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Hosted by Seth Resler · business · EN · 18 episodes
Not all community-building advice is created equal—and some of it is downright awful.Hosted by Seth Resler, this show features conversations with seasoned community professionals who share the worst advice they’ve received—and what they’ve learned the hard way.It’s part reality check, part therapy session, and all about helping you build better communities by avoiding the mistakes others already made.
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Signup to Generate a PitchNot all community-building advice is created equal, and some of it is downright awful. Hosted by Seth Resler, this show features conversations with seasoned community professionals who share the worst advice they’ve received, and what they’ve learned the hard way.
Bad Community Advice is hosted by Seth Resler. The show has published 18 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include ""An Audience is a Community"" (5 October 2026, 44 minutes), ""If You Build It, They Will Come"" (3 August 2026, 34 minutes), and ""Build Lots of Channels Before You Launch"" (6 July 2026, 45 minutes).
Bad Community Advice publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 34 minutes across 18 episodes.
Booking probability for Bad Community Advice is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Bad Community Advice requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Bad Community Advice's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Bad Community Advice are Marketing, Advertising & PR. Bad Community Advice has a business audience.
Seth Resler hosts Bad Community Advice, a business show with 18 episodes published.
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Bad Community Advice
Your audience is not your community. That distinction drives Mark Schaefer nuts. And it matters because building an audience and building a community require two very different strategies. Mark is a globally recognized...
Bad Community Advice
If you build it, they will come. It's one of the most common—and most expensive—mistakes new community builders make. Jono Bacon of Stateshifthas spent decades helping organizations build thriving communities, from open...
Bad Community Advice
Before you launch your community, it's tempting to create a channel for every topic your members might want to discuss. Don't. Tightknit co-founder Zach Hawtof explains why the strongest communities begin with fewer...
Bad Community Advice
<p>Gina Bianchini thinks one of the biggest mistakes community builders make is choosing the wrong place to gather people. The founder and CEO of Mighty Networks joins Seth Resler to explain why building a community on...
Bad Community Advice
<p>A documentary about civic decline does not sound like obvious movie material—until Join or Die turns Bowling Alone into a surprisingly urgent conversation about why Americans have stopped showing up for one another...
Bad Community Advice
<p>“Let people try your community for free first.” It sounds smart—especially if you’ve seen free trials work for software, courses, and subscriptions. But according to Bri Leever, that logic breaks down fast when the...
Bad Community Advice
<p>When your community feels like a ghost town, the instinct is to post more, prompt more, push harder. But that’s often the fastest path to burnout. In this episode, Seth talks with Carrie Melissa Jones, co-author of...
Bad Community Advice
<p>“Don’t worry about ROI. Just keep building.” That advice sounds supportive—until the budget tightens, leadership changes, or someone asks you to justify your job. In this episode, community strategist Brian Oblinger...
Bad Community Advice
<p>“Don’t worry about onboarding until after launch.” That’s the kind of bad advice that can doom your community before it even gets off the ground. Community strategist Heather Angel joins host Seth Resler to explain...
Bad Community Advice
<p>You can’t manage what you don’t measure—and that includes your community. Community strategist Catherine Hackney, Principal of Confident Communities Consulting, has seen too many organizations skip tracking...
Bad Community Advice
<p>“Community marketing doesn’t work.” That’s the bad advice that shaped the career of Andy Claremont, Head of Ecosystem and Community at Glide—and it couldn’t have been more wrong. In this episode, Andy and host Seth...
Bad Community Advice
<p>What happens when brands mistake transactions for relationships? Christina Garnett says that’s where community efforts often go wrong. A fractional Chief Customer Officer and CX strategist, Christina argues that...
Bad Community Advice
<p>Chasing community might not be the best move for every content creator. Arielle Nissenblatt, Head of Community and Content at Pinwheel by Audily, has seen countless podcasters dive in only to discover that community...
Bad Community Advice
<p>In most support communities, a small group of vocal members dominates the conversation—while the vast majority quietly lurk in the background. It’s easy for community managers to focus on the loudest voices. But...
Bad Community Advice
<p>Conflict is part of community management—and so are difficult members. So you just need a thick skin, right? Not quite. David DeWald, Community Manager at Ciena, joins Seth Resler of Community Marketing Revolution to...
Bad Community Advice
<p>Too many community builders spend months—or even years—designing the “perfect” online space, only to open the doors and find no one there. Todd Nilson, Community Strategist at Clocktower Advisors, joins Seth Resler...
Bad Community Advice
<p>Seth Resler asks community building professionals about the worst advice they ever received and why it doesn't work.</p>
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