What are some ways to boost the number of supporters?
Supporter subscribe to your community if they want to support your work/content and get value for their donations. In return, you as a community creator are responsible for delivering this content to your supporters.
Share your community URL across other social platforms you are on.
Share posts from within your community to spike interest in potential supporters
Join other Locals communities and post there
Post supporter only content that is exclusive to supporters.
If you have other platforms where you post content, try and post Locals only content so people will want to support you on Locals.
If you host videos or podcasts on other platforms (e.g. Youtube), post the videos and podcasts on Locals, ad-free or post it earlier than you would on other platforms.
If you have an online shop for merch or other tangible items, maybe provide a discount code to supporters only.
Post both Free and Exclusive content so free members can get a feel of your community and what type of content you post. For free content, make sure you turn on notifications in the publication settings so your members will get an email about it if you want them to know.
Frequently and consistently engaging in your community. Make sure you are able to post on a regular basis and comment back on messages left by your supporters.
Host a Q&A session. This gets engagement up in the comments and since only supporters to can comment, you can increase the amount of supporters from people interested in asking you questions.
Sharing personal things in the community, post about your latest vacation, your pets, what's for lunch, etc...
Asking and listening to your supporters' feedback on what they want to see. An easy way to get feedback is to create a poll.
Give free access to trusted supporters who can help you post content to make the community more engaging.
Create a promo code to give out to potential supporters to give them free access for a duration of time. They must enter in their credit card in order to process the free trial.
Please note that these are only suggestions. These may not apply to your community or be the best fit. Try and test some of these for yourself.
Ways to increase the number of supporters
Share your community
Share your community URL across other social platforms you are on.
Share posts from within your community to spike interest in potential supporters
Join other Locals communities and post there
Exclusive Content
Post supporter only content that is exclusive to supporters.
If you have other platforms where you post content, try and post Locals only content so people will want to support you on Locals.
If you host videos or podcasts on other platforms (e.g. Youtube), post the videos and podcasts on Locals, ad-free or post it earlier than you would on other platforms.
If you have an online shop for merch or other tangible items, maybe provide a discount code to supporters only.
Engagement
Post both Free and Exclusive content so free members can get a feel of your community and what type of content you post. For free content, make sure you turn on notifications in the publication settings so your members will get an email about it if you want them to know.
Frequently and consistently engaging in your community. Make sure you are able to post on a regular basis and comment back on messages left by your supporters.
Host a Q&A session. This gets engagement up in the comments and since only supporters to can comment, you can increase the amount of supporters from people interested in asking you questions.
Sharing personal things in the community, post about your latest vacation, your pets, what's for lunch, etc...
Asking and listening to your supporters' feedback on what they want to see. An easy way to get feedback is to create a poll.
Give free access to trusted supporters who can help you post content to make the community more engaging.
Free Trials
Create a promo code to give out to potential supporters to give them free access for a duration of time. They must enter in their credit card in order to process the free trial.
Please note that these are only suggestions. These may not apply to your community or be the best fit. Try and test some of these for yourself.
Updated on: 09/10/2024