{"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":"Why Most Alumni Communities Fail","slug":"why-most-alumni-communities-fail","published_at":"2026-05-28T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/build-with-becky-smart-strategies-to-grow-your-community-driven-business-7352055/why-most-alumni-communities-fail","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/1c448dae-47d3-4070-8ff0-401f9b08488f.mp3","summary":"Most alumni communities fail because they remove all structure after the program ends. In this episode, I break down why engagement drops off after a cohort experience, how we’ve been designing a highly engaged alumni community for Beyond Connections, and why more content is not the answer. I share the lightweight programming, connection rituals, and community experiences we’ve tested to maintain over 60% monthly active users in a free alumni community and how this approach creates a huge opportunity for retention, referrals, and increasing customer lifetime value. Interested in working with my team? Book a discovery call here Let's be friends: Connect with Becky on Instagram or LinkedIn Read the newsletter at beckypierson.com Learn more about Affinity Collective","meta_description":"Most alumni communities fail because they remove all structure after the program ends. In this episode, I break down why engagement drops off after a coho…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":426,"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/why-most-alumni-communities-fail/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/why-most-alumni-communities-fail.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}