Starting an online community? Here’s a great list of things to consider.

Over at Com­mon­Craft they’ve col­lec­ted an excel­lent list of con­sid­er­a­tions for start­ing an online com­munity. For example:

• Have a strong under­stand­ing of the audience
• Define the user — where are they now? What do they need?
• Make sure to have a host or “social director”
• Cre­ate an out­reach strategy — how will your audi­ence know about the community?
• Ensure that the ini­tial exper­i­ence is com­pel­ling — give people some­thing at the very begin­ning (people, con­tent, event, etc.) 

…and many many more.

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