# My community and partnership test record

Complete this record before joining a group, posting or approaching a partner. Unknowns can stay unknown.

## 1. What I am testing

**My intended customer:**


**The problem connected to this test:**


**What I know from customer conversations or behavior:**


**What I still need to learn:**


**Route:** Existing communities / small partnership / both / neither yet

**Why:**


## 2. My possible communities

| Community | Where it lives | Evidence my customer participates | Relevant questions I found | Commercial rules | Public or private information? |
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## 3. My first-month communities

Choose no more than three.

| Community | Why it deserves a month | What I can contribute from experience | What I mustn't do | Decision |
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## 4. My prepared contributions

### Community one

**Question or discussion I am responding to:**


**What I know from direct experience:**


**Draft contribution:**


**Does it mention my product? Why is that allowed and relevant?**


### Community two

**Question or discussion I am responding to:**


**What I know from direct experience:**


**Draft contribution:**


**Does it mention my product? Why is that allowed and relevant?**


### Community three

**Question or discussion I am responding to:**


**What I know from direct experience:**


**Draft contribution:**


**Does it mention my product? Why is that allowed and relevant?**


## 5. My community activity log

| Date | Community | What I contributed | Public response | Private follow-up requested? | Customer language or question | Customer action |
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## 6. My ten possible partners

| Partner | Type | Shared customer evidence | What I can contribute | What they receive | Work required | Access or reputation risk | Source |
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## 7. My three priorities

| Partner | Why this fit is stronger | What remains unknown | First test |
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## 8. My pilot proposal

**Partner:**


**The customer need I have observed:**


**What I will provide:**


**What I am asking the partner to provide:**


**What the audience receives:**


**Proposed timing:**


**Review point:**


**Draft message:**


## 9. My one-page pilot sheet

| Decision | Agreed detail | Owner | Unknown or approval needed |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Contribution |  |  |  |
| Audience and access |  |  |  |
| Customer destination |  |  |  |
| Content and customer rights |  |  |  |
| Disclosure |  |  |  |
| Payment and refunds |  |  |  |
| Attribution |  |  |  |
| Review date |  |  |  |
| Exit |  |  |  |

## 10. My 30-day review

**Community conversations worth continuing:**


**Questions or language that changed my understanding:**


**Interviews, introductions or site visits created:**


**Partner work delivered:**


**Registrations, attendance, trials or inquiries:**


**Continue, change or stop:**


## 11. My 90-day review

**Customers introduced by the partner:**


**How many paid:**


**How many remained customers:**


**How their behavior compared with customers from other sources:**


**Work and cost required from me:**


**Repeat, change or stop:**


## 12. Checks before action

| Check | Complete? | Note |
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| I have read each community's current rules |  |  |
| I have not scraped or exported member details |  |  |
| Any private message follows an invitation or relevant exchange |  |  |
| My affiliation is clear |  |  |
| Claims can be supported |  |  |
| Customer examples have permission |  |  |
| Payment, free access or commission will be disclosed |  |  |
| Reuse rights are recorded |  |  |
| Payment, attribution, refunds and exit are recorded where relevant |  |  |