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🎤 Hello hello 🎤 is anybody here?
We have news:
- new season
- new crash course
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Our mission? Share the magic sauce of top community businesses.
If you're into communities, be prepared to learn the best of what top operators have already figured out.
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New episode out now! 🎉
Youtube: youtu.be/Bt6E4fC4iSU?si=x4ba…
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5uO…
New episode out! 🎉 This one’s extra special. Not just because @kylehagge is everyone’s favourite community builder.
But also because he was my first ever guest when I started the podcast. ❤️
This time around we decided to do a “reflection episode” where Kyle takes us back to the time when he ran the community efforts at Morning Brew and shares his “magic sauce”.
To prepare for this interview, I went through the public talks Kyle had given about community building and asked him follow up questions.
Result?
Getting the award for “best researched Kyle interview”!! 🏆
More importantly, I was able to learn:
• how his team decided which new courses to pilot
• why Kyle chose to add friction to the community experience with Circle but decided to stick with the ubiquitous Zoom
• how his team created a party in the chat during a virtual event
• why he believes it’s a good idea to engineer connections through automation
• what Kyle thinks community creators should spend their nights thinking about
If you’re also interested in finding the answers to these questions, or just listen to some fresh community building insights from Kyle, check out our interview.
Available wherever you listen to podcasts.
Links available on @BeginnerMaps
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Should you be product-led or community-led? That’s a debate I’m seeing more frequently in the tech circles, particularly within the community industry.
They can both go hand in hand. @MurtazaBambot's approach to building @HeartbeatChat is the perfect example how. 🧵
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NEW EPISODE! - How being product-led has helped @MurtazaBambot build a passionate community for Heartbeat
New episode out!!! Checkout the story of how @derrickchiu8 pivoted into the community industry in 2022 after 11 YEARS of experience in sales.
Chapters:
- Thinking what brings you the most joy
- Finding about community
- Shooting your shot
- Process vs Goals Mindset
And more!
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Links to full episode 🔗 👇
YouTube 👉 youtu.be/Nm0ZLHrRGEA
Apple Podcasts 👉 podcasts.apple.com/in/podcas…
Spotify 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/5Es…
OR search “Beginner Maps” wherever you get your podcasts
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We asked @5harath how to get famous cause he has 21k followers on Twitter.
He says the goal is not to get famous but to get known.
Fame is not controllable though you can be in people’s minds on a regular basis by showing up consistently aka building in public.
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@5harath got folks on Twitter to review his side projects. Heck, he even got a job by creating a thread.
Are you leveraging social media to your advantage?
Just share your learning experiences consistently. Be transparent. Be on people’s minds. Soon they will support you.
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🚨 New episode out with @5harath! 🙌🎉
In this episode we talk about:
- Creating and selling Shoutout
- How to approach selling when you are not a salesperson
- Building in public
- Moving to the US
- Working with Naval Ravikant
- How to pay bills while working on side projects
Sharath's story is a lesson in how following your curiosity, in public, can unlock new opportunities for your career.
Apple Podcasts 👉 lnkd.in/dKr8RPjw
Spotify 👉 lnkd.in/dP49SXGU
Youtube 👉 lnkd.in/duB88Pcw
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🚨 New interview out with @itsDrDrewithaSh -
Fractional Head of Community for @lennysan's famous Friends of Lenny’s Newsletter Slack community! 🙌🏽
Listen to the episode wherever you listen to podcasts by searching for "Beginner Maps".
anchor.fm/beginnermaps/episo…
Gabrielle Leith found her passion for communities and her first job using a side project she started.
Listen to her journey going from Toronto International Film Festival to a career in Community Management on the latest episode of "Beginner Maps"!
anchor.fm/beginnermaps/episo…
Transitioning into the community industry is gonna be hard.
More so, if you have never worked at a startup.
Thankfully, Rae - Head of Community @withtopknot has done it before you.
beginnermaps.com/first-commu…
Being a community builder, it's tough to pull away because communities don't clock out.
3 tricks @Max_Pete uses to keep work-life balanced:
1. Use tools that block work related websites from time to time
2. Remove apps and notifications on phone
3. Keep laptop distanced away
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Don’t you forget the awesome things you’ve done when you’re feeling down?
Simply creating a wins folder on my computer has helped.
Thanks @Max_Pete for sharing this.
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For 4400-person Slack group, @CommunityClub has an outsized impact on the community industry. And thus on @Commsor itself.
Listen to our latest episode to hear @TheTeaGuns tell the story of how he started @Commsor and what it means to be community-led!
anchor.fm/beginnermaps/episo…
We discuss:
• A stupid hackathon idea called “Commsponsor”
• Starting community club while being an industry outsider (and not even having a LI account)
• Why a 4400-member community is Commsor’s biggest asset
• and more community-led things
ALT Mac Reddin: "Community is just a modern, internet-native, scaleable way to build the same relationships that you would've built on the golf course."
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How to get your first community job without knowing anything about community management:
1. Find a community that you love
2. Become a super active member
3. Pitch yourself
Here’s how these steps got @Max_Pete not one but 2 awesome community roles!
beginnermaps.com/job-in-comm…
ALT https://beginnermaps.com/job-in-community-you-love
"You shouldn’t wait for someone to post a job opening.
If you’re really active in a community that you really like, you should just pitch yourself. It’s underrated."
— @Max_Pete
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You don’t even need to know what community management is to get your first community job.
You just need to be a superuser in a community that you love.
Hear it from @Max_Pete, who did exactly this.
Erin O’Neill might be the first community professional who did not get into community management accidentally.
Her transition involved optimism, grit, cold reachouts and a lot of support from folks at @CommunityClub.
Link to her episode below:
anchor.fm/beginnermaps/episo…
ALT https://anchor.fm/beginnermaps/episodes/From-construction-industry-to-the-Community-industry-Erins-story-of-grit-and-optimism-e1re2fa
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New episode out with @Prashant_zeda where he generously shares tips for aspiring founders!
We discussed how to validate your idea and why it's not that important, raising money, books and more.
h/t @prao24 for the intro
anchor.fm/beginnermaps/episo…
