Review: How to Grow a Winning Community
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 29, 2012
If you want to take your writing seriously as a blogger there are a few key components:Something to write about.Somewhere to write.Someone to write for.In his newest book, Community Wins: 21 Thoughts on Building a Thriving Online Tribe, humor writer, blog coach and hurricane dodger Bryan Allain addresses the importance of your audience and how you can best engage with them.After reading his first book, 31 Days to Finding Your Blogging Mojo, I was excited to receive an advanced copy of Community Wins (don't worry, this review is pro bono). The book is packed with insight from Bryan's 10 years of blogging, starting Killer Tribes and even launching a conference.Each chapter of Community Wins is concise and direct yet written in a cheeky conversation tone that will have you laughing out loud. At the end of each chapter is an Action Step that allows you to apply what you learn in a simple, straightforward approach.Bryan doesn't offer a formula that will make your writing instantly translate into an online tribe of followers who'll take a bullet for you. But it will equip you with practical tools and guide you on the journey to growing a community that will enrich your life and open doors to amazing opportunities.A few chapter titles include:04 - Expectations & Dreams11 - Play to Your Strengths20 - For the LoveIf you are a writer, blogger or artist with an online platform you can't go wrong with Community Wins. Bryan's candid approach is refreshing.