Community Principles Series #2: Creating Feedback Loops ![rw-book-cover](https://s1.feedly.com/images/fx/og/default.png) ## Metadata - Author: [[Feedly]] - Full Title: Community Principles Series #2: Creating Feedback Loops - Category: #articles - Document Note: # Title: Understanding the Community Principle of Creating Feedback Loops --- tags: - CommunityBuilding - FeedbackLoops Author: AI Assistant Source: AI Daily Insights Reference: N/A --- ## Table of Contents: - Introduction - Feedback Loops in Community Engagement - Feedback Loops in Community Marketing - Feedback Loops in Internal Collaboration - Conclusion ## Index Creation: - Community Building - Feedback Loops - Engagement - Marketing - Collaboration ## 📝 Summary: The community principle of creating feedback loops is crucial in preventing community projects from becoming overwhelming while fostering strong connections between stakeholders. Feedback loops involve turning outputs from one area of a project into inputs for others, causing a chain reaction of positive impacts throughout the community initiative. ## 📖 Main Content: Feedback loops are essential for managing community projects effectively and fostering engagement. These loops can be incorporated into community engagement strategies, marketing initiatives, and internal collaborations to maximize impact and efficiency. ### 🗒️ Notes - Feedback loops enhance connections between stakeholders. - They ensure that efforts in one area positively influence multiple aspects of the community project. - Examples include engagement prompts leading to sustained engagement and mining community content for marketing collateral. ## 📖 References: - No external sources mentioned. ## 🗣️ Paraphrase: 1. **Original:** Feedback loops allow us to take the outputs from certain areas of our project and make them inputs to other areas. **Paraphrased:** Utilizing feedback loops involves channeling results from specific project segments into other areas for continued progress. 2. **Original:** Instead of working on projects in isolation, community builders should extract valuable content from the community to create compelling marketing materials. **Paraphrased:** Rather than siloed efforts, community builders must leverage community-generated content for impactful marketing assets. ## 🧪 Hypotheses: 1. Community projects with well-defined feedback loops will experience higher member engagement. 2. Implementing feedback loops between community engagement efforts and marketing strategies will boost conversion rates. ### 📊 Methodology: Conduct surveys to assess the impact of feedback loops on community engagement levels. Analyze website traffic data to measure the efficacy of linking marketing content back to the community platform. ### ❓ Questions: 1. How can community builders effectively measure the success of feedback loops? 2. What challenges might arise when implementing feedback loops between community engagement and marketing initiatives? ### 🔮 Future Research: Explore the long-term effects of feedback loops on community sustainability. Investigate how automated tools can streamline the feedback loop process in community building. ### 💡 Implications: Implementing feedback loops in community building can enhance efficiency, foster stakeholder collaboration, and drive overall project success. ### ✅ Logical validity: The argument concerning the importance of feedback loops in community building is logically sound and well-supported. The examples provided highlight the practical applications of this principle. ## 🎯 Conclusion: Creating feedback loops is a fundamental aspect of successful community building, enabling multiple benefits such as sustained engagement, efficient marketing strategies, and enhanced collaboration between teams. - Document Tags: [[community management]] - Summary: The second part of the Community Principles Series focuses on creating feedback loops in community building. Feedback loops help connect different aspects of a community, allowing efforts to have a sustained impact and strengthen relationships among members. The article encourages community builders to integrate feedback into engagement, marketing, and collaboration for better results. - URL: https://feedly.com/i/entry/WPPvDTi6P4Vtn6eGX84+kbPQNq5y0BsVLcVcR/EhH/o=_191753d4bf5:2bf69e:d54c2bf5 #### Primary Navigation #### Content Navigation Today Read Later Index Feedly AI Integrations & API ##### Favorites ##### Priorities Hide All47 WordPress3 Tech and Bloggers3 Comp Sci Ed17 competitors9 Open Source15 Create New Folder to buy Create New Board Annotated Recently Read Changelog Learn and Get Support #### Notes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | --- | --- | | | | | --- | | | | | | | | --- | --- | | | | | --- | | Part 2/4 of a newsletter series on community principles that inform every part of strategy | | | | | | --- | --- | | | | | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | --- | --- | | | | | --- | | **Hi Community Builder,** Last week's letter kicked off part one of **The Community Principles Series**. If you missed the first installment on the community principle of give & take, [you can go back and read it here](https://noeleflowers.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0b2719de083f15b373978be31&id=69a21f1d83&e=e0f18787ef). The TL;DR, though— Though we often break down community strategy into tactical components (engagement, launch, etc), another way to do it is through understanding core principles that show up in every part of community building, from platform selection & community architecture to community engagement. To me, the principles that tend to underpin my work are: 1. The community principle of balancing give & take 2. The community principle of creating feedback loops 3. The community principle of less is more 4. The community principle of leading by example I'm spending four whole newsletters breaking these down and helping you understand how they apply to different aspects of community strategy, today focussing on #2: *The Community Principle of Creating Feedback Loops* Because communities are complex, the principle of creating feedback loops is essential to preventing them from becoming unmanageably huge projects. Creating feedback loops also strengthens the bonds between different stakeholders in your project—you, your members, your business, and other teams. Feedback loops come into play because they allow us to take the outputs from certain areas of our project and make them inputs to other areas—in other words, they allow us to make it so that one effort on our part creates a domino effect of impact throughout our community project. When I'm working with clients, regardless of the area of community strategy we're working on, I'm often asking them to consider setting up their strategy so that their tactics positively impact multiple areas of their community at once. Here are some examples of how the principle of creating feedback loops shows up in different areas of community strategy: **1. Loops in community engagement:** The community engagement flywheel is one of the engagement tactics I use commonly with clients trying to create early engagement in an inactive community. You can [read about this strategy in detail in this post (it's #2)](https://noeleflowers.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0b2719de083f15b373978be31&id=1da5df1460&e=e0f18787ef), but the basic idea is that when you ask engagement prompts in your community, you do so with the intention not only of creating engagement on that prompt itself, but to learn enough about your community members interests and expertise that you can ask them to step up and create engagement prompts of their own, that in turn yield further engagement, further knowledge of expertise...lather, rinse, repeat. While this is one specific engagement tactic, the principle applies broadly—always think "does my engagement prompt create engagement one time, or on a sustaining basis?" **2. Loops in community marketing:** Community builders should also consider creating feedback loops between their community engagement and their external marketing. This is by far one of the biggest missed opportunities I see in the community building world—our communities are often gold mines of content that can be harvested to create compelling marketing collateral. Instead of working on these projects in siloes and duplicating effort, mine your community for testimonials, quotes that can be compiled into roundup blog posts or newsletters, and validation for the topics your ideal customer wants to read about. Close the loop by making sure the outbound marketing content drives engagement back to the community—simply building in prompts and links can do the trick here. **3. Loops in internal collaboration:** Lastly, the principle of creating feedback loops should apply in how you collaborate with other teams as a community builder. We should always be looking for opportunities for our existing community efforts to drive the goals of other departments, and vice versa. For example—can we take the questions we're asking about best practices in a community to find strong candidates for user research for the product team? Can we take those who give the highest quality user interviews and delegate them to lead customer counsels in the community? I'm looking forward to diving into community principle #3 next week, the community principle of less is more. And, I'd love to hear from you about how feedback loops show up in your community work—hit reply! | | | | | | --- | --- | | | | | --- | | *Listen to my episode of Dear Bri* I'm excited to share that my episode of my community friend Bri Leever's new podcast, Dear Bri, is now live [here](https://noeleflowers.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0b2719de083f15b373978be31&id=f2746d101e&e=e0f18787ef) (or wherever you listen to podcasts!). We discuss when and when not to use platforms like Slack vs. an owned community platform—and the episode is a lot of fun! *New & existing client specials for Summer* I also wanted to give a reminder that my summer coaching specials are live through the end of August (meaning you have to book by the end of the month, not that your sessions have to actually take place then!). A refresh of what's on offer: * **New clients:** Get your first session for $200 USD (vs. typical $300 USD) when you book in August—while supplies last. [Fill in my intake form here](https://noeleflowers.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0b2719de083f15b373978be31&id=0351756082&e=e0f18787ef) and mention the new client special in your notes. * **Returning clients:** If you've worked with me in the past, I'm offering a rate of $200 USD/hr if you book a session pack of 5 or more sessions. Also while supplies last. Hit reply here to get started. 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