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5 Principles for Sharing Your Personal Convictions as a Christian Leader (without promoting legalism) [112]
Christian leaders are often passionate about what they believe. But they do not always share their personal convictions in ways that are healthy or productive. There is real danger when Christian leaders use their personal convictions as a mandate for how others...
How to Respond to Crisis as a Christian Leader
I've hesitated to share my thoughts on the current situation with the coronavirus. I am not a medical expert nor do I claim to have all the answers. And I'm certainly not as informed as many others about the current crisis. However, based on what I've been seeing...
The Problem of Legalism in Christianity and How Our Personal Convictions Arenât Helping
When I was in college, I spent a semester in Central America. It was one of the most impactful experiences of my life. I lived with a family in Costa Rica, but I also traveled to the countries of Nicaragua, Cuba, and Guatemala as part of the semester. And I saw...
How to Have Better Friendships
Do you want to have better friendships? Do you find yourself feeling lonely at times? Do you look around and see lots of other people with their groups of friends - and wonder where yours is? Do you ever get that pang of jealousy when a group of women you know is...
5 Life Lessons I’ve I Learned in 38 Years
I turned 38 this week. The night before my birthday, my knee was swelling up and I had to take ibuprofen and put pain cream on it. Apparently this is what happens when you turn 38. My birthday is on September 11th, which, for the past 17 years, has been a really tough...
Why Habits Matter in a Leaderâs Life
Several years ago, a leader in my life told me how she would get up early and read her Bible in the morning. She shared how it was so helpful to start her day that way. I remember thinking, âWell, I could never do that. Iâm not a morning person, and Iâm SO tired as a...
5 Steps to Creating New Habits
Habits are vital to developing as a leader. They are foundational to success in just about every area of life. But even though we know they are important, many of us struggle with creating new habits. What holds us back from developing habits, and how can we start...
Freedom Journey: Wild and Free
Are you walking in freedom as a Christian woman? Being wild and free looks different for each of us; some of us are free like a crashing creek, and some are free like a peaceful lake. Find out how God illustrated this to me on a hike in Glacier National Park.
My Wandering Heart, the Problem with Staying, and True Freedom
This post contains affiliate links, which means if you choose to make a purchase via one of the links, we will receive a commission at no extra cost to you. This helps to support the costs of running the podcast and blog. They say one of the hardest things to train a...
Freedom Journey: Free from the Fear of Crying
I felt it all day. The lump in my throat just sat there. Every time I thought about meeting with my mentor, my eyes started to water. I pushed the tears back, saving them for later. When I sat down in her chair that afternoon, the tears flowed like a river. I let go...
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![BUILDING AN AUDIENCE VS. GROWING A COMMUNITYâ
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"In order to have a successful business, you've got to grow your audience."â
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"If you want to publish a book, you need a large platform."â
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These are things I've heard and learned over the years in the online space, and even things I've shared with others in my world.â
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And the fact is, they are partially true. But they are not the whole truth.â
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Here's what I know to be true: you can have a thriving business with a small, but loyal community.â
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And while a larger platform can make it easier to get a publisher to pay attention, what's even more important than the size of an audience is the engagement of that audience.â
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Where so many people go wrong is when they focus on building an audience rather than developing a community.â
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So what's the difference? Here's a breakdown from my most recent podcast episode:â
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⢠With an audience you tend to have one-way communication; a community has two-way communication.â
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⢠In an audience, thereâs a level of separation between the leader and the audience members; with a community there's relationships between the leader and the members.â
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⢠With an audience, people are a number, potentially contributing to the leaderâs goals for building a platform; in a community, people are valued contributors.â
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⢠In an audience, participants are observers of the leader; in a community, members are able to be seen and known by the leader and by one another.â
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These are small but important differences in how you approach the process of growing your business by reaching more people. In the long run, focusing on cultivating a community is going to be far more effective than simply building an audience.â
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When you have a community that you care for, they will want to be a part of what you are doing AND they are likely to invest in the offers you create.â
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Tag someone below who wants to reach more people with a message or a product or service and cheer her on to building community!â
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