I regularly talk about how your members will join for the content, but they'll STAY for the community; and that's something we see reflected in every successful membership site we've been part of.

But what options do you actually have for creating your community from a technical standpoint? How do you add an online forum to your membership?

In this episode I talk more about the importance of community, forums in particular, and discuss the various routes you can go down to add one to your website.

In this episode, I discuss:

• How adding a forum gives your passionate members a space to engage with others
• Why community is a vital asset for membership sites
• Examples of WordPress plugins and stand-alone software that you can use to create your forum
• Why a Facebook group isn't an adequate replacement for building your own community

Resources mentioned in this episode

• IPBoard (we use this for our awesome forum inside Membership Academy)
• Xenforo
• bbPress
• BuddyPress
• Discourse

Learn more about online forums and membership communities

• Why you should add a community to your membership site
• 12 Proven tactics for starting a new membership community
• 5 Options for adding a forum to your membership site
• Facebook group vs online forum

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