What community builders can learn from superfans

My early teen years I spent obsessing over Lily Allen; updating my MySpace profile to reflect hers, packing in an

How to be a good community member

I grew up in rural Idaho—camping, hiking, and exploring in the world was second nature. The number one principle

A mindset of starting afresh

2020 is so full of 💩 I think back to pre-COVID life and realize how easy everything was in comparison to

Stop blaming the tools

"Slack sucks for communities." "I can't bear another Facebook group." "Forums are so

Getting better at community building, one tiny habit at a time

You want to get good at building community, but don't know how? Here's an idea, build

Lurkers are people too 😅

Updated September 2021 On thinking about designing communities with lurkers in mind. As community builders, I feel like lurkers tend

Rituals as a foundation of community marketing

Community is dead, long live community!

Some current thoughts on the state of building communities and businesses. This post is a result of a conversation I

The Power of Building Communities with Questions

We live in a world where we expect and demand answers. People come searching for answers and blueprints, but leave

TikTok showed a different way to create a community

Building community with kindness

The other day I was reminded of what I often preach: be kind and rosie in everything you do. Those

Building a community digital garden

I don't know about you, but I cannot escape all the talk of digital gardens. It feels like

Communities help people stumble upon happiness

Stumbling upon communities brings people all kinds of opportunities, discoveries and real happiness for people. The more communities we create,

Lurk as a Service

Have you heard of the idea of a 'productized service'? First, imagine you run a consultancy or agency

Building a community with introverts in mind

Hey everyone. My name is Rosie Sherry and I’m an introvert. 😅 When I was young I would literally not

Use your forum as a blog

I noticed today that Airtable use Discourse for their community. They also use it as a way to announce and

Messy and fragmented paid communities

Covid has brought on a new wave of focus on building communities. Alongside this is a strong interest in paid

Building community with email and newsletters

Today I want to address a trend! 🎉 Newsletters everywhere can be communities! 🎉

You, your community, and all the content

My early days of community building were very much influenced by marketeers and the social web. These days I’m

Mirror Your Community Flywheel

When you are challenged with growing your community, consider how you can get the word out by creating a '

How to start a community

"Rosie! I want to start a community. Tell me, what should I do?" And I be like.