Build an amazing community.
Post awesome content.
Members will show up and start commenting.
That's how it works, right?
๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐!!
The one thing I notice consistently across so many communities, are community owners asking "๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ?"
We've been told that it's a simple matter of posting stuff that they want to comment on.
But quite honestly it doesn't always work that way.
The reality is that as a community owner, ๐๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ in our communities.
One thing I do in every single post is include a CTA (๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ) that tells my members exactly how to engage in the comments. I don't leave it open by saying "what's your thoughts" or "anyone else?"
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ.
Instead, I create something ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ, something ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ.
For example:
๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐?
Drop a comment below and tell me how you teach your members to engage with your content...
or tell us where you're getting stuck! ๐