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Replied #Learn Community Building
25 Proven Community Monetization Strategies: Going Beyond Paid Memberships
Last, but not the least is special one, corporate sponsorships! 25. Corporate Sponsorships If your community serves a specific niche (and it should) companies would want...
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25 Proven Community Monetization Strategies: Going Beyond Paid Memberships
24. Paid Challenges Challenges are a fun, high-energy way to activate your community...and make money doing it. You set a clear goal (like “Write every day...
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25 Proven Community Monetization Strategies: Going Beyond Paid Memberships
23. Group Coaching If you or someone in your community has expertise, group coaching is a high-impact way to monetize. Instead of 1-on-1 sessions, you coach...
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25 Proven Community Monetization Strategies: Going Beyond Paid Memberships
22. Selling Market Data / Reports Community generated user-data can have insights that no other resources can provide. If your community has high-value members who create...
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25 Proven Community Monetization Strategies: Going Beyond Paid Memberships
21. Virtual Summits or Conferences Hosting virtual summits or online conferences is powerful way to bring your community together. It can bring lot of revenue throgh...
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25 Proven Community Monetization Strategies: Going Beyond Paid Memberships
20. White-labeling / Reseller Partnerships If your community platform, course or tool is valuable; you can let others rebrand and sell it under their name for...
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What are the different types of online communities?
There are 11 types of online communities. Following is the TL;DR version: Interest-Based Communities (e.g., Reddit, Facebook Groups) Professional Networks (e.g., LinkedIn, Slack W...
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25 Proven Community Monetization Strategies: Going Beyond Paid Memberships
19. Podcast Sponsorships Podcasting is on the rise. It's a good idea to launch a podcast for your community. Podcasts are popular with advertisers because they...
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25 Proven Community Monetization Strategies: Going Beyond Paid Memberships
18. Courses and Workshops Identify the opportunities to organize workshops or short courses relevant to your community. For example, a Quality Assurance / Software Testing related....
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25 Proven Community Monetization Strategies: Going Beyond Paid Memberships
17. App / Software Tools Tool building is an underrated way to make money from your community. You may choose to build a custom application or...
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25 Proven Community Monetization Strategies: Going Beyond Paid Memberships
16. Content Licensing If your community has high-quality, high-value content like guide, reports, research, templates - you may license it to other businesses, media outlets or...
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25 Proven Community Monetization Strategies: Going Beyond Paid Memberships
15. Sponsored Newsletters If your community receives regular email updates, you can monetize your newsletter by adding sponsored content. Brands love to target niche audience throu...
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25 Proven Community Monetization Strategies: Going Beyond Paid Memberships
14. Exclusive Community Access Build a VIP space inside your community that only accepts paying members. Think of Mastermind Groups, Private Forums or Invite-Only chats. This...
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25 Proven Community Monetization Strategies: Going Beyond Paid Memberships
13. Consulting If you are an expert in your niche - or the community trusts your insights, offering consulting services is a powerful way to monetize...
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25 Proven Community Monetization Strategies: Going Beyond Paid Memberships
12. Paid Directories Integrating directories with your community can be a crowd puller and a revenue magnet. Build a paid directory where your members can list...
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25 Proven Community Monetization Strategies: Going Beyond Paid Memberships
11. Job Board This is an interesting way to create value for the members and also make money. If you are building a professional community, aim...
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Does Jatra Offer Native Support for Conducting Online Webinars?
Hi - Jatra relies on multiple 'post-types' so that community builders can create engaging experiences for their users. Jatra will soon have support for online webinars;...
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What are the best online communities for community builders and managers?
Hi Sia, good to see you again. I've prepared a list of the best online communities meant for community builders, managers and anyone looking to learn...
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What's the Best PHP Forum Software In Your Opinion?
Update: Several people contacted me to choose the best PHP-based forum software for their community. I thought I'd add more details: 🥇 Jatra – Best All-Rounder...
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How to get more members in WhatsApp community?
Paula - I want to share a few more ideas now that WhatsApp has rolled out its Community feature. IF you are still figuring out how...
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Jatra - An Upvoty Alternative Integrated with Community
Hi Rohit - We are already working on enhanced notification system. I know that notifying everyone who's expressed interest in the feature by upvoting or liking....
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How often should a community manager post to keep members engaged?
To answer your question: A community manager should post about 1-2 discussion threads daily. As your community starts generating user-generated content, you can increase or decreas...
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How often should a community manager post to keep members engaged?
Rohit - as you mentioned, the content creation is the responsibility of the community manager in the early days of the community. We have an interesting...
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What does a community manager do all day, hour by hour?
Update: I had an opportunity to discuss the tasks and responsibilities of a community manager with a SaaS company. I made a few suggestions to them....
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Are Online Forums Dead?
Sia - the popularity of forums is growing. In the earlier days, forums were mostly about discussions. Now, forums offer more to create a community experience....
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What's the best way to onboard new members into a community?
Here's a simple, yet effective strategy to onboard new members into your community. This works always when your community is new. -> Send a personalised DM...
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Community-Led Growth : The Easy Way
You raised an important question, Sia. It's important to make community-led growth self-sustaining. Many communities will see that the growth fades away after first few weeks...
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Self-Hosted Vs. Fully Managed Community Platform - What Should You Pick?
Agree, Alex. BuddyBoss is problematic with its plugins. I usually do not like any tenical distractions when build a community. In early stages of building a...
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[Steps] Build Organic Online Community for Brand
Okay, here's the TL;DR version of how to create content for your community: When starting a new community, it's essential to create instant value for your...
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Jatra - An Upvoty Alternative Integrated with Community
Hi Sia - Thank you. It's the feature we ourselves wanted for Jatra's official community. The feedback tool is indeed available for your community. You will...
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Honestly, What is the Future of Online Forums?
Hey Sia, welcome to the Jatra Community Platform. I hope you will get the responses you are looking for. I've already expressed my thoughts through a...
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SEO for Online Communities: Ultimate Guide to Organic Growth
There are several ways to identify the 'painkiller content' for your community: Google's People Also Ask: It's a goldmine of queries that people actually type. Google...
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Replied #Learn Community Building
Jatra - An Upvoty Alternative Integrated with Community
Thank you, Rohit. User feedback is important for building features that users want. It's an essential feature for most of the product development teams. I hope...
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Thoughts on using AI to build community content?
I've been vocal against using 100% AI content anywhere. Sure AI can write better than you; but you know what - it misses that human touch....
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Are Online Forums Dead?
Sara, that's right. Let me present some data to confirm that forums are not dead and in fact, they are thriving. Reddit's Massive Growth: From the...
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Is Jatra an Alternative to Upvoty?
Update: I published an article on why Jatra is a better Upvoty alternative Give it a read and let me know if you have questions.
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What are the best ways to monetize community?
Welcome back, Paula! CrazyEngineers community was fully monetized using online ads. Online advertisements is the best way to monetize a community. It works for any community...
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Experimental: Delete and Ban User [Powerful]
Shubhada - this is just a start. We are advancing towards industry-leading AI-enabled SPAM control. It'd make the lives of moderators easy and no spam will...
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Experimental: Delete and Ban User [Powerful]
Hi Sara - not at the moment. But that's an excellent suggestion. I request you to add a feedback with the details so that we can...
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New: Community SEO, Layout Optimization and Performance Improvements
Thank you, Shubhada and Sara. I'm excited about the 'Structured Data'. Our industry-leading SEO features set Jatra apart from all the other community platforms. The next...
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What is the future of online communities?
Well, great post, Sara! The future of online communities is bright. Virtual communities are evolving, not dying. In the early days, communities were all about discussions....
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Community Manager Job Description Templates [Junior / Mid / Senior]
Hello! I hope these job description templates for community manager roles are useful. Let me know if you have questions or wish to suggest improvements.
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How did you get your first 100 members for your community?
Update, I have recently published an article that addresses the way to get 100 active members of your community. Read it here: Get first 100 community...
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Looking for an Alternative to Vanilla Forums [Higher Logic Killed It]
It's indeed sad to see Vanilla forums getting abandoned. Vanilla was one of the leading community platforms back in the days; but past its glorious days....
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WhatsApp Community Growth and Engagement Guide - 2026
There's an important aspect of WhatsApp Communities that I forgot to mention. It's important from community building and growth perspective. WhatsApp Groups Reveal Phone Numbers I....
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What is the best way to dissolve a community?
Since we do not have any responses, I thought I'd share my thoughts. In the 20 years of professional community building, I've dissolved two communities. Dissolving...
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Why Build an Online Community: Advantages and Disadvantages
Thomas - Google and other search engines like Bing keep evolving. Google has began offering a special block on the first page of Google for content...
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Sneak Peek At Upcoming Features on Jatra
Keep an eye on our changelog for the latest releases and updates: Jatra changelog
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Community Vs. Forums - Difference and Similarities
What a fantastic topic to discuss, Thomas! Around the early 2000s, forums were referred to as message boards. Forums offered a structured discussions with threads moderated...
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Is Jatra an Alternative to Upvoty?
Update: Someone asked on Reddit whether Jatra can be a full replacement for Upvoty. The answer is yes. However, you will have to define your needs....
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How did you get your first 100 members for your community?
In the early days of CrazyEngineers, I leveraged Yahoo chat rooms to get free publicity and recruit early users. Yahoo chat rooms are no longer around,...
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How would you revive a dead community?
That's pretty much it. But if you want to go a step ahead, there are few more things I'd like you to try. Connect with your...
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How would you revive a dead community?
As a community builder, the responsibility of content generation until your community gets some momentum lies on you. Think about fresh ideas for content generation. Step...
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How would you revive a dead community?
Identifying your key members is an important step - and that sets you for the next step. Creating low-stake opportunities for the key members to engage...
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How would you revive a dead community?
Once you know why your community should exist, it's time to spring into action. It starts with identifying and empowering the key members of your community....
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How would you revive a dead community?
Our second step is to identify the main reason your community exists. Make sure that it's relevant to the time. Old communities which were active need...
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How would you revive a dead community?
I've developed a playbook for reviving dead communities. You can revive any dead community by listening to users, identifying issues and then creating low-stakes opportunities for....
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How to Grow a Telegram Channel Organically?
If you are building a community on Telegram, you're building community in a 'hard mode'. Consider moving it to platform like Jatra which gives you multiple...
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How to get engagement on WhatsApp community?
An update: I wrote an article on this topic: WhatsApp Community Growth and Engagement. In short, it's difficult to get engagement naturally on WhatsApp. It's a...
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What's the Best PHP Forum Software In Your Opinion?
I've created a list of popular php-based forum software. If you are looking to start a forum or community, you have a wide choice of software...
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Is Jatra an Alternative to Upvoty?
Hey Alex, thank you for your question. Jatra indeed is an alternative to Upvoty and lets you collect product feedback from your users. Jatra, at its...
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How to turn community members into brand ambassadors?
Hi Alex, I think 500 active members is a great number! I'm sure you must be getting a ton of useful content on your community daily....
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Building Training for Community Builders
My biggest community management challenge is to keep the content up to date and relevant to our members. I'm not a big fan of building community...
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What does Community Engagement Manager do?
Hi Amanda, welcome to Jatra community platform. I'm glad lot of new graduates are choosing community manager as a profession. I'd recommend reading our article on...
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Replied #Learn Community Building
How to Build a SaaS Community Effortlessly
@Rahul: Good question. The process is really simple. Scout all the forums and find out what questions your potential users are asking. Look for the suggestions...
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Is Jatra an alternative to Discourse community platform?
TLDR; Jatra is a worthy alternative to Discourse. We respect Discourse and have used their platform to build successful communities; but the platform has lost its...
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As a community manager, do you quickly reply to all new questions?
... is this question for me, Steve? I like to reply to all the comments quickly! =')
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Flarum or XenForo - Which Community Platform is Better?
Self-hosted are a better option if you have the technical resources and capabilities to manage servers, security updates and patches on your own. Plus, you'll need...
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How to get more members in WhatsApp community?
For small, local communities WhatsApp is a good choice. The main objection I've seen from people to join WhatsApp community is that it requires sharing your...
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What does a community manager do all day, hour by hour?
Excellent, Paula! I'd like to point to a few articles and discussions relevant to the topic: Skills for community managers KPIs for community managers Community moderation...
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How can I improve community management skills?
Thomas has given an apt answer. You can improve community skills by being more active in the communities, both as a manager and a member. What...
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User Feedback Tool - Integrated Within the Community
Saandeep - @mentions is a requested feature; and we are considering it. You reported a bug - should be a new 'feedback'? Can you please try...
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Slack Or Discord - The Uneasy Choice You'll Make
Saandeep - the JIRA, Slack, Atlassian are mostly (and rightly) used for team communication - often in a corporate setup. As I mentioned, these tools are...
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Are Online Forums Dead?
Someone asked me - Do forums still exist? The answer is - Yes! Forums exist and are growing rapidly. In fact- forums are the fastest growing...
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User Feedback Tool - Integrated Within the Community
Yes, Jatra's Feedback post-type makes it a worthy alternative to Canny, Upvoty, Nolt, UserVoice, ProductBoard and others. The key thing here is that Jatra's feedback tool...
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Can Jatra be an alternative to Scenes community platform by Graphy?
Update: Wrote an article on Jatra as Alternative to Graphy Scenes platform. I hope it will help clarify the doubts.
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Can Jatra be an alternative to Scenes community platform by Graphy?
Haha - Thank you for all the butter, Rahul! Jatra is a result of my own frustrations with community platform. Most of the modern community platforms...
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Can Jatra be an alternative to Scenes community platform by Graphy?
Hi Paula - I've been hearing rumours about Graphy abandoning Scenes. FYI - Jatra is a great alternative to Scenes over Circle and Mighty Network. If...
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Can you run a community on Slack?
Welcome to Jatra, Thomas. I wrote an article comparing Slack and Discord for community building. If time permits, do give it a read: Slack Vs. Discord...
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What are the disadvantages of online communities?
Apart from trolling, I think spam is the top disadvantage of online communities. Any successful community has to deal with this problem; and it's not been...
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What's the best platform for building an online community?
It'd be difficult to choose one platform that serves the needs of every community. The choice of community platform depends on the type of your community:...
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Temporary Vs Permanent Ban: How to Decide?
Permanent vs temporary ban - is always tough choice to make for community builders and managers. My recommendation is that 'permanent ban' is always the last...
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New SEO feature: Automatic follow and nofollow links in your content
A note about 'follow' and 'nofollow' links. The 'nofollow' is a 'suggestion' to Google and it's totally up to Google's discretion to treat them as 'nofollow'....
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New SEO feature: Automatic follow and nofollow links in your content
I totally missed this discussion. Sorry for the late reply. Paula - We have taken a very simplistic approach to solving the problem of inner and...
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Flarum or XenForo - Which Community Platform is Better?
Thank you for recommending Jatra, Angela. Paula - let me know your requirements and we can figure out if Jatra fits the needs. For a simple...
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What's the best forum software for SEO?
Thank you for the mention, Paula. SEO is important aspect of any forum software for public communities. I poured everything I learned about SEO into Jatra...
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How can I block AI bots from scraping our content?
Paula, I totally understand your concern. Keep in mind that chatbots don't have to rely on direct scraping of your website or community content to get...
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How can I block AI bots from scraping our content?
There are two ways you can inform the AI bots to not use content on your community website. Opt-out via robots.txt: Add the following code to...
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How to Grow a Telegram Channel Organically?
Telegram is different in a sense that it's totally free to use and is very liberal when it comes to imposing limits. For example, Telegram groups...
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What is the definition of a community?
Social media following is not your community. A community is group of people who share common interest, values or goals. There are few key elements of...
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Feedback: Job Board Dedicated to Community Builders
Update: We are working on a dedicated 'Job' post type. It will allow community owners to create a job board quickly.
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New Feature: Ability to Publish Changelog on the Community
A new post-type for requesting features is under development. It will allow our members to request for new features. For every requested feature, other members will...
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How to Grow a Telegram Channel Organically?
To grow your Telegram channel organically, follow these steps: Identify your audience Define who you want to reach. Be specific about their interests, age, online habits...
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KPIs for Community: Tracking The Community Engagement and Growth
Thomas - sorry, I missed your comment. I think this deserves a dedicated article. But I'll create a quick summary post for you. In order to...
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KPIs for Community: Tracking The Community Engagement and Growth
Great question, Ambarish. I'm glad you found the post useful. Increasing the contribution ratio is definitely a key challenge. Some of the initiatives that have given...
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Better community platform than Skool?
If you ask a barber whether you need a haircut, the answer will always be 'yes'. I'm the founder of Jatra (this community platform), but I'll...
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KPIs for Community: Tracking The Community Engagement and Growth
The Net Promote Score aka NPS is a great indicator of both growth and happiness in a community. Here's how we measured the NPS for CrazyEngineers...
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Is community building hard?
I've built multiple large, active communities over the past 18 years. Honestly, community building isn’t as hard as it’s made out to be. People often find...
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What's the best way to attract members to a new community?
I am a big fan of niche communities. They are easier to build and grow and are often packed with immense value that no one resource...
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How can I get users for our Discord community?
I agree with Angela. It's often difficult to grow a community on Discord because it totally misses out on the organic growth aspect and relies heavily...
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Why is community building important?
An online communities are the heart and the soul of the Internet. In future, every business and creator will look to build their own, focused community....
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How to convince my management to invest in building branded community?
Angela, I totally get where you are coming from. Community building typically gets the following objection: it's difficult, takes time, requires efforts, needs upskilling, maintain...
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How to keep an online community alive?
I've been building communities for 18 years and the lead developer and growth hacker at Jatra. I am glad you asked this question. Community engagement is...
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Better YouTube Community Alternative?
YouTube's community feature is relatively new. However there are several drawbacks that YouTube channel owners should be aware of. Overall, Jatra is a great alternative to...
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Welcome to Jatra Community 🎉
So, what is Jatra, you ask? Well, imagine a digital universe where communities thrive, grow, and connect effortlessly. That's exactly what Jatra is all about -...
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