From Audience to Income: How Paid Communities Create Real Freedom EP325 Profit With A Plan PodcastReleased November 4, 2025 Guest:  Carol Tice, Journalist and Founder of the Community Growth Academy Host: Marcia Riner, Business Growth Strategist | Infinite Profit   🎯 Episode SummaryMost business owners focus on growing an audience—but an audience listens, while a community buys, stays, and grows with you. In this episode, Marcia sits down with Carol Tice, the journalist-turned-entrepreneur who transformed her blog readers into a thriving paid community that generated over $6 million before she sold it. Carol shares how to turn your expertise into recurring revenue, why your gut beats the gurus, and how building a community can fund the life you actually want. 🎥 What You’ll Learn• The difference between an audience and a true community that drives profit• How Carol turned her blog readers into a $6M paid membership model• Simple ways to validate and launch your own community in 2025• Why low-ticket memberships can outperform high-ticket offers• How to design a flexible, freedom-based business model you love ⏱️ Timestamp Highlights[00:00] The real difference between audience and community[05:00] From journalism to building a six-figure freelance business[08:00] The launch of Freelance Writers Den and early community growth[11:00] The power of closing the doors to increase demand[16:00] How modern tools like Skool make paid communities easy[20:00] Why engagement beats content for lasting member retention[27:00] Building in public: how to let your members shape your offer[33:00] Creating scalable, sellable, and lifestyle-friendly businesses 🔗 Resources & LinksCarol Tice – Community Growth Academyhttps://www.skool.com/community-growth-academy Free Case Study: How I Built and Sold Freelance Writers Denhttps://www.skool.com/community-growth-academy/about 💼 About Marcia Riner & Profit With A PlanMarcia Riner is a business growth strategist, creator of the Profit Booster® strategies, and CEO of Infinite Profit®. She helps entrepreneurs scale smarter, increase profitability, and build businesses that are worth more—whether they plan to keep them or sell them. As host of Profit With A Plan, Marcia shares expert interviews and actionable strategies to help business owners increase revenue, improve systems, and prepare for high-value exits. With decades of experience in finance, operations, and marketing, she delivers clear, profit-driving insights you can use right away. 📞 Questions? Call (949) 229-2112 or visit InfiniteProfitConsulting.com 🚀 Profit-Driven Resources (CTAs) 💰 Profit Booster® Podcast Monetization HubTurn your interviews into a client-generating machine—without adding more work to your plate.👉 Learn more at ProfitBoosterPod.com 📈 Free Growth & Marketing AuditYour leads should be converting. Let’s find out what’s missing.👉 Book yours now at ProfitBoosterBiz.com 🎧 Never Miss a Profit-Driving StrategySubscribe to Profit With A Plan on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite platform.