Janet Fouts

JANUARY 4, 2011

I had a very interesting conversation with a Facebook application developer today. If it’s not yours, or if it is, please– for the love of community –pitch in and SAY something! We were talking about how to build community on a Facebook page and whether or not that’s really even possible.

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Janet Fouts

JUNE 14, 2011

Managing Online Communities – Rik Panganiban ( TechSoup.org ). Keeping an online community lively and exciting is a combination of psychology, sociology, social engineering, user interface design, and black magic. June 21 – 1 pm PT. Register Here: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/730428078. June 28 – 1 pm PT.

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 27, 2011

Momentus Media Community Health Score. Like Momentus Media’s application it can be quite revealing to see how it scores your friends and competitors and even compare them through a nifty drag-and-drop interface. Please don’t take increasing your influence score as the holy grail of community.

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Janet Fouts

JUNE 23, 2011

If you need help setting up your Twitter account you might want to check out this free post in the SocialMediaCoachingCenter , and here’s a good post on Twitter clients (the applications that make using Twitter easier.) LexTweet A community of Lawyers on Twitter as well as a blog network. Twitter resources for lawyers.

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Janet Fouts

DECEMBER 14, 2010

This year flew by and the sheer number of new social networks and applications is simply stunning. The one thing I learned about social media this year is something I’ve been learning for several years, it just gets more crystallized with each passing day: Social media is about conversation, engagement and community.

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