Field notes

Notes from the field

Campaign breakdowns, channel economics, and what we're learning about distribution inside private communities.

PlaybookAug 2026

Sign-ups are a vanity metric

A thousand cheap sign-ups can be worth less than fifty funded accounts. How to design a community campaign for the event that actually matters.

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PlaybookAug 2026

Bringing a practitioner vs a spokesperson

Communities can tell the difference between someone who's done the work and someone hired to describe it. Send the first one.

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PlaybookAug 2026

Rules of engagement: how to show up in a community without getting ignored

Post your offer cold and the room tunes it out. Here are the five rungs of earning a community's attention, from a free resource to a standing seat.

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FeatureJul 2026

Our MCP is live

An easier way to get your product into the right rooms

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EssayJul 2026

Where your buyers actually decide

Your customers make up their minds in places your analytics can't see. For brands and agencies, the private-community channel is the rare thing left: real intent, real trust, and no bidding war – yet.

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PlaybookJun 2026

The community engagement cheat sheet

Think beyond broadcasts. Here are six ways to run an engaging campaign inside a community.

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Campaign reportJun 2026

500 installs at £4.20 CAC: anatomy of a launch campaign

Eighteen communities, three platforms, one consumer app. The full per-community numbers from a pilot launch push.

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EssayMay 2026

Renting attention stopped working

Organic reach collapsed, ads inflated, and "build your own community" takes a year. The case for the third path.

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Inside TorchlyMay 2026

Why every post is admin-approved – and why brands should want that

Veto power looks like friction. It's actually the quality-control layer that makes the whole channel convert.

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Founder noteApr 2026

Why we built Torchly

Building software is nearly free now. Getting anyone to notice is the hard part – and the growth playbook everyone recommends doesn't fit most of the people building. This is the gap Torchly exists to close.

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