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🎉 SF Bay Area folks — let’s meet IRL!
Hello friends! If you're in the SF Bay Area and looking for fun community goodness, come join us at the December Community Manager Connect Meetup. We'll be hanging out, talking shop (and not talking shop), swapping ideas, sharing wins, and generally enjoying the fact that community people are the best people to spend time…
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Emails Sent from Community - is a digest available?
Good day all, Regarding email notifications sent from my community to members, is it possible to see how many were sent and what the open rate is? Best, Toby
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Hosting webinars in your community and Zoom Integration, which are you doing
Good day all, My question is about announcing and hosting webinars within community. I know I can utilize events and the Zoom Integration: https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/1503-zoom-events-integration? If using the integration, would you please share your experiences and the pros. How are you hosting community…
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#TipTuesday - Don't Let Good Answers Go To Waste
The ever-relatable problem: Questions are getting answered… but they’re not always getting marked as answered. At first, that feels like a small thing. But if the goal is to build a self-sustaining community ecosystem, it has a real impact - especially if you care about ticket deflection, search/GEO success, and whether…
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To Notify or Not To Notify, That is the Question! 📧 🙋
Ranks/Ranking is an essential part of gamification. Ranks are used to see who is actively participating in the community either by sharing content, submitting or answering questions, submitting or voting for ideas, etc. Ranks can drive engagement as well as lend credibility to users and their posts. No wonder we get…
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TEST: How Does AI Suggested Answers Work
I need an example of how the AI suggested Answers Work
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Public vs Private Communities 🔐
Most communities I’ve worked with have had some sections of the communities available to the public (i.e., guest users aka anyone not logged in to the community), and some sections that are member-only or only visible to specific roles. It can generate some buzz to have exclusive content, but it can also be a bit of a…
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#TipTuesday: ✨ Ever Wondered How Email Digest Clicks Are Tracked? Let’s Talk UTMs!
Hey everyone! 👋As more of you start using the Email Digest to highlight top content for your members, a common question keeps popping up: “When someone clicks from the Digest into the community… how can I track it?” Great news — Vanilla automatically adds tracking for all Digest-generated links. No setup, no configuration,…
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#TipTuesday: A Warm Spot in a Frosty Season: How Heat Maps Help Your Landing Page Shine
When you build a landing page for your community, you’re making your best guess about what members need most, kind of like bundling up before stepping outside. You think you know what will keep everyone warm and engaged, but you won’t really know until you see how people move through the space. That’s where heat maps bring…
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How do you manage dozens of product forums, groups, teams, and initiatives?
I work at an awesome company that wants to scale community across all of our products which means a lot of forums, groups, internal teams, and opportunities. In prep for my 2026 strategy, I'd love to hear how other companies successfully managed this type of scale. I'm looking for ideas on doing this across 50+ products.…