boosting audience confidence. While many creators focus on algorithms and clickbait, Mike argues that your audience's confidence in understanding your content is the real growth engine.

Mike explains the “complexity trap”—the instinct to showcase advanced expertise right out the gate—which often backfires by overwhelming your viewers. Drawing from personal insights and creator psychology, he walks you through four practical techniques to make your audience feel empowered instead of intimidated.

Whether you're a coach, consultant, podcaster, or educator, these techniques will help you build deeper trust, improve learning outcomes, and grow a loyal, returning audience.

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Links & Resources:

🎦 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mikeliguori

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