This 30 Minute Hack Puts Your Community On Autopilot

About this episode

Gina Bianchini discusses how monthly themes can enhance community engagement and retention.

If your community keeps going quiet and you're not sure how to keep members coming back, this episode is for you. Gina Bianchini breaks down the single most underrated community strategy — monthly themes — and why it works even when nothing else does. Monthly themes give your members a fresh reason to show up, share, and connect with each other every single month. In this episode, you'll learn: What monthly themes are and why they solve the engagement problem How to choose themes big enough to sustain a full month of conversation Why monthly themes need to preview progress toward a transformation How to structure a full year of themes that ladder up to your member's best year ever Real examples from paid communities in wellness, food, retirement, and creative skills How to unveil each new monthly theme to create excitement and novelty TIMESTAMPS (0:00) Intro (0:30) The question every community host is asking (1:00) What makes a great monthly theme (1:45) Monthly themes preview progress — what that means (2:00) MINDBODY One: a full year of monthly themes mapped out (3:30) Verbal to Visual: monthly themes for a creative community (4:00) Grown Folks Business: monthly themes for…

People in this episode

Guest: Gina Bianchini

Topics covered

• community engagement
• monthly themes
• member retention
• community strategy
• transformation

Keywords

• community
• monthly themes
• engagement
• strategy
• transformation
• conversation
• excitement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MINDBODY, Rock Retirement Club, Grown Folks Business

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