Community Manager Bible

Hopoatem · 2024-07-17T17:35:35+00:00

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Hello friends, I am a Community Manager NOVICE! I may have some natural talents that may lend themselves to being a successful Community Manager, but I'm not sure my foundation is as sure as I'd like.

Are there any resources floating around out there that contain general best-in-class practices for a community manager? Including things like review cadence, new content cadence, moderation practices, etc?

Thanks in advance!

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amorales

Great question, I've been in my role for 6 months now and still consider myself a novice. I'd be interested in getting more information from more experienced CMs. :)

BrendanP

There really are so many resources out there that it can almost be a bit overwhelming.

I recommend checking out some podcasts and websites of consultants like Richard Millington & Erica Kulh:

https://www.feverbee.com/

https://ib4tl.fm/

Some ebooks we've made over the years:

VAN-KPIs for Community and Community Managers-2022.pdf

VAN-Community Survival Guide-2022.pdf

VAN-KPIs for Community and Community Managers-2022.pdf

We have additional resources here:

https://vanilla.higherlogic.com/resources/

And you may be interested in a former colleague of ours book, 'The Accidental Community Manager":

https://www.amazon.com/Accidental-Community-Manager-Building-Successful/dp/1778294219

Hopoatem

Thank you @BrendanP, I'll read up on these!

Kirstie Macfarlane

Hi @Hopoatem - welcome and thanks for your question!

I wanted to share a couple of other resources with you that I think will be helpful:

#TipTuesday: Creating and Leveraging an Effective Community Content Calendar

Community Data Alchemy [ recording 🎥 ]

🧭 7 Themes to Guide Community Content 🎯

I also wanted to mention that we've got some great new features and content coming out very soon concerning moderation and content creation, so keep a lookout for that!

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