In this episode of the CLG Journal podcast, we talk with Michelle Burrell and Renee Silver with The Malin about their brand new Chelsea location where CLG is going to be held!

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This conversation is with Beth Saunders, the Senior Community Manager at Amplitude. You will learn about how Beth got into the Community Building profession, what she is focused on at work now, and why she is attending our CLG conference in March!

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Listen to the latest weekly check-in update from Zach and David about the prior week, what's on their minds, and what's ahead for the week ahead in building the CLG conference!

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What does community-led growth look like? A group of founders, marketers, and community builders unpack community-led growth from every angle: why human connection beats performance marketing, how communities create multiple business entry points, and why earning organic growth is slow but worth it.

This episode originally aired on David's Portfolio Career podcast. This episode was recorded before we knew about The CLG Journal Podcast. We wanted to share it with you too! Enjoy!

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In this week's CLG Check-In video and podcast episode, Zach and David reflect on the prior week and what's currently on their minds. You will learn about sponsorship sales, community building, and how attendees could get the most value out of the conference!

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Welcome to the first podcast episode of the CLG Journal with Jess Casale, the Head of Community at Resident Company Club.

Learn about this new coworking place in NYC and her community building experiences!

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Instead of watching the Super Bowl, we wanted to give something better for you!

On Sunday February 8th, Zach and David reflected on the week as part of our weekly video update.

Below are some takeaways from the video:

Conference Progress & Success Metrics

* They’ve sold 43 tickets (exceeded their goal of 42) with only 17 tickets remaining and over a month before the event

* Strong momentum with 18-19 new registrations in the past week

* On track to potentially sell out at early bird pricing

Major Milestone: First Sponsor

* In the last week, we got our first sponsor commit to partnering with us, which we described as getting “the whole ball rolling”

* This gives us credibility to approach other potential sponsors

Pre-Conference Community Building

* Attendees are proactively requesting ways to connect before the conference

* Thinking to likely do both Slack and WhatsApp channels for pre-conference connection

Additional Benefits Beyond The Conference Already

* The conference has created natural opportunities to reconnect with prospects without being sales-focused

* The “I was meaning to reach out” phenomenon. Outreach about the conference is rekindling business conversations

* Zach has three podcasts scheduled to mostly talk about the conference and community building because of CLG

We also talked about conference marketing and why the strong ticket sales may be occurring!

Feb 18th Event

Here is the link to “conference pep rally” on Wednesday February 18th if you want to connect with other community builders!

Thank you for your support and talk soon,

Zach and David

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On Sunday February 1st, Zach and David reflected on last week’s CLG public launch, and what they are focused on this week.

Here are a few takeaways from the video:

* momentum and validation: pleasantly surprised by the strong early response, including from out-of-town attendees who are making travel plans to attend

* who is coming: seeing some trends and patterns on who has registered so far

* operational focus: balancing multiple priorities: ticket sales, sponsorships (including a humorous “pants sponsor” idea), event logistics, and refining the actual programming and discussion formats.

* personal, one-on-one invite approach: They emphasize the value of “personalized brute force” outreach rather than scaling too quickly, spending hours on individual invitations.

Until next time,

Zach and David

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