Laurel Papworth

JUNE 16, 2010

Now we can see leaderboards and games played out in social spaces, it’s easier to buy into as a concept. If they weren’t spending it, they weren’t buying which means others couldn’t go up the list. CMS : get karma points AFTER you upload your avatar photo. Buddypress forum karma points.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

Look to Yelp and Forums When you get beyond social networks, the heaviest concentration of influential impressions is on ratings and reviews sites (32%), followed by discussion boards/forums at 29%. Someone in your company should be assigned to monitor and respond to ALL reviews and forum posts , positive or negative.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Ultimately, customer loyalty is a huge byproduct of social media, and that loyalty often can translate into sales. Ultimately, customer loyalty is a huge byproduct of social media, and that loyalty often can translate into sales. But, I’m not sure that’s a good comparison.

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Viper Chill

APRIL 26, 2010

Facebook for me is a lot of work, for a small audience of people who are not in the learn, buy or convert mode. Forums Message boards are really the first internet form of social media, after IRC. An earnest desire to help others and be with like-minded people is the key to driving traffic from forums. Don’t be sales-y.

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Hootsuite

MARCH 31, 2020

An avatar is a visual representation of a person for use in digital contexts. On social media, the term “avatar” also refers to your profile picture—the image that represents you on the platform. Most individual users choose a photo as their social media avatar, sometimes supplemented by a digital frame or filter.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

It works for forums and discussion boards, too. Patrick O’Keefe talk about it in his excellent book Managing Online Forums (I reviewed it here ). On days with big deadlines, I have to acknowledge that the needs my in-the-flesh clients may have to trump my friends-in-avatar-only for a day. But just for a day.

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Laurel Papworth

AUGUST 1, 2010

Called Facebook “Credit&# it includes a real world component named, rather fetchingly, “App2User&# , which aims to encourage merchants and loyalty programs like Qantas Frequent Flyer points and Flybuys and whatnot to use the Facebook points social media system. local photo forum? Foursquare?

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