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?

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Oktopost

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Facebook: With the ability to refine your audience targeting with Facebook Ads and create Facebook groups for customer support, Facebook is another popular platform for B2B marketers to raise brand awareness and build an online community.

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Buffer Social

AUGUST 2, 2017

Facebook has recently launched Groups for Pages, enabling the 70 million+ Pages on Facebook to create their own unique communities and feeds. And more than 100 million people see Groups as the most important part of their experience on Facebook. So how do you create a Facebook Group? Facebook Group.

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SocialFish

MARCH 9, 2011

This post is part of our regular series of Open Community case studies, in which intrepid association blogger and freelance writer Deirdre Reid will be digging into associations (and other kinds of organizations when relevant) who are living and breathing their open communities in the ways we describe in the book. Community: GoPlow.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 8, 2012

What are the defining characteristics of a community? To get to this point, it becomes necessary to define what a community is. According to dictionary.com, a community is. According to dictionary.com, a community is. As community managers, it’s our job to manage a brand’s online (and offline) presence.

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SocialFish

MARCH 3, 2011

This post is the second 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. Facebook: Salesforce employs multiple Facebook profiles as well.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 17, 2015

Then you started distributing said content through Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest… maybe other platforms as well. You may have created great content, and you may have a good distribution plan, but shares and engagement are unlikely to come unless you have also focused on community building. Smart, active engagement.

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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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Later

JUNE 26, 2020

Facebook Groups are an effective way to create a community, drive engagement, and improve customer relations for your brand or business. Ready to build a successful Facebook Group for your business? Ready to build a successful Facebook Group for your business? What are Facebook Groups.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Why: In this post for Spin Sucks , Gini Dietrich takes a look at why the successful hiring a PR firm involves forming an active relationship between both parties. area, she loves helping for- and non-profit clients, both small and large, turn corporate codswallop into community cool™. Based in the Washington, D.C.,

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Sherrilynne Starkie

MAY 25, 2013

There is just one more week until the third annual Social Capital Ottawa, a one-day conference for O-city’s active social media community. Don’t miss this opportunity for facetime with the people of Ottawa’s social media community and to learn the about the latest social media thinking and trends.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 27, 2019

says “influence” is the “ability to build meaningful communities around us.” And it’s about your “connections” and “getting people to bond with one another” and “build trust in one another and in you.”. There were Delegates who spoke movingly about their Community Action Projects and how they helped other women.

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agora pulse

OCTOBER 24, 2019

These Facebook Group features can offer enormous value to your audience and visibility to your brand—and you may not even know they exist! Facebook groups are a cornerstone of social media marketing. They give you the opportunity to form exclusive groups and establish tight-knit communities centered on your brand.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 15, 2019

If you have absolutely no idea how to approach your Facebook advertising strategy these days, you aren’t alone. It’s no secret that Facebook’s organic reach has taken a nosedive. But before you write off Facebook as a lost cause, think again. Of course, that doesn’t mean that Facebook ads are foolproof on their own.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

JULY 3, 2012

Canada’s national capital is Ottawa and one of the city’s many strengths is the active and passionate social media community that thrives here. It’s a community that continues to grow and learn that’s why it supports the 2nd annual Social Capita l conference taking place later this month.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 19, 2012

The social web has opened the communication floodgates. While most brands look to make a name for themselves on Facebook and Twitter, other businesses take a more introspective approach. You have the opportunity to build a library of content populated largely by your own customers. This is a guest post by Michael Silverman.

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Buffer Social

JANUARY 22, 2024

The era of authenticity and personalization The demand for authenticity and personalized connections reshapes content creation, focusing on genuine interactions and niche communities. Users actively seek content that aligns with their interests and fosters genuine connections, signaling a desire for a more personalized online experience.

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agora pulse

OCTOBER 24, 2019

These Facebook Group features can offer enormous value to your audience and visibility to your brand—and you may not even know they exist! Facebook groups are a cornerstone of social media marketing. They give you the opportunity to form exclusive groups and establish tight-knit communities centered on your brand.

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Hootsuite

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Users share complex ideas and the Reddit community breaks them down. Improve community engagement. An educator trying to land their next role may start by building brand awareness. Build a community. If you lead virtual classes or have alumni around the world, an online community is essential.

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Pixlee

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Intensely passionate communities have formed around types of exercise and activities, and members share details of every training session and achievement across all forms of social media. Community is a competitive advantage because members encourage, motivate, and help one another.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Turns out, because I have other platforms connected to it, notably Facebook which is where I posted online to purge share mostly personal thoughts but where I have a very engaged network, my inactivity on Twitter didn’t actually impact me that negatively. If you have a strong community , they will be there when you come back.

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Pam Moore

MAY 27, 2016

It’s no surprise that Facebook is still one of the hottest social networks around. Check out these statistics published by Facebook as of March, 2016. billion daily active users on average for March 2016. 989 million mobile daily active users on average for March 2016. Facebook is no different.

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The Realtime Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Community Building. To accomplish so, you’ll need to cultivate and build a community of followers and lovers that goes beyond simply seeing and commenting on your content, as well as connecting with it in various ways. Though views and likes are important, brands are looking for more. Conclusion.

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Pam Moore

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

Facebook can be a game changer for small business and even corporate brands. billion daily active users on Facebook and more than 2.32 billion monthly active users, the chance your target dream customer is on Facebook is more than high. Do you sometimes think about giving up on Facebook all together?

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Webbiquity SMM

APRIL 13, 2021

One thing all of the most popular social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, even Pinterest and TikTok) have in common in the asynchronous nature of their content. Clubhouse may never have three billion users like Facebook , or even 300 million like Twitter. Facebook long ago lost its cool factor.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 17, 2021

The post A Cool Tool for Monetizing Your Facebook Group appeared first on ProBlogger. Do you have a Facebook group? If so, how do you convert your Facebook Members to email subscribers and sales leads? We’ve been testing a pretty cool tool that does exactly this, allowing you to create Facebook group funnels in minutes.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

I don’t think of social as exclusively a brand or marketing activity,” says Dietrich. Dietrich considers building this type of brand affinity to be a skill built over time. The ability to activate on social is a critical muscle that companies need to exercise, even in times of economic pressure,” says Dietrich.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

APRIL 22, 2019

The year began with a post from Mark Zuckerberg announcing the biggest algorithm update Facebook had ever seen. At the end of 2018, 400 million users were actively using Instagram stories every day. While Instagram Stories have been widely adopted by brands, only around nine percent of major brands post to Facebook Stories.

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Hootsuite

JUNE 27, 2022

While other social platforms are oriented around one central community, Discord is divided into servers or many smaller communities. You can join a big community for people who share a common interest or start a smaller private server for a group of friends. million users in 2016 to 150 million active monthly users in 2022.

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Later

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

For example, Instagram is a major destination for social commerce, whereas Facebook is best for community-building, and Pinterest for inspiration and brand affinity. In terms of audience demographic, Instagram is a little younger than Facebook, with the majority of users in their teens, twenties, or early thirties.

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Socialmedia.biz

JANUARY 25, 2019

According to the growing evidence in favor of civic engagement, when people, especially the youth, use social media to discuss the news, they are more likely to indulge in community building activities, like volunteering and voter registration. Foreign Interference. In the 2016 U.S. Unequal Participation.

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 13, 2009

For the past few months I’ve had the luxury of watching a new local business not only use social networking and community building to build buzz for their business, but integrate it so much so, that it is an integral part of their day to day routine. Active Engagement – FROST does not rest on its laurels.

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Buffer Social

MARCH 5, 2021

Instagram and Facebook are our most successful platforms, with TikTok on their heels. How do you learn from your community to help guide your marketing and product development strategy? Our community is very vocal about what they desire from us. Facebook post found here. If they call they’re met with a welcoming voice.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 2, 2011

If, say, you’re an entrepreneur and you put YOUR time and effort into a Facebook page, you want to know if it’s doing something good for your business. Most busy entrepreneurs are prone to asking, “Are my community building efforts on Facebook driving sales?” The same goes for investments of time and effort.

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Pam Moore

MARCH 2, 2020

Welcome to an era where connecting with your audience and communities in authentic and human ways is a requirement, not an option. Digital and social marketing are powerful mediums to help marketers attract, inspire and activate their audiences. We can communicate how, when and where we want… and so can our audience.

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Pam Moore

MARCH 2, 2020

Welcome to an era where connecting with your audience and communities in authentic and human ways is a requirement, not an option. Digital and social marketing are powerful mediums to help marketers attract, inspire and activate their audiences. We can communicate how, when and where we want… and so can our audience.

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Later

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

But once you’re all set, going live on LinkedIn brings a ton of benefits to the table, from community-building to brand awareness. LinkedIn is constantly releasing new features for its 500M-strong community of users. New LinkedIn Features #3: Reactions . Only you can also see who has voted and what they voted for.

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