Teaching Conservative Political Leaders How to Handle Smear Campaigns with Poise and Power5/15/2024 Politics is brutal. It's bloody.
And if you desire to launch your work in this space, be ready to deal with an onslaught of chaos designed to annihilate you and your purpose. For today's Empowering Post, I want to teach you how to handle smear campaigns with poise and power, especially if you feel called to operate in the political sphere. As a new leader, you will inevitably experience at least one campaign designed to destroy you and your work. Smear campaigns are typically "effective" tools used to persuade the general public to "disown" you. These campaigns rest under the "cancel culture" umbrella. And no matter how much good you do, smear campaigns will often thwart your progress ... unless you learn how to finesse them. In this lesson, I will teach you the history of political smear campaigns and the 5 steps you can take to combat them when they rise against you. More specifically, you can rise above smear campaigns when you:
As you will come to learn, persecution can produce power. But to be in this invincible position, you must learn to flex using Kingdom laws and spiritual principles. Now, let's get into this teaching.
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For today’s teaching, I want to show you different methods for monetizing your new leadership platform.Current data prove the virtual market is vast, and those who make themselves ready right now can secure new economic opportunities in the near future.
As you consider this option for yourself and your social unit, I highly recommend working with an online business coach to get you on the right path. Now, without further delay, let’s jump into this teaching. In this new Empowering Post, I'll share 10 different strategies that will help you develop the mindset to launch a successful leadership platform.These are tips used by the most prosperous entrepreneurs and authors today.
By putting them into practice for your own venture, you will see tremendous results this year. So, without delay, let's get started. In 2016, I was laid off from my college teaching position because the school didn’t have enough students enrolled for the following semester, at least not for my class. This was a huge hit to me, because I was initially “promised” a full-time teaching position when I was hired.
But circumstances made that impossible. This layoff hurt me a little more than a previous one, because I had just moved my daughter and I to Elk Grove, CA, far away from family and friends. My first inclination was to panic and run back home with my tail between my legs. But I made the decision to stay, because I strongly believed God had brought me to that area for a reason. At that time, I told myself (and the Lord) that I was ready to commit to my work of ministry full-time. I promised Him as long as He took care of me and Aaliyah, I would do His work and I would complete it in a spirit of excellence. And so I did. Now, at the time, I did what many new Thought Leaders and Ministers do. I assumed because I said “Yes” to the call, then I would automatically receive financial blessings to make this journey easier. But that didn’t happen. What I soon learned in 2016 was I needed preparation for this great work, just in the same manner I had to prepare to become a teacher. And that’s when my spiritual and practical training in building an online business, virtual ministry, and political platform began. Fast forward today, I can see just how much I have grown in wisdom and knowledge. I can see the evidence of that direct training, and now this work reaches millions of people online. And it’s still growing. When the Lord came to me and made this request, He gave me the vision for it and promised to reward me heftily for my service. That promise was too great to ignore. But in order to see it come to pass, I had to sow diligently into my virtual platform. That included constructing effective content (blog posts, social media posts, videos) that ministered directly to my audience, even when no one knew who I was. Now, in the beginning, nothing happened for me. I started building my virtual ministry by engaging more on Facebook. On my personal page, I talked about book publishing, knowing the Holy Spirit, and empowering women. I also started a virtual Bible study with my small audience, even when I had no clear idea as to how it would be received. My virtual discussions took off when I shared my conservative political views. And that one area lit a fire in my virtual presence, because since then, my following has grown quickly. As I continued to do what I felt led by the Spirit to do, I didn’t witness a massive financial harvest. Yes, the Lord helped me meet my basic needs and some of my desires, but it wasn’t to the extent that He showed me in the vision back in 2016-2017. And because the money was not flowing as much as I thought it should, I often contemplated abandoning the mission. Each time those thoughts entered my mind, I noticed my productivity level decreasing. And when that happened, I noticed how unfulfilled I felt, not to mention my ministry began to slack off. I simply didn’t like that feeling. So, I put a guard around my mind, I reflected on the promise God made to me in exchange for doing His work, and then I resumed the mission. One of the main lessons the Lord taught me during this phase was the Law of Sowing and Reaping. Philosophers will also refer to this principle as the Law of Compensation, to which I will describe later. And it was this very lesson that helped me realize why long-term planning and persistent efforts will have far greater rewards in the future…if I faint not. In this lesson, I want to teach you about the importance of long-term planning. More specifically, this lesson will expound upon:
So, grab your note pad and pen, and let’s get into this teaching. Since 2011, I've worked with leaders to help them create online businesses, virtual ministries, and political platforms based on their God-given mission. Over the years, I also served as a writing coach and book-publishing specialist. But in 2016, my platform skyrocketed in the virtual space as I began sharing the message God called me to deliver.
Since that time, my voice and platform have reached the heights within conservative politics. My political Movement (the Conscious Conservative Movement) and its books became household names among Republicans and Conservatives. I accomplished this feat by simply bringing the Kingdom message to people who had not heard it before. And I used my hard story as a catalyst to bring an empowering message to millions online each year. But I did not reach these heights by luck or happenstance. I implemented best business practices for the online market, using these strategies to help me launch a dynamic virtual ministry. And through this work, I teach leaders like you core lessons to get you started on your journey. In this lesson, I want to teach you the values of starting a blog for your leadership platform. There are millions of articles that will deliver similar content. But with this training, I want to show you how to make your blog a national powerhouse. While new leaders often see blogging as an extension of their writing hobbies, I want you to take a different mindset. Your blog must be viewed as a business tool. It is your online real estate, and you are responsible for adding value to it by producing empowering, educational content that blesses your readers. By thinking of it from this perspective, readers will see you as an authority figure in the online space. And if you have a solid product (like a book) or a service (like a coaching program), your readers will buy from you because they trust you. In this lesson, you will learn about:
Now, let's get into this lesson! Very often, leaders, especially new ones, fail to realize the power they possess when they become a published authors. The time and resources that go into such work demonstrate something profound.
They become an expert. A Thought Leader. And anyone can manifest this greatness, including you, Beloved. As you create a book that will educate, minister, entertain, or uplift your readers, you will inevitably become an expert to your audience. According to merriam-webster.com, an expert is one who displays a specialized skill in something based on experience or training. Whether you realize it or not, once you construct a book on a given topic, you inevitably become an authority figure on it. And this can happen within the social, political, and economic spaces. Leadership Writing: the ability to construct powerfully persuasive content that moves readers from complainers to builders. - Coach Felecia Killings Back in 2011, I first began my publishing career by serving as an editor and writer for new authors. I helped dozens of authors craft their stories in compelling, concise ways; and as each one went through the publishing process, I celebrated their accomplishments with great enthusiasm.
Over time, however, I noticed my leader-clients struggled with reaching new readers, selling more books, or even finding speaking engagements. Add to it, some simply put their books to the side because they didn’t know how to leverage their products effectively. I could relate to their experience, because I went through the same struggle. I had recently published one of my first books; but because I didn’t understand the publishing landscape, I couldn’t achieve many of my goals. That’s when I began studying how other authors successfully navigated this playing field. I realized writers who became our Thought Leaders and influencers were those who treated their authorship as a business or ministry. In other words, such voices employed best business practices to their books; and coupled with their online dominance, they created their own opportunities. Now, as an author, I wanted to learn how I could implement these strategies into my own works; but in my search to find a coach who had mastered this, I came up short. That’s when I coined the term “Writerpreneur” and created an educational platform for God-focused leaders who had an empowering message that needed to reach millions of people. Today, when working with my clients, I teach them the importance of leadership writing and how to use this craft as a tool to market their ideas, build movements online, and attract opportunities within the social, political, and economic spheres. How to Build a Movement Around Your Thought Leadership and Scale Your Platform to National Heights5/4/2024 Back in early 2016, the Holy Spirit asked, "Felecia, where is your message?" This was one of His rhetorical questions to me, much like when God asked Adam, "Where are you?"
Naturally, the Holy Spirit knew the message I would bring. But I needed to search Him deeply to learn more about the message He wanted me to deliver. After spending time with Him, I realized my national platform would focus on two elements: revival and reformation. To this day, I preach this basic message, showing how we will experience both elements in our social, political, and economic spaces when we learn to do things God's way. Years later, this empowering Kingdom message has generated billions of impressions. My current online audience sits around 40,000+ people. And God has opened doors for me to impact millions of people through conservative media. All this is the result of employing an effective marketing tool that garners the masses around a simple, yet powerful message. That tool: creating a national movement. And in this lesson, I want to teach you how to get started in launching your own. Teaching Leaders the 10-Step Process for Building Their Leadership Platforms Using Their Authorship5/3/2024 What does it take to get your message to the masses?When looking at today's top-tier thought leaders, do you often wonder how your vision can reach their heights in the social, political, or economic spheres?
For today's Empowering Post, I want to teach you key principles that will help you establish your new leadership platform, starting now. More specifically, you will learn the 10-step process necessary for building your work, including:
Quite often, new leaders do not see their books as a part of something bigger. They do not treat their books as an extension of their personal or professional brand. They see it as simply a work that should easily generate income “because God told them to write it.” But when it comes to building a leadership platform that reaches the masses in the social, political, and economic spheres, leaders who experience the greatest rewards are the ones who have an entrepreneurial mindset. Nothing in this industry happens by chance or luck. There are systems, strategies, and procedures that guarantee one's success. When you understand these processes, you are better equipped to excel. And within this Guide, I will teach you how to create the road map to your success. Now, let's get started. 25 Rules of Thought Leadership: Mastering the Steps Needed to Build, Launch, and Scale Your Platform5/2/2024 Back in high school, I played volleyball with the school team. I loved the sport and developed my skills over time.In order to win any match, both teams had to understand the rules of the game. We weren’t allowed to touch the net when the match was in session. We couldn’t “palm” the ball to get it over the net. We had a series of rules, and if they were broken, we received a penalty.
Rules are also applied to any number of games. Chess. Checkers. Baseball. Football. You name it. These guidelines were meant to level the playing field so everyone had a chance of winning. They also prevented players from cheating. In like manner, when it comes to thought leadership, there are guidelines that have been established to help you reach your intended audience so they are always empowered. |
AuthorFelecia Killings is the Founder and CEO of The Felecia Killings Foundation, a Conscious Conservative think tank and coaching organization that trains rising leaders for full activation in the social, political, and economic spheres. Through her training hosted on her website, her podcast, her leadership network, her social media platforms, her books, and her annual leadership convention, she equips leaders with spiritual and practical tools that help them bring revival and reformation to the communities they serve. |