Tribe: The definition of a tribe is a group of people, or a community with similar values or interests
There are so many ways to grow your tribe, getting people engaged with your content so they share it with their networks, that it would literally take me a whole year to list them all here.
To get any leverage in your business, you need others to be on board to support your vision, share your offerings and rave about you and your services. There is more power in others talking about you, promoting you than if you or your team were the only ones doing it.
3 Steps To Successfully Grow Your Tribe While Others Do Most Of The Work For You
1. Host Your Own Telesummit
Putting on a telesummit is no stroll in the park, it has many moving parts and I would only suggest doing them, if you already have a team in place.
As a speaker this is guaranteed way to instantly position you as an expert (if its done properly). It also leverages other people’s database bringing 100’s to 1000’s of potential clients into your world. You create a hub for clients to find you. You can also earn money for every sale generated from your event when you sign up to your speakers affiliate programs.
2. Create Your Own Affiliate Program
Creating your own affiliate program especially when you are running an event based launch allows other business owners promote you to their networks. The purpose of an affiliate program is to create a long-term mutual relationship that benefits both parties. Money is rarely an incentive for others to promote you, the value you offer is.
This needs to be done through a robust system that offers great tracking and is user friendly such as Infusionsoft, One Shopping Cart or Nanacast.
Having someone on your team whose role it is to source potential partners and take care of the admin/customer service is advisable. They can set up everything behind the scenes. They can also complete the sign up process for partners and send them their personalized promo pack, which further builds the relationship for future events and launches.
3. Host your own weekly/month events
Hosting your own weekly or monthly virtual event for your tribe to attend is great for getting more eyeballs on your business. Think of WSA’s #SpeakerChat I’m a super fan so I recommend it to everyone as its informative, fun and offers lots of valuable info, in an easy to digest format.
I also run my own Grow Your Tribe Event every Tuesday on my ResourcesQueen Facebook page. The advantages to being a host of these events is that others share your event, your brand name is spread all across varies social networks and it grows your tribe.
These are wonderful tips Mary. I absolutely love your 30 Day Grow Your Tribe Challenge, as I’ve been able to connect with so many wonderful people.
You’ve inspired me to start my own challenge: The 30 Day PutYourselfFirst Happiness Challenge. I’m so pumped up for it, and it starts October 1st.
Thanks for sharing your tips!
HI Mary,
Very good guidelines presented here.
I agree that the more people you have on board, the easier it would be to spread the word and gather fans.
Thanks for sharing your expertise.
Thanks for the advice. Having others support you is always helpful. Growing your network may mean that you are growing your reach which can also translate into more success for your business.
I am looking for a women speaker on growing your tribe for a live-event on Oct. 18 and Oct. 21.
Hi Mary Lynn. Please contact support@womenspeakersassociation.com with the details and we will share with our members.