The Backstory...

I’ve been building community since I started Scraptalk way back in 1999 in the pre-social media days and have continued my community focus over the years including helping Social Media Examiner build their community for the world’s largest social media conference, Social Media Marketing World as the Networking Coordinator. (one year my team ran 19 different Facebook groups). Now I am serving as the Community Manager for Agorapulse, an international SaaS software company that has an awesome social media scheduling tool and an amazing community for social media managers called Social Media Pulse.

For the past few years I’ve been getting private messages from people who have reached out with questions like “Can you help me get my community more engaged?” or “I launched and only got 3 new people...I need ideas to find more people that need me.” or “Should I use Facebook groups or something else for my community?”

It's not uncommon for me to get tagged in groups when questions about building community come up. I was one of the first 500 people in the world to become a Facebook Certified Community Manager. I have even been hired by very successful membership owners and clients to run their communities.

The more questions I got like this, the more my wheels began turning. I envisioned and created a place where I could not only help people learn to build communities to support their businesses, memberships, and courses, but also take their existing communities and memberships to the next level.

I created Community Builders' Paradise last year to share actionable tips, creative resources and ideas that would add "WOW" to my member's communities.

One HUGE issue I've found over the years is so many people have specific questions surrounding community building and marketing, yet it's hard to find answers or people who even understand your struggles. Yes, there are groups with thousands and thousands of people talking about memberships and marketing BUT it's hard to be seen and heard. It's even harder to get YOUR exact question answered!

My favorite aspect of Community Builders' Paradise is our regular Brainstorming Community Chat Office Hours where you get to bring any questions and we'll chat about them. I LOVE business brainstorming and consider it one of my main superpowers!  Clients pay me over $200 per hour to brainstorm and find creative, out-of-the-box solutions for them so you’ll get a ton of value out of these Office Hours. The price of the membership is worth this alone...remember I've got over 25+ years of marketing experience and can't wait to chat with you!

When I launched Community Builders' Paradise with a small group of founding members last year we learned a ton!

Now I’m looking for some amazing people to join me again as we continue the journey! 

Need ideas to change your community experience? I’ve got a Trello board packed with tons of ideas I can't wait to share!

Each brainstorming session gives you the opportunity to evaluate ideas, pinpoint what you love, customize them to fit your community, and implement your favorite aspects! Your members will love that you are upgrading your community!

We'll chat about strategies and tactics for marketing, onboarding, launching, growing your community, planning special events, picking the right swag, creating surprise and delight moments plus tons more!

It's not uncommon for someone to go from feeling stuck, unsure, and frustrated to excited, refreshed, and energized with a focused plan after one of our Community Chats. Deb be there to not only hold your hand and cheer you on, but dig deep and brainstorm out-of-the-box creative yet achievable ideas to move you forward! One of our Founding Members even called it a "Therapy Session!"

If you’re ready to stop WISHING your community experience was at a different level and instead want to WOW your community members, you’re in the right spot! 

Join Community Builders' Paradise now and together we’ll make this your reality.