{"podcast":{"title":"Build With Becky: Smart Strategies To Grow Your Community-Driven Business","slug":"build-with-becky-smart-strategies-to-grow-your-community-driven-business-7352055","podcast_index_feed_id":7352055,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/build-with-becky/","website_url":"https://build-with-becky.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/88bbaa6c-049e-483e-b6d1-99c551b288fd/TTM7xng-CW7RBW9p4bs6fYn_.png","author":"Becky Pierson Davidson","episode_count":75,"summary":"Your membership, course, or program should be working better than this. You’re proud of what you’ve built — but members are ghosting, engagement is low, refund requests are creeping in, and let’s be honest... it’s harder than it should be to scale. That’s where this podcast comes in. Think of Build With Becky like a voice note from your smart friend to help you tweak your programs, get better student outcomes, and make more money along the way. You can expect practical strategies, real client stories, and zero B.S. advice. We’ll talk product strategy, member experience, onboarding, retention, and how to turn your community into your biggest growth engine — all in under 10 minutes. You don’t need a bigger audience. You need a smarter product. Let’s build it — together.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-11T02:21:29.701126+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/build-with-becky-smart-strategies-to-grow-your-community-driven-business-7352055"},"episode":{"title":"Communities Are Built On Networks","slug":"communities-are-built-on-networks","published_at":"2026-07-23T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/build-with-becky-smart-strategies-to-grow-your-community-driven-business-7352055/communities-are-built-on-networks","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/build-with-becky-smart-strategies-to-grow-your-community-driven-business-7352055","url":"https://build-with-becky.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/72adc47c-be94-4a2a-a77e-19dadbdd45f7.mp3","summary":"Here's the question I ask every founder who tells me they want to build a community: how many people can you write down right now, by name, who you know would join? Most people can't answer it and that's the real reason their launch stalls, and no marketing funnel is going to fix it. In this episode I get into why the very beginning is the hardest part of building a community, and why your first members won't say yes until they know who else is in the room. I share what happened when we ran this exact exercise at Affinity, what an invite-only strategy actually looks like in practice, and how one client is filling her membership before the doors even open. If you're building something and it feels like you're pushing a boulder up a hill, this one is for you. Interested in working with my team? Book a free discovery call Links: Learn more about The Collective (our membership at Affinity) Follow Annie's membership launch on Instagram Let's be friends: Connect with Becky on Instagram or LinkedIn Read the newsletter at beckypierson.com Learn more about Affinity Collective","meta_description":"Here's the question I ask every founder who tells me they want to build a community: how many people can you write down right now, by name, who you know w…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":530,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/build-with-becky-smart-strategies-to-grow-your-community-driven-business-7352055/episodes/communities-are-built-on-networks/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/build-with-becky-smart-strategies-to-grow-your-community-driven-business-7352055/communities-are-built-on-networks.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}