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🚀 Week 5 at VFXTalk! 🚀 I’m back from a week-long vacation to see some exciting developments! It’s the perfect 40th birthday present to see that our VFXTalk Discord community has doubled in size, jumping from 53 during week 3 to 156 members last week! It was thrilling to see all the growth, so much so that Discord's automated security protocols momentarily mistook it for a "raid" event, lol. But it was nothing more than the power of grassroots efforts and word-of-mouth. This experience underscored a valuable lesson. Rebuilding something as great as VFXTalk once was is a marathon and it’s absolutleyworth doing. It's about brick by brick and there are no shortcuts. Let's keep the momentum going and I can’t wait to see what it looks like in a year’s time. Some of our popular threads this week are: 1. “Shogon, anyone watching?”: https://lnkd.in/dfdeDYcq This is one my personal favorite new shows and it’s so cool to get to talk to some of the talented artists working on this new series. Lots of talk about comp’ing blood and set extensions. Sounds like we have quite an amazing season to look forward to! 2. “VFX Pros AMA”: https://lnkd.in/d_4vTmTF we have quite a few high level professionals who started open ended threads where anyone can ask anything! 3. “Young Sherlock Holmes CGI turns 40”: https://lnkd.in/g2mFiq3f I posted this on my birthday, but how cool is it to look back and see where our industry really kicked off? 4. Demo reels!: https://lnkd.in/dXDErxzE come see all the great work our members have been responsible for. Very inspiring! What’s equally cool are when students post their reels and get to receive critiques from their peers in the industry. Constructive critique is one of those skills that is a cornerstone of all great artists. Come check them out! Now here’s the copy/paste part of the post that you’ll see often because time is short and I’m inherently lazy: 💡 Here's How You Can Help Us Grow! 1. Join the community at https://lnkd.in/gwywTJsh - if you haven't already, we'd love to meet you! Come by to say hi! 2. Spread the word about our community to friends who might be interested. The more the better! 3. Embrace Discord - it's really an amazing tool for community building, it’s definitely not just for gaming! The bots alone are kind of mind blowing when you really dig in. We have one currently providing summaries of top posts and also a bot to set the job status of members looking for a new gig. So helpful! Anyways, let's continue to grow and rebuild a space we lost for a time where every voice matters and every experience contributes to our collective growth as a VFX community. Join us at VFXTalk - let's build something extraordinary together. #VFXTalk #CommunityBuilding #VFXCommunity #VisualEffects #IndustryInsights #JoinUs

The most profitable platform to build community in 2024 BY FAR is Discord. I’ve taken a handful of struggling communities… From Skool, Circle or Telegram. Moved them to Discord. Changed community structure & pricing around juuuust a tad. And whalla… just like that they 2-3x’d their monthly revenue. It’s like magic. Couple communities we did this for are in the low six figures a month now, from mid 5 figs. Couple more are at $10-15K/month from low-mid 4 figures. Having seen communities on every single platform… Discord is the easiest way to build a long-lasting asset that prints you money and is almost completely hands off for you, as a creator. Thinking about doing a LinkedIn live about how to leverage Discord like I do. Would you watch it? Follow me Dustin Varano — I build and manage online communities for creators. 12 of our creators have hit 6 figures a month with us via their community already. DM me for more info.

Our Discord just leveled up! 📣 We've created several channels for you to chat freely and share your experiences! 💬 Stay updated, share tech news, showcase your side projects to a community of enthusiasts..and engage in various other activities to enhance your experience! 🔗 Link down below

Dive into the Art of Discord Community Building with Marco A. Minoli! 🌐 Wondering how to kickstart a Discord server with just a couple of members? 🤔 Marco spills the beans on leveraging Reddit, turning Discord users into ambassadors, and why starting small is the key to big success. #IndieGameDev #IndieGames #GameDevTips

Read the full community update: https://buff.ly/3WsGmQE Read what the Launch School community has been up to in this month's Community Update. Featuring important announcements, articles, meetups and more. #launchschool #communityupdate #codingisfun #SoftwareEngineer

To my community manager friends and followers: Do you want a Slack bot for your community that helps introduce people? DM me and I'll give you the link for Britepeer. Our MVP is free. What we'd love to know: Is it important for your community to meet each other? What happens if they don't meet? Thanks for spreading the word!

Read the full community update: https://buff.ly/3t12FRH Read what the Launch School community has been up to in this month's Community Update. Featuring important announcements, articles, meetups and more. #launchschool #communityupdate #codingisfun #SoftwareEngineer

1. Figure out if Discord is the right place 2. Get clear on what you want 3. Set up your server and channels 4. Set clear rules 5. Invite your members 6. Assign roles 7. Build community

Read the full community update: https://buff.ly/478NzHy Read what the Launch School community has been up to in this month's Community Update. Featuring important announcements, articles, meetups and more. #launchschool #communityupdate #codingisfun #SoftwareEngineer

More exciting news coming from Bondit! ☂️ 🚀Based on considerable feedback, Bondit is now in the process of Discord integration to give our community managers more ways to connect and improve their overall experience. •The Integration will make it easier for community managers to use Bondit features on Discord efficiently & without any hardship. •This approach will simplify the process of managing and engaging your Discord community with Bondit features. Make sure to follow Bondit Club for more updates. #Milies_team #milies