The BuddyBoss Podcast

In today's episode I'm joined by David H. Lawrence XVII from VOHeroes; VOHeroes teaches professional actors how to add voice over to their performance portfolio, and helps people outside show business sidegrade into a voiceover career. David tells us about • How developing his first app, over 10 years ago, cost him over $100K in time and resources and took a year to get the first mvp version in the app store. • How trying to run his business inside facebook groups proved to be a disaster; with every change serving them, not you. • How discovering BuddyBoss helped unify all the tools he was already using into a platform he has been relying on now for years. ---------- Show notes & transcript: https://www.buddyboss.com/podcast Watch this video episode: https://www.youtube.com/c/BuddybossWP Follow us: Insta: instagram.com/buddybosswp Fb: facebook.com/BuddyBossWP Twitter: twitter.com/BuddyBossWP

In today's episode I'm joined by Josh Grisdale from TabiFolk; connects travelers with disabilities to help them navigate the questions they have about their destination so they can get back to focusing on the joy of traveling. Josh tells us about • How the solidification of BuddyBoss as an all-in-one platform has helped him move past the disjointed experience on BuddyPress & bbPress to help his users stay connected to their community in a way that was never before possible. • How he realised through his own need for accessible travel that if he wasn't going to create a community around it, then who would? • How the support and success teams at BuddyBoss have gone above and beyond for him, and given him the courage and confidence he needed to push forward. ---------- Show notes & transcript: https://www.buddyboss.com/podcast Watch this video episode: https://www.youtube.com/c/BuddybossWP Follow us: Insta: instagram.com/buddybosswp Fb: facebook.com/BuddyBossWP Twitter: twitter.com/BuddyBossWP

In today's episode I'm joined by Toyin Ajayi from Outdoorsy Black Women; the social network for all Black Women to connect, celebrate, build community and open their minds to an outdoorsy lifestyle. Toyin tells us about • How the limitations of Facebook groups led her to launch her own community platform to featured black owned businesses serving her community. • How the elections in the US and the increased racial tensions amplified the need for her community to know where they could go and be safe. • How in less than a year she was able to secure a major national brand sponsor and sell out her first major event with no advertising or press coverage.

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In today's episode I'm joined by Philip Ikpeiwunna from Blockli; the new 3rd party add-on for the BuddyBoss App, giving users a set of customisable blocks to visually display and connect content in their App. Philip tells us about • How the first app he built, outside of WordPress, took him 2 years to develop and never saw the light of day! • How being a user of the BuddyBoss App helped Philip to imagine creative solutions to customize the app experience. Starting with 5 custom UI card types and planning an onboarding experience, a video & audio playlist and gravity forms native integration. • How the BuddyBoss App developer toolkit, the App API, debug tools, hooks and support team, make building alongside BuddyBoss a developers dream. ---------- Show notes & transcript: https://www.buddyboss.com/podcast Watch this video episode: https://www.youtube.com/c/BuddybossWP Follow us: Insta: instagram.com/buddybosswp Fb: facebook.com/BuddyBossWP Twitter: twitter.com/BuddyBossWP

In today's episode, I'll be talking to Ryan Carlock from App Designer Pro whose agency helps entrepreneurs and business owners rapidly develop decentralized apps that bridge the gap between Web 2 and Web 3 technologies.

Ryan tells us about:

• How BuddyBoss has allowed him to start building 10 years ahead of anything else out there.
• That discovering the platform has provided him with income stability and sets him apart from all the other app development platforms in the space.
• How using the BuddyBoss App as his foundation Ryan has been able to deliver custom apps ready for deployment for clients in hours instead of months
• And how he now plans to use BuddyBoss App to be the first to deliver a turnkey solution to integrate WordPress and your own platform and hosting with the blockchain!

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In today's episode I'm joined by First Amendment and Human Rights educator Rev. Dr. Nate Walker from ReligionAndPublicLife.org - the social learning community and mobile app providing civic education for the common good.

Nate tells us how he has rallied a network of philanthropists to invest in the technology that facilitates the teaching of religious literacy in response to the increase in interfaith hostility in society.

In this episode we discuss:

• How Nate has overcome 3 learning difficulties to focus the last 8 years of his life exploring the ways that eLearning tools can address inequities in the usual classroom environment.
• How the pandemic helped make fundraising one of the easiest parts of his journey, and how it allowed him to tap into everything that gives him a sense of purpose.
• How a WordPress multi-site and the BuddyBoss Agency helped to solve the challenges of putting the puzzle pieces together to onboard 150 content creators across 49 different organizations.
• How they are leveraging the power of the BuddyBoss App to offer an "Evergreen Community" for each of their partners' to host their own in-person events and conferences. And afterward, connect them to each other in ways never before possible.

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I'm joined by Anna Sharp from Hey College - the college access mobile app powered by BuddyBoss that helps High school students in the US navigate the college application process and prepare for university admission and success.

In this episode we discuss:

• How Anna has used BuddyBoss to scale her resources and the services she can offer to reach more high school students and have a greater impact on their college success.
• How the BuddyBoss App finally made it possible for her to stop having to turn families away when their kids might benefit from college counselling but they can't afford it!
• How Anna has worked with the BuddyBoss Agency to customize her student experience to include AI driven chat bots and a proprietary college recommendation algorithm!

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I'm joined by Abdullah Neil Williams from - Sophicly the English Tuition platform for 16 year old UK students that helps them get top grades in their GCSEs

Abdullah has gone from dragging a suitcase full of books all around London, earning as much as he was losing in travel and costs to having his best year ever of student results.

In this episode he tells us

• How being made redundant during the pandemic was actually a good thing and how it accelerated his plans for Sophicly.
• How Buddyboss helped Abdullah free Sophicly from the limiting and boring experience that his students were "just putting up with" on Thinkific and
• How migrating to Buddyboss is wowing his students and helping convert 90% of his consultations into customers.

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Welcome to Episode Zero of the brand new BuddyBoss Podcast where we dive deep into the strategies that will help you build, launch and grow your online communities, courses and memberships. In this episode I'm gonna give you a bit of an introduction, on what to expect from the podcast, introduce myself and tell you a bit about my own journey with online communities, courses and memberships. And for those of you who might be new to us I'm also going to introduce you to BuddyBoss, the brand, what we do, and how we can help you go further, faster with your online community, online course or membership site.

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