🤝🏾 Meet up with fellow creators in any of these 15 communities

Hey folks👋🏽

By the time you read this, I’m probably 30,000 feet in the air on a flight to Cancun to meet up with the Buffer team.

This is the most excited and nervous I’ve been to get on a flight (and I just went on my first solo trip to Paris).

I stan remote work as hard as I do Zendaya, but I’ve been craving that in-person magic, and I’m about to be hit with a week’s worth of it.

Keep an eye on Buffer’s social accounts for the shenanigans we’ll get up to it and I’ll see you in 2 weeks!

Let’s get into it!

💌 In today’s email:

• 🤝🏾 From sharing learnings with other creators to finding and negotiating brand deals, these communities are a treasure trove for creators
• 📱Mitra shares an audio to show off your business
• 📣 The latest social news, features, and bonus reads
• And as always, all the latest and greatest content from the Buffer blog.

Have a great weekend, and we’ll see you next Friday!

Warmly, 

Tami & the Buffer team

P.S. #Bufferchat is Back! We’ll be hosting it over on Threads on Tuesdays at 12pm PT/ 3pm ET/8pm UTC. Give us a follow and hit the bell to get notified 🔔

🖊️ Deep dive: 15 Communities for Creators to Help You Connect, Learn, and Find Brand Partnerships

Life as a creator can occasionally be a little… lonely. Whether you’re growing your audience as a full-time gig or side project, a career as a creator doesn’t come with colleagues to grow with and learn from.

That is unless you join one (or several) of the communities Kirsti hunted for this list.

1. Adolescent Content’s Storyteller Community: For artists and UGC content creators
2. #BLKCreatives: Black creators and professionals looking for inspiration and support
3. The Buffer Community: Learning from and connecting with a variety of creatives leveraging social media.
4. Canopy: For creators in beauty, fashion, and lifestyle niches looking for brand partnership and collab opportunities.
5. Clara for Creators: For creators navigating brand deals also known as the “Glassdoor for creators”.
6. Creatives for Climate: For climate-conscious creators to network and learn.
7. Creator Kitchen: For marketers looking to become trailblazers in their space and connect with other leaders.
8. #CreatorTeaTalk: A LinkedIn audio series to learn from movers and shakers in the creator economy.
9. Creator Wizard: For TikTok and Instagram Reels creators looking for sponsored content opportunities
10. Colin and Samir’s Discord: For YouTubers looking to improve their content quality and grow their subscribers.
11. HeyCreator Community: For creators in professional industries looking to branch out with their own newsletter or course offering.
12. Instagram Creators Broadcast channel: For who it says on the tin.
13. The Lab: For professional creators focused on turning their brands into a profitable business.
14. OohhMG’s BIPOC Creator Connect: For BIPOC micro-influencers on the hunt for brand partnership opportunities.
15. Women in Influencer Marketing: For female creators looking to level up and connect with talent managers and influencer marketers.

🚀 Three entrepreneurs skyrocketing their growth with Buffer

We pride ourselves on being an excellent tool for entrepreneurs and business owners to grow on social media — and our users were more than happy to back us up.

• Jayak at redpigeonmedia: “Over the past 3 months we've managed to grow one of our client's social media accounts by 400% from 6k to over 23k followers!”
• Press 1 for Nick on YouTube: “My following has grown 10% consistently since I started using Buffer”
• Jon Buckley: “Over the last 90 days, I've seen a 24.5% increase in accounts reached, a 53.2% increase in engagement, and a 9.3% increase in followers.”

Want to skyrocket your growth? Click the link below to get started with Buffer today!

👇🏽 The latest from the blog

• The Best Time to Post on Twitter/X in 2024, As Told By 1 Million Tweets Analyzed: We analyzed more than 1 million tweets to pinpoint the best time, day, and post format for maximum engagement on X (formerly Twitter).
• How to Figure Out Pricing as a Creator (ft. a Creator Pricing Expert): Learn from expert Justin Moore how to craft your pricing strategy as a creator.
• The Best Time to Post on Social Media in 2024: Times for Every Major Site: We analyzed millions of posts on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Twitter (X), and YouTube to pinpoint the best times and days to post for maximum engagement.
• Instagram Advertising 101: A Roadmap to Creating Effective Ads on Instagram: In this guide, we’ll take you from the A to Z of Instagram advertising.

📱Social tip of the week from Mitra, Buffer’s Social Media Manager 

“Oh you’re a [business/profession]? What do you [do/make]?”

This is an easy and quick trend to show off a little! You can use however many clips you like, but use the first part to add text that says something along the lines of “Oh you’re a [insert your business / profession here]? What do you [do / make]?” And then transition into showing your product or business in any way.

Check out this example from @hamburg_ceramic where they use the prompt to say “Oh, you’re a small handmade business? What do you make?” And they show multiple clips of their ceramics.

🤳 What's happening in social?

Threads adds bookmarking feature for saving favorite posts; LinkedIn shares Insights into its latest algorithm updates; YouTube introduces “Collab” for Shorts; X adds new ‘Monetization’ tab to help creators keep track of payouts; TikTok has launched a ‘Trends Digest’; global social media users pass 5 billion.

Get these updates and more here!

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