Build Your Community: Turn your connections into a powerful online community Paperback – 7 May 2021

I've read a few of Richard's books, and as great as they were, I did feel as though they were sometimes talking to bigger organisations and not smaller players like myself.That all changed with 'Build Your Community'.This guide has brought chapter after chapter of real value to me and covers so many questions you may have when first building an online community, and in such incredible detail as well.From similar resources that I've come across, nothing comes close to what you'll find in 'Build Your Community'.Highly recommended for smaller players like myself and more prominent organisations building online communities, both are well catered for, and the book strikes a nice balance to appease both parties.Such a valuable guide, and without a doubt the No. 1 reference material for building online communities now.

"Community" is such a buzzword for businesses these days, but I could never figure out how to execute it well, in a way that didn't feel like insincere lip service. I first saw Richard speak at a conference, and after that I knew I had to read his book. He's been doing this for ages, best in the business, and he's provided a clear step-by-step guide for how a company can create an active thriving customer community. I appreciate that he doesn't just give instructions, but explains the thinking behind them. You start with mapping out your goals and strategy. He asked all the right questions to focus my thinking. I hugely recommend this book!

I quite often find that discussion and resources about community management are too high level or strategic to actually deploy when you're managing a community day-to-day. That's not the case here.Build Your Community is absolutely jam packed with solutions to common online community problems, pitched in a way that makes it really easy to modify and apply them to your own community. From launch plans and budgeting through to risk mitigation and driving consistent engagement, it's all here and it's ridiculously useful and it's backed up by real-life examples. Huge kudos to Richard Millington, this one never leaves my desk.

If you want to build an online community then this book is the perfect guide to help you do that. Simple and easy to read, the myriad of tactical reccomendations in this book make it ideal for seasoned community managers or for customer success managers working in the community space. There's value here if you're building super large enterprise global communities or small special interest communities. An excellent resource to have by your side.

I've learnt so much from Rich over the past few years. And this book is a chance to take your role as a community manager to another level. Full of practical tips and insights from over a decade in the industry, this book has really helped me consolidate my ideas and build a new strategy for my communities. I'll now be using it as my go-to guide.

This was not at all the book I was expecting. It talks about building a community alright, but more for organisations than it is for small business owners.It’s a very academic read. Useful if you want to build a community within a corporate setting. Not so useful if you’re planning to build one (or already have one) for your small business.

I found this book hugely detailed and full of practical advice on how to build communities. The advice on developing the community platform and then keeping members engaged was particularly insightful and useful and I've already applied this with early success since reading.I would recommend this as the go-to book for anyone wanting to build a community. The author, Richard Millington, has long been considered the best in the game and Build Your Community shows why.

It’s interesting but nothing is very new. It’s just rearranged.

Wheter you are starting a community, or you already run one and want to enhance your users' experience, I recommend this book.

Another excellent community resource by Richard. I could not agree more with this quote by Richard “ While some approaches to building communities are timeless, others no longer work. Like every industry, we need to adapt and change. We can't continue to engage members the way we did five years ago.”Things have changed and there is no going back!

I founded my community in February 2021. A couple months later I heard Richard speaking about community building. I immediately bought his recently published book 'Build Your Community'. This wasn’t a snap decision, I knew what to expect. In 2014 when I first began looking into the benefits of building an online community, I read Richard’s first book, 'Buzzing Communities'. I highly value the way that he writes. Richard gives research backed details woven with real-life examples and practical tips that can be implemented for success.His most recent book, 'Build Your Community', has come at the perfect time. People today are looking for connection and a place to belong. They want to be part of a community aligned with their purpose, values and goals. Richard’s ideas that he details shape the strategy for engaging and providing value to the members of the communities you are building. He offers a step by step process that you can implement as you stay focused on your ‘why’ and plan to accomplish your short and long term objectives. I will continue to refer back to the wisdom, examples, and step by step processes that Richard provides.This book is for you if you are a business owner or someone trusted with the role of building communities within businesses. This book offers a sustainable blueprint into how to create and maintain successful, thriving communities today.

Rare disease communities are a very common thing in the meantime - no wonder, over 40 million people have a rare disease and that is the number of affected people just in europe.Richard's book is a great help, especially if you are not a professional community manager.At least it gave me several good simple things to remember, which help me from day to day in bringing patients together from around the world!Thanks for that book, really appreciated!

I am trying to start a community around an area of political interest. This book offered advice and direction in that area, but it does not. The author is almost entirely business focused. The other thing is - it's boring and tedious. The author spends far too long trying to sell the reader on why build a business community, and all the myriad options for doing so, instead of getting into the step-by-step practicalities for we the time-poor. He could easily cut 150 pages of guff. There is very little here about how to start a community, unless it is buried somewhere in the guff. Sent it back for a refund.