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Week 26 - Giving value by responding 👈

Week 26 - Giving value by responding 👈

Yurii Lazaruk
August 17, 2025

This week, I led a 2-hour workshop (for 499 euros) for a company with a community and a community platform, but they’re still in the early stages of their journey and needed guidance on where to begin.

It consisted of 5 parts, and I even felt like 2 hours wasn’t enough 😲

Still, we’ve gone through so many topics, and I feel happy and totally sure that if they implement at least half of the things we’ve talked about, they’ll have a really good foundation for growing their community (and business) and giving extra value to their members 💪🤗

Of course, ideas without implementation are worth almost nothing, but we’ve come up with a doable action plan for the next month, so fingers crossed, and I’m rooting for them 🤞🤩

The funniest thing is that after I’ve created my website and had a webinar last week about the importance of connecting community with business, I’ve received 2 more bookings on my website, and will see what will happen out of it.

Still, I’m certain that being an expert is not enough, you must ensure you’re always visible and that people know not just your expertise, but also that they can work with you and how to do that.

That’s exactly why I’m applying to more conferences, webinars, and podcast appearances, so that I’ll be pursuing 2 goals:

giving people as much value as I can on a bigger scale
showing up out there so more folks know how the hell am I!

By the way, the approach I’ve tried here to creating content is working very well for me, and this week I’ve made another post on LI where I answered real questions instead of coming up with some more educational content, so one more thing I’ll be focusing more is solving real human cases and challenges so that we can both benefit:

them by having all the needed answers right away
me - by creating valuable content that can help others, too, and also bring me potential clients 😏

Also, moving forward with the idkfa community - I already have 1 member (except for me 😅), and 2 more people I’ve invited, but I'm still waiting for their feedback, so let’s see what will happen next.

Also, I’ve created my third video, and I believe it’s getting better every time 🤓🤩

Fewer views, but more likes, which is great! Keep working on 💪😎

Thoughts of the week:

“Rather than asking what people think, you have to observe how they act” - Nudge podcast
“All of us apply rational thinking to irrational decisions” - Nudge podcast.
Supermarkets start with vegetables because starting with the healthy stuff makes you buy more unhealthy foods” - Nudge podcast.
“Give away free licenses to bloggers in exchange for honest reviews and backlinks to boost your Google rankings” - Indie Hackers newsletter.
“It almost doesn't matter what the business was — it could've been mowing lawns. What matters is that you start and you focus on it. Because your effort compounds” - Indie Hackers newsletter.
“We are in the game of attention, and attention is the most expensive currency” - Grace Andrew.
“If you're trying to create a relationship, or even turn an enemy into a friend, you might consider what small favor you can request, rather than what you can give. - Ben Franklin effect” - Sahil Bloom’s newsletter.
'“Skip famous folks, go to people with money” - Codie Sanchez - DOAC podcast.
“You cannot save your way to wealth, you can only earn your way to wealth” - Codie Sanchez - DOAC podcast.