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Learn: gated-community marketing

Guides, definitions, and comparisons on gated-community marketing: Facebook Group sponsorships, Discord partnerships, WhatsApp reach, escrow deals, and community monetization.

What is gated-community marketing?

Gated-community marketing is the practice of reaching an audience inside a private, opt-in community, a Facebook Group, a Discord server, a WhatsApp group, through a placement arranged with the community’s admin rather than through an ad platform.

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Facebook Group sponsorship: how brands get inside groups

A Facebook Group sponsorship is a paid placement, usually a post, pin, or thread, published inside a group by its admin on a brand’s behalf.

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How to monetize a Facebook Group you run

If you run a real group with 1,000+ members, brands will pay for a post your members will actually read.

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Harbor is the gated-community marketplace. Brands discover, vet, and pay the admins of trusted Facebook Groups, Discord servers, and WhatsApp communities. Contact details stay private. Money moves through escrow, and only when the work is done.

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