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I agree with Andy. I thought that building a community was the only clear path for my newsletter but in the end people are on your list primarily for your content, not for the community.<br />
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I still call my newsletter a community because it is a community of people following my content, in the same way as YouTubers have communities. It's just not a "many-to-many" community like this forum.
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It’s soooo much easier just writing an email, hitting send, and reading the occasional reply.<br />
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No having to moderate member interactions.<br />
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No getting into back and forth conversations with people paying nothing or the tiniest of monthly fees. I love doing it in thefastlaneforum, but I can pick and choose which conversations to engage in, and I’m free to ignore comments and threads.<br />
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No building something that will take on a life of its own and need minding. Sure, that could be a good thing, but not if it’s not your goal.<br />
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Whenever I started a community I had the handbrake on. I had the limiting belief that the more successful (bigger) it got then the more of my time would be needed in the community answering questions.<br />
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Like this forum, a lot of questions asked in communities I created had already been answered or were already in my course lessons. It got old quick. Now people are forced to go through the lessons if they want the answers rather than being lazy and asking me.<br />
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Oh, and I kept getting feedback from busy business owners that they didn’t want to be in yet another forum. So my ideal paying members who had money but no time were selecting themselves out of a community, and those with more time and less money we’re selecting themselves in. Not ideal.<br />
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There’s ways to get round all of the above issues, but I found I didn’t want it at all, never mind badly enough.
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</blockquote>You're both amazing af, tbh. Thank you for the insight. I created a Facebook group and a quick little banner, but after reading these comments, I've decided to postpone the group, for now. I simply don't have the time to moderate/handle it. That said, I made a post in said group stating that anyone that's willing to be an admin/mod will get access to my newsletter for free for the <b>duration</b> of their admin/mod responsibilities. Just a little FYI, in case y'all are doing the FB group thing. Figured it was a decent way of getting dedicated mods/admins that I wouldn't have to babysit.</div>
