The BuddyBoss Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Deep dive into the strategies that will help you build, launch and grow your online communities, courses and memberships. Whether you are a BuddyBoss user or not, this podcast will give you actionable strategies, inspirational stories, and tactical advice on what’s working now in the world of online entrepreneurship.
In today's episode, we have a captivating chat between our Managing Director Graham Hoffman and the new Managing Director of Rapyd, Wes Tatters. They dive into what went behind launching Rapyd, a tailored hosting service for dynamic WordPress sites, especially those powered by BuddyBoss.
Graham and Wes talks about:
- The issues hosting services face with Dynamic WordPress sites and how Rapyd comes to the rescue.
- The extra steps needed to manage dynamic community sites and why BuddyBoss users will find Rapyd hosting a comfy fit.
- How Rapyd handles high concurrency of BuddyBoss-powered community sites.
- Simple and intuitive user experience of Rapyd, despite offering state-of-the-art features.
- Rapyd's unmatched scalability and the plan to switch to even better CPU technology next year.
- Rapyd’s partnerships with Object Cache Pro & Relay to speed up content loading, and with PatchStack and Monarx to keep your site safe from malware and other threats.
- The 24/7 live chat support from Rapyd and a special beta launch offer for selected BuddyBoss customers.
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In today’s episode, our CEO Tom Cheddadi joins our Managing Director Graham Hoffman as he shares the fascinating journey of BuddyBoss and what’s to come.
Tom talks about:
- BuddyBoss' incredible journey, from humble beginning to becoming a thriving company with thousands of happy customers globally.
- The story of how he joined the company and went on to co-create the vision for today’s BuddyBoss alongside Michael.
- The story of BuddyBoss Theme & Platform successful launching.
- The launch of BuddyBoss App and what went behind its successful launch.
- Becoming a globally distributed company.
- Recent changes in BuddyBoss leadership team and what it achieves.
- Upcoming launch of Rapyd, the managed cloud hosting service for dynamic WordPress website.
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In today's episode I'm joined by Ashley Alderson from The Boutique Hub; The Boutique Hub helps independent retailers find the education, trusted community and wholesale partners they need to grow!
Ashley tells us about
• How the three types of retail content; "Branded Content", "Sales Content", and "Engaging Content", need to play together to fuel a winning retail marketing strategy. • How she is starting to see a cleanse of new retailers that rode the wave of the pandemic when it seemed easy but can't sustain their business as spending habits return to normal. • How brand communities, affiliating for other retailers and exploring beyond wholesale channels can help businesses build their own customer asset, their brand recognition and their real-world relationships.
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In today's episode I'm joined by Natalie Benamou from HerCsuite; HerCsuite™ advances and engages women at every career phase with Turnkey Speaker Events, Leadership Development, DEI Council and Women on Boards Programs.
Natalie tells us about
• How 29 years of working in events and trade shows felt like a sinking ship at the start of the pandemic, but how that door closing opened the window to her serving her higher purpose. • How executive advocates can be the key to unlocking equality for women in the workplace, the C-suite and on boards. • How appraising many other platforms showed her that building the community she wanted just wouldn't be possible without BuddyBoss!
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In today's episode I'm joined by Celebrity Astrologer & matchmaker on reality show Cosmic Love on Amazon Prime Ophira Edut from Astrostyle Galaxy; Her and her sister known as AstroTwins reach an audience of millions each month, and their community AstroStyle Galaxy helps business owners create a clear path to success based on their astrological birth charts.
Ophira tells us about
• How she reached her peak point of frustration during a 2020 launch trying to connect 8 different SaaS platforms together to make the launch work!
• The B.A.N.K code for creating the perfect content and community experience to match your ideal customers' personality type.
• Her IAM system, measuring 13 facets of your birth chart, to calculate the style of working on your business that will help you launch and grow most efficiently.
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In today's episode I'll be discussing what a community funnel is and why you need one. We'll go over:
- Best practices for generating leads and managing your community by using a funnel
- Tapping into your community to drive traffic and boost value of your customer journey
- Examples of free vs paid funnels to fit your community needs
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In today's episode I'm joined by Candice McField from As for Me and My Body; the community that helps believers bridge their spiritual and physical health 365 days a year and provides a safe haven to celebrate everyone’s wellness journeys.
Candice tells us about
• How in-home fitness coaching left her feeling burnt out and searching for a way to impact people who couldn't afford executive-level training.
• How publishing a book with a companion community was the perfect way to take people beyond their first 21 day journey and support them long term.
• How discovering BuddyBoss saved her $20-300k in developer costs, arriving at the perfect time to help her realise her higher purpose.
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In today's episode, I am going to talk about
• The challenges with depending on a single cloud platform solution to host your online course
• 3 minimum requirements for selling and delivering an online course to your audience.
• The collections of tools to start deploying at both a basic and professional level.
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In today's episode I'm gonna dive into Community Monetization and tell you about
• The challenge of generating a sustainable revenue stream whilst also maintaining a community that's free for members.
• The 6 best ways to make money directly from your members whilst keeping the community free for most people.
• 7 strategies to generate revenue from your members indirectly without asking them to pay to participate.
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In today's episode I'm gonna dive into Membership Content and tell you about
• What big influencers really use Memberships for in their businesses! (It's not what you think!)
• How profitable membership site owners think about their content completely differently than you or I probably would.
• The 7 types of membership content you need with examples of low, mid, and high-priced memberships!
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In today's episode, I'm going to dive into Community Engagement and tell you about
• What actually is community engagement, what defines it, and is it the same for everyone?
• What community engagement is, and what it is not! (Hint: Engagement is NOT a measure of success 🤯)
• The 5 steps up the ladder of community engagement and what types of activity need to happen at each stage for each group of members.
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In today's episode I'm joined by Erika Wise from BayviewU; BayviewU is an online church platform created as an extension of the Bayview Church's local ministry in San Diego. This platform exists to provide current Bayview members with a place to learn, grow, interact and develop relationships with other members in the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
Erika tells us about
• How before BayviewU existed the church engagement was dwindling with its congregation and after the passing of their pastor his successor had the vision to connect all of their members through their own social network.
• How BayviewU utilises BuddyBoss to administer virtual Impact Groups where small sections of the congregation can get together in a more intimate space for Bible Study, Accountability, Prayer, and Fellowship
• How Zoom has allowed members of the Bayview family to take their relationship beyond sunday service and meet virtually wherever they are in the world
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In today's episode, I'm joined by Kristina Romero from The Hagios Study; The Hagios Study is a series of Bible studies with a companion mobile app designed to provide a dynamic experience through the written word, audio and visual meditations.
Kristina tells us about
• How past experiences with bible studies that she didn't think were working was the inspiration to create a study that was a beautiful and transformational immersive learning experience.
• How her expertise running a WordPress agency with her own events and courses led her to be brought on by GoDaddy to develop their new eLearning Hub and the challenges they are facing through its development.
• We discuss the role that ego plays in early-stage entrepreneurship and what humility in business looks like and whether can it still be profitable.
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In today's episode I'm joined by Michael Fatica from Back In Shape; The Back In Shape Program helps people around the world, fix their back pain from home. Through rehabilitation exercise routines, live video support and a supplementary video library they are helping people get their back, and their body, Back In Shape - and keep it that way!
Michael tells us about
• How one of their own clients that is a GP discovered exercises they were prescribing to help their own patients didn't work for their own pain and how Back In Shape helped them overcome their own Sciatica
• How they are using a PR agency to help get national coverage for their members and their results to bolster their customer acquisition strategy through YouTube video ads.
• How they are able to achieve results with patients online that they never would have thought possible compared to seeing them in a clinic.
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In today's episode, I'm joined by Marsha Guerrier from Her Suite Spot; HerSuiteSpot is a digital platform designed to empower women of color to advance as leaders in their careers and business.
Marsha tells us about
• How she started by giving out micro-grants of just $100 that she bootstrapped from the profits she made selling services and programs.
• How brand awareness and credibility was her biggest initial challenge and how she has overcome that to gain the trust of corporate sponsors and raise over $30,000 at the start of the pandemic.
• How your brand values and your mission must be in alignment with both the community you are serving and the sponsors you hope to attract.
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In today's episode I'm joined by Graham Hoffman from BuddyBoss;
Graham tells us about
• The main areas that BuddyBoss Support helps customers with as well as how the support team is structured.
• Who the key team members are within the support team and the skill sets across each of the tiers.
• The lifecycle of a support ticket, where he takes a dummy support request from me and talks us through each stage of its journey.
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In today's episode I'm joined by Carrie Green from Female Entrepreneur Association; The Female Entrepreneur Association is a global community platform connecting thousands of women worldwide, helping them to grow successful businesses through online Masterclasses and Workshops.
Carrie tells us about
• How the isolation and aloneness she experienced as a young female entrepreneur led her to create her own network for people like her.
• How BuddyBoss made it possible for her to finally bring her multi-seven-figure membership site to life like she had always wanted.
• How she more than doubled the size of her membership site from gaining 1000 members in her first year to 1200 in one week... by closing down enrollment!
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In today's episode, Jason tells us about
• What the 6 most common types of Course Launch are and which specific elements make up each launch type.
• The advantages and disadvantages of each launch type, what each type is best for and worst at.
• How you can identify what type of launch is the best one for you depending on your experience, audience size, and the stage you're at in your course creation journey.
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In today's episode I'm joined by Bob Hamp from Think Differently Academy; Think Differently Academy helps people find release from life limiting beliefs and circumstances while training others to do the same.
Bob tells us about
• How operating inside facebook is like being inside a noisy gym, where the loud shouting of everybody drowns out the important message that somebody is quietly whispering for you.
• How they are providing a private, safe and protected refuge for survivors of abuse, a community gathered around a journey they have decided to take.
• How BuddyBoss provides a perfect opportunity for people to feel like they are a part of something more than just a class.
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In today's episode I'm joined by Anthony DiMoro from Gamactica; Gamactica is a social media and marketing platform for the content creation & gaming metaverse
Anthony tells us about
• How there is a glass ceiling on all social media platforms that is attractive for initial growth but eventually prevents you from truly owning your content and your business.
• How after wasting thousands of dollars, discovering BuddyBoss allowed him to finally not be beholden to developers and build the platform and App he really wanted.
• How trying to build a brand online without some understanding of SEO is like trying to run a marathon with a weighted vest on.
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In today's episode I'm joined by David H. Lawrence XVII from VOHeroes; VOHeroes teaches professional actors how to add voice over to their performance portfolio, and helps people outside show business sidegrade into a voiceover career.
David tells us about
• How developing his first app, over 10 years ago, cost him over $100K in time and resources and took a year to get the first mvp version in the app store.
• How trying to run his business inside facebook groups proved to be a disaster; with every change serving them, not you.
• How discovering BuddyBoss helped unify all the tools he was already using into a platform he has been relying on now for years.
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In today's episode I'm joined by Josh Grisdale from TabiFolk; connects travelers with disabilities to help them navigate the questions they have about their destination so they can get back to focusing on the joy of traveling.
Josh tells us about
• How the solidification of BuddyBoss as an all-in-one platform has helped him move past the disjointed experience on BuddyPress & bbPress to help his users stay connected to their community in a way that was never before possible.
• How he realised through his own need for accessible travel that if he wasn't going to create a community around it, then who would?
• How the support and success teams at BuddyBoss have gone above and beyond for him, and given him the courage and confidence he needed to push forward.
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In today's episode I'm joined by Toyin Ajayi from Outdoorsy Black Women; the social network for all Black Women to connect, celebrate, build community and open their minds to an outdoorsy lifestyle.
Toyin tells us about
• How the limitations of Facebook groups led her to launch her own community platform to featured black owned businesses serving her community.
• How the elections in the US and the increased racial tensions amplified the need for her community to know where they could go and be safe.
• How in less than a year she was able to secure a major national brand sponsor and sell out her first major event with no advertising or press coverage.
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In today's episode I'm joined by Philip Ikpeiwunna from Blockli; the new 3rd party add-on for the BuddyBoss App, giving users a set of customisable blocks to visually display and connect content in their App.
Philip tells us about
• How the first app he built, outside of WordPress, took him 2 years to develop and never saw the light of day!
• How being a user of the BuddyBoss App helped Philip to imagine creative solutions to customize the app experience. Starting with 5 custom UI card types and planning an onboarding experience, a video & audio playlist and gravity forms native integration.
• How the BuddyBoss App developer toolkit, the App API, debug tools, hooks and support team, make building alongside BuddyBoss a developers dream.
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In today’s episode, I’ll be talking to Ryan Carlock from App Designer Pro whose agency helps entrepreneurs and business owners rapidly develop decentralized apps that bridge the gap between Web 2 and Web 3 technologies.
Ryan tells us about:
- How BuddyBoss has allowed him to start building 10 years ahead of anything else out there.
- That discovering the platform has provided him with income stability and sets him apart from all the other app development platforms in the space.
- How using the BuddyBoss App as his foundation Ryan has been able to deliver custom apps ready for deployment for clients in hours instead of months
- And how he now plans to use BuddyBoss App to be the first to deliver a turnkey solution to integrate WordPress and your own platform and hosting with the blockchain!
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In today’s episode I’m joined by First Amendment and Human Rights educator Rev. Dr. Nate Walker from ReligionAndPublicLife.org - the social learning community and mobile app providing civic education for the common good.
Nate tells us how he has rallied a network of philanthropists to invest in the technology that facilitates the teaching of religious literacy in response to the increase in interfaith hostility in society.
In this episode we discuss:
- How Nate has overcome 3 learning difficulties to focus the last 8 years of his life exploring the ways that eLearning tools can address inequities in the usual classroom environment.
- How the pandemic helped make fundraising one of the easiest parts of his journey, and how it allowed him to tap into everything that gives him a sense of purpose.
- How a WordPress multi-site and the BuddyBoss Agency helped to solve the challenges of putting the puzzle pieces together to onboard 150 content creators across 49 different organizations.
- How they are leveraging the power of the BuddyBoss App to offer an “Evergreen Community” for each of their partners’ to host their own in-person events and conferences. And afterward, connect them to each other in ways never before possible.
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I'm joined by Anna Sharp from Hey College - the college access mobile app powered by BuddyBoss that helps High school students in the US navigate the college application process and prepare for university admission and success.
In this episode we discuss:
- How Anna has used BuddyBoss to scale her resources and the services she can offer to reach more high school students and have a greater impact on their college success.
- How the BuddyBoss App finally made it possible for her to stop having to turn families away when their kids might benefit from college counselling but they can’t afford it!
- How Anna has worked with the BuddyBoss Agency to customize her student experience to include AI driven chat bots and a proprietary college recommendation algorithm!
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I’m joined by Abdullah Neil Williams from - Sophicly the English Tuition platform for 16 year old UK students that helps them get top grades in their GCSEs
Abdullah has gone from dragging a suitcase full of books all around London, earning as much as he was losing in travel and costs to having his best year ever of student results.
In this episode he tells us
- How being made redundant during the pandemic was actually a good thing and how it accelerated his plans for Sophicly.
- How Buddyboss helped Abdullah free Sophicly from the limiting and boring experience that his students were “just putting up with” on Thinkific and
- How migrating to Buddyboss is wowing his students and helping convert 90% of his consultations into customers.
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Welcome to Episode Zero of the brand new BuddyBoss Podcast where we dive deep into the strategies that will help you build, launch and grow your online communities, courses and memberships. In this episode I’m gonna give you a bit of an introduction, on what to expect from the podcast, introduce myself and tell you a bit about my own journey with online communities, courses and memberships. And for those of you who might be new to us I’m also going to introduce you to BuddyBoss, the brand, what we do, and how we can help you go further, faster with your online community, online course or membership site.
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