Community Stories

Mohammed Rafy
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Community Stories is brought to you by Uncommunity. We sit with community builders, creators and hear the backstory on building thriving Internet communities. Building thriving communities take incredible efforts and everyone has great story on how did they start their journey.

  1. Yaro Bagriy of Playgroup on building creator communities and how to create engagement in a community

    02/08/2021

    Yaro Bagriy of Playgroup on building creator communities and how to create engagement in a community

    Yaro Bagriy is the creator of Playgroup, a new-age community-building platform. He previously started a community for newsletter enthusiasts called Newsletter Crew, which later got acquired. In this episode, we discuss growth and engagement strategies for communities, the ideal size of the community, and why we should build paid & private communities. His definition of a successful community is where every member knows every other member, like how a family should be. Small. Link to Playgroup - The best platform to build your digital community. Link to Yaro Bagriy Twitter Link to Rafy's Twitter Link to Uncommunity's Newsletter Learn about Uncommunity Support Uncommunity by buying a coffee

    36 min
  2. Paras Pundir on starting a career in community building and building communities for brands

    25/05/2021

    Paras Pundir on starting a career in community building and building communities for brands

    In this bonus episode, Paras and I pick topics and discuss how to start a career in community building, why is building a community for a brand/business different from creator and what should be the ideal community platform to hosts communities. Paras is known as The Community Guy, is a community builder who founded Community Folks, a community for community managers and runs multiple communities. Paras believes in creating an impact along with the power of people. "Community is not just event. Community is not just Instagram Live. Community is everything."   Link to Paras Pundir Twitter Link to Community Folks Community Link to Rafy's Twitter Link to Uncommunity's Newsletter Learn about Uncommunity Support Uncommunity by buying a coffee

    35 min
  3. Community is relationships. Relationships are give & take. Kim Johnson, Head of Community at Geneva

    30/03/2021

    Community is relationships. Relationships are give & take. Kim Johnson, Head of Community at Geneva

    Kim Johnson, Head of Community at Geneva talks about her time at Glossier building community ambassadors program and other initiatives which created experiences to celebrate people. She talks about challenges a community leader can face and how you can balance scale and growth with true community and connection. She discussed her ideal community-building platform and shares 3 pieces of advice for new community builders who are just getting started in their journey of building communities.    She believes in, "Your community can often tell your story better than you can". When you are early in a community building it takes time. It takes time to make connections. It takes time to build a community that's thriving and can take off and grow on its own. Ensuring you take that time to give care and space to the community to truly grow authentically and to nurture it is super important. Link to Geneva - Geneva is a safe and welcoming city of private groups, each with their own personality and purpose. ​Link to Glossier Link to Kim Johnson LinkedIn Link to the episode on YouTube with timestamps Link to Rafy's Twitter Link to Uncommunity's Newsletter Learn about Uncommunity Support Uncommunity by buying a coffee

    40 min
  4. Having a paid community can lead to better outcome & member experience, Emily & Tom, Co-founders of Propel

    07/03/2021

    Having a paid community can lead to better outcome & member experience, Emily & Tom, Co-founders of Propel

    Emily Pik and Tom Guthrie, co-founders of Propel - a cohort-based private community join me on Community Stories to talk about their day to day operations of running a paid community and why it's good to have a paid community, defining north star of a community, how to select members for the paid community by learning their motivation, how not to define a community and what's the difference between having an audience vs having a community.    "A community is when a cumulative strength of relationships between members of the community exceeds the strength of the relationship with the members and the original creator of the community." Link to the Propel's Community Link to Emily Pik's Twitter Link to Tom Guthrie's Twitter Link to Rafy's Twitter Link to Uncommunity's Newsletter Learn about Uncommunity Support Uncommunity by buying a coffee

    29 min
  5. Ian Vanagas, Building an ideal community platform and the future of internet communities

    23/02/2021

    Ian Vanagas, Building an ideal community platform and the future of internet communities

    In this episode, Ian talks about how status works in online communities and dive into community-building platforms like Discord, Reddit and explain why is Discord winning. Discord won by building 10x better spaces for communities. By selling status, they have also managed to capture more value from those communities than other platforms. Link to Ian Vanagas Twitter Link to Ian's Blog Link to Rafy's Twitter Link to Uncommunity's Newsletter Learn about Uncommunity Support Uncommunity by buying a coffee

    47 min
  6. Arvid Kahl, The Bootstrapped Founder, Author of Zero to Sold and now writing The Embedded Entrepreneur

    25/01/2021

    Arvid Kahl, The Bootstrapped Founder, Author of Zero to Sold and now writing The Embedded Entrepreneur

    Arvid Kahl joins me on Community Stories to talk about the audience-first approach, building relationships and his latest book The Embedded Entrepreneur, prev Audience First. Audience-first means exactly what it sounds like: you start with the audience. Arvid shares his lesson building a bootstrap business, how he leveraged the audience to write his first book Zero to Sold and why he is writing Audience First. This book will teach you how to build a business the right way from the beginning: with an audience that you want to serve and that will serve you. He says, "Building relationships is a never-ending transaction." Link to the book Audience First Link to Arvid Kahl's Twitter Link to The Bootstrapped Founder Link to Rafy's Twitter Link to Uncommunity's Newsletter Learn about Uncommunity Support Uncommunity by buying a coffee

    1h 2m
  7. John, Founder of Yen and creator of YEN.FM - daily digest exploring community-centric world

    02/01/2021

    John, Founder of Yen and creator of YEN.FM - daily digest exploring community-centric world

    In this episode, John talks about building communities, newsletters and how all that he does like sending a daily newsletter, engaging with the audience on Twitter, engaging with a community on Indie Hackers is intentional and aligned with his business objectives. He explores the topic of creating YEN.FM.    John is on a mission to democratize community building through YEN.FM by sharing free content, education, and featuring folks who are leading the charge into a brave, new, community-first world. Link to YEN.FM Link to John's Twitter Link to Rafy's Twitter Link to Uncommunity's Newsletter Learn about Uncommunity Support Uncommunity by buying a coffee

    54 min
  8. KP, Founder of Cuppa and now Program Director of On Deck No-Code Fellowship (ODNC) | Building Audience on the Internet & Building Communities

    27/11/2020

    KP, Founder of Cuppa and now Program Director of On Deck No-Code Fellowship (ODNC) | Building Audience on the Internet & Building Communities

    In this episode, KP shares the story on building the leverage on the internet by building multiple products and creating Cuppa: a 1-1 virtual coffee platform with talent sourced from Twitter. He is currently working as a Program Director of On Deck No-Code Fellowship. Link to Cuppa Link to KP's Twitter Link to On Deck Link to Rafy's Twitter Link to Uncommunity's Newsletter Learn about Uncommunity Support Uncommunity by buying a coffee

    43 min
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Community Stories is brought to you by Uncommunity. We sit with community builders, creators and hear the backstory on building thriving Internet communities. Building thriving communities take incredible efforts and everyone has great story on how did they start their journey.

Information

  • Creator
    Mohammed Rafy
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    13
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Mohammed Rafy
  • Show Website
    Community Stories