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Build loyalty & drive engagement with community building

2h 23min | 7 lessons | 11 downloadable resources

In this course, you will learn how to:

  • Develop a community strategy that attracts and retains engaged members.
  • Foster meaningful conversations that drive trust, loyalty, and advocacy.
  • Use data and insights to optimize engagement and growth.
  • Align community efforts with business goals to drive measurable results.
  • Build a scalable system for managing and sustaining an active community.

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Engagement drives community growth, not just member count

A large audience means nothing if people aren’t actively participating. Many communities struggle because they lack a clear purpose, engagement strategy, or structured approach to long-term growth. This course helps you create a thriving, value-driven community where members don’t just join, they stay, engage, and contribute to your business success.

Master community building to create loyal brand advocates and drive lasting engagement

Course Length:
2h 23min. 7 lessons.

This isn’t a course about setting up a group and hoping people engage. It’s built for marketers, founders, and community leaders who want to create thriving, high-value communities that drive real business impact. Every strategy is tested, and every framework is designed to drive engagement, increase retention, and turn members into brand advocates. Learn how to build a community that people want to be part of – one that strengthens loyalty, fuels growth, and delivers measurable results.

After completing this online course on community building, you will be able to assist your team and company with:

  • Build and scale a community that drives engagement and business value.
  • Foster strong connections that turn members into advocates.
  • Create an engagement strategy that keeps participation high.
  • Measure success with data-driven insights and optimize for growth.
  • Align community efforts with broader marketing and business goals.

This course is for you if you are responsible for:

  • Community managers looking to grow and strengthen engagement.
  • Marketers who want to leverage community for brand and revenue growth.
  • Founders and business leaders aiming to create loyal brand advocates.
  • Product teams looking to build customer-driven communities.
  • Anyone responsible for building, managing, or scaling an online community.

Look no further than CXL, this is the best and most recommended course you will find on Community Building.

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Course Curriculum

Community building

Brand Community & Belonging Foundations

Grasp the key concepts to avoid the most common community mistakes Topics covered: Get in the right mindset to build true brand communities, so you avoid the traps that most community builders fall into Define key terms needed to build community proper

Defining Your Strategic Goals

How to envision your outcomes and determine concrete goals for your brand community Topics covered: Recognize why and when to invest in your brand community efforts based on the current challenges within your organization Identify the seven most common

Quick & Dirty Community Research

Understand your members before you attempt to gather them – and save yourself a whole lot of time Topics covered: Learn how to write a screener survey to clarify who you would like to interview, saving you hours of time and meaningless data analysisInv

Crafting Purpose & Values

Write a compelling purpose statement grounded in unique values to set your community apart Topics covered: Clarify what you want your community to do for your members and organizationWrite a compelling, moving strategic community purpose statementSelec

Setting Growth Expectations

Recognize the four distinct stages of growth to invest efforts properly at each stage Topics covered: Envision how typical community growth looks to avoid falling for shortcuts or growth hacks that undermine your community-building effortsRecognize the

Gather Your Founding Members

Choose your first members and plan your first gathering! Topics covered: Define what founding members are and how they differ from other members, so you can craft a high-touch strategy for working with themQualify your founding member requirements and

Carrie Melissa Jones

Founder & Chief Strategist @ CMJ

Carrie Melissa Jones is an author, community builder, and researcher of online communities. Her work has influenced the world’s leading online brand communities including the American Medical Association, Patreon, Google, and two U.S. presidential campaigns.

She is the author of the award-winning book Building Brand Communities: How Organizations Succeed by Creating Belonging with Charles Vogl and a student, teacher, and researcher of virtual communities at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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Certificate

Completing this course earns you an official CXL Community Building Course Certificate to prove your achievement. CXL is recognized as an industry-leading qualification by employers worldwide, and it is an official qualification on Linkedin that can be added to your profile.

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What is the difference between the monthly, quarterly and annual plans?

We offer three types of billing lengths to choose from: Monthly, Quarterly, or Annual. The longer the billing length, the cheaper the monthly cost becomes.

Typically annual plans are 40% cheaper per year than paying month-to-month.

What is the difference between the individual and teams plans?

Personal or Individual plans are meant for one person where teams have 2 or more people.

A team account has a few extras:
– Invite and manage people learning on your team.
– Create roadmaps for each individual.
– Access team learning engagement reports.
– Assign members to your team as managers to assign content and view reports.

What is included in the all-access plan?

You’ll get:
– Access to 90+ online courses.
– Earn certificates and add them to LinkedIn.
– Thousands of playbooks and resources.
– All minidegrees
– Roadmapping and progress tracking
– Premium Support

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Yes. You can switch between different billing lengths at any time (Ex: Switch from a Monthly Plan to Annual).

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