About Jon Beer
Hi, I’m Jon Beer, COO and Co-Founder at Zapnito.
I help businesses to power Community-Led Growth by translating Zapnito's vision for curated expert communities into your own business objectives. I have 22 years experience helping technology businesses to deliver digital experiences, so am always open to sharing my insights on making legitimate knowledge and expertise discoverable over the web. Let’s connect!
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Ten years into the community industry @Mayah Taylor and it's great to hear that your excitement for the industry is only growing and growing. I certainly feel that it's a renaissance time for community driven growth, particularly for the word of mouth advocacy that you mention.
Could you share a link to the Get Together book?
Ah I found the link above - thanks @Jack Bartrop
Ten years into the community industry @Mayah Taylor and it's great to hear that your excitement for the industry is only growing and growing. I certainly feel that it's a renaissance time for community driven growth, particularly for the word of mouth advocacy that you mention.
Could you share a link to the Get Together book?
@Sorrel Bunting @Laura Taylor @Evelina Satkevic
Hi ladies, here is the article on the Enhanced Global Search Results update we discussed - hope it's helpful!
I hope you like this new enhancement @Laura Taylor just a good example of us continually iterating on the platform.
Cheers, Jon
@James King hopefully you're excited to see these updates coming through, we will be rapidly iterating on the Conversations feature - lots more to come!
Hi @Emma Foote hopefully this is what you need, let me know if you want to talk through it over a call, I'd be keen to see it working also.
Cheers, Jon
I'm very happy to see this new update to our Video Panels capability, excellent work from the team!
Great read Jon.
For all the pain the events industry has and is suffering due to the pandemic, I think it'll come back stronger than ever.
The reality of the pandemic is it probably (although painfully and tragically for many who lost jobs and in some cases companies) is that it has also moved an industry forward in a way that was needed.
Events companies are now looking at community and the wider digital piece in a way it would have taken them many more years to embrace. The fat has been trimmed and events will emerge as a leaner, more progressive and integrated sector that will offer year round value by placing community at its core
Thanks Darren yes I completely agree. It is amazing how much of a shift this has been and a decade from now I'm sure we will look back at this time as a pivotal moment in how niche online communities can be a real powerful force particularly for traditional face to face conferences and events. The hybrid event model will be the norm and the overall value from those hybrid events will be greater than it was previously. Cost of attendance will be driven down (without travel and hotels) and attendance volume will be driven up.
Not to mention the longevity of conversation and learning that goes beyond the confines of two or three days.
Jon - I love the description 'collective intelligence'. I run a global community called Alliance Best Practice Ltd which is based on the concept of alliance practitioners getting together to discuss 'what works' in business to business alliance formulation, management and optimisation. But I agree with you that a simple website or a LinkedIn group doesn't quite cut it anymore. I think my members would welcome the idea of a niche group with a passion for knowledge sharing around alliances. I will contact you separately to discuss how we could take advantage of your platform whilst at the same time boost membership (my group has 18,000 members) - Best wishes - Mike
Thanks Mike - glad you enjoyed the article and great to hear about Alliance Best Practice. The core inspiration for us to build Zapnito (a few years ago now...) was due to our fatigue with social media noise, LinkedIn groups becoming often times noisy places. One phrase I particularly like is 'not all experts are created equal'! Best, Jon