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A collection of 15 posts

“I Don’t Know If I’m Actually Good Enough to Be a Community Manager”

“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.

Pros & Cons of Community and Social Media Management

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.

Community Management vs Social Media Management

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.

Is Community Management Right for You?

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.

Is a Community Manager Career Right for You? The Pros & Cons

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.

When Your Community Management Career Goes Sideways (And What to Do About It)

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.

This Skill Is Career-Defining for Community Managers

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.

If I Were Starting My Community Management Career in 2026, I’d Focus on This First

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.

Why Community Managers Deserve to Be Respected, Paid, and Empowered

Why Community Managers Deserve to Be Respected, Paid, and Empowered

Too many community managers are treated like support staff instead of strategic professionals.

Why Assumptions Kill Community Careers

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.

Why Experienced Community Managers Struggle to Find Their Place

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.

Don’t Read This, It’s Full of Bad Advice

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.

5 Things Keeping You Stuck as a Community Manager

5 Things Keeping You Stuck as a Community Manager

Feeling stuck in your community career? You’re not lazy or unskilled, you’re likely just misaligned. In this post, I’m breaking down 5 common reasons early career community managers feel burnt out, undervalued, or like they’re not growing, and how to start turning that around.

What a Community Manager Actually Does (And Why You Might Feel Stuck Right Now)

What a Community Manager Actually Does (And Why You Might Feel Stuck Right Now)

Feeling stuck in your community role? This post breaks down what a community manager really does, and why understanding it is key to moving your career forward.

What If You’re Not the Problem, It’s the Community Manager Job Description.

What If You’re Not the Problem, It’s the Community Manager Job Description.

Feeling like you’re falling short, even though you’re doing everything right? It might not be you. It might be the broken expectations baked into the community manager job description.