Say hello to October! We're officially in the last quarter of 2022... and this marks the #4 edition of The Community Roundup, the monthly Australian newsletter that keeps you up to date with the community industry, written by The Community Collective.

A big welcome to the 40+ new readers who have joined us this month.

Now grab a coffee and enjoy the read 🧡 Any feedback, hit reply and let us know.

What's happening in the community industry?

There's plenty coming up with events and conferences in full swing, many companies are hiring community roles despite mass redundancies, we have hot SEO tips for your community plus we've added a new (humorous) section.

News

> Adrian Speyer just launched his new book 'The Accidental Community Manager: A Guide to Building a Successful B2B Community'. Read it here.

> CMX Summit Thrive wraps up with over 2k+ attendees joining both online and in person to their first physical community conference since Covid. Watch the recordings here.

> Pause Awards has extended the late deadline to midnight on 14 October. There will be no more extensions past this date. Apply here.

Upcoming Events

> 5 Oct: The CC #13 Meetup: How to Enable Your Partnerships Ecosystem Through Community is all about how to build and enable an impactful community around your partnerships. Become a member to join.

> 6 Oct: LUNA presents Lior Shoham: Building Rapport in 3 Minutes to unpack how you can make your human interactions more meaningful.

> 6 Oct: Tool Time with CMX Connect will take a thoughtful look at tools that can help community builders respond to and overcome challenges.

> 12-27 Oct: Spark Festival is Australia’s event for startups, innovators and entrepreneurs happening both online and in person.

> 18 Oct: How Your Business Can Benefit From A Community will uncover which types of businesses can benefit from building a community in Melbourne.

> 24 Oct: Community Technology Summit is a one-day immersive learning experience for online community professionals in Boston.

31 Oct: Community Leadership Summit brings together community leaders in North Carolina.

> 11-12 Nov: Blackbird Sunrise Australia is the place where the Blackbird community comes together under one roof in Sydney.

Hot Community Jobs

⚡ Community Manager @ University of Technology Sydney (Sydney, Australia) 

🚀 Community Engagement Manager @ x15ventures (Sydney, Australia)

🌎 Community and Events Producer @ HEX (Melbourne, Australia)

🏠 Community Engagement Advisor @ Yarra City Council (Melbourne, Australia)

🏛️ Community Manager @ The Commons (Melbourne, Australia)

⛰️ Content & Community Coordinator @ Amble Outdoors (Melbourne, Australia)

 🏢 Community Manager @ WeWork (Brisbane, Australia)

🔸 Community Manager @ Queensland AI Hub (Brisbane, Australia)

🧑‍⚕️ Content & Community Coordinator @ Eugene (Remote, Australia)

📱 Community Manager @ WhatsApp (Los Angeles, America)

💥 Community Manager @ Spark Labs Inc. (New York, America)

💻 Community Manager @ Monday.com (New York, America)

🙎‍♀️ Community Engagement Manager @ Women in Product (Remote, America)

📰 Community Manager @ Forbes (Remote, America)

Resources: SEO for Community

How is Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) helpful for community building? SEO makes your website and online content more visible, thus can be used to help grow your community and bring in new members. Here are our top resources to leverage SEO for your community. 

> Also Asked: Find the questions people ask to help rank higher in SEO. 

> Google Search Tracking: Track your SEO progress and improve your Google Search.

> Key Word Tool Search: Find the most popular keywords across platforms such as Google, YouTube, Instagram and more. 

> Page Speed: Calculate the performance of your pages on mobile and desktop.

> SemRush: Discover your organic competitors, their performance metrics and keyword portfolios.

> Site Audit: Scan your website for 130+ technical and SEO mistakes. 

Thought Leaders

The CC Corner

> Join us in Melbourne for our panel How Your Business Can Benefit From A Community with Birchal at Hub Collins St Café to connect with our community in person and chat all things community in business. 

> The Community Cohort #1 kicks off on 10/10 (👈 is that a sign?) with 37 community builders across Australia, New Zealand, England and Africa. Missed out on Cohort #1? Join the waitlist for Cohort #2 here. 

> Our next Meetup is all about How to Enable Your Partnerships Ecosystem Through Community with Bryan Williams. Become a member here to join us.

> We just hit 335 members in our meetup community. Say hello to the 17 new community builders that just joined us here!

> Read our latest Coffee Corner article to meet Melia Rayner, the Co-Founder & Advisor of The Community Collective and Communications Manager at Blackbird, written by Community Ambassador, Des.

> We're curious. What's your favourite section of our newsletter? Vote here.

A Little Chuckle

Say hello to our newest section 'A Little Chuckle' to leave you with a smile. 

Thanks for reading! What did you think? Hit reply to let us know 🧡

Until next time,

Paz and The CC Team

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