Is building community still worth it?
A few weeks ago I interviewed Joshua Tiernan from NoCodeFounders, a successful community for indie makers building without writing a single line of code. It's a space where founders go for resources, support, and networking, and is a community that definitely built value for its users.
This is a case of success, and it's growing without limits in the number of members and quality of conversations. But I'm also looking to learn from those who have failed along the way.
We can't deny that building community is hard, and there are many reasons why you can fail in the process. Maybe your niche wasn't expecting community, engagement died, or you didn't get to acquire your first users.
Regardless of the reasons, I'd love to read the stories of Indie Hackers who raised and fail in community building. Do you think it's worth the time and effort in 2022? Why do you think your community didn't prosper?
Even if you sneaked it a little promo of your thingy I'd like to share my thoughts 😄
There's no other way around building a community. People in sales 50 years called them core fans or the horrible term "whales" (ones that spend the most) but it's some form of community of customers that love what you're doing.
It is hard. But it's all relative. There's just so much noise and distractions.
Imagine me offering a free landing page redesign with 10 years of experience in design and got 1 upvote 😄
Do you think it's worth the time and effort in 2022?
To be able to say if it worth, one needs to know the expectation. It could be two people, sharing their struggles weekly and finding some relief. It 100% worth.
These days communities built by some fast entrepreneurs filling the gaps. They don't feel like a community. No-code communities are on the rise now, newsletter people was building communities before that, audience building communities were a thing before. All slowly fading away as their hype fizzles.
Back to the question, if you charge $19/month and find 100 paying members. It would worth sparing a few hours a day to ask a few generic conversation starter questions and share a few blog posts along the way.