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Is a Discord community right for your brand?

Sprout Social

Discord is the future of online communities. Traditionally associated with gamers, the platform has gone mainstream. Gen Z, in particular, is opting to spend time in smaller, private online communities. Discord is not a traditional social media platform. Instead, it is a community platform.

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4 Emerging Social Media Trends to Watch in 2020

Social Media Strategies Summit

At any given moment, there are new tools, platform updates, improved tracking, and several 2020 social media trends are emerging now that point to our industry being one of constant movement. This trend toward growth and diversity means that no one social platform or channel can be ignored. Source: PEW Surveys conducted 2012-2019.

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5 Tips for Turning Your Social Media Following Into a Paid Membership Community

Buffer Social

So, if you’re considering incorporating a membership community as a line of revenue in your content business, here are my best pieces of advice. Define your member growth journey One of the first questions I always get about starting a paid membership community is: Which platform should I use to host it on?

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Activation, Comfort, and Other Secrets of Online Community Management

Convince & Convert

Jay: One of the things that I see all the time, and you do as well I’m sure, now that many companies have come around to the belief that they should have a community, there isn’t a lot of community activation, or perhaps not as much as there should be. You talked about that a little bit in the book.

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How To Use Customer Insight To Power Your Business

The Realtime Report

Research is conducted using community platforms or on a one-to-one basis. Monitor Website Activity. This is as much a reflection on how modern consumers are using and integrating new technology into their lives as it is about methodology. Most businesses are unsure of how to make the most of such methods.

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Controlling The Conversation: Strategies To Get People Talking.

Jason Yormark

It’s about the strategies and methods to incorporate in your communities and social spaces to facilitate mutually beneficial conversations. Be Everywhere The first step that any business needs to take is establishing themselves as a company that embraces community. In other words, a community platform that lives on your site.

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Interview: EMC Does Social Media From The Inside Out

Adam Cohen

To that end, the first major step in our journey was the launch of EMC|ONE – An internal community platform for our global employees. We’re proud to share that the EMC|ONE community consists of over 30k active members while our overall employee population is around 48k.