Entrepreneurs’ Community Program |
Virtual B2B Community Building
COMPANY
SITUATION
After launching a suite of free products designed to foster and expand its SMBs' platform utilization, Twitter wanted to simultaneously grow and tap into that community to understand the products' reception and long-term utility.
DELIVERABLES
Community Management: Grow and manage Twitter’s SMB community (aka Entrepreneurs’ Community Group), including educating members on the platform’s suite of products, promotion of upcoming webinars and new resources, pre-drafting tweets and conversation starters aimed at stimulating discussion, gathering community feedback and increasing participation.
Email Campaign: Craft and execute a compelling email marketing campaign to attract additional professionals to the community.
Playbook Development: Develop a comprehensive playbook for the Entrepreneurs' Community Group Program detailing ongoing communications, outreach approaches, rules of engagement, evergreen content, and community engagement best practices.
STRATEGY
Create and manage a virtual Twitter SMB community that could be leveraged to enhance product development and future product launches.
RESULTS
+ Fostered community among SMBs, growing Twitter’s Entrepreneurs’ Community Group Program to over 1,000 participants in less than three months
+ Gathered meaningful intelligence through active and ongoing discussions within the community, directly improving product development
+ Enabled direct communication between the SMB community and Twitter's product and engineering teams for beta testing and feedback