Lita Goddess of Growth

Tag: Algorithmic fatigue

  • Global Creator Community | Build With Our Sovren Collective Beta

    Global Creator Community | Build With Our Sovren Collective Beta

    Global Creator Community | Build With Our Sovren Collective Beta

    Join Our Sovren Collective beta. We’re building a global creator community to solve algorithmic fatigue & empty engagement. For UK creators & international founders. Foundational membership open.

    The Creator’s Paradox: Chasing Followers in the Age of Empty Engagement

    They sold us a dream of community. They built a marketplace of attention.

    I spent three years deep inside the fast-paced world of short-form video and creator networks. I saw the trends come and go. I learned the hard way that quick-win strategies like follow-for-follow trains build a hollow audience that collapses the moment you need it.

    I pivoted, preaching “authentic community.” I curated my connections, focusing on real talk. But I slammed into a new problem: as a UK-based creator, my analytics showed my audience was global, but geo-restrictions meant they often couldn’t buy the products I promoted. My “global reach” was an illusion when it came to building a real business.

    Then, the landscape shifted again. The economy of “gifts” and meaningless likes began to crumble. Creators are exhausted from giving away their energy for free, and audiences have been trained to expect it. I watched as the only ones consistently earning were those treating it like a high-stakes game—a far cry from the genuine connection we all craved.

    Facing the Same Painful Paradox in the Modern Creator Economy

    Across the board, creators are confronting the same frustrating realities:

    • Shifting Goalposts: First, brands demanded 10k followers, then 100k. Now, they desperately chase micro-influencers with highly engaged communities, finally realising true influence stems from trust, not just scale.
    • Empty Room Phenomenon: It’s a common sight: creators with hundreds of thousands of followers host live streams for a handful of people, while those with smaller, tight-knit communities are consistently making sales and building sustainable income.
    • The Engagement Illusion: A like is not a relationship. A follower is not a community. Without a real, invested community, building a sustainable business becomes an uphill battle against the algorithms.

    Let’s be blunt: if you lack a tribe that actively shows up for you, you don’t have a business. You have a hobby.

    This Is What I Am Building: Your Strategic Home Base

    This is the problem I am now dedicated to solving. I, Lita Goddess of Growth, am working with creators, small businesses, authors, coaches, and passionate entrepreneurs to build a new kind of support system: Our Sovren Collective.

    This is not a finished product; it is a living, breathing global creator community in the making. And my role is to be your active guide and collaborator.

    Here is how we will work together to build your unshakeable foundation:

    • Hands-On Livestream Support: As we progress, my role will be to join you on your livestreams, or have another trusted member of our collective join you. We may not be there every single time, but the support will be there to help you build the confidence and initial momentum until you can confidently build your own thriving community—whether within Our Sovren Collective or across your own social media accounts.
    • Mastering the Fundamentals: I will show you how to build the foundation, talking you through the essential basics you would traditionally get in a professional studio. I will guide you through building not just a community that shows up, but also how to leverage the different subscription and monetisation opportunities on each platform once your community-building skills are strengthened.
    • A Focused, Strategic Environment: It is a lot to navigate alone. Within Our Sovren Collective, you can focus your time on strategy and genuine connection, without the noise. We will work together on the plan, so you can execute with clarity.

    This global creator community is designed to be the backbone the platforms never provide.

    Your Invitation to Build on Solid Ground from the Ground Floor

    Today, we are in our beta stage. This is your opportunity to come in on the ground floor and help shape this community as a founding member. You have a chance to make your mark as we build a global creator community that can support us on and off social media.

    As we build this global creator community, there will be clear incentives for you to invite other like-minded creators, with opportunities for affiliate marketing and openings for ambassadors to arise from within our ranks.

    As for me, I will be actively hosting livestreams across different social media platforms, which will offer another valuable opportunity for us to network and connect with a wider audience. Be assured, however, that the most curated, strategic, and supportive space will always be right here within Our Sovren Collective. For ease, I am also exploring creating private meeting spaces via subscriptions on each major platform, and am reviewing the best way to implement this.

    If you’re tired of:

    • Chasing follower counts that don’t translate into sales or support.
    • The soul-crushing silence of an un-engaged audience.
    • Feeling like you’re building on rented land that could be taken away at any moment.

    …then your place is with us, here at the start.

    [Join the Beta of Our Sovren Collective – Build With Us From the Ground Floor]


    P.S. For focused, one-to-one strategy to refine your message and growth plan from the very beginning, I offer Sovren Spotlight sessions. This is pure business strategy designed to help you hit the ground running.

  • Breaking Free: My Social Media Disillusionment

    Social Media Disillusionment: Why I Chose to Build Beyond the Algorithm | Lita Goddess of Growth

    Experiencing social media disillusionment? Lita Goddess of Growth shares her journey from chasing algorithmic reach to building authentic community through podcasts and owned platforms. Find your way back to genuine connection.


    Breaking Free: My Social Media Disillusionment

    The seductive promise of social media—build your brand, expand your reach, connect with an international audience—often masks a more complicated reality. After years of dedicated platform engagement, I’ve come to understand the profound disconnect between social media’s marketed potential and its actual impact on genuine business growth. This is my story of social media disillusionment and the conscious pivot towards sovereign building.

    When I first joined TikTok, I envisioned it as a gateway to new audiences for my coaching practice and product offerings. Instead, I discovered my content consistently funnelled to viewers in countries where my UK-specific services weren’t relevant. Despite investing countless hours in livestreams, content creation, and community engagement, the algorithmic segregation of users into demographic “hubs” prevented the very connections I sought to establish. I was building a following, but not a community; I was generating content, but not authentic connection.


    The Empty Metric: When 1000 Followers Equals Zero

    Most striking was my realisation upon leaving the platform: of the thousand followers I’d accumulated, there wasn’t a single one I genuinely missed. Those who became true friends had already exchanged contact details outside the app, highlighting the profound difference between platform metrics and authentic relationships.

    This experience crystallises a crucial truth: a number on a screen is not an asset you own. It is a metric you are renting. This explains why micro-influencers often generate more meaningful engagement than accounts with hundreds of thousands of followers—they’ve cultivated genuine connection beyond algorithm-driven interactions. Their value is rooted in trust, not in a volatile follower count. This is the core of social media disillusionment—the realisation that you have been tending a garden on someone else’s land, and you cannot take the harvest with you.

    The Mirage of Monetisation

    The monetisation story proves equally sobering. While we occasionally hear about creators earning tens of thousands from viral content, the reality for most involves minimal returns despite significant time investments. The platform’s structure encourages a constant churn of content, rewarding consistency over depth and virality over value. I met fellow UK creators who appeared successful, with polished content and engaged comments, only to learn in private conversations that they were making modest amounts after extended periods of consistent effort. Many were trapped in a cycle of creating free content in the hope that it would eventually lead to a sustainable income, a hope that for most remains a mirage.

    This system creates what I call algorithmic anxiety—the constant, low-grade stress of wondering if your next post will be seen, if the rules have changed, or if your primary source of visibility will be taken away. It’s an exhausting way to build a business.

    The Pivot to Ownership: Building a Sovereign Network

    Having stepped away from traditional social platforms, I’m now focused on building connection through more direct channels. This podcast is one of them—a space where conversations can be deep and meandering, reaching listeners across the globe organically, without being forced into a demographic box by an algorithm.

    The other channel is the development of a sovereign community. This is a dedicated space, a membership website where people can share skills through peer-to-peer coaching, collaborate on projects, and build relationships without algorithmic interference. It’s a space where the value is determined by the members, not by a platform’s engagement metrics. This is the antidote to social media disillusionment: taking back control.

    In this space, which I am building within the Sovren Collective, the goal isn’t virality. The goal is collaborative growth. It’s about building a network where your success amplifies mine, and vice versa. It’s a slower, more intentional path, but it leads to a foundation made of solid ground, not shifting sand.

    Your Journey Beyond Disillusionment

    My story is not unique. Many of you reading this will have felt the same friction—the nagging sense that your effort isn’t yielding the results you were promised. The feeling that you are shouting into a void that only occasionally echoes back.

    If this resonates, I encourage you to ask yourself:

    • How much of my energy is spent trying to please an algorithm versus serving my actual audience?
    • Do I own the relationship with my followers, or does the platform?
    • What could I build if I redirected that energy into an asset I control?

    Breaking free from social media disillusionment isn’t about abandoning online connection. It’s about redefining it. It’s about choosing to build a home for your community, rather than renting a room in a crowded, noisy, and unpredictable hostel.

    Share your own social media experience in the comments section on here or on the Empowerment Diaries®️ podcast. Let’s talk about the reality behind the highlight reel and support each other in building something more sustainable.

    If you’re ready to explore building beyond the algorithm, learn more about the community we’re creating in the [Sovren Collective].

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