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🤝 How a no-code enthusiast built a community of makers in the Philippines

Crystal Camarao is the founder of a no-code product studio based out of Manila in the Philippines.

Spotting a gap in the market, she forged a community of product-building enthusiasts to support one another through their love of no-code.

"With the onset of the pandemic, our family business hit a downturn.

I started freelancing as a web designer and learned how awesome Webflow is. I also discovered Adalo when researching how to build a native mobile app using no-code.

Things just fell into place after that because one thing led to another. I grew my freelance biz into a team and now we're a no-code agency."

Filling a gap

"It didn't take long for me to notice that there wasn't a no-code community here yet in the Philippines.

There are those for development, UX design, product, etc. but none specifically for no-code. So, I started No-code Philippines.

Many people here haven't heard about no-code or haven't realized what they are doing is no-code.

Growing the no-code movement here is just to fulfil its potential — it's because there is a need to fill a gap."

Serving the Filipino no-code community

"No-code Philippines seeks to empower the no-code and low-code community in the Philippines.

We facilitate regular meetups where members can casually hang out with fellow no-coders.

Even more importantly, we host and organize public events such as workshops where anyone who's interested can learn no-code.

For example, we did one on Adalo in partnership with UXPH and Complab. We're also doing one on Webflow soon.

Our first challenge, or ‘hack-a-thon’ project, happened last month. It was sponsored by Glide. Over a hundred participants from all over the country registered. To compete, participants were asked to make a Glide app.

For many, it was their first time using Glide or even trying a no-code tool."

How I built this community

"The website was originally built using Wordpress to save on hosting but, even with plugins, I was unable to achieve what I wanted.

So, I ported it over to Bubble and I'm super glad I did! Bubble can be very customizable and flexible and I love that.

I also use a bit of Integromat to automate things like the welcome email. I'm a big fan of Integromat!

We use Discord and Telegram as our community channels and Zoom for events. I also use Notion for docs.

For the newsletter, I use Mailchimp, and for social media scheduling, I use Later."

Advice for other community builders

"Community building really is challenging, but it's easier when you have a good network. I'm beyond grateful to have had the support of my friends. The first community members were friends I met back in college!

If you're growing your own community, you really need to have a proper motivation for it; otherwise, you might feel like giving up.

Community building can be hard and the work never seems to be finished.

But, as long as you go back to your "why", you'll find it to be a very rewarding and fulfilling experience."

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📺 Tutorials

👉 Creating cohort-based course events with Virtually

Learn how to create events on Virtually's cohort-based course platform. View this tutorial.

👉 Automatically add members to Virtually with Zapier

In this tutorial, you will learn how to use Zapier to sync member data with Virtually. If you have a situation where your member data might be in flux or updated quite regularly with new members, this is a helpful automation you can set up. View this tutorial.

👉 Sync data between Virtually and Airtable

In this video, learn how to connect Airtable to Virtually to sync data such as attendance and feedback survey data. View this tutorial.

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🧑‍🏫 Courses

LAST CALL for our brand new course, The No-Code Accelerator. Enrollment closes today and the course officially kicks off tomorrow, Monday February 14th. There are still spaces left so get yours now before doors close.

​Get a seat.

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🚀 Community Projects

​Feedback requested: www.CheckOutMy.Bike, by Dominik.

"Hi everyone, just wondering if there are any bicycle fanatics on here. I created www.checkoutmy.bike, a social network for all those who love their bikes. 🚲 Basically the website lets you configure your bike online, share its profile and swipe through other users' bikes."

​No-code forms tool to decode a QR code?, by Andrew Skotzko.

"Anyone know a no-code way to decode/read a QR code into an ASCII string? I was imagining building an early prototype Google Forms or Typeform, but curious if there are other tools people like."

​2-sided marketplaces on Webflow, by Mark Bowley.

"Has anyone built a 2-sided marketplace on Webflow, where users can have a profile and list items to sell, via an admin area? I'd be curious to know what else was used in the process, other than Webflow CMS."

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💼 Jobs

​Educator – Fibery

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🐦 Tweet of the Week

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😍 Want to see your own story featured in this newsletter?

If you have a great story to tell that you think the no-code community would be inspired to read, we'll publish it on our blog and feature it in this newsletter. Send us an outline.

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Cheers!
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Ben & the Makerpad team ✌️