Pete Heslop

Community

Six Thinking Hats (Community Edition)

The Six Thinking Hats provides a structured way to navigate challenges, ensuring we consider all angles and perspectives.

Community

Building Platforms That Succeed: Why We Focus on Discovery First

Discovery is the most essential part of building a community platform.

Why Communities Fail: Lessons from behind the curtain

Being part of many communities with community managers and privy to conversations about community-led marketing gives me unique insight.

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What do you call a community without a Manifesto or Mission?

We’re not sure, but we’d be shouting iceberg!

Community

Why marketplaces are the ultimate cheat code

Have you ever dreamt of giving your community that killer feature that moves them from observer to influencer in a matter of weeks rather than years?

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How to ‘good nudge’ your community members to the top

Benefit-driven persuasion tactics and herd mentality can change how your community operates.

From silo to synergy: 3 ways to extend your brand into your digital community

Communities are unique to their brand or organisation, but can too much separation be a bad thing?

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The truth about vanity metrics (How to gather data that stakeholders REALLY care about)

Data. Metrics. Statistics. It all sounds scary and intimidating, right?

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Movin’ on up!.. the community participation ladder

What’s the participation ladder? The participation ladder is an effective way to evaluate your community member’s engagement.

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Sign-ups vs drop-offs (How to find the perfect balance for an engaged community)

Why are people reaching the sign-up page only to drop off moments later? And can this be a good thing?