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Predictable B2B Success

How to build an online community best practices

  • E80
  • 52:36
  • September 16th 2020

In this episode, Jono Bacon, a community strategy and collaboration strategy consultant, and the author of "People Powered" shares his best practices on how to build an online community. Insights he shares include:

  • How Jono first come to realize the power of community
  • Are some businesses better suited to creating communities than others
  • Is building a community is a key part of generating business referrals
  • Should communities serve the business that creates them
  • How should we approach community building and how should we define success
  • How to build a community best practices
  • Why build carefully curated journeys for community members
  • How to mobilize a community
  • The first steps for building and integrating a community into an existing organization
  • How to balance offering rewards with building real loyalty
  • Can online communities move beyond the bounds of the internet and out into the real world
  • What kind of time and effort do brands need to put into managing their communities
  • The role that leadership plays in community management

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