What are the business fundamentals to building an online community? How do you choose the right platform to grow in? How do you even begin growing your community? In this livestream we have Tom Ross, founder and CEO of Design Cuts, sharing how he built his online community. He'll explain what the difference is between audience and community, how to nurture your members to create true fans, and share a case-study in how The Futur have built such an amazing community. Tom is the founder and CEO at Design Cuts, a community of over 750,000 creatives. In his spare time, he mentors fellow entrepreneurs and creatives on how to build engaged online communities. Get Tom's free guide to building engaged online communities: http://communitymanual.com/ Tom's website: https://tomross.co/ https://Instagram.com/tomrossmedia https://Twitter.com/tomrossmedia Want a deeper dive? Typography, Lettering, Sales & Marketing, Social Media and The Business of Design courses available here: https://thefutur.com/shop 8:00 - The difference between audience and community 10:00 - Pros and cons of an audience 12:00 - Pros and cons of a community 17:00 - How do you build your communities 29:00 - what kind of audience you should get 42:00 - What’s a way to keep in touch with your community 45:00 - how to scale community === 👉Subscribe: https://goo.gl/F2AEbk 👉See our Academy Channel: https://goo.gl/vB9zoP 🎙 Futur Podcast: https://thefutur.com/podcast/ ✍️ Futur Blog: https://thefutur.com/blog/ — Love the content? Become a sustaining member for $5/mo today. https://goo.gl/nwekfL BOOKLIST – Essential Reading for Creative Professionals: https://bit.ly/biz-booklist Essential Design Books: https://bit.ly/futur-design-books Kits & Proposals: https://goo.gl/mSjuWQ Visit our website: https://www.thefutur.com FREE resources: https://goo.gl/Qh6gHr — We love getting your letters. Send it here: The Futur c/o Chris Do 1702 Olympic Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90404 USA — AFFILIATE LINKS* 🙏 Support The Futur by purchasing through our affiliate links: Amazon: http://bit.ly/thefuturishere Webflow: http://bit.ly/2EbET9l Retro Supply Co.: http://bit.ly/2GW8gzR Creative Market: https://goo.gl/g4jlTE Design Cuts: http://bit.ly/2GSsAR3 ✍️ Sharpen your skills by taking a course, using our affiliate links: School of Motion: http://bit.ly/futur-som Bring Your Own Laptop Tutorials: https://byol.me/thefutur Skillshare: https://skl.sh/34z8qVj 🎧 Do you like the music? Check out the music libraries we use in our affiliate links below: Epidemic Sound: http://share.epidemicsound.com/thefutur Musicbed: http://bit.ly/futurmb Artlist: http://bit.ly/2uWdna7 Get our FAVORITE notebook from Baron Fig: https://baronfig.com/?ref=zQoKL *By making a purchase through any of our affiliate links, we receive a very small commission at no extra cost to you. This helps us on our mission to provide quality education to you. Thank you. — Host: Chris Do Producer: Mark Contreras Cinematographers/Editors: Stewart Schuster, Ricky Lucas, Jona Garcia Social Team: Elle Money, Alex Burlui Futur Theme Music: Adam Sanborne http://www.adamsanborne.com Typefaces: Futura, DIN, Helvetica Now, Calibre, Knockout, Champion Gothic