In my journey as a community manager, one of the things that continue to shape my path is resources. Learning is continuous and itâs important that you get hooked with resources to stay updated and acquainted with the things happening in the community space.
Through resources, you get to access peopleâs thoughts and experiences and then transform those into something tangible for your own journey.
I have put this list of resources together to guide youâ it's a mix of my personal favorites and other gems I've stumbled upon.
Dig in!
CMX Blog
CMX is one of the homes for community professionals and their blog is packed with valuable insights to guide you on your journey. In addition to their blog, their YouTube is a wealth of knowledge with a lot to learn from.
Community Club
Community Club is similar to CMX- it is a community for community builders with events, resources, and programs. Check out their Content Library for amazing articles and subscribe to their weekly newsletter to get community content delivered to your mail.
Community Manager Breakfast
This is a newsletter by Evan Hamilton where he shares 3 carefully curated resources on community building every week. Subscribe to discover amazing resources from several other community professionals.
Talkbase
Talkbase is a Community Operations platform designed to help measure community engagement. Aside from the tool, they have a community and a range of blog articles which you can learn from. When you sign up for the community, youâd also begin to receive content straight in your mail.
All Things Community newsletter
Jenny Weigle shares everything about Community Strategy- the good, the bad, and the in-between- in her Substack newsletter. Do subscribe and grab a free strategy plan template!
Maxâs Community Newsletter
Max Pete is an amazing community builder whose thoughts are absolutely amazing and greatly helpful. Subscribe to his newsletter and connect with him.
David Spinksâ Newsletter
This is a weekly newsletter by David Spinks where he gets to share new perspectives on community and community-building frameworks. He also hosted a podcast called âMasters of Communityâ where he had conversations with top community leaders. Though it's on pause, you can still plug into the past episodes.
Led by Community
Discovered this hub via their job board and then got subscribed to their newsletter and joined their community on Slack. Their newsletter covers a wide range of content, events, jobs, and news from the industry.
In Before The Lock Podcast
This is a podcast about community, customer experience, and leadership at scale. Listen to it everywhere that podcasts are found.
Feverbee
Feverbee is a community consultancy that helps brands to build thriving communities. They have a rich blog that covers a lot of topics youâd find to be helpful. You can choose to read from the blog or subscribe to have them delivered to your mail.
Noele Flowers
Noele Flowers is a community consultant with almost a decade of experience in the industry. Catch up on her blog and subscribe to her newsletter to get community best practices, tips, free templates, and lots more delivered to your inbox.
Community Coach Carmen
Carmen is an excellent community manager who shares her expertise on launching communities and improving engagement via her YouTube channel. She also has a blog and amazing free & paid resources.
Tom Ross
Tom Ross is a community coach who teaches community building in a beautiful and personal way. Through his emails, youâll gain valuable insights for your community-building efforts. Subscribe here!
Laura Zug
Laura Zug is a community strategist with an amazing approach to community building. Do check out her resource center to grab some free guides and subscribe to her newsletter.
Business of Community
This is a community that supports community founders in creating profitable businesses with community. As a community manager, the tips and insights shared on their blog and newsletter are profound and would help you in growing a profitable community.
Ember
Ember is a community consultancy founded by Bri Leever that helps brands build thriving communities. Their YouTube channel is filled with a lot of case studies of brands building communities. Totally enjoyable and insightful.
Community Inc.
Every Thursday, Gareth Wilson shares community-led strategies that are used by fastest-growing companies and why they workâbacked by deep dives into real product communities. Subscribe on here or LinkedIn
Continuous Community
A short newsletter by Rosie Sherry where she shares an idea on community building almost daily. In her words âIt's designed to make you think and be more tactical with your community efforts.â Subscribe here
Higher Logic
Higher Logic is a company dedicated to building community and engagement strategies for organizations. Their blog is very educative and their resource center is rich with guides, templates, courses, etc.
Get Together
Though not active on their Substack, you can still subscribe to catch up on their content. They are very valuable! Also, they have a library of frameworks, exercises, worksheets, etc. right here.
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