We are all winners in this Blitz challenge. I for one may not have done anything to grow my community had it not been for the Blitz! Than you @Goose Dunlavey for having me. I've grown my members by 31 in the last week! Goal if to get to 50 by the end of the challenge. Thanks to @Rositsa Aleksandrova for inviting me. And, thanks to my partner for helping keep up with him. @Zarko Nikolic Together: The "Fruity Loops" are in it!

We wanted rockets. Overnight flights. A thousand members by Friday night. Wake up viral. Cash on screen. Success looking loud and clean. But most of this game is coffee and chairs, Posting again when nobody’s there, Answering questions no one asked, Fixing funnels that barely passed. We tweak the copy. Change the art. Rewrite bios. Restart the start. Watch one join trickle through the door Then celebrate like it’s twenty-four. The slow build wins. It always has. Brick by brick. Hour by past. It wins with reps no one applauds, With daily posts and patient odds, With founders showing up the same When zero likes are calling their name. We test. We track. We prune. We plant. Cut what drains us. Double down. Teach too much. Give value first. Let usefulness beat hype and thirst. No fake clocks. No rented shine. No borrowed quotes. No rented grind. Just real people solving pain, Again and again and again. Because growth is boring till suddenly it’s not, Six quiet months then the spark gets hot, One post shared, one referral lands Now momentum’s moving with its own two hands. The slow build wins when patience stays Longer than fear on ugly days, When the doubt gets loud, the data thin And you whisper back, the slow build wins. Others sprint then hit the wall, Burn the list and ghost the call, We stay standing, learn the craft, Stacking trust in the aftermath. So if tonight feels painfully small, One new join, or none at all Don’t rush the crown. Don’t fake the spin. You’re doing it right. The slow build wins. By Jason Strickland The Art of Poetry Community