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Hey Community Builders 👋 Ready to finally make metrics your superpower? Join us in San Francisco for our next Community Manager Connect, where Caty Kobe Burt will share how she approaches metrics — and more importantly, how she’s used them to quantify her teams’ impact and unlock further investment. If you’ve ever…
Question: Is it possible to customize the main Events Category page? Examples: Can you edit the appearance/add widgets/look and feel of how events appear? Can you combine all Community and Group events with the option to filter? Thanks!
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…
Hi Vanilla Community members! My company is hosting our annual user conference in February and I'd love to hear how you've incorporated your community into in person events. We have not quite figured this out in past year's events. It's difficult because we encourage attendees to engage with each other on the event app,…
Today’s Tip Tuesday is all about creating value for your audience through Office Hours. Office Hours are a great way to bring your members together to: Network with each other Learn product or industry best practices Share wins or roadblocks with peers Done well, these can become a valuable addition to your event content…
Building and maintaining a community is hard - we get it! So that's why we wanted to share our learnings from reviving our own community. The amazing @Shauna is teaming up with ChurnZero on Wednesday, September 20 to discuss our community journey and best practices for driving engagement. Register here!
You may have heard that planning for Super Forum 2024 (April 10-12, 2024 at National Harbor, MD) is underway and we need your help to make it a success. We know you have had a busy year - full of successes and lessons learned - and we want you to share your stories by applying to be a speaker at Super Forum 2024. In line…
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Today we’re celebrating you, the superheroes of the community world: Community Managers 💙 We know that community managers do it all. You’re part strategist, part moderator, part data analyst, part content producer, and SO much more. You have to constantly juggle competing priorities, moderate tough conversations with…
Happy #TipTuesday Everyone, Today I am going to talk about setting up meaningful workflows using Vanilla's automation rules that should help keep your community rolling like a well oiled machine. First, let's look at Vanilla's automation rules. We have triggers for both user management and content management but will focus…
Hey Success Community! 👋 We've made it through the first month of winter, and it has not been an easy one. We all deserve a special treat. Let's take a look at what's been happening in the Success Community this month: 🍦 Vanilla Updates 🎉 Happy Community Manager Appreciation Day! 🎉 ⭐️ #TipTuesday #TipTuesday: Creating…
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Here’s how we use Higher Logic Vanilla to manage product feedback from our customer community,... The post We Implemented 120+ Product Ideas From Our Customer Community—Here’s What That Looks Like appeared first on Higher Logic.
A company decides it’s finally time to build an online community. They buy the software,... The post What It Takes to Be a Great Community Manager with Izzy Neis appeared first on Higher Logic.
It’s a common issue for many organizations—leaning on the same handful of enthusiastic customer advocates... The post Customer Advocates Are Everywhere—You Just Have to Know Where to Look appeared first on Higher Logic.
Proving the value of your online community isn’t always straightforward. You know your community contributes... The post How to Measure the ROI of Community Engagement: A Guide appeared first on Higher Logic.