Community Archives - Jono Bacon

5 Reasons Why People Are Not Joining Your Community (and How To Fix Them)

by Jono Bacon | Sep 22, 2020 | Community

There’s a saying from the famous movie “Field of Dreams”: “if you build it, they will come.” While inspiring, that’s just not always true, in fact, many times things go the opposite way when it comes to community building. Sometimes instead of bums on...

How to Start a Brand New Online Community, Even Without Technical Experience

by Jono Bacon | Sep 11, 2020 | Community

One of my wonderful members (find out more about FREE membership here) wrote in with an interesting question: “I’m concerned about my lack of technical experience that emerged as I was enjoying listening to ‘People Powered: How communities can supercharge your...

Redemption: My Community Management Career Mistakes (and How To Avoid Them)

by Jono Bacon | Jul 21, 2020 | Community, Community Management

Over the course of my career I have indulged in a rich collection of corkers of mistakes. Like the rest of you ‘orrible lot, I am human, and indeed, to err is to be human. Mistakes are one thing, but what I think is especially important in the interests of...

Vanilla Webinar on Tuesday 7th April 2020 (and Free Books)

by Jono Bacon | Mar 15, 2020 | Community Management

Just a quick note to share with you that my friends at Vanilla Forums will be hosting me for a webinar on the 7th April 2020. In this webinar we will be getting into: Understanding a framework for how to deploy a community strategy, invest in the right areas, track...

Announcing the Community Access Bootcamp

by Jono Bacon | Feb 4, 2020 | Community

Today I am excited to announce a new program I am launching called the Community Access Bootcamp. As I have talked about extensively, I firmly believe that communities are going to continue to be a growing force in businesses, charities, campaigns, and beyond. The...

New Piece on Community as a Competitive Advantage For Harvard Business Review

by Jono Bacon | Jan 26, 2020 | Community, Writing

Something I have been consistently hammering on about for a number of years is that communities are going to change how we build businesses and engage with customers. With global smartphone penetration expected to reach 45% this year and global data rates dropping...