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Membership Site Success Podcast

48 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★ - 9 ratings

Membership site advice on how to build, manage and promote your ideal membership site, so that you can enjoy consistent cash-flow month in, month out and scale your business to new heights.

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Are Paid Ads Effective For Your Membership Sites

July 12, 2023 17:00 - 40 minutes - 55.8 MB

In this episode of the Membership Success Podcast, we explore the effectiveness of ads for membership sites with Eric Saar from , an expert who managed over $100 million in ad spend.  Eric will share the difference between Google Ads vs. Facebook Ads, the 50-in-7 Rule for Facebook Ads, and top-of-funnel traffic strategies.  He also covers the use of Facebook Lead Forms for high-ticket items and the best ad platforms for membership sites. Listen to the full podcast to learn how to optimize you...

Boosting Membership Site Sales: Insights and Strategies with Wes Schaeffer

June 30, 2023 20:00 - 43 minutes - 60.1 MB

In this podcast episode, Wes from The Sales Whisperer shares sales strategies to grow your membership site.  By the end of the episode, you'll have gathered practical tips to enhance your membership site sales. Within the episode, we'll also explore different strategies for content delivery, the advantages and disadvantages of providing full access versus drip-feeding content, and much more. The knowledge and tactics you'll gain from this episode will act as a guide, helping you build strong,...

Membership Site Success Story: Ariel Fuller's Journey with Dunamis Woman

June 21, 2023 12:30 - 44 minutes - 61.3 MB

Welcome to our latest podcast, where we delve into an inspiring membership site success story. We're thrilled to share an exclusive interview with Ariel Fuller, co-founder of Dunamis Woman. Ariel's journey is a testament to what can be achieved with passion, dedication, and a hands-on approach to business growth. In this episode, Ariel shares her experiences in building a successful membership site, growing it from just 10 members to over 70,000 globally. She discusses how her platform empowe...

Unlocking the Power of Membership Masterminds with Sarah Laws

June 07, 2023 15:59 - 41 minutes - 57.6 MB

In this episode of the Membership Success Podcast, Sarah Laws the dynamic CEO of FullStack Marketing, unveils the potential of Membership Masterminds in business scaling. Uncover the strategic tips and insights Sarah has to offer on utilizing masterminds effectively to bolster your membership sites and courses. For those who are new to the concept of Masterminds, this episode serves as an excellent primer on mastering the art of facilitating Membership Masterminds. Find out how it helps you c...

Membership Site Gamification Strategies You Can Use Right Now

May 16, 2023 13:00 - 23 minutes - 32.7 MB

In this episode of the Membership Success Podcast, Kyle Newton, the founder of TribePUB and a Memberium Certified Agency Partner, talks about how he uses membership site gamification for all his clients, big and small. You’ll walk away with new ideas you likely never considered when it comes to gamifying your membership site or online course. Kyle has always been on the bleeding edge when it comes to adopting new technology that actually makes a difference. Not only technology but innovative ...

Scaling Membership Sites: Strategic Partnerships with Charles Byrd

May 11, 2023 12:36 - 34 minutes - 46.8 MB

In this insightful podcast episode, Micah interviews Charles Byrd, founder of PureJV and a joint venture expert who has successfully helped businesses scale through strategic partnerships. The methods and insights shared here can directly apply to help you grow your online course or membership site. Charles shares his journey from working as a director in Silicon Valley to creating a popular low-ticket productivity course and eventually building his own business, PureJV. By developing a uniqu...

Optimize Your Membership Site For Success With Expert Tips and Best Practices

April 10, 2023 15:26 - 30 minutes - 41.2 MB

On the latest episode of the Membership Success Podcast, Dobbin Buck, a Memberium Certified Partner, shares invaluable insights on how to elevate your membership business from good to great. Discover Dobbin's approach to building successful membership sites, including the critical importance of having a solid traffic plan in place before investing significant amounts of time, money, and resources. Gain essential knowledge on optimizing your site and creating a positive experience for affiliat...

Strategies for Membership Sites to Attract and Retain Customers

March 30, 2023 00:00 - 22 minutes - 30.5 MB

In this episode of the Membership Success Podcast, Bryce Christiansen, the head of PlusThis, shares effective strategies for membership sites to attract and retain customers.    He also shares insights from his experience with PlusThis, highlighting the importance of offering free trials, keeping membership fresh and engaging, and successful marketing campaigns like "Campaigns of the Titans" and the "four-day cash machine."    He'll also explain how PlusThis can help membership sites make the...

Maximize Your Membership Site's Potential: Tyler Garns’ Proven Strategies

February 21, 2023 17:52 - 32 minutes - 31.4 MB

In this episode of the Membership Success Podcast, you’ll hear from Tyler Garns from Box Out Marketing. Tyler is a true expert when it comes to marketing and he’s going to share a ton of wisdom you’ll be able to take action on.   You’ll hear from Tyler about: Implementing a foolproof onboarding process. Gamfiying your membership site. How to grow step-by-step in the online world. The importance of having an offer that stands on its own. Proactive & reactive member retention strategi...

Where You are Bleeding Revenue and Probably Don’t Even Know It

February 14, 2023 02:30 - 41 minutes - 57.5 MB

In this episode, Melodie Moore from Business Tech Ninjas shares her expertise on how businesses can avoid lost revenue by having proper payment failure systems and reporting in place.    Here are just a few of the highlights in the video:   A horror story of failed payments for 6+ months and what you need to know to avoid this in your own business (3:30) How not having the right payment failure system in place is costing you MORE than just cash - but possibly even your reputation (7:35) Melo...

Optimizing User Experience and Retention Strategies with Memberium Certified Agency Partner Kyle Newton

January 27, 2023 13:15 - 34 minutes - 46.7 MB

Key highlights from this episode: A simple but effective lead generation tool you can build this week (4:55) How to hyper-personalize your site without custom coding (9:02) How gamification & assessments can lead to an increase in revenue (14:47) The power of relying on Memberium and other core plugins to simply custom coding (16:59) Lead Conversion vs. Lead Generation and why the distinction matters (23:42) Kyle’s piece of advice for anyone wanting to scale their membership site in 2023 (32...

Listen how Digital Marketer does Membership site right - Get All The Insights For Creating/Growing A Successful Membership site

September 21, 2022 11:00 - 23 minutes - 31.8 MB

In this podcast, Richard Lindner and Taylor Nelson from Digital Marketer and Scalable.co will walk us through their two different membership sites that use a very similar tech stack and serve different audiences, with high-end membership levels on one side and a ton of valuable content membership levels on the other. Get all the insights for creating and growing a successful membership site.

Create an Enterprise level Membership Site with Kyle Newton

July 26, 2022 12:35 - 43 minutes - 59.5 MB

In this podcast, we get to talk to Kyle Newton, a Memberium Platinum Partner and the owner of TribePub. He will share his strategy around combining the business and technical aspects of running a membership site. He has worked with top thought leaders and entrepreneurs such as John Assaraf from NeuroGym in helping them architect their entire business platform.

How Megan Designed Tony Robbins and Dean Graziosi’s new Digital Product System course

November 01, 2021 21:39 - 48 minutes - 65.8 MB

In this podcast, we get to talk to Megan Harrison, a Memberium certified partner and the designer of Tony Robbins and Dean Graziosi’s new Digital Product System course. She reveals her design process, some unique aspects of the site she incorporated, the tools she uses, and tons of other insights.

Listen Adam Hudson's recipe for successful membership program that turned a 15 year old into a millionaire

October 26, 2021 22:25 - 48 minutes - 66.7 MB

In this podcast Adam Hudson from Reliable Education reveals how he created his outstanding membership program that brought in 60 million dollars in just 5 years. He helped thousands of users create a profitable Amazon business, including a 15 year old who became a millionaire.

Developing an Elite Membership Site Business with Brett Gilliland from Elite Entrepreneurs

October 26, 2021 18:43 - 48 minutes - 66.5 MB

In this behind the scenes look and membership site walkthrough, we’re talking to business expert Brett Gilliland of Elite Entrepreneurs.  His business and methodology has helped numerous entrepreneurs grow from $1M to $10M in revenue by following the proven strategies they share. These methods are the same ones that Keap (formerly Infusionsoft) followed on their growth journey. In fact, while Elite Entrepreneurs got its official start as a standalone company in 2018, the Elite Forum was born ...

Why use WordPress for a Membership Site

July 10, 2021 01:57 - 24 minutes - 26 MB

In this episode, we’ll be talking about why more and more successful membership sites are choosing WP to help them grow their business.

The Power of Restructuring Your Site’s Content With MaryKay Morgan & Sam Bennett

October 13, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 85.4 MB

In this episode, MaryKay talks about how she helped Sam Bennett grow her membership site over the past three years to generate some amazing results. One of the biggest challenges she faced was transforming the huge library of content on the site into an organized system that wouldn’t overwhelm members. Hint: an invaluable resource to making that happen was LearnDash.  We also get to hear MaryKay’s top 5 recommendations for any membership site owner that she’s learned from her extensive, first...

Starting a Multi 7-Figure Course w/ Mark Webster & Gael Breton from Authority Hacker

July 16, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 28.2 MB

Ever wondered what it takes to start an online course that generates multiple seven figures in a year?  In this episode, Mark Webster and Gael Breton show us what it takes and give us an inside look at how they grew their course to where it is today.  You’ll get the inside story of how they did it and learn more about how they run their course. As a spoiler, starting a course like this isn't something that happens overnight.  The first version of their program was $29 and five videos in 2015...

Elite Entrepreneurs and an inside look at how they built their membership site

July 09, 2020 00:31 - 40 minutes - 55.6 MB

In this episode of the Memberium customer spotlight series, Brett Gilliland, the CEO of walks us through how his company built and structured their membership site with Memberium. In addition to walking us through his membership site, Brett shares a ton of great advice that any business owner can use to grow their business. He also shares some useful tips on how to effectively structure your membership site's content when you're just launching the first version of your membership site and lo...

Behind the Scenes of Making Tony Robbins & Dean Graziosi’s Knowledge Business Blueprint Course

July 08, 2020 13:32 - 1 hour - 50.9 MB

In this new episode, gives us the inside scoop about how she had helped build Tony Robbins & Dean Graziosi’s Knowledge Business Blueprint course. Megan worked closely with Dean and Tony to create this record-breaking online course earlier this year. Throughout this episode, Megan gives us a sneak peek at everything that’s included in the course and shares the fascinating story of how the course was planned out and created from start to finish. Megan shares some of the key lessons learned thr...

How to Improve Your Email Deliverability in 2020 with Adrian Savage

February 27, 2020 00:54 - 1 hour - 29.6 MB

The game has changed when it comes to how email deliverability works. In fact, email marketing has changed forever. The problem is most marketers and business owners haven't been keeping up with these changes. If you've thought to yourself recently 'email isn't working nearly as well as it used to for my business...' Or 'my open and click through rates are getting lower and lower' and you aren't sure what to do about it... Then you'll want to watch this video to get some expert answers. In th...

Improving Your Retention & New Member Onboarding with Tyler Garns

January 23, 2020 14:00 - 48 minutes - 22.2 MB

Two of your biggest challenges (and biggest opportunities) if you’re running an established membership site are going to be improving your retention and overall engagement.  In this new video, Tyler Garns from Box Out Marketing walks us through their unique process of how they onboard new members to their membership site, Successlab.  Focusing on getting more of your members to stick right from the start of their membership can have a huge impact on improving your retention (and on the overa...

Turning Your Skills & Expertise Into a Successful Membership Site With Rachel Miller [Moolah]

November 12, 2018 21:45 - 32 minutes - 36.8 MB

Today’s guest, Rachel Miller of Moolah Marketing, had sat next to Micah on an airplane 18 months ago as a complete stranger. Little did she know the advice she’d get on that flight would be just what she needed to hear to finally get the first version of her membership site launched. At the time she didn’t have an email list, she wasn’t well known and had been holding herself back from launching her own program with a few common mindset hurdles that people often have when it comes to launchin...

Structuring Your Online Course Content to Deliver Real Results Faster With Michael Hunter

October 23, 2018 23:04 - 47 minutes - 54.1 MB

In this episode, Michael Hunter, the co-founder of GoSpiffy joins Micah to discuss how to effectively structure online course content so it’s focused on delivering real results for your students. A few years ago, having 40+ hours of content inside of an online course would be a great selling point. Over the years the way that you should structure an online course (or membership program) has evolved to being all about the results that it delivers. Over the years Michael has worked with some of...

How to Create a Successful Online Course and Membership Wisdom with LifterLMS Co-Founder Chris Badgett

September 25, 2018 23:13 - 55 minutes - 63 MB

In today’s episode, Chris Badgett, the CEO and co-founder of  joins Micah to share his insights about online course design, membership sites and his advice for anyone who’s thinking about starting an online course. Starting an online course is hard. When you’re trying to start your own online course, people run into what Chris refers to as “the five hats problem”. To run a successful online course, you have to be an expert, you have to be a community builder, an instructional designer, a tec...

How to Create a Successful and Authentic Membership Site That’s Built for the Long Term With Tracy Childers

August 27, 2018 22:28 - 54 minutes - 62.6 MB

In this episode Micah interview’s Tracy Childers, “the godfather” of membership sites. Throughout this episode Tracy shares how he co-founded WishList Member. He shares his advice on how to run a successful membership site for the long term and his advice on starting a reliable business partnership. Tracy and Micah talk about how the subscription economy has evolved over the years. Where it’s headed in the future and what this means for people who are looking to start a membership site. They ...

Advice On Building a Startup and Improving Customer Retention with Kyle Leavitt

August 15, 2018 01:19 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MB

On today’s episode, Kyle Leavitt will be joining us. We discuss building a startup and what it takes to build one from the ground up. Kyle shares his advice on improving customer retention, increasing customer loyalty and the importance of core values in a business. Kyle Leavitt is the recent co-founder of LoyalStream. He had also co-founded CustomerHub, which he sold to Infusionsoft, where he became a key leader who helped grow the company from $1M to $100M+ in annual recurring revenue. Kyle...

Establishing the Endgame For Your Membership Site and Positioning Yourself as an Authority Figure with Eric Christopher

August 06, 2018 21:59 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MB

Eric Christopher is an innovative business consultant and media expert who helps business owners position themselves as authority figures and assists them in gaining exposure through major media channels. Throughout this episode, Eric brings up some key questions every business owner should ask themselves about what the ultimate endgame is for your business and what the end game is for your membership site. Eric shares his advice on how you can better position yourself and your brand as a res...

Kim Snider Shares Her “Reverse Funnel” Strategy And How to Use it to Launch a Membership Site the Right Way

July 16, 2018 23:06 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MB

In this episode, long time marketing expert and finance veteran, Kim Sinder shares the inside story of how she launched her new membership site, “Sane Crypro” with Memberium for ActiveCampaign. Sane Crypto is a membership site that teaches baby boomers how to create a sane strategy for investing in cryptocurrencies to save more for retirement. Kim won Infusionsoft’s ‘Most Helpful Partner’ award a few years back and was big in the Infusionsoft space. Before that, she started an Investment firm...

Micah’s Inside Advice on How to Run a Successful Online Business in 2018

April 21, 2018 18:12 - 1 hour - 99.6 MB

In this episode, Micah Mitchell shares his candid advice on running online business and the inside story of how he’s lead Memberium to where it is today. Micah goes in-depth on a wide range of topics that most membership site owners and entrepreneurs can learn from. The story begins with Micah’s first decision to quit his first office job right after high school and start a lawn care company. That led him to start learning how to build websites in the early 2000’s and the rest is history. Mic...

Simple and Proven Sales Advice for Membership Site Owners With Master Marketing Strategist Dave Dee

April 09, 2018 20:11 - 52 minutes - 72.3 MB

In this episode, Micah interviews internet marketing legend Dave Dee. Dave shares his incredible story of how he went from being a struggling magician, to becoming one of the world’s most sought after marketers and head of marketing for GKIC. He credits this transformation to one big shift in his thinking. In this interview, Dave explains how membership site owners can use that same type of mind shift to transform their business for the better. This isn’t focused on certain tricks or gimmicky...

Creating the Great E-Course Adventure & the Ultimate Student Learning Experience with Bradley Morris

November 16, 2017 16:52 - 47 minutes - 54.4 MB

Bradley Morris shares some insights from his membership site, The Great eCourse Adventure.

Tips for running a successful membership site with Scott Whitaker of Scott Whitaker Consulting

September 13, 2017 13:40 - 1 hour - 54.9 MB

Scott Whitaker shares his wisdom and insight from his online course “Seven Systems of a Growing Membership Business.”

Tips for running a successful membership site with Fred Gleeck of Online Membership Summit

September 12, 2017 17:55 - 48 minutes - 55.2 MB

Fred Gleeck of Online Membership Summit shares his wisdom from interviewing membership site experts.  

Tips for running a successful membership site with Elite Blog Academy – Part 1

August 02, 2017 21:01 - 22 minutes - 26.1 MB

Bree Dillow and Ruth Soukup walks us through the success of Ruth’s online course, the Elite Blog Academy, and the story behind its success.

How to build a membership site with BuddyPress, LearnDash and Memberium with Bernardo Smith-Feitosa of Membership Authority - Part 2

July 20, 2017 00:23 - 23 minutes - 26.6 MB

The second part of our interview with Bernardo Smith-Feitosa from Membership Authority shares how he uses BuddyPress, Memberium, Learndash, BadgeOS, and Intercom to build GraceSmithTV.com

How to build a membership site with BuddyPress, LearnDash and Memberium with Bernardo Smith-Feitosa of Membership Authority - Part 1

July 06, 2017 15:39 - 25 minutes - 29.4 MB

Bernardo Smith-Feitosa from Membership Authority shares how he uses BuddyPress, Memberium, Learndash, BadgeOS, and Intercom to build GraceSmithTV.com

Tips for running a successful membership site with Stephen Prior - Part 2

June 27, 2017 14:33 - 24 minutes - 27.8 MB

The second part of our interview with Infusionsoft expert Stephen Prior, where he gives us an inside look at a successful membership site he recently launched called The Millionaire Mastermind.

Tips for running a successful membership site with Stephen Prior - Part 1

June 20, 2017 05:35 - 24 minutes - 28.2 MB

In this episode, Infusionsoft expert Stephen Prior gives us an inside look at a successful membership site he recently launched called The Millionaire Mastermind.

The power of digital badges and client engagemeent with Mike Weiss - Part 4

May 30, 2017 07:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MB

The fourth part of our interview with Mike Weiss from ClientEngagementAcademy.com where he shares how he gets such high completion and renewal rates, plus why digital badges are total game-changers for amazing viral promotion.

The power of digital badges and client engagement with Mike Weiss - Part 3

May 23, 2017 07:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MB

The third part of our interview with Mike Weiss from ClientEngagementAcademy.com where he shares how he gets such high completion and renewal rates, plus why digital badges are total game-changers for amazing viral promotion.

The power of digital badges and client engagement with Mike Weiss - Part 2

May 06, 2017 15:21 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MB

The second part of our interview with Mike Weiss from ClientEngagementAcademy.com where he shares how he gets such high completion and renewal rates, plus why digital badges are total game-changers for amazing viral promotion.

The power of digital badges and client engagement with Mike Weiss - Part 1

April 10, 2017 14:23 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MB

Who did Digital Marketer hire to create their certification courses last year? Mike Weiss. We find out how Mike manages to get such high completion and renewal rates, plus why digital badges are total game-changers for amazing viral promotion.

Tips for running a successful membership site with Jamal Miller - Part 2

April 10, 2017 14:23 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MB

The second part of our interview with Jamal Miller from marriedandyoung.com where he shares how he manages to get such high course completion and renewal rates for his membership site. 

Tips for running a successful membership site with Jamal Miller - Part 1

April 10, 2017 14:22 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MB

Jamal Miller from marriedandyoung.com shares how he manages to get such high course completion and renewal rates for his membership site. 

Tips for running a successful membership site with Troy Dean - Part 2

April 10, 2017 14:08 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MB

The second part of our interview with Troy Dean from wpelevation.com, who shares how he gets such high course completion and renewal rates for his membership site.

Tips for running a successful membership site with Troy Dean - Part 1

March 30, 2017 22:33 - 42 minutes - 29 MB

Troy Dean from wpelevation.com shares how he gets such high course completion and renewal rates for his membership site.