A New Year, A New Design & Structure In Community!

[Janet_Dulsky]

Welcome to 2018! We’re starting the new year out on a positive note by rolling out a new design and structure in the Marketing Nation Community with the goal of helping you be more successful with Marketo, more quickly. The new design and structure was reviewed and vetted by many Community members and we truly appreciated all their valuable feedback.

Starting next new week, you will see:

1. A new home page experience – When you land on the home page, you’ll see a news feed of what’s new and exciting in the Marketing Nation Community. For those of you who have been part of Marketing Nation for several years, it will be like going back to the good ‘ol days. The Marketo banner has also been removed so you have immediate access to what you really care about, the exciting and helpful conversations happening among your fellow Community members.
2. One place for discussions – You asked and we answered. No more decisions about where to look for answers to your questions. Product Discussions and Marketing Discussions have been merged into a single place to access the genius of your fellow marketers, simply called Discussions.
3. A new Blog space – Read about best practices, tips and tricks, and more from peers, experts, and Marketo employees…all in one spot.
4. An area for Release Info – Want to learn about what’s in the latest, greatest Marketo release? Look no further than our new Release Info space. 
5. Mobile friendly – Guess what? The Marketing Nation is now mobile friendly so you can take it on the go with you. The genius of your peers is always at your fingertips.

I’m excited to roll out these changes to Marketing Nation. As always, if you have any additional ideas or feedback, please feel free to let me know.

You can expect the Marketing Nation Community to keep getting better and better throughout 2018!

[Janet_Dulsky]

Thanks, Darrell Alfonso​!

[Janet_Dulsky]

Sanford Whiteman​, all your blogs should be published now thanks to Justin Cooperman​!

[Janet_Dulsky]

Dan Stevens​, I love that I can always count on you to keep me honest. Here's my answers to your requests and suggestions:

• Ideas -- We are adding Ideas as a drop down menu item under Discussions on the top nav. Due to Jive restrictions, I can't add it directly to the top nav menu. It will link to the Ideas page with which you're familiar.
• Employee blogs -- Yes, my job is now to encourage more of my peers to create new blogs!
• The Marketo Whisper blog will show up under Marketing Nation blogs. It was missed and is being fixed as we speak.
• Discussions -- We are fixing the link so you will see the Categories and action items, including Create a Discussion, along the left rail. I do need to clean up the Categories a bit. And, of course, you can always create a discussion using the pencil icon.

I think that covers everything for now.

Thanks, as always, for your feedback, Dan.

Janet

[Dan_Stevens_]

Thanks Janet.  Just one item that wasn't addressed - and that's the default view/filter of ideas.  Most of us are used to accessing the ideas section and see the latest ideas submitted, along with a brief description beneath each idea (without having to actually click on the idea).  And considerations of bringing this view back?  Today, you're taken to a listing of top ideas (with no description).  While I think a view of top ideas is useful, many of us already know what that lists consists of (it doesn't change much).  Instead, seeing a list of recent ideas is probably what the members of the community would desire - especially those that actively contribute.

[Janet_Dulsky]

Dan Stevens​, once the Ideas link is added to the drop down, it will link to the page to which you're referring: Ideas​.

Thanks, Janet

[Dan_Stevens_]

Looks like you were at work as I was typing out my response.  I now see the "Ideas" drop-down as well as the preferred view!

[Gerard_Donnell4]

Hi Janet Dulsky​,

This looks awesome. One question though, is the Job board coming back?

Thanks,

Gerard

[Janet_Dulsky]

Gerard Donnelly​, the Job space still exists. Use the magnifying glass to search Job Opportunities and you will see the Job Opportunities place.

Hope that helps.

Janet

[Gerard_Donnell4]

Hi Janet Dulsky​,

Thanks, very much. Just found it

[SanfordWhiteman]

Thanks!