Behind The Membership with Callie Willows

Aug 18 2021 54 ep. 48 mins 183
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Join Callie Willows from The Membership Guys for no-hype and no-fluff discussions with successful membership site owners about the highs, lows and day to day realities of running a paid membership website. Real people, real stories, real memberships.

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Changing Your Business Trajectory with Craig Cannings

Aug 18 2021 50 mins  
In the final episode of season five of Behind The Membership, Craig Cannings, co-founder of Freelance University, joins us to share the story of how he and his wife Kelly transformed their business after switching to the membership model. He shares what inspired him to go down the membership route after selling a la carte courses for so long, why they made the decision to adop

Succeeding with a Small Niche with Lisa Leander

Aug 11 2021 52 mins  
Our guest on this penultimate episode of season five of Behind The Membership is Lisa Leander, founder of Women in Business Education. Lisa’s story is a very interesting one. What started off as a planned side hustle targeting a very specific niche audience (possibly the smallest we’ve ever seen with only a few hundred people in the world in the market), quickly resulted i

From Founder Member to Membership Manager with Ali McGee Kelly

Aug 04 2021 47 mins  
Our guest on this episode of Behind the Membership is offering an interesting and slightly different perspective on memberships… Unlike the majority of our guests Ali McGee Kelly doesn’t actually own her own site, she manages The Social Media Marketing Society, a membership owned by one of the world’s biggest social media marketing blogs, Social Media Examiner.In this ep

Overcoming a Subscription Ceiling with Sean Wilson

Jul 28 2021 56 mins  
Sean Wilson joins Callie for this episode of Behind The Membership to talk about Seanwilsonpiano.com, his membership site for Gospel pianists. During this episode Sean shares the details of his journey so far, how he tapped into a small but engaged audience to launch his membership back in 2017, why his approach to delivering content within his membership has changed and the p

Setting Limits on Member Numbers and Quadrupling Income with Vahn Petit

Jul 21 2021 49 mins  
Our guest on this episode of Behind The Membership is Vahn Petit, Founder and singing coach at School Visualize, an online contemporary singing school based in France.When Vahn made the decision to adopt a child she realised that she needed to make some changes to the way she worked so she could prioritize family time… and a membership offered her the perfect opportunity to do th

Daily sales from psychology driven emails with Rob and Kennedy

Jul 14 2021 63 mins  
With a background in psychology, hypnosis, entertaining and influencing, Rob and Kennedy, owners of The League of Email Marketing Heroes are no strangers to the membership world.In fact, they both run successful memberships for their diverse range of businesses. In this week’s episode of Behind The Membership they’re sharing the story of The League, a membership that teach

Hobby to 100+ Members a Month with Anna Geiger

Jul 07 2021 38 mins  
Meet Anna Geiger - mom of 6 and owner of The Measured Mom Plus, an online membership that offers resources, printables and training to pre k-third grade educators. In this episode of Behind The Membership, Anna joins us to share the story of how she has turned her hobby into a thriving business. What started as a blog sharing content with family and friends while living a

Pivoting Your Niche & Offering with Alisha Robertson

Jun 30 2021 42 mins  
Alisha Robertson from The Purpose To Service Academy joins me for this episode of Behind The Membership and she has a very interesting story to share…After experiencing burn out as a coach, Alisha knew that she had to find a solution that would help her scale her business, without the time constraints of one-on-one coaching... and she did, in the form of a membership program.But

Success Using a Freemium Model with Mark Asquith

Jun 24 2021 48 mins  
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Replacing the Family Income in Just 8 Months with Jenny Finnell

Jun 16 2021 49 mins  
We’re kicking off season five of Behind The Membership with an awesome guest. Jenny Finnell is Founder of CRNA School Prep Academy, a highly specialized membership for nurses in the United States who want to become Registered Nurse Anesthetists. The Academy has recently reached its first memberversary and in that time has become a big success - so much so that Jenny was able