growth hacking your online community
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How to Growth Hack Your Online Community
Higher Logic Super ForumVanessa DiMauroOctober 21, 2015
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Hi! I am Vanessa DiMauroCEO Leader Networks@vdimauro
I spent my career founding, running, advising and funding online communities.
• Together this represents 250 online communities, 20 million users for 110 orgs
• Trained 10,000 online community managers• 3 books, 4 eBooks and 150+ reports on community• Cited in The New York Times, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist• Professor - Babson and Columbia University
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And Helped Many Organizations Around The World
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Online community builders… our day has come!
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Knowledge workers have a burnout rate that is 40X higher than most other white collar professions.
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#CMGR Burnout CurveRequirementsNew Features
Marketing
New Content
Tech Support
Start Discussions
Answer Questions
Onboard New Members Weeks 1 - 2 – 3 - 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 –
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40 hour week output
Productivity rate
Community Launch
Burnout!
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WHERE ARE WE HEADING in this talk?
Methods to increase scale & efficiency –get more out of your time
Ways to help members share and solve their puzzles faster
A few brilliant association community case studies
What TRUST building looks like in community
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Defining Growth Hack
a) Grow the size & scaleb) Increase vibrancy
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A “hack” is a shortcut or modification—a way to bypass or rework the standard operation of an object or system.
Hack definition: A Brief History Of Hacking http://steel.lcc.gatech.edu/~mcordell/lcc6316/Hacker%20Group%20Project%20FINAL.pdf
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Success
• BIGGER: Reach more members with association’s products and services
• CHEAPER: Lower costs of delivery
• DEEPER: Access a broader range of experts
• WIDER: Increase volunteer opportunities
• YOUNGER: Appeal to millennials to increase association membership
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Methods To Growth Hack: Size + Scale
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Growth Matters• The doubling factor: predictive 6
month curve.Remember to focus on growth every month.
• Match your marketing database with your membership database. Mind the gap.
• Use community to attract new association members.Community is powerful asset – use it well in marketing. @vdimauro
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Share the community benefits from prospective members’ points of view
• Camtasia/YouTube tours • Public success stories about how the community helped members solve a
problem or achieve a goal• Develop a “spokesmodel” program using influential members
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Marketing and Community need to row the boat TOGETHER!
–Prepare content and campaigns to help appeal to new association members.
–USE social media to find and approach prospective members with the GIFT of community!!
Go Fishing in the Big Pond
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Welcome / onboarding kits
Programmatic outreachSupport documents
FAQs
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National Society of Black Engineers
The mission of the NSBE is "to increase the number of culturally responsible Black Engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally and positivelyimpact the community.”
• Founded in 1975
• 30,000 members world-wide
• Community launched May 2015
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Example of Scale & Efficiency
1. Established a task force that planned strategy and designed operations. Wrote outreach and facilitation messages for different member segments (e.g. new members, inactive members).
2. Ensures staff awareness each moderated for a day during the launch period.
3. Uses social media to recruit new NSBE members and retain community members by posting discussion topic highlights.
4. Event engagement to recruit beta members, showcase community, and to do live log-ins with event attendees.
5. Volunteer champions monitor the community and give their “ok” to seed questions being posted under their names and lead discussions.
6. Executive involvement scaled intimacy with NSBE members through 1:many communications.
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If you want to go fast, go alone.
If you want to go far, go with others.
(Swahili saying)
Launch community or new features with a Beta group. @vdimauro 17
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Community is a TEAM Sport! Staff Right and Engage Your Volunteers
Dedicated Community Manager
Outreachers Technical keepers
Interviewers & writers
Content archivers
News scanners
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5 Member Engagement Hacks
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1.The Importance of OUTREACH
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They will not come, just ‘cuz you built it!
Three “gives” to every one “take.”
Segment members and engage.-New members-Active stars-Fallen angels-Silent readers
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2. Help New Members Connect with Each Other &
Key Content
Member-GreetersShowcase new members on site &
in newsletters1 month check-in
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3. The Power of a “Focused Group”
1 topic 4 weeks – 1 week per theme Active and visible participants Defined outcome (what they will learn) and effort Facilitate Use phone, as well as online Document and share with the whole community!
-- repeat a few times a year-- find other members to lead future topics
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The American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordination (AANAC)
The AANAC is dedicated to supporting long-term care professionals provide quality care for nursing home residents across the nation.
• AANAConnect launched 2 years ago• 14,500 members• 19 staff• Community #1 membership benefit• Value = consulting dollars saved• Massive impact on renewal rate! (58% to 72%)
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AANAC
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4. Showcase membersFeature them and their accomplishments. They will share the good news and keep you in the public eye.
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Customer Experience Professionals Association
The Customer Experience Professionals Association is the premier global non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement and cultivation of the Customer Experience profession.
• CXPA & community are 4 years old• 4,000 members with an annual growth
of 1,000 members per year• 2 staff – largely a volunteer organization• Very active community & in-person
events
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How CXPA Spotlights Its Members
Member-member connection is the main benefit to joining
Recognition and Awards• Huge volunteer MVP recognition program which includes finding active
members and offering them more responsibility • Special badges and showcase at events• CXPA cookies sent to their offices
CXPA Expert Panels• Selected via application process• Featured site expert• E-book about their thought leadership featuring them
New Member Tab• Members encouraged to meet and welcome new members• 5 “personas” featured to help new members understand how to best use
the site based on business needs
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5. Make community an important and symbiotic part of your association culture!
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New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants
Founded in 1898, the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJCPA) is the largest professional organization serving the needs of Garden State CPAs and aspiring CPAs
• Launched in 2010• 15,000 community members• Average 250-400 posts per month• 80% peer-peer response rate • Community factors in member retention
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NJCPA
HOW THEY MADE COMMUNITY PART OF THE NJCPA CULTURE
Started with a strong in-person foundation of sharing which carried over to online
Nurtures posts and follow-up, helps members get answers
Daily digest of new posts sent to all staff
Uses insights shared online to adapt products, services & POV
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Key Themes To Remember
Connect and empower your community members
Make them everyday heroes
They will contribute if they find value and peer relationships
Help them trust each other and your association
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TRUST
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Grow Trust By Building Social Capital
About Social CapitalThe central premise of social capital is that social networks
have value. Social capital refers to the collective value of all "social networks" [who people know] and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other ["norms
of reciprocity"].
TRUST: You Get
What You Give
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The Community Engagement Model: “norms of reciprocity”
Engagement solves problem
Member indebted to community
Member makes contribution
Other members
connect to contributor
Community value
increases through
information flow
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Community Member Engagement Evolution
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View information Profile to post a question
Member to member
interactions
Sustained engagement
and share expertise
Frequent visitor activities:-Asks a question -Takes a quick poll-Rates content-Connects selectively
Acting online
Thinking online
Doing online
Being online
Gold level activities:-Connects to many members -Shares ideas and experiences-Gives feedback or ideas about community operations
Occasional visitor activities:-Searches for an answer-Explores the member directory
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• German game by Klaus Teube in 1995• Based in the spirit of community• Focus on exploration, development and trade• Goal is to create the most successful colonyIn Settlers, the trading and the interconnected fates of the players keeps everyone involved --even when they aren't rolling the dice. There are multiple ways to win.
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Expand volunteerism and establish ambassador programsHunt for Hand-Raisers
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Lower Boundaries
• Balance power to yield higher comfort with knowledge sharing• Validate authority of up-and-comers for increased transparency
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Marshal the Executives
• Fear, time compression and lack of perceived value can prevent participation
• Counteract with reverse mentoring programs & strategic alignment initiatives
• Help them make tacit knowledge explicit
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Capture & extend content: value of insights shared increases content relatability
• Conduct group research, analyze vibrant discussions for trends, create topic briefs & share with industry or world!
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Community …members and organizations working together
to solve a common puzzle!@vdimauro
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Let’s Keep The Conversation Going!
Vanessa DiMauroCEO, Leader [email protected]://www.leadernetworks.com
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