How to Build a Nice Girl Army with Long Time Media Executive & Startup Investor, Fran Hauser

Host Travis King of the Community Builder Podcast talks with Fran Hauser, author of The Myth of the Nice Girl, about her career, supporting female-founded startups, and the Nice Girl Army.   Episode Highlights:  Fran created the Nice Girl Army by connecting a group of women she had previously mentored so they could help to amplify the message of her book. This grew into mentoring, networking sessions, parties, and workshops. A challenge of running the community is Fran wishing she had the time and energy to invest in bringing the Nice Girl Army together to connect in person. Because they’re forced to connect online more often than in person, a technical challenge is determining the most effective and efficient platform to facilitate that. Lastly, Fran questions whether to grow the group and scale it up or if that would dilute the value. Travis suggests giving these organizing opportunities to eager members as a sort of Nice Girl Army Leadership Team. Two major models for online communities: first, many autonomous groups that loosely exist under the same umbrella, or a version that’s more tightly controlled by the main creator and brand. Fran engages with the Nice Girl Army by, for example, doing book giveaways and asking them for suggestions for her Refinery29 column. Fran and her writing partner are launching a half-day in-person workshop for how to write a book proposal.   3 Key Points: Think about what the trade-offs are to growing your business and scaling up. Engage with your community in ways that benefit you and benefit them. Best practices around community building are not discussed often enough.   Tweetable Quotes: “We go around the room, and each person introduces themselves and states an offer and an ask. So something that they can offer to the group and an ask that they have, something they need help with.” –Fran Hauser, on her mentor circles   Resources Mentioned: Fran Hauser: http://www.franhauser.com/ (Website), https://www.facebook.com/franhauserofficial/ (Facebook), https://twitter.com/fran_hauser (Twitter), http://instagram.com/fran_hauser (Instagram), https://www.linkedin.com/in/franhauser/ (Linkedin) Travis King: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travisking1 (Linkedin) http://communitybuildershow.com (communitybuildershow.com) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.