Bex Band runs Love Her Wild (LHW), one of the biggest outdoor adventure communities in the world. Her dream was to enable and encourage women to get involved in the outdoor adventure world and then support and unite them on their journey. Gather is the blueprint she wishes she had when she started to build the LHW community.
📕 Gather: How to Build a Mission Driven Online Community 📚 Author: Bex Band 📕 Publisher: Post Hill Press
👍This book is for you if you want to build a community and unite a group of people that have a shared passion. It will help you create a unique space for people to engage, thrive and grow. Once you have an active and engaged group the book provides ideas on how to monetize the community using multi-income streams. 👍DON’T discount the book if community building is not your thing! 👍This book is also useful if you want to build your profile within a community, as it gives a unique perspective as to what actions you can take to give the community what they are searching for. Through these actions you can excel in being an active member and become a top contributor. Along the way you can build your personal brand and increase your engagement with other members. Community groups give you the opportunity to showcase your expertise, increase your reach, find friends and seek out opportunities. The book gives you the behind the scenes guide on how communities are built and what they are looking for from their members. 👍The case studies throughout the book provide a different perspective from community builders across the world, they each also provide useful community building tips. 👍Chapters 5 has a more generic theme that is useful for both community builders and community group users. “Reach Your Summit” section is all about what do you want to achieve? it addresses leadership qualities, positivity and embracing your vulnerable side. 👍The next section “It’s time to start changing the voice of your inner critic” looks at reaching your potential and what is stopping you. It lists practical actions to work on yourself and break down your self-limiting beliefs. 👍Super useful book and quick to read. Whether you embrace this book as a community builder or community user, be assured there is no magic ingredient for success – it takes time, patience, creativity, energy and a very large dose of staying power!
👍Communities featured in the Book: Follow them and see how they run their communities Bee Sober
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Happy Summer Holiday Reading
I am off to hang out in my local group East Sussex and Kent Love her Wild Group
When I am not reading adventure books, I am working with DaisyVW our beautiful red campervan on personal and business branding shoots – we make sure you and your business stand out from the crowd
Join our 2024 International Women’s Day Sea Swim in Brighton – we are looking for 500 “Mermaids”