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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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