{"id":4845,"date":"2017-03-20T11:15:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T18:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/3.14.248.234\/?p=4845"},"modified":"2020-06-26T13:57:26","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T20:57:26","slug":"the-importance-of-starting-a-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bamf.com\/the-importance-of-starting-a-community\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Starting A Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Individual Effort for the Community<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The community combines individual efforts to achieve larger goals faster and more <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ambitiously.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4847\" src=\"http:\/\/bamf.lovelacecreative.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/Importance-of-Starting-Community.pptx-1.jpg\" alt=\"BAMF The Importance of Starting A Community Article Image\" width=\"519\" height=\"347\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Your Current Community Starts with Five<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Motivational speaker Jim Rohn famously said that we are the <\/span><b>average of the five people we spend the most time with.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This relates to the law of averages, which is the theory that the result of any given situation will be the average of all outcomes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to relationships, we are greatly influenced by those closest to us. It affects our way of thinking, our self-esteem, and our decisions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t bother to change those closest to you, find those with a similar vision, and then lead by example.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>These 5 are Your Brand Ambassadors<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are the people who you can count on for the long-run.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They create the social validation around your vision.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, they are the people who you give responsibility to and make sure they\u2019re always happy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They help you hone your mission statement and define your unique selling proposition.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And they are you.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Great TED Talks to Watch<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><b>Why community solves addiction:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/johann_hari_everything_you_think_you_know_about_addiction_is_wrong\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ted.com\/talks\/johann_hari_everything_you_think_you_know_about_addiction_is_wrong<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Importance of leading tribes:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/seth_godin_on_the_tribes_we_lead\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ted.com\/talks\/seth_godin_on_the_tribes_we_lead<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>We need to justify our vision with brand ambassadors:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movement\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ted.com\/talks\/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movement<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>It\u2019s vital to become a purple cow, but we need others to become purple cows, too:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/seth_godin_on_sliced_bread\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ted.com\/talks\/seth_godin_on_sliced_bread<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Future of Communities<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evolved communication allows you to create hyper-relevant communities faster.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Platforms have slowly evolved to facilitate the advancement in communication.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meetup and website membership software is hard to use and has no social aspect. People don\u2019t bother to show up.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook solves these problems by bringing the social aspect back to communities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Interaction on a Large Scale<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leaders don\u2019t have infinite time.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They want to communicate with everyone at once.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Solve a problem for many customers with a single sentence.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communicating individually is not cost-effective when the communities begin expanding rapidly.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Pain Point Solved<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mix social with mass communication = holding live Hangouts on Facebook.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advanced targeted ads, Facebook notifications, and email marketing ensure attendance on for Facebook live Hangouts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commenting and replying allows for interaction and a stronger social aspect in multiple areas.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Ask yourself: What do people value?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A sense of belonging is a human need, just like the need for food and shelter. Feeling that you belong is most important in seeing the value in life and in coping with intensely painful emotions. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A sense of belonging improves your <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/basics\/motivation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">motivation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/basics\/health\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">health<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/basics\/happiness\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">happiness<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u00a0When you see your connection to others, you know that all people struggle and have difficult times. You are not alone. There is comfort in that knowledge.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Read more here: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/blog\/pieces-mind\/201403\/create-sense-belonging\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">psychologytoday.com\/blog\/pieces-mind\/201403\/create-sense-belonging <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Get Motivated<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><b>Your first goal: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">get 1000 true members<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A True Fan is defined as someone who will purchase anything and everything you produce. They will drive 200 miles to see you sing. They will buy the super deluxe re-issued hi-res box set of your stuff even though they have the low-res version. Also, they have a Google Alert set for your name. Further, they bookmark the eBay page where your out-of-print editions show up. They come to your openings and they have you sign their copies. Also, they buy the t-shirt, and the mug, and the hat. So they can\u2019t wait till you issue your next work. They are true fans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Read more here:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/thetechnium\/1000-true-fans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>kk.org\/thetechnium\/1000-true-fans\/<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Individual Effort for the Community<br \/>\nThe community combines individual efforts to achieve larger goals faster and more ambitiously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ub_ctt_via":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[112,218,114,3257,3251],"tags":[165,111],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/bamf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Importance-of-Starting-Community.pptx-1.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Houston Golden","author_link":"https:\/\/bamf.com\/author\/bamfmedia\/"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bamf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4845"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bamf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bamf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bamf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bamf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bamf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bamf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bamf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bamf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bamf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}