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I was in Times Square...on a billboard! Unreal! 🤯 Thank you to Circle for the opportunity, but more importantly thank you for being an amazing company that I've had the pleasure of working closely with for the past 5 years. We use Circle to host our community at SPI, and I've been an advisor since the early days, and to see how far they've come, and all they continue to do to serve communities all around the world...I couldn't be more proud of their success! It was an honor to be featured here alongside several other epic community leaders, but it's the members of each of our communities on these platforms that truly make it special. I was bullish on community in 2019 when I wrote about it in Superfans, and I'm even more bullish on it now today. If you aren't building community, you're going to be left behind. And of course, I recommend Circle to build it on. Check them out if you haven't already! https://lnkd.in/gEuHCVNH And check out the SPI community as well if you'd like to see Circle in action! https://lnkd.in/gw7YSCcg

I can't really explain what it's like to stand in front of a billboard of yourself in the middle of Times Square. ✨ Staring at a message that sums up your life's work. We started TroopHR during COVID as a small community on the incredible platform created by Circle. They gave us the infrastructure to scale our community while maintaining the intimacy that makes TroopHR so special. In the beginning we were just a small group of HR leaders who were tired of the same old conferences, the same recycled content, and resources that felt like they were written in 90's. We wanted something different. Something real. A place where HR leaders could actually talk to each other, not at each other. Where the conversations mattered more than the keynote. Where you could ask the hard questions without worrying about being judged. And now it's on a billboard in Times Square. Multiple billboards. I keep thinking about the early days, the first few members, the uncertainty of whether anyone would even show up, the late nights wondering if we were building something that mattered. Standing there, looking up at 40-foot versions of what we've built, I felt a lot of things. Pride, definitely. Gratitude, absolutely. But here's what I'm learning - when you build something that actually solves a problem, when you create space for real connection instead of performative networking, when you refuse to accept "good enough" as the standard, things happen that you never imagined possible. Times Square isn't the goal. It never was. The goal was, and still is, to build a community where HR leaders feel less alone, more empowered, and actually equipped to do the impossible work they do every day. Seeing our work reflected back at us, literally larger than life, in one of the most iconic places in the world? That's a moment I'll never forget. To every single member that has been or is part of the TroopHR community: This is yours. We built this. You showed up when it was just an idea. You made it matter. Thank you for believing in what we're building! If you want to be part of what we are building at TroopHR, with the most supportive and talented HR leaders join us! Link in comments. Extra shout-out to my new colleagues and friends and fellow content creators: Jonathan Truong Mila Clarke, MS, NBC-HWC Courtney Spritzer 🤲 #TroopHR #FounderJourney #CommunityBuilding #JointheTroop Jeremy Avin Nicole Fealey Mita Mallick Jill Katz Cindy N G. Marjorie A. Ajero (She, Her) Theresa Fesinstine Stephanie Fogle Luck Dookchitra Melanie Naranjo Angela Cheng-Cimini 鄭婷婷 Jamie Coakley Rebecca Price Keryn Koch Sara Marzitelli Sanchez Cory Stern

This week, I got featured on a Times Square billboard. Seeing myself up there sparked so many emotions. Back in 2020, I and my team launched the Part-Time YouTuber Academy. We needed somewhere to host it. We chose Circle and suddenly I was no longer broadcasting content into the void. I was facilitating conversations and connections. Slowly the community became just as valuable if not more than the course content itself. Most creators believe content is the be-all and end-all. But being a creator myself, I know it’s not enough. People don’t just need information. They need connection. In our Circle community, great things happened: ↳ Students became accountability partners ↳ They started hosting their own meetups ↳ They started collaborating on projects ↳ Some even become business partners You can’t get that from content. You can’t get that from any course. You can only get that from community. Over 5 years, I’ve watched complete beginners become full-time creators. Not just because of the course, but because they had people supporting them every step of the way. When Circle put me up on Times Square, it was surreal. But it also reminded me why we’ve stuck with them. They understand what I’ve learned the hard way. Community isn’t a nice-to-have for creators. It’s the whole point. All of our courses are now hosted on Circle. And honestly, I can’t imagine building anything educational without it. If you’re a creator or educator not building a community, you’re missing one of the most fulfilling parts of online business. We’ve been using Circle for 5 years and it just works. Try it here: https://lnkd.in/evpwuG_Q Thank you Circle for sponsoring this post. #ad

How cool is this?? Yesterday, I took over Times Square! I was highlighted as part of a campaign from Circle. If you're not familiar, Circle is my favorite platform out there for online communities. When I speak to creators about their. needs in a community platform, I almost always recommend Circle. My membership (The Lab) has been on Circle since 2022. Before that, I spent ~18 months leading the team at Smart Passive Income building out their Circle communities when the platform was still in private beta! To say Circle has been transformative for my business would be an understatement. Since launch, my membership has generated nearly $1.5 million in revenue. And the wonderful thing about memberships is that – when done well – revenue *builds* over time. This year alone, the membership will contribute more than $500,000 to the bottom line. So, I'm a Circle fanboy. And with yesterday's campaign highlighting some of their creators, it seems they may be fans of me too. 😂 If you're thinking about building your own community, try Circle yourself: https://lnkd.in/eTQByPzW – 👋 I'm Jay, and I help creators attract more attention, develop deeper trust, and make more money from their content. 🧪 Want my help? Join 400+ other creators sharing experiments and growing together in The Lab: https://lnkd.in/ejvU2p99