The Importance Of Building A Community And How To Get Started with Dana Malstaff

Ep 0071: The Importance Of Building A Community And How To Get Started with Dana Malstaff This week I am interviewing the incredible Dana Malstaff, the CEO and founder of Boss-Mom, a community that focusses on losing the guilt when you’re raising your children and running your business at the same time. We discuss what it’s like to raising a family, or having other commitments, whilst you’re running a business. We talk about how much guilt we feel when balancing family life with work life as well as focussing on how to build a community, building a tribe that hangs off your every word. Key Takeaways Covered in the Podcast - When it comes to raising a family and running a business, everyone is trying to find their own way. Whether it’s finding value in nurture, in security or in finance. If people are doing something different to you, remember it all comes down to how you feel valued as a human being. - Guilt and sadness all comes down to believing you are making a good decision. If you are being made to feel that you’re not making a good decision, you will start to feel that guilt. - Naturally women want to multitask, which shows when it comes to both our family-life and work-life. Although it’s natural, it results in burnout. - Try to see it as an opportunity to involve your children in your work. You can teach them about the world of work and the importance of earning money. It’s also important to teach them about problem solving and the things that they enjoy. - Give your children a chance to do something else whilst you’re working. Whether it’s filming a video or drawing a picture for your client, if they have something to focus on it will make time away from them that little bit easier. - If you don’t have time to create a community, it’s important you’re creating a ‘sense of community’ instead. - People want to feel as though they’re protected in a community, so creating a space where people feel as though people are protecting them, you will gain trust. Once you put trust with the authority you have, you will gain loyalty. - One of the most important aspects of having a community is responsiveness. You need to ensure you’re responding to everyone that takes the effort to reach out to you. - A Movement Manifesto is designed to help you discover your true values as an entrepreneur. - To build your own community, you need to become micro-famous in someone else’s. To do this, join Facebook groups that are relevant to what you’re known for and search for keywords and start answering questions that you know you can help with. Spend 20-30 minutes a day becoming known. - Don’t feel as though you need a huge community in order to benefit your business. Love and nurture the people that are already in your community. Work on the things you can control and the outcomes will happen. For full show notes and links visit: https://teresaheathwareing.com/71