How Emma & Finn Grew Their Patreon Community to Over 200 Members

Podcast Growth Hacks

In this episode, we chat with Emma & Finn, the hosts of the Normalizing Non-Monogamy podcast, to learn how Emma & Finn grew their Patreon community to over 200 paid members.

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Podcast Growth Hacks Learned In This Episode

• Setting up Patreon to build and monetize your community
  • Create tiers on Patreon
    • $2 /month – Access to a monthly Q&A on Zoom
    • $5 /month – Access to a men’s and women’s group and chat platform
    • $10 /month – Can access in-person meetups
    • Some higher pledge levels for people wanting to give more
  • Keep monthly pricing reasonable to build a more inclusive community
  • $5 /month is the most popular perks level
• One-time virtual meet and greet
  • Pricing is “pay-what-you-want”
    • Good way for extra revenue and as a lead funnel into their community
    • Setup a web form to collect guest info and custom payment through Stripe
• In-Person Events
  • They’re a great community-building tool, but not great for generating revenue.
• Guesting on other podcasts
  • Helpful for creating more awareness for their podcast
  • Helpful for building their Patreon community
• Doing affiliate marketing to add more revenue
  • Partnering with a brand to become an affiliate
  • Putting their affiliate link in the episode show notes and the podcast website.
• Doing bonus episodes with other guests that aren’t within the core podcast theme.
  • This helps bring in guests that can help reach different audiences.

Podcast Tools Mentioned In This Episode

• Patreon – https://patreon.com
• Mewe – https://mewe.com/
• Zoom – https://zoom.com
• Ahrefs – https://ahrefs.com
• Crumplepop – https://crumplepop.com/
• Auphonic – https://auphonic.com/

Podcasts mentioned In This Episode

• A Bit of Optimism (Simon Sinek) – https://simonsinek.com/podcast/
• Akimbo (Seth Godin) – https://www.akimbo.link/
• The Tim Ferriss Show – https://tim.blog/podcast/
• Savage Lovecast (Dan Savage) – https://savage.love/