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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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The Business Case for Community: Unearthing Value in a Legacy Landscape
For years, our company's online presence resembled a digital "elephant graveyard" (Where are my Lion King fans at?)—a scattered, overlooked, and daunting space. Fragmented knowledge bases, outdated forums, and separate product feedback systems frustrated our customers. Yet, within this disarray, we saw an opportunity:…
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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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Are metrics for widgets available?
Good day Community - I have a short video posted on my community Home page that provides a tour to help visitors get the most out of the community. Is it possible to gather metrics on how many have clicked on the video / widget over a period of time? I would like to learn about the widget's popularity and if I can make…
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#TipTuesday - Boost Community Engagement with Automation Rules
🚀 Boost Community Engagement with Automation Rules Save time and scale your community with Automation Rules in Higher Logic Vanilla! These “virtual assistants” handle repetitive tasks, freeing you up to focus on driving engagement. 🎯 How It Works: •Triggers: Events like unanswered questions or post inactivity. •Actions:…
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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.