🥳 100 members in free community in under 30 days

Jul '24 (edited) in Other

I started my free community on the 17th of June and today I woke up to more than a hundred members...finally in the 3 figure club haha.

I'm happy to experience this growth but what's more important for me is to see that 81% of members were active 🗣️

The way I grew my free group was with 2-step posts on instagram, i.e. I post daily reels with the cta to read the caption and then the cta in the caption is to comment to receive access to my free lead magnet (which is a link to my free community).

In terms of engagement, I publish a post every single day inside my free community with a question and poll so that it is easier for members to engage and share their thoughts. Also, I did not let everyone into my free group. I made sure that they had a profile photo, short bio, and answered the membership questions. In my mind, if someone isn't willing to upload a photo and add a short bio then they are unlikely to be anything other than a lurker in the group (or a bot).

Next steps for me are to continue growing and nurturing my free community while getting an evergreen offer ready for my paid community 🤑

P.S. I learned about 2-step posts from

@Andrew Kirby

and he also made a post about this strategy on this post in the games community.

📈 I started my free community as well and am on my way to my first 100 members!

🚀 I started my free community and already have over a hundred members!

😔 I haven't started my free community yet...

💰 I don't have a free community and only run a paid community.

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