How To How to Handle the Social & Community Job Trap It is a common frustration when community management and social media management are lumped together into a single role.
Nail Your Next Community Manager Interview Getting an interview is a huge milestone, so take a second to celebrate! But now it is time to make sure things go smoothly so you can actually land the role. The hard truth is that companies don't always hire the most experienced or talented person. They hire
How To How to Get Headhunted: A Sustainable Content Plan for Community Managers Recently, I was headhunted for three different roles in just a few weeks. When I asked the recruiters why, it was because of my LinkedIn presence.
How To How to Sound Like a Senior Community Manager (Even if You're a Junior) The good news is that you do not need tons of experience to push your career forward, you just need to be able to change your language.
Advice Why Your Community Manager Resume is Being Ignored There are four specific reasons why hiring managers are skipping past your application.
How To How to Get Hired as a Community Manager Without Applying to a Single Job The best community manager roles aren't always publicly advertised.
How To How to Take Charge of Your Community Management Career You really don't have to play that game. You can completely bypass the competition.
Perspective “I Don’t Know If I’m Actually Good Enough to Be a Community Manager” Even if you’re motivated, capable, and genuinely interested, it feels like you’re trying to join a career that skipped the beginner stage.
Perspective Pros & Cons of Community and Social Media Management Community management and social or content roles are often grouped together, but they represent two very different career paths.
Perspective Community Management vs Social Media Management Understanding this difference early will save you a lot of frustration, and help you choose the right career path for your strengths.
Advice Is Community Management Right for You? The key isn’t whether you can do it. It’s whether you’d genuinely enjoy the type of work and lifestyle it involves.
Perspective Is a Community Manager Career Right for You? The Pros & Cons Community management is not a soft role. It is not easy. And it is not for people who want to hide.
Perspective When Your Community Management Career Goes Sideways (And What to Do About It) You’ve worked hard. You’ve been reliable. You’ve said yes when people needed help. And yet, your role doesn’t feel bigger than it did a year ago.
Perspective This Skill Is Career-Defining for Community Managers So… you’ve just been hired as a community manager and asked to complete a huge task: growing more than 20 communities, all from scratch.
Advice If I Were Starting My Community Management Career in 2026, I’d Focus on This First If I were starting my community management career today, this is the first thing I’d work on, before applying for roles, before worrying about tools, and even before chasing job titles.
How To How to Become a Community Manager: A Clear, Practical Guide This guide is a clear checklist of what you actually need to become a community manager, whether you’re starting from scratch, switching careers, or trying to land your first proper role.
Perspective Why Community Managers Deserve to Be Respected, Paid, and Empowered Too many community managers are treated like support staff instead of strategic professionals.
Advice Why Assumptions Kill Community Careers One of the biggest mistakes I see community managers make, especially those early in their careers, is rushing to do.
Advice Why No One Is Engaging With Your Community You have poured time, ideas, and energy into your community. Posts, events, discussions. But all you get is silence!
Advice Why Your Community Manager Applications Get Ignored I break down the 4 biggest reasons your applications are getting ignored and how you can finally stand out.
How To Why Most Communities Fail & How to Fix it When I was first running my community, there was one worry that kept me up at night: “What if nobody actually cares?”
How To How to Get Hired as a Community Manager You’ve probably there. Applying for role after role. Sending out CVs. Hearing nothing back. It’s draining. And after a while, you start wondering if maybe you’re just not good enough.
Perspective Why Experienced Community Managers Struggle to Find Their Place When I sat down with Mel, a community manager with over 14 years of experience, one thing became very clear: even the most passionate, skilled community professionals often feel invisible.
How To 9 Mistakes New Community Managers Make (and how to avoid them) Here are nine mistakes that quietly drain your Community career and how to avoid them so you can finally move forward.
Perspective Don’t Read This, It’s Full of Bad Advice Think being helpful, busy, and passionate is enough to grow your community career? Think again. This post is packed with terrible advice that keeps early-career community managers stuck, overlooked, and underpaid.
