Launching a community is like throwing a party.
A really big, expensive party, that needs to prove its ROI... No, seriously, for both a great party and a great community you need a venue, a host, an agenda and most importantly, guests. Here are some resources to help you organize and launch your new online community.
This exclusive resource bundle is designed for individuals or teams looking to launch a new community.
The Launching a Community bundle is built for anyone that is working with a pre-launch community program. Whether you've just got "launch a community" on your checklist, or you've started laying the foundation this bundle will help you plan a smooth, successful launch.
You'll explore
- online community platform shopping
- cross-functional teams
- community playbooks
- content seeding and curation
- community fundamentals
- community interfaces
- new member welcome programs
- where to focus when getting started
- a checklist for building a community
- and more!
The Launching a Community bundle contains resources to help community professionals tackle pre-launch community challenges. It includes:
- Roundtable Reports and case studies
- all of the State of Community Management Report
- high-res versions of our most popular models and frameworks
- additional resources including examples of community playbooks, checklists and more
You don't need to reinvent the community wheel. We've spent the last ten years working with hundreds of global community leaders to launch their online community programs, and have distilled the most proven community launch tactics into one resource bundle.
Instead of wasting time searching for ideas that might help, you can start your community journey.
The resources in the Launching a Community bundle will help you hit the ground running and plan an effective community launch.
Two Ways to Access the Launching a Community Resource Bundle:
You can access the resources in the Launching a Community Resource Bundle by either subscribing to the stand-alone bundle or subscribing to TheCR Library. By subscribing to TheCR Library you get unlimited access the Launching a Community Resource Bundle and the rest of the Library content, including dozens of Reports, webinars, case studies, podcasts and other resource bundles.
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MODELS + FRAMEWORKS
RESEARCH
STATE OF COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT REPORTS
CASE STUDIES
Additional Resources
- Enterprise Adoption Guide: Fantastic resource that Rachel shared. This is a 30-page research report, people. Good stuff.
- Ultimate Online Community Checklist: This is a great resource to use when building an online community. Packed with links and other resources, this is an awesome curated list to help you stay on track when starting a community.
- 5 Simple UX Principles to Guide Your Product Design: A short and helpful guide when thinking about your community as a product
- Seven UX Best Practices of Community Design: Seven main points to consider when building community.
- Scale Positive Behaviors by Designing Them Into Social Software: Structure drives behavior and software UX is no different, this article explains how to link the ultimate business objective back to how the UX of the system works.
Two Ways to Access the Launching a Community Resource Bundle:
You can access the resources in the Launching a Community Resource Bundle by either subscribing to the stand-alone bundle or subscribing to TheCR Library. By subscribing to TheCR Library you get unlimited access the Launching a Community Resource Bundle and the rest of the Library content, including dozens of Reports, webinars, case studies, podcasts and other resource bundles.
Choose the best option for you below:
I just want the Launching a Community Resource Bundle.
I want to subscribe to the entire Library.
