Build a full content membership site using Webflow and Memberstack

What is it:

No Code MBA is all about teaching and inspiring others how to build their own no-code business with step-by-step tutorials, clone-able templates, and motivating stories from profitable no code founders.

Maker Insight:

I've learned how powerful no code truly is, and how quickly it's moving. As an example, when I first started I planned to use a platform like Teachable to host all my content. As I learned more, I discovered I could build a full content membership site using Webflow and Memberstack, allowing for full customization of how I display content and how users interact with the site. And by adding Circle's single sign on integration with Memberstack, members can have one unified experience between the content and the community on Webflow.

What did I learn:

1. Community - How can you connect an out of the box community tool like Circle with your app so that it feels native?

This Maker insight was really helpful if you are considering creating a community alongside your core value prop of your app. "And by adding Circle's single sign on integration with Memberstack, members can have one unified experience between the content and the community on Webflow. "

Memberstack is a highly recommended product that makes it insanely easy to create a web application possible with nocode when using Webflow. This stack is also referred to as the WAMZ stack. Webflow, airtable, Memberstack and Zapier to make a working application.

2. Dynamic filtering - Jetboost is the go to tool for the dynamic filters when using Webflow. If you are having a similar feature on your site I would recommend checking this out because it's one of the better examples I have seen for a clean easy to filter presentation. Filtering may sound easy and basic, but you would be surprised when implementing how tricky it can be. Often it is very easy to create too many filters.

If you're designing a product, you have to think about what core action do you want your user to take? If it is to sign up and become a member or pay, then you should consider how much dwell time a user spends on a certain page. How can you create the aha moment in your users mind that the resources you have provide value and the user believes that they woudl be missing out if they lost site of your project (leave and not come back) or didn't sign up. I thought Seth did a wonderful job of keeping this page https://www.nocode.mba/tool-list simple with the core action of filtering by category. Great page to model after if you are considering it.

3. Loom - many may not be familiar with this tool, but Loom is a great tool to record tutorials. Seth uses it to deliver his core product value here: https://www.nocode.mba/courses.

I've used several times for myself and I would recommend it, also as a strategy to use to build in public. When you are building out in the open it allows you to accomplish two things. You product making becomes the marketing. When you share your work openly, you start to receive a compounding benefit. Because you aren't spending extra time creating content marketing, your product making becomes the content marketing thus giving you a massive economies of scale.

As a Maker building in public allows you to realize this. And especially if you are solo Maker, every minute, every hour counts and often can make the difference between succeeding and failing.