The X Podcast

Brenda RIgney
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  • Entrepreneurship
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The X Podcast with Brenda Rigney looks at the invisible work of Gen X women entrepreneurs. You’ll hear from Brenda, a 27+ year corporate exec drop-out and solopreneur on what it takes to run your business behind the scenes. Brenda will share her personal stories and lessons weekly and debunk the myths that stop you from launching your dream biz. Brenda coaches entrepreneurs in her ALIGNED AF Community membership, at her global retreats and in private coaching experiences. Learn more at BrendaRigney.com

  1. Oct 2

    How To Build An Online Business Without Burning Out

    Check out my Skool communities here 👉🏼 https://www.skool.com/skool-scale-cam...👉🏼 https://www.skool.com/ai-driven-busin... 👉🏼 https://www.skool.com/the-skool-summi...If you’ve been told you need complicated funnels, endless content, or paid ads to make money online… this will challenge everything.In this episode, I break down how I built 3 Skool communities to $15K/month in recurring revenue—without funnels.No complicated tech. No burnout. Just a simple, community-first model that turns conversations into consistent income.If you’re a woman over 40 building a coaching business, membership, or online community, this is your permission slip to simplify.Subscribe and join my Skool community to learn how to build yours—without overcomplicating it.Create your own Skool community👇🏼https://www.skool.com/signup?ref=8533...(affiliate link, I may earn a commission if you join through this)Disclaimer: Results shared in this video are based on personal experience and may vary. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

  2. Sep 28

    Why My Free Community Makes More Money Than Paid

    Check out my Skool communities here 👉🏼 https://www.skool.com/skool-scale-cam...👉🏼 https://www.skool.com/ai-driven-busin... 👉🏼 https://www.skool.com/the-skool-summi...Create your own Skool community 👇🏼 https://www.skool.com/signup?ref=8533... (affiliate link, I may earn a commission if you join through this)I run two free Skool communities with over 12,000 members combined — and they generate more revenue than most paid memberships ever will. In this video, I'll show you exactly how to monetize a free Skool community using 5 real revenue streams, why the freemium model outperforms traditional paid tiers for community growth, and how over-delivering in free communities is the smartest business decision I've ever made. This is how to build a profitable Skool community in 2025 and 2026 without charging a single dollar upfront.00:00 Intro00:32 Why most free communities fail01:29 Treating free like a premium product02:42 Inside Brenda's two communities03:55 Revenue stream #1: Summit sponsorships05:50 Revenue stream #2: Conversion to paid07:52 Revenue stream #3: Affiliate commissions09:47 Revenue stream #4: Pin posts & promotions11:04 Revenue stream #5: Course sales12:51 Design premium from day one17:14 The reciprocity principle19:42 Stop gatekeeping your best content23:40 Start over-delivering (without burning out)25:28 Think ecosystem, not funnel26:27 The long-term payoffIn this video we go over the following questions:Why do most free Skool communities fail to generate revenue?How can a free community earn more than a paid membership?What are the 5 revenue streams inside a freemium Skool community?How do you design your freemium model the right way from day one?What is the reciprocity principle and how does it boost your Skool discovery ranking?Should you give away your best content for free?Subscribe to Brenda Rigney to learn more about building profitable Skool communities and growing your online business.

  3. Sep 25

    The 50% Commission Strategy That Grew My Communities Faster Than Ads

    Check out my Skool communities here 👉🏼 https://www.skool.com/skool-scale-cam...👉🏼 https://www.skool.com/ai-driven-busin... 👉🏼 https://www.skool.com/the-skool-summi...If you’ve been told you need complicated funnels, endless content, or paid ads to make money online… this will challenge everything.In this episode, I break down how I built 3 Skool communities to $15K/month in recurring revenue—without funnels.No complicated tech. No burnout. Just a simple, community-first model that turns conversations into consistent income.If you’re a woman over 40 building a coaching business, membership, or online community, this is your permission slip to simplify.Subscribe and join my Skool community to learn how to build yours—without overcomplicating it.Create your own Skool community👇🏼https://www.skool.com/signup?ref=8533...(affiliate link, I may earn a commission if you join through this)Disclaimer: Results shared in this video are based on personal experience and may vary. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

  4. Sep 21

    You Don’t Need Ads to Grow a Community (Do This Instead)

    Check out my Skool communities here 👉🏼 https://www.skool.com/skool-scale-cam...👉🏼 https://www.skool.com/ai-driven-busin... 👉🏼 https://www.skool.com/the-skool-summi...If you’ve been told you need complicated funnels, endless content, or paid ads to make money online… this will challenge everything.In this episode, I break down how I built 3 Skool communities to $15K/month in recurring revenue—without funnels.No complicated tech. No burnout. Just a simple, community-first model that turns conversations into consistent income.If you’re a woman over 40 building a coaching business, membership, or online community, this is your permission slip to simplify.Subscribe and join my Skool community to learn how to build yours—without overcomplicating it.Create your own Skool community👇🏼https://www.skool.com/signup?ref=8533...(affiliate link, I may earn a commission if you join through this)Disclaimer: Results shared in this video are based on personal experience and may vary. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

  5. Feb 22

    Do This 20-Minute Exercise to Gain Total Business Clarity with Bree Boucher

    If you’ve been feeling stuck or unclear about your next move in business, this 20-minute guided exercise will help you reconnect with your direction. In this episode, EFT and hypnosis practitioner Bree Boucher leads you through her Hypnotic Akashic Awakening™ journey—a gentle, guided visualization designed to help you access clarity, alignment, and your future business self. This isn’t about predicting the future. It’s about accessing the clarity that already exists within you. Find a quiet place, press play, and give yourself the space to experience it. Connect with Bree Boucher:Skool: WooPreneur SocietyInstagram: @bree.boucher

  6. Feb 13

    I Couldn't Scale Past $400/Month... Until I Did This

    For over a year, I was stuck at $400/month — even though I had the funnels, the emails, the webinars, and the daily content. I wasn’t lazy. I wasn’t clueless.My business model was wrong. In this video, I break down the one shift that took me from $400 to $10–15K in monthly recurring revenue in just three months — moving from launches and long funnels to community-based summits that actually compound. If you’re working hard but not seeing momentum, this might be the shift you need. 👉 Join my free Skool community where I share everything in real time. Check out my free communities here 👉🏼 https://www.skool.com/skool-scale-camp and https://www.skool.com/ai-driven-business-summitAnd subscribe for strategies that help midlife entrepreneurs grow without burnout.

  7. Jan 30

    Monetizing Your Skool is Easy Once You Learn THIS (#7 will surprise you)

    I invite you to join my community here 👉🏼 https://www.skool.com/aligned-af-comm...Check out my free communities here 👉🏼 https://www.skool.com/aligned-af-camp and https://www.skool.com/ai-driven-busin...Most people think there’s only one way to make money on Skool.Start a paid community.Charge a monthly fee.Hope people don’t cancel.That’s wrong.There are actually 9 different ways to monetize a Skool community — and most creators miss at least half of them.In this video, I break down the only 9 monetization paths that actually work on Skool, how they funnel into each other, and which ones make sense based on your audience and your lifestyle.For context, I’m Brenda.I’ve monetized 3 Skool communities, grown them to 9,000+ members, and scaled them to $10–15k/month in recurring revenue — without funnels, cold DMs, or the content hamster wheel.In this episode, you’ll learn:✅ The non-obvious ways creators are monetizing Skool (most people never talk about these)✅ How free, paid, and backend offers stack together✅ Real examples from inside my community of people using these strategies✅ Which monetization paths work best depending on your goals + energy⚠️ And make sure you watch all the way through — #4 is extremely underleveraged, and most people have never even heard of it.00:00 – Why most people get Skool monetization wrong02:10 – My background + Skool results04:12 – The 9 ways to make money with Skool10:40 – The most underleveraged Skool monetization method18:10 – How to join the Aligned AF CommunityCreate your own skool community👇🏼https://www.skool.com/signup?ref=8533...(affiliate link, I may earn a commission if you join through this)This video was made with / @benbranding Want to learn more about YouTube? Ben's skool 👇🏼https://www.skool.com/ben/about?ref=8...(affiliate link, I may earn a commission if you join through this)Affiliate Disclosure: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links, which means I may earn a commission if you sign up or make a purchase through them – at no additional cost to you. I only recommend tools and communities I personally use and trust.Disclaimer: Results shared in this video are based on personal experience and may vary. Past performance does not guarantee future results.#Skool #SkoolMonetization #CreatorIncome #OnlineCommunities #RecurringRevenue

  8. 12/29/2025

    At 56: What Running a Skool Community Taught Me About Energy, Income, and Building Smarter

    In this episode, I share the real lessons I’ve learned about running a business and a community in midlife—after corporate leadership, burnout, reinvention, perimenopause, and building multiple communities on Skool.If you’re a midlife woman entrepreneur who:• Is tired of chasing algorithms• Wants recurring income instead of constant launches• Needs systems that work on low-energy days• Wants her business to support her life (not drain it)This episode is for you.I walk through the 10 biggest shifts that changed everything for me—from monetizing lived experience to building community instead of content chaos—and why Skool became the container that finally fit this season of life.👇 Want to go deeper? Join me inside my FREE Skool communities:✨ AI-Driven Business Summit Communityhttps://www.skool.com/ai-driven-business-summit/about✨ Aligned AF Camp (for midlife women building smarter businesses)https://www.skool.com/aligned-af-camp/aboutMidlife isn’t about pushing harder.It’s about building smarter—with what you already have.👍 Like💬 Comment🔔 SubscribeAnd share this with a woman who needs permission to build differently.

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The X Podcast with Brenda Rigney looks at the invisible work of Gen X women entrepreneurs. You’ll hear from Brenda, a 27+ year corporate exec drop-out and solopreneur on what it takes to run your business behind the scenes. Brenda will share her personal stories and lessons weekly and debunk the myths that stop you from launching your dream biz. Brenda coaches entrepreneurs in her ALIGNED AF Community membership, at her global retreats and in private coaching experiences. Learn more at BrendaRigney.com

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  • Creator
    Brenda RIgney
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    214
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Brenda RIgney
  • Show Website
    The X Podcast

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