Cultivating Thought Leaders and Side Hustlers

If you are trying to figure out how to make your life really easy when creating a community you really want to just start with a transition. It’s the first step and it’s the most important step. Human beings are constantly in transition, it’s what makes life interesting and fun, even if it’s a challenge. In today’s episode Gina breaks down why she doesn’t recommend starting a community with a niche and why starting with a transition and continuing to transition with your members is the best way to grow a community.

These days, it’s easy to think social media is the only way to let people know what you’re up to. But that’s simply not true. In fact, sharing something on social media doesn’t necessarily have the reach that we think it does. In today’s episode, Gina gets specific about how to reach out to your people and your people’s people to grow your community. And remember, you don’t have to be on social media if you don’t want to.

AI is here to stay and building out systems to ensure that it’s helping our learning as opposed to hindering is important. In today's episode Gina dives into community building with a clear ideal member, transition, and best year ever. When cultivating a community of thought leaders, it’s crucial to make the most of sophisticated software to connect those people to each other, rethink how we create group projects and ensure that people are able to meet in person.

Building a community is all about relationships and with each new member your community becomes more valuable. In this episode, Gina breaks down how to get more members by using your own network AND how to ask other members to reach out to theirs. When you’re really specific about who your ideal member is, it’s a lot easier to bring someone in who is looking for the same results and transformation they can’t get on their own.

We get it, it’s time to move your community to your very own platform at Mighty. Nervous? Don’t be. In today’s episode, Gina breaks down the most efficient way to move your community over to Mighty. The migration will also help you get even more clear on your ideal member, offer and the value of your community. Remember,  communities are about growth, new experiences and what is now possible with new technology. That's the future. That's community and this is people magic. Additionally, we’re going to add a bonus guide for you to aid in moving from Facebook to Mighty.

Community is so much more than a buzz word or an HR motto. When deciding between a content business or a network business, you should always choose a network business. As opposed to adding content to an already saturated market, building community allows people to build relationships with real humans in pursuit of results and transformation you can’t get on your own. You can still create content, but by doing so with a community, you’re the owner of the platform as well.

Whether your course sales are down or you just want to increase your sales, there is a way to make courses more interactive and future-proof. Reimage your course as a set of things that a group of people are going to do together instead of passively consuming content alone. In today’s episode Gina breaks down why this will make your content more valuable and why it’s so easy to do on Mighty Networks. Want more? Listen to: Invest in Relationships Not Content

If you’re charging someone a fair price for something that’s going to have an impact on their life and get them results and transformation, you can pick a price that everyone will feel good about. In today’s episode Gina breaks down charging for a membership vs charging for a course, event or challenge and why you don't have to choose that price out of thin air if you’re focusing on the results your members are looking for.

If we spend too much time interacting with synthetic people, we get worse at communicating with real people. Whether you're building new courses for your community or if you could use help organizing your thoughts, articles and content, AI can be a super useful tool. But if you lean on it too much for content production it can be really mediocre. In today’s episode Gina dives deep into how people are using AI to bring community together through people magic.

When your business has hit a plateau, it’s important to take a pause and do an inventory. In today’s episode, Gina dives deep into transitions and why getting more specific about how you help someone with that transition and their overwhelm will encourage them to keep coming back to your community and bring new people in. Spend time thinking about the uniqueness of your community and how you can help them navigate and then you can begin your growth strategies.