Like with any goal you want to accomplish, it’s important to first know your why that motivates you.
Why do you want to grow your community? What are the main reasons you want to reach and engage more people?
Understanding the need for a why and what yours is will help keep you on track and moving towards your goals.
When you know your why it can provide you with the encouragement you need to keep going, even in difficult times.
And there will be difficult times.
Growth is a process that doesn’t happen overnight.
Creating community requires testing something out. Then seeing how people respond, learning from the experience, adjusting, and trying something a bit different. Then repeating the whole process.
When things aren’t growing as quickly as you’d hoped for, that’s when you’ll most need to know your why and remind yourself of it.
From everything you try out, though, there is always something to be learned.
So be sure to reflect, seek feedback, always be open to new ideas, and remind yourself of the powerful why that got you started in the first place. Then try something a little different and keep going.