118. How to Create a Community with Purpose with Pat Flynn

Do you want to grow a community of raving fans? It's not that hard to do, if you start right now. This, according to Pat Flynn on this encore release of this December 2020 conversation with him. Your community can support you in many different ways. They are your hope and support and can even become your raving fans. They can help you fight the internet trolls and help you to focus on growing your business in an authentic way. It's important to give as much as you can to your community, but just as important to ask what they need and want too. Sometimes you'll get back things in return without even asking. But as long as you are giving you will receive.  Pat also shares about how to build that community with purpose and while your mission evolves over time. Because your business will evolve and change and so will your goals around it. This conversation is as relevant today as it was in December 2020 and it's one of those rare interviews where I was pretty speechless! Tune in now! Links and Resources: Chalene Johnson Get Stuff Done Challenge Pat's latest book, Superfans: The Easy Way to Stand Out, Grow Your Tribe, and Build a Successful Business Will It Fly book Smart Passive Income Podcast Ask Pat Podcast Time Stamps: [2:12] How did Pat get into podcasting? [7:58] There's no such thing as an overnight success  [11:50] Serve first to build a community [21:25] Challenges create a fun way for a community to interact [26:45] The value and benefit of affiliate marketing [28:05] Serve first and see what you get in return [34:40] How did Pat's mission evolve over time? [39:02] How do you build a community with all the noise that is out there?