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Onboarding is one of those foundational components of great adoption. It is the purposeful introduction of new (and existing!) members to opportunities and information that can be a lifelong journey. What are some tactics you are using in your onboarding strategy? Are there any strategies you are struggling to implement?…

Here's an idea to add a personal touch to your community. I've created a custom HTML Widget to encourage users to complete their profiles with a snazzy avatar. Having custom photos/avatars help to bring out the personality of your community and encourage engagement. It's why give badges to users who upload their own…

Hey Vanilla Friends 👋 Welcome to a new program we're excited to share with you! For a while now we've had many people asking for some kind of reference for their community metrics. Many of you want to know how your community compares to other Vanilla Customers. Every month we will share some (anonymized) metrics from 3-4…

Hey Vanilla friends! Are you doing everything you can to drive people over to your community? Check out these ten quick tips to make sure you're not missing anything!

Engagement is the holy grail of community. However, there is a lot to it. Defining what it means for your specific community, and then understanding how to encourage those behaviors are both critical and foundational components. What are some of the easier ways to encourage engagement? What areas tend to be more difficult?…

Support communities have come a long way. What started as basic forums has now become an integral part of customer engagement strategies. In this webinar, we’ll cover how capabilities like peer-to-peer interactions, integrated knowledge bases, and Q&A have reshaped the support experience. You’ll gain a clear understanding…

Hey Everyone, Advocacy is a crucial part of an evolved community strategy. About a month ago I was playing around with the custom dashboard builder on my demo site to think of some new ways it could be used. It got me thinking that there could be a lot of different ways to think about engagement and use that information to…

I'm wondering if there has been any updates on this. I looked at the roadmap and it says it was released and it's no longer in beta but I don't see it available in staging yet.…

Good morning Community, I am viewing this doc: https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/38-advanced-analytics#traffic-analytics and the definition of Active Users: Number of users that logged in to the community. My question: is there another metric or measurement that goes deeper than log-in and shows levels of…

We’re gearing up for a webinar at the end of October on using AI to help manage your community, and we want your input. Our speaker will be doing live demos with GPT, and we’d love to tailor the session based on what you’re most curious about. » What AI-related topics or challenges would you like to dive into? Let us know…