community-discovery

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name: community-discovery
description: When the user wants to find Slack groups, Discord servers, Reddit communities, forums, or online communities where their target audience hangs out. Also use when the user mentions "where to promote", "find communities", "community marketing", or "distribution channels".
related: [cold-outreach, content-strategy, launch-strategy, landing-page]
reads: [startup-context]
---

# Community Discovery

## When to Use
- Founder wants to find online communities where their target customers are active
- Founder wants to identify channels for organic promotion and community-led growth
- Founder wants to build relationships in relevant communities before launching
- Founder wants to find beta testers, early adopters, or design partners
- Founder wants distribution beyond paid ads and cold outreach

## Context Required
- Target customer profile (role, industry, interests, seniority)
- Product category and the problem it solves
- What the founder wants from communities (feedback, users, partnerships, awareness)
- Founder's bandwidth for community engagement (lurk and post vs. become a regular)

## Workflow

1. **Map the community landscape** - identify where your target audience spends time online:… install to load the full skill