Feb 13 2025 37 mins
Running your membership like a course creator is bad for business.
Unfortunately... it's also the default. If you plan your membership content by asking questions like:
❓ What topic should we cover this month?
❓ What's been on my mind lately?
❓ What would members find interesting?
❓ What ideas do I want to share?
Then you're defaulting to something I call "Idea Thinking".
This is one of the most powerful things you can do in your business — but it's terrible strategy if you want to improve your retention and recurring revenue.
The antidote?
💫 Action Thinking. 💫
Actions First, Ideas Second is one of the three essential Membership Design Principles I'm laying out in this episode.
If you ever:
➡️ Feel resentful of how much you're doing in your membership
➡️ Don't know why members aren't taking action on your brilliant ideas & resources
➡️ Have tried a few things to improve your member retention, but you're still not happy with your recurring revenue
➡️ Worry that you're cluttering your membership with too much stuff — yet you're afraid to do less, in case that undercuts the value of your offer
This episode will shift the way you think about your membership.
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