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Creating new community posts

Learn how to create new posts in your community

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Written by Rodrigo
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Creating posts in your community helps you stay connected and provide value to members of your community.

Creating new community posts

Here's how to create new community posts:

  1. From your Podia dashboard, click on Community in the sidebar menu.

  2. Click on New post in the community homepage.

  3. Now it’s time to write your post!

    Give it a title and write its content. You can easily upload different types of media to your post though our rich-text editor such as videos, images, audio clips & more!

  4. Make sure to also select the topic your post will be assigned to at the bottom of the post editor.

  5. When you're done, click on “Post” to open publishing options:

    • Publish: publishes the post immediately

    • Schedule…: schedule it to be published in the future

    • Save as a draft: saves your post as draft so it can be edited later

    • Discard: Discards the post you've made​

Once your post is published, it will either go live immediately or follow the schedule you’ve set. It will appear in the topic you selected, and all members with access to that topic will be able to view it.

FAQ

Why should I schedule posts if I can publish them immediately?

If you want to build a thriving community, it's important to post content often and consistently. Podia makes this easy for you by allowing you to schedule posts.

If you're feeling inspired on a rainy Saturday, you could prepare a whole month's worth of content (or more) and have your posts published on a regular basis.

Scheduled posts will not be visible to your community members until after the date you choose. If you've chosen to send an email notification (which we recommend), it will automatically be sent a few minutes after your scheduled publish date.

Will customers receive an email notification after a post has been published?

Depending on your customers' notification settings and based on the topics they follow they should receive an email notification after a post has been published.

You can also set default notifications for topics depending on how many notifications you want to send them.

By default, we will send an email notification for each new post if:

  • Customers are following the topic the post was published on

  • Customers are subscribed to emails and have notifications enabled for their accounts

What are ideas for posts I can make?

If you're struggling with writer's block, here are a few ideas for your next post:

  • An update on what you've been working on

  • A "tip" you've recently learned that can help your members

  • Links or articles you've recently found useful

  • A question that your readers can answer in the comments, either to help you get inspiration for your next digital product (e.g. "what's the biggest challenge you'd like to solve this year?") or just to keep your members engaged (e.g. "Happy Friday! What's one thing you're proud of doing this week?").


Still need help?

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