My tips for branding yourself online and building your tribe based on my own journey.

2. We live in such a fragmented world that
it’s challenging enough trying to connect
with people in real life,

3. I am here to tell you that
and even better news is you
can even turn that online tribe into real life
friends and cohorts.

4. Over 5 years ago,
I didn’t
know where to go to find other like
minded souls and had tried several local
groups.

5. This
was before blogs were even popular
and most people didn’t even know what
one was.

6. But I saw it as a place to write about my
creative journey and never imagined

8. Since I was writing about
the broad application of creativity, I
started with artists, people making crafts
and innovators. I knew that was my
tribe.

12. Once you answer those questions.
My ideal tribe mate
was a creative between 25-50 years old
who wrote, painted or expressed
themselves some other visual way.

13. After I had a clear picture of who I
wanted to meet,

14. I started following some
existing creative friends that I knew in real
life or admired online.

18. When I was ready,
I shared my
creativity blog posts, commented on
theirs and most importantly, shared their
posts with my followers.

19. And I continued to do this just a little
each day,
who read my posts
and shared their lives with me.

21. Eventually we met in person.
wanted to crowd
source an idea or just get some
inspiration.

22. What started out as a desire to meet
other creative people,
and developing
friendships that span continents and time
zones.

23. These individuals (or tribe mates) share
my interests and