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How to Build Community for Niche Site Success

ProBlogger

But then again, I never expected the little website I created to keep friends and family informed about Jerry’s progress to become the largest online community for canine amputees and their people either. For details about the fledgling Tripawds site, don’t miss my submission for the 2008 ProBlogger Video Mashup.

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7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

When Weezer came out with Pork and Beans in 2008, the band’s music video introduced a completely different concept with characters that were incredibly familiar. Videos that have a completely unplanned “wow&# element to them definitely travel far in social circles. It shows the power of mashup.

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What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

by Tamar Weinberg on July 8, 2008 Share With many individuals finding great success with social media (and as an aside, a basic understanding of search engine optimization ), they immediately consider themselves social media marketers and consultants (as well as seasoned SEOs) and offer to sell their promotional services. Others aren’t.

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Your Guide to the Crowdsourced Workforce - ReadWriteWeb

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Written by Josh Catone / May 12, 2008 5:00 AM. / A number of large web development discussion communities host contest areas, including NamePros , v7 Network , and Webmaster Talk. The software development community -- especially the open source community -- has long used "bounties" to help lure developers to certain tasks.

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How to Steal the Next Billion Dollar Website Idea: A Case Study

Viper Chill

On the 15th of January 2008 the domain name Groupon.com went live for the first time. 2008 was also the year that IndieGogo became one of the first ‘crowdfunding’ websites. If nothing else, Product Hunt can be a great way to send thousands of visitors to your new creation if you truly get involved in the community.