Community management: every comment and message answered
Gjethe's community management covers replies to comments and direct messages across your social accounts, moderation of spam and abuse, management of Discord servers, Facebook groups and other communities, clear escalation rules for complaints and sales leads, and a monthly report on what your audience is asking and saying.
- Free first consultation
- Written quote for your project
- Flexible payment milestones
At a glance
- Covers
- Comments, DMs, groups, Discord
- Moderation
- Spam, abuse and policy
- Escalation
- Agreed rules and contacts
- Insights
- Monthly audience report
Definition
What is community management?
Community management is the day-to-day work of engaging with a brand's audience online (answering questions, moderating conversations, welcoming new members and passing important issues to the right people) so that the community stays active, safe and helpful.
Posting content is only half of social media. The other half is conversation: questions in comments, enquiries in DMs, complaints that need a calm answer, and members of a community who expect someone to be there. Slow or missing replies cost sales and trust. We act as your front line, in your tone of voice, with clear rules about what we answer and what we pass to your team. We agree tone, escalation rules and topics to avoid with you before we answer anyone.
Who is it for?
Brands with busy inboxes
Product and order questions arriving through Instagram, Facebook and TikTok every day.
Games, apps and online products
Discord servers and user communities that need active moderation and support.
Membership and course businesses
Groups where members expect answers, encouragement and order.
Brands running ads
Ad comments that need answering and spam that needs hiding.
What's included, and what you keep
What's included
- Tone of voice and response guidelines
- Saved replies for common questions
- Comment replies on posts and ads
- Direct message handling
- Spam and abuse moderation
- Discord server set-up and moderation
- Facebook and LinkedIn group moderation
- Escalation rules for complaints, refunds and leads
- Lead handover to sales
- Crisis response protocol
- Coverage schedule across agreed hours
- Monthly insight report
What you receive
Handed over at the end. Yours to keep.
- Community guidelines and response playbook
- Agreed escalation process
- Answered comments and messages within coverage hours
- Moderated communities
- Monthly insight report
How we handle different kinds of messages
| Message | What we do |
|---|---|
| Product or service questions | Answer from your approved information and link to the right page |
| Sales enquiries | Reply, qualify and hand the lead to your team immediately |
| Order or account problems | Collect details and pass to your support team with context |
| Complaints | Respond calmly and publicly where appropriate, then move to private messages and escalate |
| Spam, scams and abuse | Hide, delete or ban according to agreed rules |
| Media or legal enquiries | Do not answer; escalate to your named contact |
Why response playbooks matter
A community manager can only answer as well as the information they have. Before we start, we build a playbook with you: your tone of voice, approved answers to frequent questions, what we must never say, and who to contact for each type of issue.
The playbook keeps answers consistent across team members and shifts, protects you from off-brand replies and makes sure sensitive topics (refunds, legal claims, health questions, press) always reach the right person. We update it every month as new questions appear.
Setting up a healthy online community
For Discord servers, groups and forums.
- Clear rules pinned and enforced consistently
- Welcome messages and onboarding channels
- Roles and permissions that limit spam
- Automated moderation for links and bad words
- Regular prompts, events or AMAs that keep conversation going
- A visible way to reach a moderator
Turning conversations into insight
The questions people ask in comments and DMs are some of the most useful market research you have. Repeated questions point to gaps on your website; repeated complaints point to product or service problems; enthusiastic replies show what people value.
Every month we summarise these patterns: the most common questions, sentiment trends, issues escalated, and suggestions for content, FAQs and product improvements based on what your audience is telling you.
How community management works, step by step
Every step has a clear output you can review. Timing is agreed in your quote.
- 1
Discover
Your channels, message volumes, common questions and sensitive topics.
- 2
Playbook
Tone, approved answers, escalation rules and contacts written down.
- 3
Set up
Access, inbox tools, saved replies and moderation settings configured.
- 4
Go live
We start responding within agreed coverage hours.
- 5
Escalate
Leads, complaints and sensitive issues passed to your team with context.
- 6
Report
Monthly volumes, response times, sentiment and insights.
Tools, and what shapes your quote
Pricing is based on your project and agreed in your quote. These are the things that move it.
| Factor | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Message volume | More comments and messages per day need more time. |
| Coverage hours | Evenings, weekends or extended hours increase cost. |
| Number of channels | Each platform and community adds monitoring. |
| Languages | Replying in several languages needs suitable staff. |
| Complexity of questions | Technical or product support questions need more training and research. |
| Area | Tools |
|---|---|
| Inboxes | Meta Business Suite, Hootsuite, Sprout Social |
| Communities | Discord, Facebook Groups, LinkedIn Groups, Circle |
| Moderation | Discord AutoMod, platform keyword filters, moderation bots |
| Handover | Slack, email, your helpdesk or CRM |
Common mistakes to avoid
What we see go wrong most often, and how a good project avoids it.
Deleting negative comments
Deleting legitimate criticism usually makes things worse. Reply professionally and take it private.
Leaving ad comments unanswered
Questions under ads are often from interested buyers. Unanswered, they cost sales.
No escalation rules
Without clear rules, sensitive issues get mishandled or ignored.
A community without rules
Spam and conflict drive good members away. Set and enforce clear rules early.
Frequently asked questions
What hours do you cover?
We agree coverage hours with you, for example business hours in your time zone, extended hours or weekends. Messages outside coverage are handled at the start of the next period.
How quickly do you reply?
Within coverage hours we aim for prompt replies and agree a target response time with you based on volume and channels.
Do you answer customer service questions?
We answer common questions from your approved information. Account-specific issues like refunds or order problems are passed to your support team with all the details.
Can you manage our Discord server?
Yes, set-up of channels, roles and bots, moderation, welcoming new members and keeping conversation going.
What happens in a PR crisis?
We follow the crisis protocol we agree in advance: pause scheduled posts if needed, alert your named contacts, and reply only with approved statements.
Will replies sound like us?
Yes. We write a tone-of-voice guide and saved replies with you and review them regularly.
Do you handle reviews too?
Review responses on Google and other platforms are covered by reputation management, which works well alongside community management.
Can you pass sales leads to our team?
Yes. Qualified enquiries are sent to your sales contact or CRM immediately with the conversation history.
Do you reply in several languages?
Yes, in Albanian, English and German, and other languages by arrangement.
Is community management included in social media management?
Basic comment monitoring is. Full replies, DMs and community moderation are a separate service because they depend on volume and coverage hours.
Can you work with our customer support tools?
Yes. We can pass issues into Zendesk, Freshdesk, HubSpot, Slack or email, wherever your team already works, so nothing gets lost between social and support.
Do you moderate comments on ads?
Yes. Ad comments are monitored alongside organic posts: questions are answered, spam and scams are hidden, and complaints are escalated by the same rules.
Can you combine people with an AI assistant?
Yes. An AI assistant can answer simple, repetitive questions instantly, with people handling everything else and reviewing what the assistant says. See AI chatbot development.
Who decides when someone gets banned?
The rules we agree with you. Clear cases like spam and abuse are acted on immediately; borderline cases are discussed with your team first.
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Let us answer your community.
Tell us what you need. You get an honest assessment, a clear plan and a written quote. The first consultation is always free.
- What happens next
- 1You tell us what you need
- 2We aim to reply within 24 hours with questions
- 3You get a written quote for your project