Tit-Bit Community Hacks for every CM!

All the hacks needed for your community to get you sorted for the week.

Aug 17, 2022

Wait, where has 2022 gone?!

I find it amusing how it went from Jaaaaanuaaaary, Febbbbruarryy, Marcchhhhh, April-May-June-July and boom, now AUGUST!
That’s when I realised now is an ideal time to look at the progress of your community and the goals achieved so far!

As a community manager, I have always aligned my tasks and goals for each quarter, but on a micro level, I have always liked changing my methods with a weekly calendar, experimenting and narrowing down on the best practices for my community.

I pick up small hacks and incorporate them as weekly rituals to see how they change the community's participation levels.

So I decided to introduce the same to you in this edition! You will find some incredible tit-bits that could be a game changer for your community. These amazing hacks can be incorporated into your weekly community rituals and goals!

See more in the posts below and share your thoughts in the comments.

Max Rothery @maximillianroth

Managing a community you learn that leadership is about enabling, empowering and guiding. Community Managers make great leaders.

Erin Mikail Staples @erinmikail

We gather in different ways for different purposes. Most commonly — networks, audiences, fandoms, and communities. It's important to know what is what and how hey differ. Don't worry — I made a guide! #100DaysOfCommunity ↓

Image defining a network: A network is two or more people that are interconnected through a single topic or point

Intention is to share data, information, resources, or other connections.

Image describing a Fandom: A fandom is a group of folks who are a fan of something — often loosely organized at the surface but commonly compromised of smaller communities within the larger space.

Image describing what is a community: A community is a group of people who are doing something together. While united by one goal — members can have different levels of dedication to th larger group. Priority on decentralized, member:member relationships.

Grace Lu ☁️ @gracelu_creator

☁️Community Tip: the more targeted your community the better. Don't be afraid to provide very specific rules for membership, even if it means having less members to begin with.

Matthew Kobach @mkobach

The best way I built my network was by doing interesting things publicly

Richard Millington @RichMillington

There's plenty of interesting ideas for communities which really don't get explored as often as they should. #CMGR

David Spinks @DavidSpinks

A skill that isn't talked about enough as being important in community management: writing. Especially online, most of your interactions, the majority of your job, is writing. Want to build an engaging online community? Become an engaging writer.

Three Comma Club @three_commaclub

10 visuals to understand human psychology: 1.

Grace Lu ☁️ @gracelu_creator

☁️Community Tip: Just because community members don't post or comment consistently doesn't mean that they don't care about or find value in your community.

Krystal Wu @HelloKrystalWu

If you are starting in Community and looking for folks to follow to learn, inspire and grow from, here's my recommendation of people that have helped me. I’ve divided them into categories to identify how their content has best served me. (1/6)🧵

Richard Millington @RichMillington

A reminder about who visits community homepages and why. #CMGR

Richard Millington @RichMillington

We're still using strategies from the last decade to attract and keep experts engaged - and it's not working. Need to change what we ask for, better understand what they want, and identify the best channels. #CMGR

Grace Lu 🚢☁️ @gracelu_creator

There are no silver bullet engagement or community growth hacks. The most effective strategy is to build genuine relationships with your members. Take a real interest into their lives. Treat them as real people rather than numbers behind a screen. Everything else will follow.

Do you have any tips/ suggestions that you’d want me to add here? You can reach out to me via mail, or Twitter or shoot me a question in the comments below.

Let’s hang out and discuss more!

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The Community Assemble by Glynk

Tit-Bit Community Hacks for every CM!

All the hacks needed for your community to get you sorted for the week.