Adding an Online Forum to your Membership Site
Membership Geeks Podcast with Mike Morrison · Membership Geeks
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Show Notes
I regularly talk about how your members will join for the content, but they'll STAY for the community; and that's something we see reflected in every successful membership site we've been part of.
But what options do you actually have for creating your community from a technical standpoint? How do you add an online forum to your membership?
In this episode I talk more about the importance of community, forums in particular, and discuss the various routes you can go down to add one to your website.
In this episode, I discuss:
- How adding a forum gives your passionate members a space to engage with others
- Why community is a vital asset for membership sites
- Examples of Wordpress plugins and stand-alone software you can use to set up your forum
- Why a Facebook group isn't an adequate replacement for building your own community