How do you keep track of all the communities you should engage in?
Is it me or are there so many communities to participate in!?
I've been reading that for more engagement on your product page or website, you should participate in xyz communities. This might include Indie Hackers, Product Hunt, Reddit, Twitter, etc. And of course, you should behave like a human!
Most of the times, I enjoy participating in discussions and forums because I learn a lot of things from other posts. However, sometimes, I feel:
- Overwhelmed by all the communities to participate in
- Repetitive either in the posts I read or the comments I make
- Distracted by the constant flow of content
Does anyone else feel or have felt this way? Do you have any tips on keeping focused about community engagement? Thank you :)
Adding to what @channingallen and @th3marine already said, which makes perfect sense, quality over quantity, I have two options regarding tools...
the 1st one is quite obvious, bookmark the links and open all of them in the morning or in the evening, then CLOSE them ... engage with those communities and close all the tabs
the 2nd one is something I'm experimenting with these days, Sidekick, or any other chrome alternative that would allow you to better organize your tabs and links
with Facebook groups is easy, you just open the Groups tab and skim through the latest posts to see if there is something worth engaging
thanks for the recommendations! I'll definitely try them out :)
I definitely feel this way often. The way I've solved it is by committing myself only to a few platforms - Twitter, Facebook, and here at IH. I'm not the type of person who wants to be posting and investing in several things at once, I'd rather really dig into a few and get the most out of them, rather then being spread to thin.
So, maybe just focus on a few platforms you really like? Then work on growing other channels once the first one/two gain traction?
yeah - small steps then create big steps! Great advice :) Thank you!
I think about this a lot. Not just because I run this particular community, but also because I've begun searching for writer/reader communities for a book project I'm working on.
My advice would be to go with quality over quantity. Instead of thinking of the communities as a step in a marketing checklist, think of them as places to find fellow travelers on your overall journey. In other words, frame it as "I'm going to become a genuine member of the tribe that I serve."
So the steps might look something like this:
Anyway, that's going to be my approach.
By the way, here's a cool tool I found for navigating subreddits by category: https://www.findareddit.com. Hope it helps!
I love that quote - I'm going to take it with me! Thanks for your thoughtful insight and recommendation.
The problem these days is that there is too much choice. Just like newsletters people are oversubscribed and most communities aren't actually very good or helpful.
Find spaces that you can grow with. Ones where you can add value too. Ones where people care and respond. Communities aren't about sucking value out, they're about giving back too.
And honestly people can't meaningfully engage in more than a handful of communities, we have to get better at choosing and supporting the ones we wish to exist in the world.