How To Build An Online Community - Jay Clouse

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

April 25, 2024

Duration

1h 23m

Channel

Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

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🎤 SPEAKERS

• Ali Abdaal

  host

  Productivity-focused creator and host of the podcast/YouTube channel Deep Dive.

• Jay Clouse

  guest

  Creator Science founder who teaches creators how to build sustainable businesses and communities (e.g., The Lab membership).

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal, featuring Ali Abdaal and Jay Clouse, How To Build An Online Community - Jay Clouse explores Design communities around outcomes, onboarding, and flexibility—not features Ali Abdaal interviews Jay Clouse about building paid online communities, using Jay’s membership “The Lab” as a reference point for what makes communities work and what makes them fail.

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