240 - Authority and Community Building: Tom interviews Warren Carlyle

Warren Carlyle is a community building strategist who partners with purpose driven brands and influencers to build highly engaged communities online. He's founder and CEO of Octonation. It's the largest octopus fan club. It's a non-profit organization that inspires conservation of the ocean by teaching the world about octopuses. Warren advocates the building of fanatical online communities as the lifeblood of brand's relevancy in today's crowded digital marketplace. Screw The Commute Podcast Show Notes Episode 240 How To Automate Your Business - https://screwthecommute.com/automatefree/ Internet Marketing Training Center - https://imtcva.org/ Higher Education Webinar – https://screwthecommute.com/webinars 03:36 Tom's introduction to Warren Carlyle 05:49 Monetizing a highly engaged community 09:42 Helping communities build their audiences 15:28 Community building, authority and influencers 23:38 Turning Octonation into a non-profit 25:36 Likes vs. Comments 31:11 Sponsor message 32:55 A typical day for Warren 38:19 Training an octopus 41:46 Working with Warren 45:14 Taking off "Likes" on Instagram Entrepreneurial Resources Mentioned in This Podcast Higher Education Webinar - https://screwthecommute.com/webinars Screw The Commute - https://screwthecommute.com/ Screw The Commute Podcast App - https://screwthecommute.com/app/ Know a young person for our Youth Episode Series? Send an email to Tom! - [email protected] Have a Roku box? Find Tom's Public Speaking Channel there! - https://channelstore.roku.com/details/267358/the-public-speaking-channel How To Automate Your Business - https://screwthecommute.com/automatefree/ Internet Marketing Retreat and Joint Venture Program - https://greatinternetmarketingtraining.com/ Sponsorship & Community Building - https://readytopropel.mykajabi.com/a/20071/h2AUhdD4 Octopus Photographer - https://youtu.be/rI9tP3mZfxM Internet Marketing Training Center - https://imtcva.org/ Related Episodes Nahaku McFadden - https://screwthecommute.com/239/ More Entrepreneurial Resources for Home Based Business, Lifestyle Business, Passive Income, Professional Speaking and Online Business I discovered a great new headline / subject line / subheading generator that will actually analyze which headlines and subject lines are best for your market. I negotiated a deal with the developer of this revolutionary and inexpensive software. Oh, and it's good on Mac and PC. Go here: http://jvz1.com/c/41743/183906 The Wordpress Ecourse. Learn how to Make World Class Websites for $20 or less. https://www.GreatInternetMarketing.com/wordpressecourse Join our Private Facebook Group! One week trial for only a buck and then $37 a month, or save a ton with one payment of $297 for a year. Click the image to see all the details and sign up or go to https://www.greatinternetmarketing.com/screwthecommute/ After you sign up, check your email for instructions on getting in the group.