Finding The Right Community For Your Small Business

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Hello and welcome to another episode of Small Business Growth Addicts. Thank you for being here with me today. Today I'm going to be talking about community. Now they say that 2026 is going to be the year of the horse. However, I'm going to say in business, 2026 is going to be the year of the community. Now I want to talk about what that actually means. You'll be hearing community a lot just now. There's communities opening everywhere, you know, but ultimately they're groups, their memberships, or that kind of thing. So going to get a bit more into that. And also, as business owners, why do we want a community? Why do we want to be part of something like that? What actually is the benefit? What's the benefit to you? What's the benefit to your business? And also want to talk about finding the right ones because not all communities are equal. So let's get into it. Let's pause for a second to hear a word from our sponsors.

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So there's a saying that it takes a village to raise a child, which I truly believe. And if that is the case, then can we start to just normalise it taking a village to build a business as well? Because it does. It really, really does. Doing things on your own is hard going and wearing all the hats, you know, we have to be doing the actual job that we set out to do that we wanted to start our business for, and also marketing and customer service and usually accountancy editors of videos or whatever it might be. There's a lot going on, and doing it all yourself can really lead to like not enjoying what you set out to do. A lot of us have left employed roles, employed nine to five roles in search for something better, and we can often then become our own worst bosses after that because we're just trying to do it all ourselves, and it doesn't have to be like that. Now, I myself run a group community at its heart, it's a social media mentorship community, but it's evolved into so much more than that. Oh, the members there are they're supporting each other, they're buying from each other, they're booking each other, recommending each other to friends, family, business contacts, they are working together. You know, four of them have just recently ran an a live in-person event, which was I was so lucky to be invited along to, and it was fantastic. That's an understatement. You know, they're just sharing everything in there. So I do see every day firsthand just how much better and easier and more fun it makes small business life. And that's why community is one of the pillars of my get seen get sales method, GSGS method, which is the name of the group as well. I I truly believe in it. I truly believe now my first business, which was around 12-ish years ago now, I think. When I first started out in business, I was a wedding and event florist, and that business really did not start to grow properly until I started getting the right support. And that was things at that point for that business, like collaborating with other wedding service providers like photographers and stationers and that kind of thing. We were doing things like photography shoots together where everybody would supply their offering, their product, their service to the shoot, and then we would all get the images and use them to, you know, collaborate online on social media to encourage others to follow along and just tap into each other's audiences, you know, that kind of thing. So doing stuff like that, then I could make friends with these business owners as well who were in a similar industry and keep in touch, and then that point then you can ask questions, you know, you can say you're faced with this challenge. Have they ever come across anything like that before? Maybe it's a difficult client, or just a new client that you're not sure what direction to take it in, or anything at all. Just having like-minded people to be able to ask questions is so important for business growth. Making friends with fellow florists at that point as well. You know, there's a friend I still have to this day. Hi, Elaine. We were both up for the same floristry award. And I messaged Elaine at the time, I'd never met her before, I'd never known it, I'd never seen her at our Unwenything, spoken to her online, I had followed her online, and I messaged to say, you know, there's nowhere else I would rather be up against this for. I'd be delighted for you if if you won, because I've been following your work for years and I absolutely love it, you know. And and she said the same, and we just became friends. Like, you know, I was at our wedding, she was at my wedding. It's amazing, you know, the community there. And Elaine and I were able for years to go back and forth, particularly talking about mechanics of floristry. You know, we did quite big events and suspended things from ceilings and built archways and whatnot. And we could go back and forth and say, what sort of wire did you use for that? How did you suspend that? How long did that take you? So I can factor it in, you know, what did you charge for that? Like it was community over competition always. And that is just something that I have learned works and I have carried through my entire self-employed small business career now, as I say, uh we're like 12 years later. It works, it really works, it makes small business life easier, it makes it better, you can grow faster, you can be more consistent, you can be held accountable. There's all sorts of things that communities can find you, and I'll talk more about that in a second when it comes to actually finding a community that works for you. But the why really is that it brings so many benefits, you know. I spoke about trying to do everything yourself. That can not only be stressful, it can lead to really burning out and not enjoying what you started out to do, but it can also feel really lonely at times, you know, if it's just you and your laptop day in, day out. Community for you could even be working from your local coffee shop a couple of times a week, get to know the staff, you know, they get to know your order. You might get to know some locals that come in, you know. That isn't quite what I was talking about there, you know, knowing other business owners in the same industry, etc. But it's still at least you're surrounded by people, you're still there doing your own thing, even if you like to keep yourself to yourself. But being in that sort of area can give you a little buzz and a little lift that you might not even know you're missing. But if you're at home working from home or just working from your office or whatever every day, day in day out, and it's just you and your laptop, like it can get lonely. Human beings are hardwired to be surrounded by other human beings. And you know, if you are doing everything yourself, where do you go if you're stuck? You might have a trusted friend that you can ask, like I mentioned there with Elaine, which is amazing if you do. But make sure you do have one or more people, you know, that you can ask questions about if you're stuck or just run something past to see if you're on the right lines, you know. Like, if not, it's just much harder than it needs to be and just not as fun as it possibly could be. If you know me by now, you'll know that I love social media. It's how I've grown my businesses, and now I want to help you do the same. That's why I created Get Seen Get Sales, my mentor group for small business owners who want to get seen online and actually attract followers that convert to customers. Inside, you'll get weekly content prompts, live workshops, and support on everything you need to grow confidently on social media. If you're feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or just ready to do things differently, I've got you. Head to smallbusinessgrowthadicts.com to join us. Now, you're probably going to be thinking that you use Chat GPT for a lot of these things just now. Okay, right? I know, I get it. I know that we all are, and ChatGPT is a revolutionary source for small business owners. There's no doubt about that. We can ask at things that previously we would probably have paid someone to ask. My first thought there went to my website when I was doing a few things on my website, and I put it into ChatGPT, what I was trying to do, and it was able to bring up the step-by-step lists of what I needed to do and it worked. That's fine, I think, for things like that, but there's always going to be things that we want to go deeper into, and nothing is ever going to be getting a human response that's came from real lived human experience. Because I have had a few occasions now where ChatGPT has also given me the wrong answer to something. It is mostly technical questions. I ask it because that's not my strong point. I was asking it something about a Facebook group for a member of my group the other day. I wasn't sure of the answer. It was a technical question as to how to actually do something, a setting. And it gave me the answer saying that you couldn't do this particular thing on the mobile app. And I'm thinking that doesn't sit right. So I went in and tried it, and it turns out you could, you know. So that's the thing. Now, if someone asks me that, I can give you the real life human experience of me doing that, which is just a totally different ball game altogether. There's other things that come from being part of communities as well, whether you're in a group, an online group setting or it's a face-to-face event that you go to, or you know, you're meeting a friend for co-working at a local cafe. You know, I used to do that years ago as well. It sounded crazy at the time, like we would just meet up and sit there and work. And I thought, what is the benefit of that? But the benefit was great, like you just weren't lonely, you know, and we could take a break and grab a cup at and just have a wee chat, you know. But let me tell you, some of those co-working sessions I had were some of the most productive couple of hours of work that I've ever done. And I didn't think that would be the case when it was first put to me. I thought, okay, we'll try it, but I can see this just work getting put to the side and we're just going to chat. But it wasn't like that at all. So this is a thing. Community can mean anything for you. You could be part of a big online community, you could be part of a face-to-face thing, or it could just be you meeting up with a friend to co-work once a month, whatever it might be. And the other sort of benefits of that are things like accountability. We certainly do that in Get Seen Get Sales, GSGS as I call it, which is my online community. We have an accountability area. So at the start of each month, I'll shout out and ask if if any members have anything they're working on that month that they would like a little bit of accountability for. You know, by that I mean let's document your goals and then we'll check in. You know, I don't take over in any way whatsoever. They're the boss. I'm just a wing woman. And what we do is we check in every Friday and I'll say, How are you getting on towards those goals this month? And they'll be like, X went well, why didn't it go so well, didn't get around to that. And we can just sort of cheer each other on, you know, and I can say, okay, can we factor that in for next week? Or how are you feeling about that? Do you think maybe the fact you've not got to that means it's not as important as you thought it was? You know, we can just sort of thrash it out a bit. And that's another thing, getting different perspectives from people as well. Like, you know, our perspective isn't the only one, and how nice it is is just to get someone else's perspective on something. Like I just mentioned there, you know, we could have a goal for the month, but then we're two weeks into the month, you tell me you haven't got to it yet. Well, maybe you need to look at that and see why were you doing that in the first place? Why have you not got to it yet? Is it not important? Is it challenging and you're avoiding it? Do you actually not know what you're doing and you need a bit of help with it? And then the help as well, like the community I've built certainly has so much experience in it. I can't even tell you. There's like 40 members who some of them do similar things, and that community there is incredible. So I think we've got like three travel agents, for example. Now, community over competition, they are not competing against each other. What they are doing is getting their heads together and sharing experience, and there is nothing, nothing better than that at all. In fact, if you can hear a pinging in this audio at all, it's actually my community pinging in the background, and that'll just be members chatting to each other. We're not giving our services away for free in the community. I wouldn't encourage anyone to do that, and they they definitely do buy from each other and book each other. You know, we've booked website audits in there, we've booked massage, we've booked catering, you name it so far in there. But if you've got a little question that one of our members can help you with, someone this morning was wanting to update their social links on their website and WordPress, didn't know where to start. And I was able to tag three other members who got web design experience who are highly likely to be able to help, just as in, you know, point you in the right direction, give you a couple of steps, that's all. Sharing your experience and answering the question, well, that is nothing. It takes two minutes of your time to support another business owner who would otherwise be quite stuck. So being able to share experience, whether you're in the same industry or not, is a fantastic, fantastic growth tool for your business as well. And consistency, I mean that's something that every small business owner I've ever spoken to has always struggled with, staying consistent with whatever it might be posting on social media or whatever it might be. I spoke about that accountability, you know, that sort of comes hand in hand with consistency then because it's not like you're being held accountable, so you know, you've got homework to hand in, sort of thing. It's just like, you know, you said this was important to your business and you asked for someone to check in with you. So you're more likely to be more consistent in achieving that goal, which is only good for you unless, of course, you figure out, like I mentioned earlier, that it shouldn't have even been one of your goals at all because it wasn't important, you know. But God, the difference it can make in consistency, just knowing that there's someone else somewhere looking out for you and looking to see if you've did it, you know, really can spur you on to be more consistent. Then I want to talk about finding the right community. You know, I've gave loads of examples so far. It can be one person, it can be two people, it can be a whole group of people in person, online, you know, it can be anything, it can be of all different, various forms. But I just think as long as you've got someone or a group of people that you can do all those things we've mentioned there, then the difference you'll feel in yourself and the difference you'll see to your business, it can't not work. Now, I would say though, when it comes to finding the right community, at its basic level, there are certain things that I think a community should give you. And one of them is feelings of being seen, being understood. This is a like-minded person, like-minded people, and that you're in amongst people who get it, you know, they get what your life is like. You know, if you're a parent, for example, you might be a busy mother, you can't always be as active in your community as possible. You know, you would hope that you're in a group of like-minded people who would understand that and never ever, you know, make you feel bad for that, or you know, and also have alternative ways that you can keep up and dip in and out. This is a big reason as to why we ditch live calls. For example, in my group, we used to have a live monthly masterclass and people were just finding it really impossible to make them to attend them, you know, because life is so unpredictable, especially when you have caring responsibilities like children or elderly parents or, you know, just your business in general. Things come up. It's very hard to commit to being somewhere at a certain date and time. So I put the feedback out and asked if they would like to try pre-recorded masterclasses that you can just sort of listen to, almost like some of them will be podcast episode, where you can just tune in when you're going to walk or in the car. Others will be sort of just sit down for like half hour with your notepad, make some notes and really learn something that you can go away and implement that day. And it was a hundred percent yes. And because we've got so many other things going on in the group where we can sort of come together with no pressure, we tend to have text-based threads. We have a community hour, an hour a week where we all try our best to be online. But the thing we're doing it not as a live call, we're just doing it as a text-based thread. You can still jump in on that if you know you're in the queue for the post office about to send some parcels away for your business, or you've had to go and pick your Wii One up because they're sick and they've come home from school or nursery. If they're having a little nap, you might have five minutes where you can jump into that text, but you wouldn't otherwise, you know, if it was a live call, be able to join. So I think definitely make sure that whatever community you're involved in, it's going to make you feel like you're in the right place, that you're seeing like-minded people and that you're understood, you know, that you're in similar company. I would say that's a definite how you should feel. You shouldn't feel under pressure or out of place in whatever community you decide to join. And then there's the practical business benefits that you're joining for. You know, you should be able to get faster answers than you usually would if you were doing it yourself or just relying on Google or ChatGPT or whatever. And also know that those answers, whether it's coming from a fellow member of the group, the community, or whether it's coming from the person who leads it, you of course want to make sure that that is reliable, trustworthy information that you're getting there as well. And I think you should be able to get feedback on things as well. Mines, for example, at its core is a social media mentorship community. What we're doing at its very core is learning how to grow and get seen and get sales on social media. We're learning how to make social media easy, fun, and profitable. Like I mentioned at the start of this episode, there's so much more happening there now, which is amazing and fantastic and completely and utterly encouraged. At its core, what we're doing is learning how to get seen and get sales on social media. So, with that in mind, you know, whatever the core value of the community you're in is, I would like to think you would be able to get feedback on whatever that is as well. You know, whatever it is that the main purpose you've joined for, make sure it's a two-way street and that you can ask questions and get feedback and whatnot there as well. Then, you know, there's a long-term benefits as well that we spoke about that less risk of stress, less risk of burnout from wearing all the hats, more consistency. I would think if you're part of a community, you you would want to see fewer start-stop periods in your business, you know. A lot of the small business owners I meet who work on their own have a lot of stop-start periods, you know. Social media, for example, they go all in and they're posting every day and they're doing that for a month and then they're not getting instant results in their first stop. And then two or three months later, they'll pick it up again, and it's just that constant pattern. But when you're part of a community and you've got all those things that we've mentioned already, then your stop start should be stop. Much less, I would say, but they should stop because you've got resources and tools and support and trusted knowledge that you can actually act on, and just so much comes from it. Let's pause there for a second to hear a word from our incredible sponsors today. 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So now it comes to finding the right community. And of course, there's free communities and there's paid communities. So I want to talk about that today as well. Now I think first off you should have a good think about why you're wanting to join a community in the first place. Is it purely for company? You know, like that might just be finding a friend, a fellow self employed friend who's can just Move it around to their laptop that you can meet for a co-working date once a month, once every two weeks, whatever that might be for you. If you're looking for something more than that, that you're actually looking to join a community in order to learn something, like mine, for example, where at its core it's a social media mentorship community, then you know make sure that that is at its core and you can read reviews and read client feedback, member feedback, and whatever that that is actually what's happening there, and they're getting results on that. Definitely think about why you would want to do this in the first place to join any sort of community or start any sort of relationship, working relationship, what you at its absolute core want to get out of it as a bare minimum. Now, you absolutely can build your own. Like when I mentioned at the very start of my small business adventures when I was a wedding and event florist, I very much built that myself. I've always used Instagram. I love Instagram, and I would just follow other accounts and like wedding photographers and say, you know, really love their work. That's a gorgeous photo, or that I knew that we had an upcoming mutual couple for a wedding, and I hope I can catch them in the morning and say hi, you know. That's sometimes all it takes. And before you know it, you know, you're messaging back and forth, or you're starting a group chat, or whatever it might be. It could be as simple as that. If all you're looking for is connection with like-minded people, it could be as simple as that. And when it comes to social media and building community via your own profiles, I love logging on to my social media platforms every day, particularly Instagram, because that is my main one. It's my favourite one. Like I can log on there and I've got a couple of DMs or a couple of comments from people that I want to hear from, you know, like it's nice, it's created so that it is nice. I don't follow anyone who makes me feel bad or who's not aligned with my set of values. I don't have anyone following me who's like that either. If there ever have been a few in the past, I just remove them as a follower and that's the end of it, you know. I want that to be like opening a book or opening the daily newspaper or a magazine where it's a nice place to be and it's got stuff that I'm interested in when I open up my social media platform. So if you're looking to use your own social media platforms to build community, then ask questions. I did a post the other day there that was if you and I went for a coffee, here's a few things you'd probably learn about me. The first time being I don't like coffee. That post has got like over a hundred comments and it's been shown to like 2,000 of my 3,000 existing followers, you know. I'm delighted by that. The call to action on that post was what would I learn about you if we went for coffee? And there's so many interesting answers in there. Like, I've genuinely enjoyed reading that. That's not being a chore, that's not been any sort of clickbait or anything like that. Because community is at the core of what I do, and I would hope that that comes through in my social media as well. Like, I was just genuinely wanting to know who's here, and if we went for a coffee, what would I be likely to learn about you? And the community delivered, you know, and that tells me that I'm doing something right, that people feel comfortable to answer, they want to answer, they want to engage with me. You know, there's no sales in it, there was no top tip in it for them or anything. That was purely it and it was lovely. At the end of the day, we are a business, and I know you're here to make sales, and if you're using social media, you want to make sales. But trust me, that middle part, I talk about attraction content. Attraction content is to find new ideal client followers and bring them into your world. Conversion content is the content where we ask for the sale, buy now, book now. Nurture content is the middle part where we're building community, building trust, helping our followers get to know us, finding out more about them, talking about why you do your job, etc. etc. And trust me, the magic happens in the nurture part, the sales decisions happen in the nurture part. Because if you're getting that part right and you're building your community and you're just being a real human being on social media, then when at the right time where they need your product or service, you're gonna be at the top of their mind. They feel like they know you already, and that's amazing. So, yeah, you can use your own socials to build social media. It's you can you can build your own community on your own social medias by all means. Ask questions, answer questions, keep in touch with people. Then there's other things like Facebook groups. Facebook groups can be a fantastic place to have community. They are not all equal by any means. I'm in a few, I've come out of a few, you know, that's just a regular experiment for me. I want to do with my own work because I teach about Facebook groups in my community as well. That's part of what we do in there is our social media mentorship, is how to attract and nurture and convert in Facebook groups. They're not all equal, and it mostly comes down to how they're run. There's some that are very, very well moderated, you know, and the admin person or persons is involved in the group and they don't let bots in, and they're not allowing just constant sales posts, you know, they're encouraging engagement, they're encouraging questions and whatnot. And if you can find Facebook groups where your peers are hanging out, so there's two sort of avenues here. You might want for business, you will want to find Facebook groups where your ideal clients are hanging out. But for this community aspect, for you as a business owner, you want to find communities where your peers are hanging out. So, again, for example, if you're a wedding photographer, you might want to find a wedding professional's Facebook group, you know, and that could be it. That could be your people. And it's just a matter of searching for them and finding them and joining them and seeing what they're all about. And if they're not for you, you just leave. That's it. If they are for you, get involved. Like all those things I mentioned, ask questions, answer questions, um, ask for feedback, you know, ask for an accountability buddy, etc. etc. You can definitely do this in Facebook groups as well. Quick pause from our conversation because I'm wondering how you'd feel if I told you I could give you a free£50 today. Yep, if you've been thinking about moving your business bank account, or perhaps you don't have a business bank account yet, I can highly recommend Monzo. And if you open an account with them via the link in today's show notes, you get a free£50. Monzo are free to bank with. I bank with them personally. It's so easy to use and also they won best business banking provider in the UK in 2024. So if you don't have a business bank account yet, or you're looking to change from where you are just now to free business banking and£50 in your account, head over to small businessgrowthadicts.com for the link and enjoy. Now, when it comes to paid communities, this is more when it gets a bit more nitty-gritty, isn't it? Because you're partnering with your hard-earned cash. So this is where it's more about really, really being sure on that purpose as to why you want to be in a community in the first place. So if you're really wanting to learn something, you know it's unlikely that you'll go very deep into that subject in any of the free communities. There are free communities out there that almost are like lead magnets. The sort of freebie join the group, and I will help you grow on Instagram, for example. So you're a small business owner who wants to grow on Instagram and you join this Instagram Facebook group. And the person in there, their goal ultimately is for you to join and then to give you tips and for regular and whatever, but ultimately they want you to join a paid community or a paid course or whatever it might be. With that in mind, you'll learn a certain extent. Generally, if you want to go deeper and actually really, you know, build on that, then it leads into something paid, you know, which is fair enough. It's like I said, we're all businesses at the end of the day. But just be mindful of that. You know, if you get into a paid community, what's the core purpose of the group that you're looking at? Like I say, mines is a community of small business owners who are now supporting and booking and buying and collaborating and helping each other and answering questions. It's just amazing. But at its core for me, I'm a social media mentor for small business owners. And at its core, my group's purpose is to help small business owners get seen and get sales on social media, all platforms. And we do that through by five pillars. One being knowing your ideal client, the second one being making sure all your social media profiles are optimized for search, the next one being planning content that's aligned with your business goals, and then it's creating content to attract, nurture, and convert, and then community is the glue that holds it all together and makes it go. That's the core purpose of mine, although there is other things that go on in there, that's the core purpose. So you want to make sure if you join a paid community, what is it you want out of it? And are they doing that? And things to look at there, how do you access it? Is it online? Is it in person? Where is it based? What's the learning styles? It text-based things, you know, is there live calls that I mentioned earlier as well, that may or may not suit you? Maybe that's perfect for you. You would love an hour a week to just set aside to join an online workshop, that would be lovely. Or you just cannot commit to stuff like that. So therefore, you need it to be text-based, you need it to be guides and things that you can read as and when suits you. So have a look at the learning styles and the access. Also, what sort of time commitment is the group going to require from you for you to really get what you need from it as well? Okay, I've kept you much longer than I planned to, but this is something I'm passionate about. It really is. It's up there with knowing your ideal client. Community is huge, and I I think I've explained today, you know, why that is my own lived experience of it, and now that the fact that I'm leading a community as well, what I see happening every day is just something truly incredible. So please find your people. 2026 is year of the community. Find your people, whether it's a friend to co-work with once a month or it's uh an online group, but free, paid, whatever you decide to do. And somewhere you could start actually as well that I've not mentioned is email communities. Now that might sound quite impersonal, but I send out two emails a week, one on a Monday as with a new podcast episode, and one on a Thursday is a very much community-led. It's just me saying hi, asking how you are, what's new. I'm talking about what's in my DMs this week. I'm giving a good hook, you know, one that I can give an example of that's worked for me personally, that's along the lines of a track launch of convert. Yeah, it's very community-based. So honestly, see if you just want to start there and get a feel for how it is, I will pop the link to join my email list below. I don't even like saying email lists, my email community. Let's start calling it that. If you would like to join my email community, which is completely free, then please do that as a start to get a feel for how community feels. Do that. That's today's call to action. Come and join my email community and get a feel for that. And of course, when you sign up, you'll get a 30 free hooks as well. So you'll get that dropping in this hooks for any social media platforms. That do work. You can go news today. So that's just to be added bonus. But come in for the community and see how it feels. And let me know. Let me know if you join from this episode. Please say hi. I would really love that. That would make my day. Okay, I've kept you longer than I meant to, so I'm going to sign off with that. I will speak to you soon. Take care. Thank you so much for joining us today for another episode of Small Business Growth Addicts. I hope today's episode has given you inspiration and tangible tips that you can use to grow your small business in a way that feels right for you. 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