The objective of experiments is to find out what works and what doesn't work in terms of attracting new members and getting them engaged. We've been testing a few methods to see what will lead to the most successful community growth. Here are a few examples of experiments that we've tried out so far.

Offering paid memberships for your Facebook Group can be a great way to provide even more value and support to your community. It can also be a way for you to continue investing in and growing your group.

You may want to consider not relying entirely on your digital groups like Circle, Heartbeat, MightyNetwork, or Facebook Group to communicate with your community members. You want to go to where they are, and there are several benefits to connecting with your community members on other platforms like Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.

Community is caring. It's about coming together to help one another. When we care for our members, we create a stronger, more connected community.

In today's hyper-competitive marketplace, many companies are turning to community building as a way to differentiate themselves and create loyal followers. Fortunately, there are a number of tried-and-true strategies you can use to build an engaged community. Keep reading for five tips that will help you get started.

As a community builder, it can be incredibly frustrating to put in the time and effort to create a thriving community, only to struggle to get paid and be energetically sustained. Building a community is hard work and often requires a significant investment of time, energy, and resources. A lot of community builders look to create a membership site. Say good bye to it being complicated to offer paid memberships thanks to Launch by Burb.

Saying no to individuals who do not align with your community's target audience may be difficult, but it is necessary for maintaining the integrity and focus of your community. It is better to have a smaller, engaged audience than a large, uninterested one. Even if it means saying No to accepting a person willing to pay for membership. It’s not worth it long term.

A thriving community can provide your company with valuable feedback, new ideas, and a loyal customer base and be a great source of content for your marketing. So how do you go about building an engaged community?

If you're in the marketing or community building space, chances are you've used or at least heard of Discord and Slack. Both platforms offer similar features and are popular among users. So, which one is the right choice for you?

I launched my membership community in March. In just 6 months, it has: Gained 135 members, generated $92K, nearly doubled my business, and become my favorite place on the internet. Yesterday I decided to cap the total members at 200. Here's the 4 "Whys".

Accountability groups, whether they're formal or informal, can help your members achieve their goals. They provide a space for members to talk about their progress, get advice from others who are at the same stage of their journey, and share insights about how to move forward. But there's more to an accountability group than just getting together.

At a high level, community operations is the strategy and process of ensuring that your online community best serves the needs of all members. It's a critical part of community management because it defines how to keep your community healthy, vibrant and growing over time. Community operations should be informed by data, with key metrics informing both strategies and goals.

We’ve spoken with hundreds of newsletter creators looking to expand their revenue potential. Maybe they’re trying to go full-time on their creator business or know there’s “money in the list” and are looking to leverage the audience they’ve built.Here’s a quick overview of some of those near adjacencies from an educational newsletter, in order of the difficulty in branching there from your newsletter business.

If you’re wondering how to build a community and think that welcoming your new members effectively might be a step you’re missing, here are just a few ways you can apply community engagement principles to help newbies integrate seamlessly into your space.

We chat with educational creators every day who’ve built an audience on YouTube and monetized via ads, brand deals, and Patreon, but are looking to diversify. Here’s a quick overview of some of those near adjacencies from an educational YouTube business.

Learn in this post the requirements, responsibilities, values, tasks, and the salary of a community manager and how to excel in this function.

Over the past year, I’ve connected with 839 membership and course community builders. Folks at all different stages: pre-launch, launched, scaling, thriving, winding down, or long gone. The single biggest determinant of success that I’ve seen is Community Discovery.

To operate in a community, you need an innovative and modern way to communicate. Here we have the list of the top 10 community apps for you to use in 2023 (in no particular order).

The pandemic fundamentally changed the future of community operations. With the changes that came with the lockdowns, community organizers and members have seen the potential for what the future holds.

Data is a hot topic in the community-building space right now, but in 15+ years in tech, I can count on one hand the organizations I know that use data effectively. Here are 𝟭𝟴 product metrics and how to apply them to your community.

Yes! You can really develop an initial 3-step onboarding flow for new community members in only half an hour using five simple prompts.

Trying to decide between two platforms to host your community? Here's how to make the call.

This guide will share insights into the platform, tell you when it's right to use Circle.so as a community manager, show how you can get the most out of your experience on the platform.

I checked in with Burb user, Nivi Achanta, from Soapbox Project, after finding out she was one of our most active users. Nivi let me know that the Soapbox community has 150 members, is hosted on Circle, and aims to support people in their journeys to find ways that they can be part of social and environmental solutions.

For community creators, one of the most difficult tasks is finding meaningful ways to keep community members engage. Sending personalized notes to individual members can really help you keep engagement up!

Community is the outcome that stays.It remains consistent long after the teaching sessions are done. And that's one of the biggest gives. For Alice and for so many other students, what that means is confidence. Community gives them confidence in work to go out into the external world and share their ideas, raise money ask for grant money, pitch media, and sell their products.

We are so excited to launch our new (and free!) Course Ops in a Box AirTable template! This template gives you one place to organize and track your online course operations.

You can now schedule direct messages to your community members using Burb!

At Burb, we’re building a platform to help creators with communities –– whether they’re running a cohort-based course or membership community. We know it’s hard to manage all of the moving...

We met Suvi Gluskin, Seesaw's Head of Community and Angela Gadtke, Community Founder, a few months ago and we were immediately impressed with the community strategy...

From lead to student, and from student to super-fan, we recently partnered with Julia Saxena on this 3-part workshop series to help course creators unlock community-driven success and growth.

There are many personalities that make up a brand or product community. Understanding the profiles, including motivations, and best strategies for recognizing these members, can help you increase meaningful engagement, connection, and therefore, the outcomes of your community strategy. Let's have a look at the kinds of community members that make up brand or product communities.

In an upcoming post, we're going to dive into the types of community member profiles. Before you dig through these, it's important to understand the 5 stages of a community member....