500 MEMBERS & #223 ON THE LEADERBOARD 🥇

Why hello there,

My Writers Club just hit the tasty 500 member mark, & our paid community has just reached 11 people.

I quite enjoy swinging by here & discussing things that have helped me grow a truly thriving community. Hopefully some of these pointers help you out 🥂

🥇 COMMUNITY CHALLENGES

If there’s one thing our community loves, it’s our weekly challenges. Every Monday, we launch a new challenge & incentivise participation by pinning the winner’s post at the end of the week (pretty simple incentive, but it works). Our challenges are designed to engage our niche, making it worthwhile for members to contribute, as each one expands their creativity & teaches them something relevant.

🥇 YOU MAY JUST FIND YOUR TEAM ON SKOOL

I started this venture completely solo, but as I built, I discovered two brilliant individuals who shared my vision and desired to join me. They possess complementary skills that would have taken me years to develop, & have solidified the value in my community more than anything else I've done.

Always keep a weather eye for those who might be the perfect fit to build alongside you, as everyone on this platform is ambitious. Lone wolf just isn't it I'm afraid.

🥇 TREAT YOUR MEMBERS LIKE FRIENDS

You're a community owner, cool story. Yes, you have more expertise in your field than your members—that’s why they joined. However, you’re never above commenting back, sending appreciation messages, & publicly highlighting them in posts.

Acknowledgment goes a long way, & I’ve made it a point to publicly and privately recognise every single one of my active members.

We all want to feel seen, & your acknowledgment has a greater impact on your community than you realise.

💭 Oh, & here's something random I learned recently:

I was rackinggg my brain, trying to figure out how communities were adding hyperlinks to their about page copy (not the dedicated links on the side). This may be obvious, but if you paste a link within this section, then write your desired text in the middle of it, you can backspace the rest, & it will retain the link, appearing as a hyperlink.

Lil life hack right there.

Anyhow, feeling excited for the future. Keep killing it friends 😇

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