Five online communities that provide major inspiration
If you've ever considered thinking of launching an online community, then you aren't all on your own. Research has found that 60% of businesses have a branded online community and that 15% of them were looking to launch one within the coming twelve months. From intimate masterminds to sprawling ecosystems that have thousands of members all the way from free to costing thousands of dollars, options to run an online community are unlimited.
Read on to find out what other community organizers are thriving, and get a tip or two to apply to your own!
Conscious Collective
228 Members
3 Access Groups
Hero for seven years
Define your community's purpose and the reason you are there.
My community is known as Conscious Collective, and it's designed for those who are ready to embrace their full potential and their strength. Our members recognize the fact that we're all connected and we're all in this together, and we bring this awareness to spirituality. We have the opportunity to train as well as the opportunity to challenge ourselves on mindfulness, meditation and personal development with an emphasis on making spirituality accessible to access, enjoyable, and accessible. Everybody loves the brand innovative challenge system, the Live Room and leaderboard feature.
How is your community structured?
Two main circles are inside Conscious Collective for now. The number of circles will grow as we progress. Most of the action happens in "The Forum". This is for general conversation on all topics, challenge discussion and sharing, as well as invitations to attend live events. There is also the "Spirit Market" circle for people to display, purchase, sell, and trade their metaphysical works and accessories. Weekly challenges, group meditations classes, and various other events are all hosted in The Forum / Live Room (which is so much more effective than Zoom!). The Forum will be adding virtual co-working events as well as art night and oracle night in the month of April.
Additionally, I utilize the platform to manage my membership for advanced and my VIP mentorship group.
A recent community win
Many are starting to embrace the site. The members have been asking for events such as art nights, oracle evening, and a few other events, and are eager to participate and hosts.
Top tip for others Heroes
The Leaderboard is fantastic! Each month, we give away a prize to the winner. The prize this month was a bag of Onyx Coffee, one the premier coffee roasters in the US. The prize isn't huge and it's not a huge deal, but it brings some enjoyment to the competition, and is extremely effective in involvement.
Stylist Soul Tribe
228 Members
3 Access Groups
Hero for 7 years
Describe your community and why you are there.
Stylist Soul Tribe is a mastermind community within the industry of beauty. The group is composed of 20 tribes of stylists, salon managers teachers, stylists, and entrepreneurs with huge plans. We meet every month to hold ourselves accountable, discuss goals, build one another up and encourage our fellow members through tough times. This truly is a group unlike any other, with a variety of deep friendships that have been created.
How structured is your community?
Utilizing the most recent portal in lets our mastermind group scale on a whole new level. We can now hype our fellow members up with challenges, share wins, and build even more connections. Being able to have live calls and teachings is another great tool we use to keep engagement up.
Recent community wins
One of the biggest wins for Stylist Soul Tribe this year is we hit 100 members in our mastermind group. We are so excited to launch Stylist Soul Tribe in January and grow even more! Vision casting session coming up soon in which we touch on mindset and visualization, as well as the full cycle of success.
Top tip for other Heroes
An idea I'd like to leave you with is to allow space for your community creatively. A lot of the biggest ideas and improvements that have come from the mastermind are inspired by the people within. Many of the connections have occurred naturally because of allowing the room for it to take place. has given me the tools to create a framework in place that runs seamlessly to allow me to be as authentic as possible for my members.
Kathy Keats Community
124 Members
1 Access Group
Hero for 7 years
Tell us about your community and why they gather.
The Kathy Keats Community is an amazing community of people who love dogs who realize that achieving the fullest potential of dog sport (or anything else) isn't just about skill development, it's about growing. You can't kid a dog. The dogs are amazing mirrors who make us feel humble, push us to confront our weaknesses and inspire us to be more effective ... to them in our own lives, as well as to those around us.
How is your community structured?
It's still an experimental process of creating the ideal method for my audience. As of now, I'm making use of (or is planning to use) it in three different ways. One is an addition to online courses and the third is to provide a community of accountability that is supportive that is a membership on its own, and a third way is as a space to engage my podcast audience and bring them into my ecosystem. I use a combination of live meetings and my Live Room feature and Challenges to keep my audience active and focused on the classes. I also make weekly posts for my community members and are planning to implement discussions in the free section in order to know which topics and guests might be interesting with my podcasts.
Top tip for others Heroes
If you're planning to use communities in conjunction with online courses, consider onboarding the community area FIRST before the date of your course's official start and get your audience engaging by introducing an open week live event, challenge, or leader board scavenger hunt -- because it's where the bigger learning curve is, then open your course area. This helps to avoid overwhelming and make it easier to connect to particular lessons within your course.
A recent community win
The course that I just completed was a huge hit, due to the fact that a majority of my clients aren't techie however they were able to engage in the live Q&As because of the intuitive user interface. There was more live face-to-face engagement in the community than I've ever experienced with other conferencing tools because the tech didn't get out of the way.
The Level Up Club
There are 63 members
2 Access Groups
Hero for six years
Describe your community and why they gather.
The community I am part of, the Level Up Club, is for people who are creative, entrepreneurs, and innovators to meet and connect with like-valued people that want to learn, level up and create a positive impact in the world.
How is your community structured?
I currently have 2 access groups "The Community" which is open to anyone who wants to join and "The Golden Circle Mastermind" which is my paid mastermind group. There are five circles in my group; One community is to post general content, Bookish is for talk about books and podcasting to be precise, for podcasters. And, NLP and Hypnosis are for those looking to discuss this, as well as one to my masterminds. The challenges have been great enjoyable and the community is loving being involved. The challenges so far have been about getting to know each other in addition to mindful and healthy living. Meetups are a great method of bringing new members into the community by sharing your events through social platforms.
The top tip for others Heroes
Have fun with it! Create challenges and participate often you.
A recent community win
My neighborhood is now beginning to invite others to join since they're so happy with it.
The essence of online communities
The advantages of having a community in conjunction with the other offerings you offer online are obvious. Communities offer your users a place to share their thoughts and questions, plus gives users the chance to interact with other like-minded individuals.
A community is invaluable to you. By forming a community you will learn your customers their needs in real-time so that you can quickly and efficiently tailor your products for them. Seventy-six per cent of internet users are already part of an online social network; is it time to provide your users a chance to be authentically connected?
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