Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

It is Jay Baer joined today by a very special guest, my friend who is the Director of Community and all things fabulous at BlogWorld and also the author of Online Community Management For Dummies , Ms. It really is a treasure trove of advice and best practices around community management. Deb, how are you? How are you?

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Buffer Social

AUGUST 30, 2023

Both creators and marketers alike are tapping into the power of fostering communities — and with good reason. We asked both online community experts and community-building creators to share their expertise, so you can tap into this powerful approach. What is a community? So how do you do it? And is it worth it?

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SocialFish

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

This post is the first in a two-part series where guest blogger Garry Polmateer , former association executive currently working at NimbleUser helping organizations with Salesforce, looks at two online brands through the lens of the concepts in our book, Open Community. First, I’ll say that I am involved in 3 major communities. #1

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Firebelly

JULY 24, 2013

David Spinks – Community Man. To say that David Spinks loves community is an understatement. He’s all about community – and he’s got a track record that proves it. His other enterprises include BlogDash and The Community Manager where he still actively writes. Can every company grow and maintain community?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 19, 2012

Maintaining traditional channels like phone, email and live chat support are a must—but a solid support community can cut that burden drastically, saving you time and money. But good communities are more than support channels. An effective support community relies on members to generate much of the support. It’s Worked Before.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2011

Her community outreach on behalf of Electronic Arts was amazing and her engagement with customers gives all of us lessons to live by. What’s a typical day like for you as the EA SPORTS Active Community Manager? There are a number of channels (Facebook, Twitter, forums, etc.)

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

The post 7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Recently on ProBlogger we’ve been looking at the topic of building community on a blog. We started by identifying 9 benefits and 3 costs of community on a blog and then looked at 5 stages of building community on a blog.

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Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 31, 2020

In the current environment where the coronavirus outbreak and COVID-19 pandemic have shut down live events and even coffee meetings, forcing increased online interaction, B2B marketing activity on Twitter should be exploding. Though 90% of B2B software companies are on Twitter , barely half are active. But it’s not.

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Jason Yormark

JULY 22, 2009

While community is a hot buzz word these days, it’s still quite a ways before most businesses truly embrace the idea. Companies like Starbucks , Dell , even my previous employer Microsoft Advertising , all do community incredibly well and it has paid off for all of them many times over.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 21, 2012

Many of the myths surrounding online community development are proliferated by common sense conclusions. Creating an online community has a basis in science—but best practices that seem clear-cut on the surface become much more complicated when you dig deeper. Only then can you define the business goals of your community.

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Social Media Strategery

MARCH 8, 2011

When someone in the communications industry refers to a “ community manager ,&# they are usually referring to someone that can manage the online relationships for a particular brand, using tools like Facebook, Twitter, and blogs. The Internal Community Manager wears many hats. With the growing ubiquity of Enterprise 2.0

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Ignite Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2022

If your business or brand had already been active on social media, you should make it a habit to constantly audit your current marketing activities and their successes. You can also tap into paid advertising on social networks to grow your online community, generate leads, and trigger sales. Deliver Social Media Results.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

The post 7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Recently on ProBlogger we’ve been looking at the topic of building community on a blog. We started by identifying 9 benefits and 3 costs of community on a blog and then looked at 5 stages of building community on a blog.

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Dave Fleet

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

There’s no right or wrong answer; the decision depends on objectives, on your broader business structure, on the scale of your social media activities, on your business’ culture and on the resources you have to hand, among other things. Community Management: How do you go from 1:1 to 1:1,000,000?

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Hootsuite

JUNE 28, 2023

People join private Facebook Groups or forums to meet and talk with other like-minded people. In an era when you can watch 700 review videos for a product on YouTube, we still turn to people we consider experts — friends, family, or niche communities — for purchasing advice. A lot of that talk centers around advice.

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Proactive Report

AUGUST 7, 2010

Active Twitter users are three times more likely to impact a brand’s online reputation via Tweets, blog posts, articles and product reviews than the average consumer, according to a new survey by Exact Target. Active users watch their follower lists and keep them uncluttered. Stay informed of future activities.

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 22, 2011

Take five minutes and do a quick search of your organization’s blogs, microblogs, wikis, and forums that are available behind your firewall – and then let me know what the most popular topics are. If so, Mr. Popularity may be taking over your community and the worst part of it all? Let’s do an experiment.

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Hootsuite

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Reddit is a social network with a forum-style discussion structure. Users create posts in topic-based communities — called subreddits — and interact in comment threads. Reddit is all about fostering community by encouraging users (a.k.a. What is Reddit? Every thread has an OP (original poster) who started it.

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Buffer Social

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

This week on The Science of Social Media , we’re sharing a simple, yet proven formula that you can use time and time again to discover irresistible content ideas using Reddit, YouTube, Quora, and other online communities. Part IV: Other communities and social networks for content discovery. Let’s kick it off!

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Social Media Strategies Summit

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Provide Community News & Updates. Arguably the most obvious use case of social media for government agencies is providing news and relevant updates to your community. At its best, social media acts like a public forum: a place for conversation (and sometimes debate) between interested parties.

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Dave Fleet

MARCH 8, 2012

From my perspective, it means that your community management, monitoring and measurement folks are now your best friend. Community management , because as a brand you need to be watching the activity on your page and watching for spikes in attention.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 1, 2012

Most bloggers are appreciative of their readership, but many rarely consider that their existing audience can do more than promote content and keep the comments active. I’ll answer that question with another one: do you think of your blog as a publishing platform with occasional interaction, or a full-blown community?

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Writtent Blog

JANUARY 12, 2024

Connect with fellow writers both online and offline to foster a sense of community and exchange valuable insights. Joining writing groups or online forums allows you to engage in discussions, seek advice, and share your expertise. Additionally, scour job boards dedicated to freelance opportunities in your chosen niche.

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ProBlogger

MAY 4, 2014

Corinne runs the successful blog skinnedcartree.com, and consistently gets genuine engagement from her readers and community across the board. Corinne introduced forums at the beginning of the year and has seen that engagement increase sharply. Point of difference: Adding forums for your readers.

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SocMed Sean

APRIL 1, 2012

Finding a social media professional to help you with your online activities can sometimes be a tough process. Hopefully, these 1o questions can help you in the process of finding someone who really understands your business and can help formulate and execute a plan to engage with your community online.

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Hootsuite

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Social media intelligence can also be used to analyze demographic data , uncover trends in customer behavior , and track competitor activity. Monitoring The first step in social media intelligence is to monitor multiple social networking sites where your target audience is active. Monitor blogs, discussion forums, reviews, and more.

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 23, 2012

Unfortunately, as many have already discovered and many more will continue to discover, successful communities are dependent on many variables, from the accessibility, speed, and reliability of the technology to your community managers. What group/community receives the most visits and/or posts on a particular day? 10% to 49%.

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Laurel Papworth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Ahoy Me Hearties: One of the tasks our online community managers undertake with clients (PR or Marketing agencies, or companies) is to build out a Social Media Conversation Diary – a list of tasks and engagement activities to keep online community members entertained and loyal. First, Changing Facebook to Pirate Speak.

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Ignite Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2022

If your business or brand had already been active on social media, you should make it a habit to constantly audit your current marketing activities and their successes. You can also tap into paid advertising on social networks to grow your online community, generate leads, and trigger sales. Deliver Social Media Results.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 23, 2024

Monitor competitor activity. Holger Sindbaek, the founder of Online Solitaire , said: We began to monitor conversations in gaming forums and social communities, where players often discussed what they loved and lacked in other games. Once you resolve their problem, update the customer personally and through social media.

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Mindjumpers

JANUARY 3, 2012

Tweet Social media has no doubt changed the way brands communicate with customers and the how they prefer to be seen and heard. In an attempt to increase their visibility and speak to their influencers, every organization engages in active Public Relations, which has naturally been affected by the boom in social media.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Show host Shel Holtz wondered aloud if the creation of such social media dashboards will become common place among organizations active on the social Internet. Social media podcast For Immediate Release covered the launch this week. Could this the start of a new trend in corporate social dashboards?

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Sprout Social

APRIL 18, 2022

Vertical social networks are niche social media platforms centered around the interests of hyper-specific communities. This trend is a callback to social media ancestors—think forums and chat rooms—with a much more modern look. Active Letterboxd member accounts nearly doubled , jumping from 1.7 it’s a new year.

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Oktopost

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

You can find Megan on LinkedIn actively sharing insight in B2B content marketing. If they are hanging out in discussion forums and smaller niche communities, leverage those channels. Engage with questions and comment on other’s content. Be where your audience is and engage in what they are interested in.

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Hootsuite

JUNE 6, 2024

Community building Monitoring your social mentions is a great way to talk to your audience. It can help you build relationships with your community. Talkwalker Source: Talkwalker Talkwalker is a listening tool that includes all social platforms, blogs, forums, videos, news sites, and review sites. Another thing it can do?

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Buffer Social

JULY 5, 2023

I became more active on LinkedIn , engaged with industry experts' posts, and read the latest trends for unique insights. Communities Best for: Identify questions, arguments, and related resources. How to use them Joining relevant communities and keeping a tab on the conversations has helped me find some unique angles.

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Likeable

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Reddit, on the other hand, is a niche social media platform that’s essentially a series of forums where users can share news, content, and interact with one another. This social media platform is greatly different from Instagram or Facebook in that the Reddit community is directly determining what content gets seen through voting.

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