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Creating Abundant Communities
In the early days of community building, it’s essential for the community leaders (or brand) to model the behavior you’re hoping to set as a shared standard and to guide your members along the way. This process is human-focused, high-touch and has nothing to do with speed or optimization.
Marianna Gose Martinelli • What I Know About Community Building
do find your tribe of collaborators and go deep with a handful, involving them in the value building process — developing skills, building something together, etc.)
Substack • See your Career as a Product
Not unlike the first stages of product development, the early phases of building community are highly collaborative, require iteration, and involve some upfront, hands-on work. With community, you have to prepare to be in the trenches with folks – learning about people and their interests, answering questions, and seeing where there’s a fit between... See more
Patrick Woods • How to Drive Business Growth By Fostering Your Community
People want to be connected. They want to share and to engage with others, and the digital world is often a faster, more effective way to build relationships. A membership organization needs to till the soil, seed the ground, and protect the seedlings from predators, but most of the growth will happen through the community.
Robbie Kellman Baxter • The Membership Economy: Find Your Super Users, Master the Forever Transaction, and Build Recurring Revenue
Activate community engagement by doing things that don’t scale, giving members a say in what happens, being funny, sparking debates, being authentic, and keeping your energy high and positive. Lead by example.