I'm Rosie, I've built a 7 fig business, led community at IH, now building a community @Orbit. AMA πŸ”₯

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Hey everyone! I'm Rosie Sherry and I love building communities. I started about 15 years ago with meetups, I then started Ministry of Testing and boostrapped that to $1.5M annual revenue over 10 years. I still (co)own, but don't run the business day to day. I led the community over at Indie Hackers for a couple of years. More recently I started , a community for community builders. This has evolved over the past couple of years, from a newsletter, to a paid newsletter and now to a community with a 'community garden' approach. Rosieland is still my side-gig as I recently joined to lead up their community efforts. AMA!
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What was most exciting to you about the role with Orbit?
With my indie roots, it was a tough decision to take up a permie role. Mostly it came down to a few things: - the founders are super genuine - the product is new and has huge potential to be a change maker - the culture of shipping, product, and content wise, with care, depth and thoughtfulness is one that aligns with my heart - I get to think, write, teach and innovate on community building, every day of the week. 😍 Ultimately, my personal goal is to create genuine and meaningful impact for the community building world, Orbit aligns with that and they are supporting me in many of my crazy ideas and ways of being. πŸ™πŸ½ I guess the most exciting part is how the stars of Orbit align with me.
HeyΒ Rosie! I just started a new (private) community a few days ago. It's a community where makers can help each other with marketing (based on ) What would be your top 3 advice to grow it and make a nice place to learn?
1. connect with your people one by one - I do this a lot, it's a real honest way to connect with people without the pressure 2. the value of a paid community is not always within the walls - explore how you can serve them outside of the Circle community (e.g. Tweet about them) 3. make sure everyone gets a good response to anything they ask or share.
Thanks Rosie! By "connect with your people 1 by 1" you mean calling them?
having conversations is in whatever way is possible and meaningful. I do a fair chunk of connecting using Calendly then having video chats.
So inspiring, simply music to my ears. I'll follow you!
Thank you! πŸ™πŸ½
you deserve it! I'll read all your articles and I'll start with this one:
What tips do you have for building the right mindset?
honestly, there are two crucial things for community. The willingness to give and co-create together. Then also the understanding that community takes a long time to build. So, any mindset that aligns with those two things will give you a greater chance of success.
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Was it challenging?
Everyday is a new challenge and most definitely not always easy.
Community for community builders - this is an original idea.
this is where i struggle the most. some how i cannot build/grow communities. do you have a step by step community building playbook? teach us oh master
Hi Rosie! How do you not burn out after communication with dozens people day by day? Isn't it taking a lot of energy? Thanks!
All the best for your journey