You can now build your community as a creator on

Last but not least, connect your members, discussions, and products to one central location.

Communities can be one of the most effective ways for a creator to establish a connection with their followers. What we've learned from creators is that creators need a different type of community than the platforms out there make feasible.

The most common way of thinking of online communities is "a space where people meet together to discuss shared concerns." But creator communities have more to offer than that. Creator communities add the element of interaction to anything the creator releases into the world. Creator communities are a place for people to gather for access to the creator, discuss the work of their creators, and be in the know about new releases.

From talking to creators, we heard there were a few issues that hinder your ability to form the communities that you'd like to:

Current community platforms are separate from your other tasks. This means you have to manage a distinct platform, and getting users to sign up to something new. When they do log in, it's difficult to start discussions that relate to your job as creator. If they could talk about your work on the same platform where they purchase your products the issue would be solved -- but none of today's platforms allow this.

Inducing people to sign in is hard. It's difficult to get your audience into the habit of logging in and updating. The simplest way to solve this is by using platforms that everyone is already logged into, like Facebook, but those platforms have plenty of their own problems.

Making content for the community on a regular basis is hard. Sure, it's hard! It's hard to create. Because communities are distinct from other aspects of your activities, you need to go through extra effort in order to produce content that is specific to your community.

We set out to create a platform for community We knew that we wanted to build something different from what was out there. And, from listening to people's feedback, we knew that it needed to be a combination of the following features:

Connecting to the rest of your work as a creator. By building communities in addition to the ones you already have in , your audience can view your work and their peers at the same time.

A simple way to encourage individuals to join (and keep coming back to write). Once your community platform is linked to your content and your content, it becomes easy for users to sign in and participate. People already log in to view your posts- now there's more to be doing once they log into.

Today, following months of work, creator interviews, and your feedback today, we're excited to launch one of the most significant updates to .

What kind of community might you form with the help of ?

Beginning today, you are able to build your community on . The Community feature is the next evolution of the memberships feature, and is available on all plans -- Mover, Shaker, and Earthquaker.

If your community is active , you can:

Develop a community in the same spot in the same way as you post content

Let your audience be social by sharing postings, comments and likes

Organise your community's discussions around a topic

Inform members about the latest discussions and posts (and manage notification settings)

Write (and let users let members post) A wide variety of file types -- such as images and documents that originate from Google Drive, Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, TypeForm, and over 1,900 more.

Permissions for posting and commenting can be controlled.

Let members make their own profiles including profile photos and descriptions

You can charge for access to your community or access to certain subjects -- to ensure your community can do exactly what you want to do for your company as the creator

Three components are at the core of a community made up of topics, articles, and posts.

Topics provide a means to arrange the places where content is shared. For example, a community on cooking could include a "recipes" topic and the "groceries" topic, and the "finished-plates'' topic, specifically for content that is that are specific to these categories. The creator of the site are able to decide who can have access to each subject, and any person who is "following" a topic will see that particular topic appear in their homepage when they log in.

Posts are content that is published within the context of a subject. After going to the "recipes" subject, a community member could create a post that shares a recipe. You as the creator can control who has permissions to publish in the respective subject.

Comments are replies to a particular article. If a member posts an article in the "recipes" area, some other members might comment that they can't wait to make the recipe.

Once your participants log into to their account, they'll be able to see the latest posts on the topics they follow directly on their home screens. Because they're already logged into your account, the rest of your classes including digital downloads, coaching sessions, and webinars are just a few clicks away.

If you're already a client already, you can join the community by logging in to your account right now. If you're not one of our customers but, sign up for the free account now .

Once you've started We've put together a handful of tools to guide you in the right direction:

A helpful document about how to get started in the community (you are able to browse the entire collection of community help docs here )

This is just the beginning of community building for . In the coming months, we'll continue to expand what you can accomplish with your community, enhancing it  as well as listening to your feedback to determine the things you want us to develop next.

I'm excited to see the work you'll come up with .