In this episode, learn about live events for your online community and how it brings everyone closer, giving you the opportunity for a win-win-win.

• Live events are a great way to bring an online community together. Madalyn talks about how she brought members from her #TwitterSmarter chat together in person at this year’s Social Media Marketing World conference in San Diego.
• Live events can be an important part of building your online community and strengthening membership.
• When meeting members of your online community for the first time, it’s like meeting an old friend. We have a need for connection. It’s important to have that physical face-to-face contact.
• Is it okay to hijack or take over a large event and host your community there? Like say SXSW or Social Media Marketing World?
• The big draw of a great community is having the members connect with each other. They love meeting each other.
• Consider how connections can be beneficial and how people fit and mesh with each other. It’s a great way to hit it out of the park, as Kami says.
• Live events give you the opportunity for a win-win-win in a way that online communities don’t.
• Events are most successful when you find a need and can fill it with what the community needs or wants. And that’s what Kami did with Social Media Breakfast Houston and Madalyn with the #TwitterSmarter chat and podcast.
• What if you start an event and no one shows up. Madalyn makes a great point with this: The idea is the seed and the roots are the event.
• The riches are in the niches because when you talk to everyone, you talk to no one.

• Social Media Marketing World
• South by Southwest (SXSW)
• Big Give Houston
• Social Media Breakfast Houston
• Growthli
• GoGirlsMusic
• Podrover
• Create If Writing

Your call-to-action for this week is to meet someone locally in one of your online communities. We want you to reach out to someone nearby and have a face-to-face (or Skype) conversation. You can alway use someone in our #CommunitiesThatConvert or #VideoReplyDay community. Take a picture (or screenshot) and tweet it, Facebook it, or Instagram it with our super long hashtag (LOL!), #CommunitiesThatConvert. We’ll be monitoring it and we’ll call you out in a future podcast episode.

If you’d like to learn more about Kami, visit her website at www.zoeticamedia.com. You can contact her by email at [email protected] or tweet to @KamiChat.

If you’d like to learn more about Madalyn, visit her website at www.madalynsklar.com. You can contact her by email at [email protected] or tweet to @MadalynSklar.

In this episode, learn about live events for your online community and how it brings everyone closer, giving you the opportunity for a win-win-win.

• Live events are a great way to bring an online community together. Madalyn talks about how she brought members from her #TwitterSmarter chat together in person at this year’s Social Media Marketing World conference in San Diego.
• Live events can be an important part of building your online community and strengthening membership.
• When meeting members of your online community for the first time, it’s like meeting an old friend. We have a need for connection. It’s important to have that physical face-to-face contact.
• Is it okay to hijack or take over a large event and host your community there? Like say SXSW or Social Media Marketing World?
• The big draw of a great community is having the members connect with each other. They love meeting each other.
• Consider how connections can be beneficial and how people fit and mesh with each other. It’s a great way to hit it out of the park, as Kami says.
• Live events give you the opportunity for a win-win-win in a way that online communities don’t.
• Events are most successful when you find a need and can fill it with what the community needs or wants. And that’s what Kami did with Social Media Breakfast Houston and Madalyn with the #TwitterSmarter chat and podcast.
• What if you start an event and no one shows up. Madalyn makes a great point with this: The idea is the seed and the roots are the event.
• The riches are in the niches because when you talk to everyone, you talk to no one.

• Social Media Marketing World
• South by Southwest (SXSW)
• Big Give Houston
• Social Media Breakfast Houston
• Growthli
• GoGirlsMusic
• Podrover
• Create If Writing

Your call-to-action for this week is to meet someone locally in one of your online communities. We want you to reach out to someone nearby and have a face-to-face (or Skype) conversation. You can alway use someone in our #CommunitiesThatConvert or #VideoReplyDay community. Take a picture (or screenshot) and tweet it, Facebook it, or Instagram it with our super long hashtag (LOL!), #CommunitiesThatConvert. We’ll be monitoring it and we’ll call you out in a future podcast episode.

If you’d like to learn more about Kami, visit her website at www.zoeticamedia.com. You can contact her by email at [email protected] or tweet to @KamiChat.

If you’d like to learn more about Madalyn, visit her website at www.madalynsklar.com. You can contact her by email at [email protected] or tweet to @MadalynSklar.

In this episode, we discuss how to be a good community member. We break it down, talking about how to participate and be part of a community, the benefits and some do’s and don’ts.

Episode Highlights:

• Jump into a community, introduce yourself and familiarize yourself with group rules.
• Benefits of joining groups: making friends, building relationships, training, courses and market research.
• Facebook is the most popular for groups, but there’s also Facebook Messenger, Slack, LinkedIn and Twitter DM.
• Do’s of participating in a community: Show up and be consistent, volunteer, create opportunities for yourself, have community mindset and network.
• Don’ts of participating in a community: Don’t hard-sell, promote, hijack threads, or troll.

Your call-to-action for this episode is to pick a group, join it and be a helper — help one person every day for an entire week. Go to CommunitiesThatConvert.com to connect! And be sure to reach out to us below.

If you’d like to learn more about Kami, visit her website at www.zoeticamedia.com. You can contact her by email at [email protected] or tweet to @KamiChat.

If you’d like to learn more about Madalyn, visit her website at www.madalynsklar.com. You can contact her by email at [email protected] or tweet to @MadalynSklar.

In this episode, we discuss how to be a good community member. We break it down, talking about how to participate and be part of a community, the benefits and some do’s and don’ts.

Episode Highlights:

• Jump into a community, introduce yourself and familiarize yourself with group rules.
• Benefits of joining groups: making friends, building relationships, training, courses and market research.
• Facebook is the most popular for groups, but there’s also Facebook Messenger, Slack, LinkedIn and Twitter DM.
• Do’s of participating in a community: Show up and be consistent, volunteer, create opportunities for yourself, have community mindset and network.
• Don’ts of participating in a community: Don’t hard-sell, promote, hijack threads, or troll.

Your call-to-action for this episode is to pick a group, join it and be a helper — help one person every day for an entire week. Go to CommunitiesThatConvert.com to connect! And be sure to reach out to us below.

If you’d like to learn more about Kami, visit her website at www.zoeticamedia.com. You can contact her by email at [email protected] or tweet to @KamiChat.

If you’d like to learn more about Madalyn, visit her website at www.madalynsklar.com. You can contact her by email at [email protected] or tweet to @MadalynSklar.

In this episode, Madalyn shares with Kami her new initiative on Twitter using the hashtag #VideoReplyDay. She encourages people to use video by tweeting video replies. Listen to this episode to learn how this strategy can help you connect, engage and strengthen ties with your community. Madalyn also shares a cool ninja promo tip that’s a sure-fire way to connect you with lots of like-minded people.

Episode Highlights:

• Madalyn talks about her strategy: Ready, Fire, Aim — pull the trigger and go. Take your idea and run with it!
• Video is underutilized on Twitter. Madalyn is on a mission to help get more people using this feature.
• #VideoReplyDay was launched on 7–18–17. Madalyn replied to all her tweets with a video for a total of 40 videos. In one day she grew a close-knit Twitter community by sharing videos.
• Black Croft was inspired to go “all in” on the initiative and he replied to every tweet that had the #VideoReplyDay hashtag. He sent over 70 videos over the course of 6 hours! He made lots of new friends and business connections. Some tweets led to business opportunities just by sending a video.
• “I believe in the power of community, the power of relationships and the power of people.” — Black Croft
• In this initiative, we had people stretched out across the globe — Slovenia, Greece, Britain, Ireland, and all over the U.S.
• Kami advises: “Experiment and see what works.”

Call-To-Action

Your call-to-action is to send us a tweet using the #VideoReplyDay hashtag. Be sure to tag us at @kamichat and @MadalynSklar and say “Hi.” Go to CommunitiesThatConvert to connect. Show us your world!

In this episode, Madalyn shares with Kami her new initiative on Twitter using the hashtag #VideoReplyDay. She encourages people to use video by tweeting video replies. Listen to this episode to learn how this strategy can help you connect, engage and strengthen ties with your community. Madalyn also shares a cool ninja promo tip that’s a sure-fire way to connect you with lots of like-minded people.

Episode Highlights:

• Madalyn talks about her strategy: Ready, Fire, Aim — pull the trigger and go. Take your idea and run with it!
• Video is underutilized on Twitter. Madalyn is on a mission to help get more people using this feature.
• #VideoReplyDay was launched on 7–18–17. Madalyn replied to all her tweets with a video for a total of 40 videos. In one day she grew a close-knit Twitter community by sharing videos.
• Black Croft was inspired to go “all in” on the initiative and he replied to every tweet that had the #VideoReplyDay hashtag. He sent over 70 videos over the course of 6 hours! He made lots of new friends and business connections. Some tweets led to business opportunities just by sending a video.
• “I believe in the power of community, the power of relationships and the power of people.” — Black Croft
• In this initiative, we had people stretched out across the globe — Slovenia, Greece, Britain, Ireland, and all over the U.S.
• Kami advises: “Experiment and see what works.”

Call-To-Action

Your call-to-action is to send us a tweet using the #VideoReplyDay hashtag. Be sure to tag us at @kamichat and @MadalynSklar and say “Hi.” Go to CommunitiesThatConvert to connect. Show us your world!

In this episode, we discuss how to monetize your community and uncover the ways to convert communities in monetary ways.

Episode Highlights:

• Earn money directly from your community through paid memberships or courses. 
• How to maintain community character through membership levels, add-ons or paid options.
• Earn money from brands who pay for access to your community.
• If using sponsors, make sure the brands are relevant, fits the community and adds benefit.
• Collaborate with others to leverage their communities and co-branding projects.
• Value is a result in a community knowing, liking and trusting you.

Call-To-Action:

Start taking steps towards monetizing your community. We want to hear from you. Go to CommunitiesThatConvert.com to connect with us! 

You can also reach us on Twitter at @MadalynSklar and @KamiChat.

In this episode, we discuss how to monetize your community and uncover the ways to convert communities in monetary ways.

Episode Highlights:

• Earn money directly from your community through paid memberships or courses. 
• How to maintain community character through membership levels, add-ons or paid options.
• Earn money from brands who pay for access to your community.
• If using sponsors, make sure the brands are relevant, fits the community and adds benefit.
• Collaborate with others to leverage their communities and co-branding projects.
• Value is a result in a community knowing, liking and trusting you.

Call-To-Action:

Start taking steps towards monetizing your community. We want to hear from you. Go to CommunitiesThatConvert.com to connect with us! 

You can also reach us on Twitter at @MadalynSklar and @KamiChat.

In this episode, we discuss how to build an online community. From making a plan, choosing a community, selecting space and managing growth—we touch on the first steps of building your community.

Episode Highlights:

• Build a community from a community perspective and bring something to the community that matters.
• It's important to think about who you're serving and build a community around a topic you're passionate about and interested in.
• Large online communities, change, evolve and sometimes move on. Sometimes features you rely on can be discontinued or removed.
• There are three different Facebook group settings: secret, open and private (rented land).
• Online resources like Thinkific, Teachable, Udemy, Zippy Courses or Kajabi can serve as your platform and meeting space.

Call-to-Action: 

On Facebook or Twitter, use #CommunitiesThatConvert and share your thoughts. What are your favorite communities? Are you part of any online communities and what are they?

Get in touch with us at CommunitiesThatConvert.com and on Twitter @MadalynSklar and @KamiChat.

In this episode, we discuss how to build an online community. From making a plan, choosing a community, selecting space and managing growth—we touch on the first steps of building your community.

Episode Highlights:

• Build a community from a community perspective and bring something to the community that matters.
• It's important to think about who you're serving and build a community around a topic you're passionate about and interested in.
• Large online communities, change, evolve and sometimes move on. Sometimes features you rely on can be discontinued or removed.
• There are three different Facebook group settings: secret, open and private (rented land).
• Online resources like Thinkific, Teachable, Udemy, Zippy Courses or Kajabi can serve as your platform and meeting space.

Call-to-Action: 

On Facebook or Twitter, use #CommunitiesThatConvert and share your thoughts. What are your favorite communities? Are you part of any online communities and what are they?

Get in touch with us at CommunitiesThatConvert.com and on Twitter @MadalynSklar and @KamiChat.