Build an Online Community in 6 Steps | Getting Started | Step By Step | Tutorial

[@erikmicheelsen]

First time viewer. I’m an astrophysicist gone innovator. At a VERY ripe age! Love your style. I’m going to launch something. Follow your steps. And as I get my first sales, ask you to help me further it. Yes, we’re looking at weeks and months but the time is now. Thank you for striking the match

[@jonobacon]

Welcome to the channel, and excited to hear about your new launch! Keep me posted. :-)

[@MatthewEppersonZolidar]

About to launch an online community for employee ownership -- I am 3 videos in and finding this very helpful -- thank you Jono!

[@jonobacon]

Glad it was helpful!

[@RahsaanBoone]

FINALLY a simple approach to online community building . Thank you

[@jonobacon]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@coptimal]

@@jonobacon Thank you for sharing this: @stevenmusielski from X was asking me what 3-4 examples of the best online communities are that have been around 5 years or less. What are they and who are the people leading them? How hard of a question is this?

[@cliffikpirijor7979]

Great video

[@jonobacon]

Thanks!

[@mr-pr0cesss]

finding out about other prople's pain and roadblocks, then inverting them is very smart. thanks

[@jonobacon]

Thanks so much!

[@StanBanks]

First video I watched from you from one RUclipsr to another great stuff!

[@jonobacon]

Thanks! Also, congrats for all your amazing success with your channel!

[@Ladygoldxx]

Thank you! I just started my community for social media managers, writers and other content enthusiasts. This was helpful.

[@appodemus2937]

HeyJono, loved your video, really well structured and explained. I now feel so much more confident. Thank you so much for posting 😊

[@rogdesertrose]

Excellent framework for building community. Anxious to learn more!

[@jonobacon]

Thanks so much! Be sure to sub :-)

[@StevenParkis]

Great video my friend it has helped me break my freeze and I have formulated an outline for how I can move forward with my community building website thank you!!

[@jonobacon]

Thanks so much!

[@linfordbrett8524]

Started looking into how to build a community and this was an amazing starting block. Thank you Jono.

[@jonobacon]

Thanks!

[@suzanbafford]

Great video, thanks for being out her in RUclips world.❤🎉

[@Lasch554]

Great video, thank you.

[@jonobacon]

Thanks so much!

[@wallisa3723]

Thank you Jono for generously sharing your knowledge on creating a community. Really helpful step by step!

[@jonobacon]

Thanks so much!

[@geturpawwon]

@@jonobacon OMG IM FAN OF YOU

[@silverhoney6969]

This was a great video. Gave me a lot of insight to think about and sparked a couple ideas to help my website I’m working to build. Will watch more!

[@jonobacon]

Thanks so much for the comment. It is comments like this that really mean the world to creators. :-)

[@glennblack3701]

I'm inspired to step into this thanks to your video

[@jonobacon]

Awesome, thanks!

[@PollioVitruvius]

Good focus

[@jonobacon]

Thanks!

[@burntunemusic]

You are Awesommmmmmmmeeeeeeeee!!!! Thank you so much. This made my Life today. I have been worrying about this for a long long time

[@jonobacon]

Glad it was useful!

[@kevinfrancisco4483]

Thank you for this. I am currently working on a project for marketing school and they want me to create an OC. I learned more in this video than in the OCM course I'm in currently in.

[@jonobacon]

That is awesome, thanks!

[@bleedgaming5886]

nice one brother

[@jonobacon]

Thanks!

[@payalbuddhadev7401]

Outstanding video @Jono Bacon. I Really appreciate for the affords you put to make the video amazing from rest others!

[@jonobacon]

Thanks so much, Payal, for the kind words!

[@stevekatz4696]

Very useful, Jono! Thank you

[@jonobacon]

Thanks so much!

[@gok2759]

just came across ur channel, it is really fun to watch and easy to follow... the information you provide is precious, thank you big respect and love❤❤

[@jonobacon]

Thanks so much!

[@ninoindeutschland2477]

Such useful information

[@jonobacon]

Thanks so much!

[@trevspires]

What is the tool you use to measure stats? - I’m trying to find that video now.
Thanks for the great content! Just picked up the book.

[@jonobacon]

Most community platforms come with their own analytics.
Glad you liked the book!

[@boxwave1137]

great video thanks

[@jonobacon]

Thanks so much!

[@louislherrou2692]

Great video and very helpful to get the first step ! Jono Bacon won a follow !

[@jonobacon]

Wooo!

[@writelearnandearnwithkim]

This helpful. Thanks very much.

[@jonobacon]

Glad it was useful!

[@kamsyanyachebelu1613]

Such a great video! Thank you.

[@jonobacon]

Thanks so much!

[@michaelbavarian]

Great video, thank you! Really excited to start my own community now...

[@jonobacon]

Awesome!

[@jeffgreene1712]

This is great info

[@jonobacon]

Thanks!

[@SLshadow4D]

thanks jono ❤ I'm planning to partner up with a creator with an audients and build a paid community around them. But dont know what niche to choose 🤔 Any ideas? Thank you 🐨

[@parikshitkumar3096]

Simple, Neat, and very well explained, Thank you @Jono Bacon for creating this Video, It really helped me.

[@jonobacon]

Thanks so much!

[@lzr5101]

hello Jono, how are you?
I came up with this idea of creating a language learning community, is there still a marketing for this?

[@jonobacon]

Sounds like a great community!

[@lzr5101]

@@jonobacon thanks for responding back! I literally thought about it this week and now I'm gonna search more about it
hello from Brazil :D

[@jonobacon]

Awesome! Best of luck with it!

[@marcohurtadovaldivia9346]

Como un nuevo en creacion de comunidades online para impactar esta informacion es muy valiosa. Gracias

[@jonobacon]

Thanks so much!

[@cloudliusihui]

Thanks about the hair!

[@jonobacon]

🤣🤣🤣

[@rafalvarezsevilla]

nice table dude! =D

[@jonobacon]

Thanks!

[@SachinKumar-im7ij]

It was so much helpful. I'm just a good fan now...

[@jonobacon]

Thanks so much!

[@hiyabissack9588]

very helpful

[@jonobacon]

Thanks!

[@SB9A_]

Jono, thank you from Saudi Arabia

[@jonobacon]

Thanks so much!

[@alexandrumoruz7076]

Jono ftw!

[@jonobacon]

Thanks so much, Alexandru!

[@sevenhavenmindfulness893]

Thank you

[@jonobacon]

Thanks!

Thanks, man! Great content!

[@jonobacon]

Thanks so much!

[@MayvanReenen]

Thank you! Excellent content. Have subscribed and am checking out your work. 🙌💫

[@jonobacon]

Thanks so much!

[@OS-yg7cx]

Thanks!

[@jonobacon]

Thanks so much! :-)

[@espananoshabla...6888]

very interesting. thanks ! very important when you write down what are youtalkng bout .:)

[@jonobacon]

Thanks!

[@Andrew_W1YT]

Thanks Jono enjoyed that. Have you seen many communities that use video sharing as their primary means of engaging or has text/chat, with only some visual usually the approach.

[@jonobacon]

Thanks so much, Andrew!
Great question! Most communities tend to use text as a primary gathering grounds...such as forum or chat, but I am seeing more and more communities running virtual meetups ion Zoom on a regular basis to bring people together. I have done this a bunch and it works well. :-)

[@Andrew_W1YT]

Tiktok is full of people who just blurt out their thoughts while in a car or at home but i havent yet this way of communicating transfer amongst a community. time will tell

[@jonobacon]

Indeed. Experimentation is always fun. :-)

[@adamsworld2772]

Hey Jono Bacon, I've been wanting to make a website similar to the SCP Foundation's website or Welcome Home's website but I want it to be about Cartoon OCs that are inside a fictional realm, do you recommend any website I can go to in order to create this community for Artists and Writers.

[@adamsworld2772]

If you can reply to this I'd be very thankful.

[@jonobacon]

Sorry, just saw this. Do you still need to do this?

[@drdeborahmvereen]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@jonobacon]

Thanks!

[@mgan59]

Great content as always!

[@jonobacon]

Thanks, Morgan!

[@SB9A_]

I am seriuosly starting a community ( Arts and Crafts ).

[@jonobacon]

Awesome, best of luck!

[@GradyLucas]

Great content, well presented. Is a Hard Launch #7? When might monetization be considered and evaluated?

[@jonobacon]

Thanks, yeah I should make a video on the right time to sell. :-)

[@Drekken]

How does the soft launch change with a paid membership community?

[@jonobacon]

I don't think it changes that much.
For example, when I started www.communityleadershipcore.com/core - I started with a small set of members to dial everything in.

[@Drekken]

@@jonobacon when you invite them in though the community is empty so its a bit of a chicken and egg with a paid community no? Or do you give it to them at a high discount because its a soft launch? 🤔

[@BlindsideEnt]

Another great video. Do you plan on making any videos about how to monetize your forum/community or sell ads? Or is that in the program(s) your selling?

[@elsiekioko]

Amazing amazing video!! Simple, easy to understand, and good quality. Thank you so much 🙌🙏
Best video on this topic on RUclips 🛜

[@jonobacon]

Thanks so much!

[@csprofessorpam]

This is very useful. But what platform do you recommend? That seems to be the most confusing (and critical) decision.

[@jonobacon]

Thanks! Platform depends on your community.
Slack and Discord great for chat communities. See ruclips.net/video/QHHyP5VHwhE/видео.html for how to decide.
Discourse great for a forum. See ruclips.net/video/z3qp_uB46FA/видео.html for a primer.

[@biswaspeaks]

I suggest people powered to a lot of community enthusiast here. 😌

[@jonobacon]

Wow, thanks so much, Biswajeeta! That is wonderful!

[@ji1627]

I saw i was born to be a unicorn😊

[@jonobacon]

Haha

[@packagingscientist9530]

This was extremely helpful, Jono. Do you have a breakdown of the various forum options? Discourse looks powerful, but kinda intimidating to set up 😬

[@jonobacon]

Thanks!
I don't currently have a breakdown, but I should make one. :-)

[@MayvanReenen]

... haha! and... the bell! 🔔💕

[@martheen_g]

GREAT video! currently have a youtube page with just under a 1k subs thats pretty active for the amount of subs. Trying to herd those members to an community page with more options and features. Could use any advice or direction, im all ears! lol Im a deer in a headlight lol Thank you for this video

[@jonobacon]

Thanks so much, Marty, for the kind words!
I think a lot of this depends on the kind of community you want to build and how much time you want to devote to it, but a simple solution could be a Discord server with bots where your RUclips content is automatically published there.
If your channel is focused on a product and you want to have product discussion, a forum is probably a better fit.

[@martheen_g]

@@jonobacon Aweome. This is definitely something im looking to move into full time. Its a channel geared towards sound (using mpc. reviews, compariosons, etc) Sound Society is the page. Any places or rocks to look under, id be apprecaited to hear steps tactically speeaking. Keep up the good work!

[@mobinasharifi6604]

finally i found a usefull cotent

[@jonobacon]

Thanks so much!

[@stacykids197]

Thx

[@jonobacon]

🤘

[@rehabosman2813]

👍

[@jonobacon]

Thanks!

[@doublej5516]

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[@andrewturner5706]

Hair? Couldn't see much.

[@jonobacon]

Insightful.