Recently, I was speaking at a writer's mastermind group. The topic was how to bring your project to life and build your community. We were focused on books and author communities, but the strategies apply to any entrepreneur, film maker, or media creator with a project and a message for the world.

Funding your projects, raising dreams and bringing plans into reality are big topics to cover, but it really got me thinking about some of the key activities that have helped me bring my books and our Back Home Again movie to life. And, of course, the strategies were rooted in relationships and collaboration. 

In this article, you’ll find a few of the project strategies I shared. You can apply these strategies to your books, projects, launches of books and your other programs.

If you’re an entrepreneur, having big dreams to raise and bringing projects to life can be inspiring goals. But to fund your projects, you may run into challenges. In fact, lack of funding and support are often what smothers the dream from being brought to life. 

Collaboration and sponsorship could be the funding game changer. 

Think of collaboration as two or more people (or businesses) coming together to solve an issue they could not have otherwise solved on their own. This is why collaboration can help amplify messages, start movements and create a bigger impact. 

Authors and aspiring authors… The best way to launch a book, market and sell your book and create a bigger impact with your message is through the power of community. 

So many authors try to market and launch their books on their own and then are disappointed with the results.  There is an easy fix and workaround for this…engage community and champions. 

Interview with Gail Watson (WSA Publishing)

I recently had the opportunity to interview Gail Watson of the Women Speakers Association and WSA Publishing… and WOW! She shared some golden knowledge nuggets.

Getting your sponsors and speakers engaged in event marketing can take your online and in-person events to new levels of success.

We created a specific event marketing document and guide to help partners, exhibitors, sponsors, and speakers promote a conference I was part of planning. (We’ve also created a similar document for one of our client’s events.)

Below you’ll find helpful ideas you can include in these marketing guide documents for your partners to help maximize the reach and impact of your next online or in-person event.

With the virtual world being here to stay and people joining more Facebook groups, online membership platforms, mastermind groups online (and the list goes on), two important questions often arise:

• How do I retain my members?
• How do I keep my members engaged, participating, and receiving continual value?
  

To determine the answer for the best online strategies for engagement, start with determining your own responses. Write your answers down; this could be helpful information.