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🧵 71: It ain’t dead
“How do you see the role of email in connecting with your community? And how do you see it changing?” – Hannah Whalen
🔓 47: A numbers game
Promotion is the #1 driver of traffic and acquisition for communities. Don’t forget to tell people about it.
- Community Industry News: - Lauren (Saar) van der Vaart joined Google Cloud as Community Content Manager 
- Pratyusha Simharaju joined Google Cloud as Program Manager, Google Cloud and Workspace Communities 
- Nicola Lyons joined Andela as Senior Community Programs Manager 
- Ricardo Araujo joined Academia de Código as Chief Community Officer 
- Carter Gibson was promoted to Senior Program Manager, Internal Community Management at Google 
 
- Acquisition / Promotion: - “Community is a numbers game.” — Joe Cothrel 
 
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