About Progress Pods

Progress Pods help online memberships boost retention by building deep connections, accountability, and consistent progress — without overwhelming admin work.

We believe that tiny steps taken consistently over time compound to create extraordinary results. That’s why we built a unique accountability group system designed specifically for online memberships — helping members stay engaged, achieve their goals, and build lasting friendships.


Our Story

Progress Pods began with a simple idea: people thrive when they make progress together with others — we don't want anyone to feel like they have to make the journey alone. For years, we saw membership owners struggle with a common challenge — members joined with excitement but soon dropped off when life got busy.

We created Progress Pods to solve that problem. By combining the inspiration of a mastermind with the motivation of an accountability group, Pods empower small groups of members to meet regularly, take action, and celebrate progress together.

Today, Progress Pods are used in memberships across parenting, health, business growth, book writing, and more — always with the same result: members finally do the things they joined to achieve, and they stay subscribed longer.

What We Do

  • For Members: Progress Pods provide weekly peel-led small-group accountability meetings where participants share their highlights and insights, commit to their Next Tiny Step, and get encouragement to keep going. The result? Members feel supported, motivated, and connected.
  • For Membership Owners: Our software, ProgressPod.io, eliminates the administrative burden. Scheduling, reminders, waitlists, leader tools, and group communication are all automated — so you can offer powerful accountability groups without creating extra work for your team.

Why It Matters

When members feel supported, known, and celebrated, they stay engaged, begin to implement, and make progress.
When they make steady, consistent progress, they stay subscribed.

That’s the retention flywheel Progress Pods creates:

  • Deep friendships → More engagement
  • Consistent action → Tangible progress
  • Shared wins → Stronger community
  • Stronger community → Higher retention

And for membership owners, retention is the most powerful growth strategy you have.

Meet the Team

“We exist to help membership owners build thriving communities where members feel supported and make real progress.” — Richard Ralston, Founder

I' m Richard, and I'm passionate about helping people make progress towards their goals and dreams.

I've always been a goal-setter.

But, after becoming incredibly frustrated at not making the sort of progress I'd dreamed of, and watching so many other people also struggle, I went looking for a solution.

As I was trying to figure this out, I realised something blindingly obvious.
No one ever completed something they didn't start. 

I wanted to find a way that would help me take action every day quickly and easily.

And, do you know what I discovered?

Progress happens fast when you take single, tiny, easily doable, purposeful actions consistently over time.

As I applied this idea in my life, I started to see progress.

Eventually, I wrote down what I was doing and called it The Next Tiny Step Method.

It helps to get unstuck, eliminate overwhelm, stop procrastinating, and start making progress fast.

Because the Next Tiny Step Method worked so well, we implemented it inside our Progress Pod Accountability Groups System.

Membership owners started to see their members making faster progress than ever before.

They also noticed their members, in Progress Pods, stay subscribed longer. ?

To make it easier for more membership owners to set up Progress Pod accountability groups, I built a software platform called ProgressPod.io.

How We’re Different

Unlike generic accountability groups or masterminds, Progress Pods are:

  • Structured — with a proven meeting flow and leader guide.
  • Action-oriented — focused on the Next Tiny Step method.
  • Automated — powered by software that handles the admin.
  • Community-building — designed to deepen member connections.

Progress Pods will

  • Help your members make faster, more consistent progress,
  • Get the ongoing support and encouragement they need,
  • Build deeper connections and friendships with others in your community, and
  • Stay subscribed longer.
  • Improve your retention and increase your revenue.

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Join the Movement

Progress Pods are more than a tool — they’re a way to create momentum, connection, and loyalty inside your membership.

If you want your members to make consistent progress, build meaningful friendships, and stay subscribed, then Progress Pods is exactly what your community needs.

>> Contact us to learn how to bring Progress Pods into your membership.

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"Tiny steps taken consistently over time compound to create extraordinary results."