I've joined a few communities recently - some paid and others free. Sadly most of them have been quiet, and I've not really gotten that much back. So just wondering about ones you'd recommend....
Without a doubt the Furlough Community Discord that can be found here...
https://discord.gg/EwdQXuB8
As someone who joins/lurks a lot of communities on Discord this is the first I've come across to actually do it right. A lot of very sharp minds in all areas of business and that goes double for digital marketing. The channels are very active there are always people in the voice channels collaborating, sharing, creating content, etc
They also do a web stream where they feature a wide-array of individuals and startups. Not to mention the speed networking sessions are totally nuts and have needed me many positive interaction and opportunities in the startup world. Furlough Community is a must see!
this 100%
there isn't another community i've ever been exposed to that has done more for me than Furlough.
Join, introduce yourself, attend a couple events, pop into VC and say hi.
see you there
Joined - will be getting into it soon 😀
Awesome! Just joined, thanks.
Amazing to see Furlough get the recognition it deserves. The best kept secret on Discord. Over 50+ monthly events, Voice channels are always going OFF with people collaborating + sharing insights, FREE startup accelerator program and they actively help their members boost their authority by showcasing them on event streams on their Youtube.
Completely agree, I work remote and the collaboration here is fantastic. Great culture.
just joined. can confirm - this is a very active community. It's worth checking out.
I made an account on IH specifically to say that Furlough is absolutely one of the best marketing communities I've ever joined.
I've run a full-service agency for 12 years now and have bought thousands of dollars in courses and masterminds and nothing beats this community which is free.
You literally have nothing to lose by checking it out.
10/10 is the most professionally active discord server I've joined. Gained multiple projects and collaborations from even just the casual members of the server.
Not to mention how many events they have where anyone can chip in
Couldn't agree more with all the other upvotes on this.
Since joining Furlough almost a year ago now, my life has done a complete 180.
Finding individuals with shared values & belief systems can do some amazing things for your personal/career growth.
Wow sounds great - will check them out thanks @Garland
Sorry about that! I went ahead and edited the post to go starlight to the discord. Also dropping it here ;) https://discord.gg/EwdQXuB8
It seems they got an issue on their site. When you try to log in the iframe shows the Typeform website but not the actual form to join. Can you ping someone so they fix it? Thanks!
Sorry about that. Here is a direct link to the community discord.
https://discord.gg/EwdQXuB8
Thank you very much!
Yeah spotted the same issue
Hey yes we're aware! We just launched the new site in stealth on Friday didn't expect anyone to notice. We are polishing everything and should be up and rolling by EOW. The link to join is discord.gg/furlough in case you want to bypass site.
p.s. if you seem me in a voice channel jump in and let's connect!
For real! I'm not even a year in at Furlough and yet I've gained so much already. This really kickstarted my business, amazing people to vibe with as well.
A great community that really provided me loads of value as a member, and helped me make a push with my startup - collaborative and helpful highly recommend!
Hey I’m trying to bring like-minded people under a community in Twitter. The goal is to help each other and grow together. Still looking for moderators - feel free to dm me on Twitter @svedova :) I’ll leave the link here:
https://twitter.com/i/communities/1523269557816856576
joined!
Joined, thanks!
Just joined, looks fun. Let's connect IH there!
Thanks for this. Just joined! :)
Just joined the Twitter Community. Cool concept!
How those twitter communities work?
Joined 👍
i think it has several benefits. First of all, people part of the community are like-minded people so they are more willing to help each other. Second, when you post a tweet, it has more visibility because there are less tweets. So overall has been working pretty good so far. Already 70+ people in less than 36 hours.
How have you found Twitter Communities? I signed up for a few of them but never really used them
Twitter Communities are as good as the people who run them.
I have one (for community builders) if you want to have a peek - https://twitter.com/i/communities/1473407107873611786
Just joined your community, but, as a long-time fan of your writing on community development, anywhere you hang where people talk? For me, it's now all in Discord.
I have the Twitter Community, a Discord and also more recently I set up a forum - https://village.rosie.land/
Just joined - let's see how the community ace does it 😀
I’m still experimenting with them. The first impression is that it makes sense for things like bringing like-minded people together. My understanding is that when you post something in a community it has targeted audience and more visibility. That’s probably the use case.
Hmm never thought about the visibility as that's such a struggle on Twitter
I've just joined a couple
I've seen the Ramenclub around quite a bit, will think about that one
Feel free to check us out Maxwell. We launched on PH recently, and you can read some nice comments about us here if you're on the fence. https://www.producthunt.com/posts/ramen-club-2
Yeah saw the new launch - like the new name 👍
I'm enjoying it after joining this year. Gradually attending more and learning from the Slack group. Some impressive products being built.
+1 for Ramen Club which I'm part of.
Haven't tried High Signal but +1 for Pete. Been following him on Twitter for a while and he has a great work ethic and positive attitude.
Thanks!
My pleasure dude. You have yourself a fine day
Thanks for sharing. I'll take a look.
Indie Worldwide
I keep seeing stuff about them I should check them out thanks for sharing 😀
This community gets a vote from me as well!
++++
Had very similar experiences and eventually just gave up. Haven't found any community that offers anything that's not available better on Twitter.
Running an active community is extremely hard work and a full-time job for at least one person. But sadly for most, it's just an easy money grab since setting up the infrastructure (i.e. spinning up a Discord server) is very easy.
It's like organizing a "party" just by renting a room. Then as you open the doors, you get a room full of strangers but not much going on. Hence people quickly leave again as they realize no party is going on. At the same time, the organizer keeps promoting it as a party while investing nothing into actually making sure people have a good time.
Such a great way to describe it Jakob, and it made me laugh 🤣🤣
Another vote for https://ramenclub.so/
Never goes quiet, always get high quality responses... would definitely recommend. Been a paying member for years :)
It's so important for communities to be busy 😀
+1 for ramenclub.so for indie builders
Then also contentuk.co because I focus on content a bunch. There's probably a vertical or specialism-specific community that's fairly active that you don't know about yet. Worth asking others who do specifically what you do to find out what that is!
Content one is probably a good should for me a I'm more on the marketing side than Development...so thanks for the heads up
I've joined Rosie Sherry's "The Indiependent" community and am super happy about it. The rules of the game have turned it into an awesome and lasting community. People stay around, and the community doesn't grow too fast. So we have a chance to get to know each other.
Here's an affiliate link: https://gumroad.com/a/249779315/GoImj
Well of course Rosie has an awesome community - why didn't I think of that!
I run SaaSfriends.com
It's a private community for SaaS founders who are over $20k MRR. There are currently about 200 founders in the SaaS Friends community.
That's going to be a high performing group!
Yeah, there's a lot of collective knowledge and experience within the SaaS Friends community
Hey,
Last year I joined @petecodes's High Signal group: https://highsignal.io/
It's a paid community of bootstrapped entrepreneurs at different stages.
Entrepreneurship sometimes feels like a single player game, and this community helped answer many of my questions and be a space for support. We have a weekly call and regularly have successfull bootstrappers on for an AMA.
Check it out, maybe it's a fit 👍🏼
Oooh not heard of that one thanks!
hey Maxwell, let me know if you have any questions :) I should say the group is for people who have revenue already.
Sure - working on that 🤣
+1 for High Signal :)
I'm also a part of High Signal and really like it. I find it different from most communities out there, smaller scale with time and space to actually get to know people.
Aaaaah, thanks man!
Reddit is shit, but it's my shit.
Even i have lately joined a few communities, they are also some premium and some free. Unfortunately, most of them have been quiet, and I haven't received anything in return.any suggestions
I know this is not the question, but I'm thoroughly impressed with my "Day 1" experience on Indie Hackers. Some of the best UI/UX I've seen in a while.
Now back to the question, I'm currently building a community of Gen Z coders on www.codedex.io and people have been saying really great things!
check out https://slyk.io/
start by bringing your physical community into the digital space
make a coin, so everyone earns $ while you grow together
How has no one mentioned Friends of Lenny's, it is a paid-for newsletter and community. Initially focused on product managers but now branched out into other areas such as early stage founders. Also for the web3 curious, Im a member of BanklessDAO and they all seem super nice and helpful.
https://www.lennyrachitsky.com/
https://banklesshq.com/
Thank you for sharing! I'll take a look.
So far, I liked https://megamaker.co/ the best. The paid part of it is a good filter. Real conversations in there and not mostly "I build this, please buy now" as I saw it in MicroConf Connect.
Folks were great for helping me out when I have problems. The only community I come back to every day.
There is also https://Tokenhunt.club - for those who build in public
Micro SaaS HQ for Micro SaaS builders. We are about 100+ people helping each other. We don't do a lot of calls, it's mainly a calmer ecosystem that runs on content, questions and a small forum to interact.
This was originally started for Micro SaaS Ideas Pro subscribers.
It covers people working on Micro SaaS products and also covers Micro opportunities around Info Products, Productized services too. It also comes with some good reports on 75+ niches on how current micro trends are making money.
Simply a good start for people working to get into Indie hacking.
The posts are really amazing!
Great question, thanks. I'll check these communities out.
Been lots of great replies 👍
This one is more for writers: Soaring Twenties Social Club.
Good people that want to read and write more. Been in there for a year. Worth ever $7/mo.
As a sidenote, I made about $500+ from the that group. Not as an affiliate, just as a result of talking to interesting people and doing some dev/writing/editing work for them. I think these sorts of groups have high potential in general, especially if there's less than 100 people there. Once the groups get big, it the quality of the connection usually suffers.
I think I'll also join this one soon. Just read the Manifesto today and it resonates.
I Joined WBE, met awesome people and my Twitter account grew by 50% in 1 month.
win-win-win
+1 for WBE
I'm in it too - great group!
If you want something that actively helps founders make progress with both peer and expert support we are building Oxogen.io.
It's a community that is incentivised to be active and supportive by providing valuable expert input to those that are demonstrating progress and values. Ultimately we want founders to feel less lost and alone.
We launch in June but have a Slack group for anyone on the waitlist to join now. Being new we would love to hear any feedback too.
Hello @MaxwellDavis
I recently joined Learnweb3 community https://www.learnweb3.io/ and it's been really good.
They provide free content to dive into WEB3.
People are nice and helping each other on debuging and stuff.
Have a good day
That's going to be booming soon - such a popular niche right now
Hey Max. I have to leave here the WBE Space. Our mission is to help indie makers to transform their ideas into businesses and it's been very active :)
Of course you do - Great group!
Depends on your startup, but I'd recommend Twitter and Linkedin.
You can also try Product Hunt (discussions), this is working well for us.
Yeah in all of those, but they feel more like promotional communities rather than ones where you can really build meaning full connections...or am I just missing something 😀
If you're into tech, I really like hackernews - engagement is pretty high, and there are tons of people who are willing to leave feedback on whatever you're working on.
Growclass is a great one too! It's full of marketers, founders, and freelancers all helping each other out. I've met a ton of great folks in their Slack channel.
https://www.growclass.co/
Is that something you get access to with one of the courses?
Yup it's part of the membership
Furlough! People have been so welcoming, met like 6 furloughers tonight, so I decided to do this: https://twitter.com/osakasaul/status/1524293996213948421
Putting these guys on blast; my startup head friends will appreciate it as much as I do.
Thank you, @JoeCasanova for getting people actually talking.
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As a fun unwind with people who are not all startup heads, in Discord, The Tavern
https://discord.gg/yVXpYwpuAR
Everyone is on cam, civil, usually somewhat intoxicated. Calls are happening 24 hrs/day every day, and, if you introduce yourself in the "intros" channel, you can network with startup people.
Fascinating community - very focused on calls!
Yeah, hey, meet me, @JoeCasanova and others in Furlough and The Tavern.
I LOVE Furlough so far (first day, full disclosure), but would say that Tavern is more on the lighter side - drink/smoke-friendly, more fun than function. But then, there's a smattering of entrepreneurs, like Joe and me, too.
A discord server with underage kids drinking alcohol and the #1 rule is “camera must be on”?
Nah, I’m good.
Actually, if people look young, we card them.
We're all 18+, and, note that in most of the world, it isn't 21+ to drink, but 18 or even 16.
The best answer is why do you want to join this group?
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CrowdScale.
I've recently joined www.crowdscale.org/ - it's a new (+paid) platform; mostly for online coaches, healers, and digital marketers.
One big part of the project is for business owners to focus on their "zone of genius" by leveraging the network to take care of the rest (ex: marketing, if you don't like marketing).
It's aiming to not just network but also solve the biggest problems in the coaching industry by ditching the "every man for himself" model and instead using a "we're all in this together" model.
If anyone is interested, let me know; there is an affiliate program but I can also point to more information than what's on their website.
Sounds really interesting - what's you ideal community member?
Hey @MaxwellDavis ,
That would be a 'heart centered' digital marketer, coach, consultant, or healer :)
Best,
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Mate I only just saw this - thanks so much!
I checked out Fizzle - it looks pretty intense, something I might try and join when I've got a bit more time.
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