Membership-Driven Business

By: Natalie Taylor
  • Summary

  • Membership-Driven Business is a podcast that explores what it really takes to grow an industry-leading membership. The truth is that running a membership is a massive commitment and a big responsibility — and most people struggle to set up and sell their membership in a way that is sustainable, enjoyable and profitable. Your host, Natalie Taylor, is a messaging and sales strategist to membership-driven business owners. Since 2017 she has worked behind the scenes of some of the biggest memberships and paid communities around the world: helping them grow their sales, improve retention and engagement, and more. Learn more about Natalie and the podcast at membershipdrivenbusiness.com and subscribe to be the first to hear new episodes.
    Copyright 2024 Natalie Taylor
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Episodes
  • 12: How to Get Excited About Selling Your Membership Again
    Nov 17 2024

    Does promoting your membership feel like a chore lately — like you're just going through the motions with the same old marketing playbook?

    Many membership owners find themselves stuck in a cycle of repetitive promotions that have lost their spark.

    In this episode of The Membership-Driven Business Podcast, we're exploring how to bring creativity and excitement back to your membership marketing — both for you and your ideal members.

    We're talking about:

    🔹 How to unearth fresh messaging angles that spark genuine excitement and start new conversations with your audience (including a fascinating example from Tom Ford's transformation of Gucci)

    🔹 Why the structure of your membership itself can be your greatest marketing asset - and how to make strategic tweaks that energize both you and your members

    🔹 How to create a more robust member experience that not only improves retention but gives you compelling new ways to talk about your offer

    Episode Highlights:

    🔸 The "Tom Ford Question" that can help you identify what's missing in your space and how to fill that gap

    🔸 Why standardization can be both a blessing and a curse in your membership marketing (and how to use it as a launchpad for creativity)

    🔸 How to make meaningful changes to your membership whether you have a full team or it's just you and a VA

    🔸 Why consumption-based memberships are no longer enough - and what to offer instead


    ⚠️ HEADS UP: If you want support with bringing fresh energy to your membership marketing, my Mini-VIP Day is perfect for you. The price is increasing by $900 soon - book before the end of 2024 to lock in the current rate. Go to themissingink.co/irresistible for more info.


    Links and Resources:

    • 🌱 Irresistible Offer - a Mini-VIP Day for Membership Owners: themissingink.co/irresistible
    • Contact Natalie: themissingink.co/connect
    • See how you can work with Natalie: themissingink.co/services

    Read this podcast in article format & check out the shownotes:

    https://themissingink.co/listen/12-get-excited-about-selling-your-membership-again

    Follow on Social Media:

    • Instagram: instagram.com/natalietaylor.co
    • Threads: threads.net/@natalietaylor.co
    • Facebook: facebook.com/natalietaylor.co

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    40 mins
  • 11: Re-Think Your Membership Sales Page (Without Re-Writing it)
    Nov 14 2024

    Let's talk about your membership sales page. If you're like most membership owners I work with, you probably let out an internal groan. Your sales page feels outdated, cluttered, and doesn't reflect all the amazing value you're delivering inside your membership.

    In this episode, we're diving into what makes membership sales pages different, and how to make yours work harder for you.

    We'll cover:

    🔹 Why the "less is more" approach to selling memberships is a myth, and what you should be doing instead to effectively communicate your membership's value

    🔹 How to showcase your membership's unique "practice and promise" - moving beyond just listing features to selling the transformative journey your members will experience

    🔹 The critical "time to value" concept that determines whether new members stick around (and how to address this on your sales page before they even join)

    🔹 Four specific tweaks you can make this afternoon to reduce overwhelm and make your sales page more effective at enrolling new members

    🔹 The "emotion sandwich" technique that will help you end your sales page with a bang instead of a whimper (plus a real example from a multi-year successful promotion)

    Whether you're planning a quick refresh or a complete overhaul of your membership sales page, this episode will give you practical steps to showcase your membership's true value and enroll more of the right members who stay longer.

    ⚠️ HEADS UP: If you want to work with me to elevate the way you sell your membership and enroll more members before the end of the year, my Mini-VIP Day is for you. The price will increase by $900 soon.

    Details below on how to lock in the best rate and how we can work together to grow your membership revenue 👇🏻

    Links and Resources:

    • 🌱 Irresistible Offer - a Mini-VIP Day for Membership Owners: themissingink.co/irresistible
    • Contact Natalie: themissingink.co/connect
    • See how you can work with Natalie: themissingink.co/services

    Read this podcast in article format & check out the shownotes:

    https://themissingink.co/listen/11-membership-sales-page

    Follow on Social Media:

    • Instagram: instagram.com/natalietaylor.co
    • Threads: threads.net/@natalietaylor.co
    • Facebook: facebook.com/natalietaylor.co

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    44 mins
  • 10: If Selling Your Membership Feels Hard Right Now...
    Nov 4 2024

    I know, I know. There are so many conversations about how selling feels so much harder in business right now.

    I’ve spoken with many membership owners behind the scenes who feel like their sales are slower or they have to work twice as hard — just to achieve the same result.

    There’s a lot of chatter about selling in 2024, but I don’t feel membership owners are being well-served by most of the perspectives that are being shared. (If anything, the more you search for answers, the more overwhelmed you feel.)

    That’s why, in this episode, we’re having a conversation about what the current sales environment means for you, specifically, as a membership-driven business owner.

    We’ll talk about:

    🔷 How to tune out all the outside noise about “what’s working”, what you should be doing, and how your results compare to other business owners in your space (for the sake of your own sanity).

    🔷 The specific strategy I recommend to give you the clarity you need to take action and learn what your audience needs from you right now — so you can stop guessing, and start gathering data about how to improve your membership sales.

    🔷 Why I’ve been talking to all of my membership clients about “giving yourself more chances to win” and why it doesn’t make sense to hang all your results on just one BIG launch or promotion in 2024 (or 2025).

    🔷 How to test out new messaging angles to sell your membership and grab attention with a “timed engagement event” that will bring new customers into your membership and drive retention on the back-end as well (win-win)!

    Over the last few months, these strategies have helped my clients create results like doubling their conversions during membership promotions.

    Listen now for a new perspective on how to improve your membership sales during “slow” seasons — and how to put yourself back in the driver’s seat of your own business.

    Links and Resources:

    • 🌱 Irresistible Offer - a new mini-VIP Day for Membership Owners: themissingink.co/irresistible
    • Contact Natalie: themissingink.co/connect
    • See how you can work with Natalie: themissingink.co/services

    Get the newsletter for membership people:

    membershipdrivenbusiness.com/newsletter

    Read this podcast in article format & check out the shownotes:

    themissingink.co/listen/10-if-selling-your-membership-feels-hard

    Follow on Social Media:

    • Instagram: instagram.com/natalietaylor.co
    • Threads: threads.net/@natalietaylor.co
    • Facebook: facebook.com/natalietaylor.co

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    53 mins

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