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Shira Lazar argues that creators build communities by developing relationships rather than treating each post as a transaction. Recurring rituals and a meaningful payoff, she says, can give people a reason to come back.
- 1Build a relationshipLazar says creators do more than post once and move on.
- 2Create reasons to returnPatterns, rituals and callbacks can turn discovery into community.
- 3Give the audience a payoffThe payoff can be a simple insight, surprise or transformation.
Takeaways
- Creators build relationships rather than simply posting once.
- Patterns, rituals and callbacks can help followers become a community.
- A payoff can be an insight, a surprise or a transformation rather than an expensive production.
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Relationships and community
Lazar connects recurring patterns and rituals with building a community. She asks what value makes people return.
Shira Lazar says successful creators do not simply post once and move on. Rather than thinking only about a transaction, they build a relationship through patterns, rituals and callbacks. These repeated experiences can help people who discover a creator become fans and members of a community.
For Lazar, the question comes back to connection: what makes people want to return, and what value does the creator add to their lives and community? She says there should be a payoff, but it does not have to be an expensive production. An insight, a surprise or a transformation can provide one.
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