Any community manager knows that good community teams come in all shapes and sizes. Our community managers at Higher Logic can trace their roots back to education, human resources, research, journalism, and so much more. With such diverse backgrounds, it should come as no surprise that each community manager brings different values and strengths to the team.
Speaking of variety, what kind of community manager are you? Use our guide to figure out which type best fits your style!
Topics: Online Community, Online Community Management, Engagement
Before we get started, let me say this: making mistakes is part of learning how to do anything well.
That being said, it’s time to take a closer look at your marketing automation strategy to see if you’re making any of these common mistakes. Knowing what you’re doing wrong is also a vital part of learning how to do something well.
And don’t worry, we won’t leave you hanging. We’ve got a solution for every mistake on the list.
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Topics: Email Marketing, Marketing Automation, Email Deliverability, Engagement, Marketing
The National Association of School Nurses (NASN) wanted a better way to increase membership sign-ups and renewals. Like other associations, it had to reach segments of its audience with different messages, which often required manual tasks and was hard to track successfully.
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Topics: Member Engagement, Member Retention, Associations, Online Community, Online Community Software, Engagement
Today’s preferred customer experience combines support, community, and outreach into one unified platform.
Zenoss has facilitated a user community for over 10 years, becoming the de facto online gathering place for IT Ops customers. Recently, Zenoss enhanced customer experience by revamping its online community – name, brand, and all.
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Topics: Online Community, Customer Engagement, Engagement, Customer Success, Customer Experience, Customer Support, User Group Communities
Where can educators around the globe find resources, advice, networking, and support when they need it? There was never one dedicated space that offered a sense of community beyond the walls of a school building or district. Connecting was difficult - until the Discovery Educator Network (DEN).
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Topics: Engagement, Member Engagement, Online Community, Online Community Management
Have you ever heard someone say “there’s an app for that!” when you complain about your smartphone? Well, if you want to elevate the success and business impact of your online community, trust us – there’s a module for that.
Customizing your online community is a great way to maximize its impact, propelling your capabilities from basic to extraordinary. But selecting the right add-on modules to invest in can be tricky if you aren’t familiar with their functionality.
Even trickier is this often overlooked fact: what’s our community for in the first place?
There is no one-size-fits-all package of tools on the road to success. When you’re ready to further enhance your community, that’s when the fun of “shopping around” for new modules starts - because your core objectives are already front and center. When that time comes, The Community Module Guide will map you in the direction of the right tools to support your goals.
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Topics: Online Community, Marketing Automation, Member Experience, Associations, Online Community Management, Engagement, Member Retention, Collaboration Tools, Volunteer Management, Member Engagement
We’re moving from the attention economy to the engagement economy. It’s no longer just about reach – it’s about how people interact with your content.
Website pages with many visitors, but no engagement, will be punished by search engines. Similarly, ISPs with heavy inbound email traffic, but little email engagement, will also penalize the sender. We’re in a period where we’re shifting from large quantity bulk communications, to smaller, more targeted, sustained communication.
This kind of approach used to be a luxury. We used to think that creating a personalized experience was only for the big kids. I submit that it’s no longer a luxury. You HAVE to do it.
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Topics: Associations, Engagement
We all know our audience is the key to great email performance, but it can be hard to know whether your audience likes reading your emails. Sometimes, it can feel like the only feedback we get is the dreaded unsubscribe button.
But with marketing automation, getting feedback can be easy. There’s plenty of evidence and ways to track performance with marketing automation. The data’s all there, and it’s easier to find than you think.
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Topics: Marketing Automation, Member Experience, Engagement, Associations
The research is undeniable—gamification increases participation and engagement across practically any digital platform. On the users’ side of things, online giveaways are one of the easiest to join forms of gamification because the steps are simple: 1) Complete task. 2) Get reward. As a community manager, however, you want to design a giveaway that will actually support your community’s growth in the long run by enticing your members to invest more than the bare minimum.
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Topics: Online Community, Member Engagement, Engagement, Online Community Management
It’s a valid fear – as marketing automation adoption increases, many seasoned marketers are wondering if they’re automating themselves out of a job.
The short answer is no. Automation can be the best piece of technology in your toolkit, enabling you to work faster and more efficiently and create content that is befitting of your amazing subscribers.
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Topics: Email Marketing, Email Deliverability, Marketing Automation, Member Engagement, Customer Engagement, Marketing, Engagement
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