Learn how Management 3.0 migrated their community from BuddyBoss (WordPress) to Circle—without losing revenue. Includes timelines, member comms, strategy revamp, and a “movers & hype squad” playbook.

nas.io review (2026): explore features, pricing, AI tools, WhatsApp messaging, and monetization options—plus who this community platform is best for.

Circle vs Skool: compare features, courses, events, and community design. Learn which platform fits your membership goals—and avoid costly migrations.

Avoid the 3 engagement mistakes killing Circle communities—plus practical fixes for retention, events, and structure. Support for community leaders & creators.

Struggling with community exclusivity? Community strategists Carrie Melissa Jones and Kelly Shetron explore mindful exclusion, the Community Compass framework, and how to define your community's purpose. Essential insights for membership creators and community leaders building authentic, connected spaces.

It doesn’t matter if you have been building community for days, months, or years. There is one topic that gives most community builders pause: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). A community KPI is a key performance indicator that helps you monitor your community’s contribution toward larger organizational outcomes.

Join us for the 2025 Online Community Unconference on January 8 2025, hosted by The CMJ Group and partners TechSoup and Structure3C

The design principle that will help your community feel more welcoming, clear, and easy to navigate.

If a community gets bigger, will it lose its magic? How can you preserve the coziness? Over the years, our clients have asked us these questions many different ways. In this post, we’ll discuss how we think about cozy communities—and whether they can scale.

Kelly Shetron and Carrie Melissa Jones explore Te-Ping Chen's article for The Wall Street Journal, “The Loneliness of the American Worker." They uncover the many ways that community builders can create more meaningful connections in the workplace--and in the world at large. These ideas are simple in theory but radical in practice.

What are the 5 most important lessons we learned launching our own community in 2024?

Who’s afraid of AI? Not us. Let’s delve into how we suggest community builders use it, the tangible concerns for us to address, and what’s coming in the future

The CMJ Group’s founder, Carrie Melissa Jones, will be speaking at SXSW and signing books at the SXSW Book Store.