My Favorite Membership Platforms

Happy Tuesday EduCreator!

When I started on Clubhouse (live social audio platform) in October 2021, I could not have envisioned the journey that lied ahead. I quickly realized that building relationships and networking was a MAJOR built in benefit of hosting live events on platforms like Clubhouse, and now X.

As my audience and community grew, I started looking into different platforms that could host the various content, communications, events and interactions that occur hour by hour in an engaged virtual community.

The first platform I used and monetized with was Mighty Networks. This platform, their unique community and the Community Design Course offered was exactly what I needed to lay a solid foundation for a membership based community. But I didn’t stay here. I learned that simple is best when building a home for your community.

I’ve tried many community platforms to run my membership subscriptions. Here are a few of my favorites:

1) Social Media Platforms: platforms like X Communities, Facebook Groups, and YouTube Membership have built in features that make growing an engaged community simple and efficient.

Pros: Free/minimal fee to use. Tons of rich features to engaged members with.

Cons: You don’t own your audience data and you are at the mercy of algorithms for reaching your community.

2) Beehiiv Newsletter: growing your email list on a regular basis and sending a consistent newsletter with your highest value content is key to growing an engaged community. Beehiiv offers features such as polls/surveys, insights, automations, and segmentation to help personalize your member’s experience.

Pro: Great for communicating with your members. Offer a premium membership with the newsletter subscription service for easy management.

Cons: Limited in features that allow you to host events and meet with members. Use in conjunction with tools like Zoom and Google Meet for best results.

3) Buy Me a Coffee: I have helped many Creators earn their first internet dollar on Buy Me a Coffee. This platform was made for Creators who want to offer high value content, premium membership, and easily monetize their knowledge.

Pro: Great email tool! Totally free to use and takes less than 5 minutes to set up. Start growing a following, email list, and sharing content right away. Add your link to your bio for best results.

Cons: Limited in features that allow you to host events and meet with members.

4) Nas.io: This platform is not as well known as many others, but the creators designed it with community in mind and it’s definitely one of my favorites! You can connect with group chats on other platforms like WhatsApp, Telegram, and Discord.

Pros: Free to use and great features for hosting events for members. They recently launched their Challenges feature and it’s really good! I also love the Magic Reach feature which allows you to message, email, and post communication to members all at one.

Cons: They take 10% of earnings, but it’s free to use so this feels worth it.

5) Discord: This platform is known for being one of the best for growing actively engaged communities. If your community is into developing apps, engaging with games, social economy, and activities, this is a great option.

This is where we host OCC Metaversity, our first EduCreator project. A virtual collaboration hub and studio. If you’re interested in joining pre-launch, reply to this email and I’ll give you access.

Pros: the world is your oyster in Discord. There are unlimited things you can create and build together.

Cons: this is also the con. People get overwhelmed really easily. I stayed away for years. But the learning curve is actually not steep at all. With the right guides, it can get fun quickly. Another con, slightly addictive.

Founder Spotlight

Meet Justin “Results” French - @JustinRFrench

Justin is the type of Community Leader and Founder you thank your lucky stars for. Not only is he a fearless entrepreneur and sales/marketing expert with over 20 years of experience and $1,000,000 in sales, he is happy to serve and is actively building a membership-based community of his own. I’m proud to be in his Mastermind and I highly recommend you join me if you want access to this rare level of wisdom.

Justin brings the perfect blend of traditional marketing and sales principles that stand the test of time with a future forward love of technology and innovation. This is what we need and we’re so blessed to be building with him!

If you missed his regular Monday morning space yesterday, catch the replay here. The leaders he was able to attract to the space and the gems they shared make this content easily something that could go behind a paywall.

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Project-Based Cohorts

Friends of Daybreak: Video Cohort

Hendo and I did hosted almost 40 livestream video spaces between Get AI Creative, a video show with Alex Northstar, and Daybreak, our pride and joy show all about X Creators, news/updates and AI. We are taking a short break from going live and making room for an exciting new show with HENDO! Stay tuned…

Our video cohort, which we are lovingly calling “Friends of Daybreak” is growing with over 60 members and is totally free to join. We will be having another meet up soon to work on our video projects and introduce an exciting 30 day challenge.

Note: if you are already in the video cohort, there is no need to fill out this form. This is for new members only.

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That’s all for now,

Christel, Founder One Click Creator