What Most Creators Get Wrong About Building an Online Community

Ask most creators how their community-building is going, and they’ll point to their follower count. That’s the mistake. Followers are not a community. A follower is someone who tapped a button once. A community is a group of people who feel like they belong to something — who recognize each other, who show up for each other, who’d notice if you disappeared. Those are two … Continue reading What Most Creators Get Wrong About Building an Online Community

A Practical Action Plan for Building an Online Community

There’s a version of social media success that looks good on paper but feels hollow in practice. You have followers. Your posts get views. But when you show up, it feels like talking to a room full of strangers — nobody’s really talking back, nobody knows your name, and if you disappeared tomorrow, it probably wouldn’t register. That’s an audience. It’s not a community. The … Continue reading A Practical Action Plan for Building an Online Community