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Introducing the “Power of Connection” Podcast 🎙️
Hi everyone, I’m excited to share that Higher Logic has launched a new podcast, “Power of Connection,” and I’ll be your host! In each episode, I sit down with business and community leaders who’ve seen firsthand how online communities can create stronger connections with customers. Get practical tips, new ideas, and real…
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Migrating legacy activity badges
We are in the process of migrating an existing community to Vanilla and are deciding what to do with legacy activity-related badges that do not exist in Vanilla (an example of this would be our badge for responding to polls). Would love to hear from anyone else who migrated an existing community and faced a similar…
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[Tip Tuesday] Top 5 Qualities Needed for a Community Manager
Hey Everyone! Happy Tip Tuesday! I recently had a conversation with some friends inquiring on what does it take to be a Community Manager. Is it simply just about posting content & banning unfavorable behavior? Answer: No. It's much more than that. Being a Community Manager requires embodying a blend of technical,…
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How do you promote your important announcements on Community?
Hi there! I'm looking to learn from fellow community managers: What are your best practices for making important announcements stand out in your community? Whether it's product updates, policy changes, or promoting biggest event of the year, how do you ensure your members see and engage with the announcement? (Aiming to be…
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Ban vs Delete
I'd love to learn more about how you use these in your communities and how you determine when to ban a user vs delete their account. Are there some benefits for choosing either of these options or what would be the downfalls of choosing one versus the other?
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Customer Journey Wins and Struggles
Building a strategy help encourage your members to move from content consumer to super user is a great investment of time. But some of the methods we use work better than others. I would love to hear some of the things you are doing to nurture your users successfully, or if there are certain points in the process that you…
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Tip Tuesday: Don't skip the UTM tag in your URLs. Your future self will thank you.
As a marketer, I rely on UTM parameters all the time. They’re one of the easiest ways to see which emails, social posts, or announcements are sending people to your community and which ones aren’t pulling their weight. So if you’ve ever looked at your analytics and wondered “How did people end up here?” a missing UTM might…
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Which widget is used for this carousel below in the success community?
Which widget is used for this carousel below in the success community? I would like to create similar widget for our community where we can feature content from different sites.
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Has anyone used their Community (specifically Groups) to host Beta testing feedback?
Hello! We're transitioning to hosting all of our beta testing in our Community using the Groups function so that we can centralize feedback and communications and ensure a repeatable and standardized experience for our beta testers. I'm wondering if anyone else has implemented anything like this and if you have any advice…
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What to put in one-page executive summary?
A community manager friend has been asked to create one slide which tells the story of her community impact at a high level. She is to use metrics like total user count, active user analysis, and other top-level insights that reflect the community’s performance and impact. If you were to make such a slide, what would you…
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Why Office Hours and AMAs are gold 🍯 🌈
Answering questions and fostering genuine connections and trust between members are often key community goals. This is precisely where "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) sessions and "Office Hours" prove invaluable, transforming impersonal digital spaces into vibrant hubs of humans. Easy to produce A key advantage of AMAs and Office…
