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Hi, everybody. I'm Megan Spillan. I'm here to chat with you about how to build a thriving and interactive podcast community. And I'm so excited to be chatting with you today. I hope by the end of this, you are so, so confident and knowing, is a podcast community right for you? Is this something that will provide value back

into your business? We will be talking about the what, why, and how to go about doing this.

So this will give you confidence in knowing, is this wasting your time, or is this something

you should absolutely pursue or continue to pursue if you've already started your community. So with that,

let's just get started with the first and foremost question, what the heck is a community? What is it?

There are so many different definitions out there. And while there isn't exactly one right definition,

I will first talk to you about what a lot of brands are talking about when they say their

community, which is a myth. So what are the myths with it first? A myth of what your community is,

is, you know, we have 25,000 email subscribers. But on their website or their, you know, anything

that they're displaying, marketing, it

says 25,000 community members.

Your email subscribers are not your community members.

You know what else isn't your community members?

The amount of followers that you have on social media, on any social media presence.

It's great to have eyeballs to something, but it doesn't necessarily

mean it to your community. Your podcast listeners, you have an audience. This is an audience of

people that are listening to you. Is it a community? No. A community is a safe and supportive place

that offers connection and engaging with one another.

So if there is a spot where people have a common purpose to come together on or offline,

that is a community.

So you just want to get that clear as far as what a community is because you may or may not be at the forefront of having your community.

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