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Tactical Tips for Building an Online Community

ProBlogger

With all the wonderful feedback on my guest post about how we utilize WordPress multisite and discussion forums to build community for our rather niche market, I thought I might offer some detail about specific tactics and network plugins we use to keep members informed, active and increasing in number.

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Influencers- Friend or Stranger?

Laurel Papworth

Digg is a “citizen editor&# site – you find (not write) a cool article, bookmark it on the site and the community votes for it to go on the front page. The new Digg looks, therefore, like a mix of Facebook, Twitter, and RSS. For example, open public broadcasting sites like YouTube rarely get cries of “OMG My Privacy!&#

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Are You a Productive Reader? - Stepcase Lifehack

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Let me give you an example: for several years, I taught anthropology from a textbook that promoted a view of humanity as defined by a group’s relationship with the natural environment. Continue your discussions at Lifehack Community. Get your own Avatars at Gravatars. RSS Subscription. Pay attention to structure.

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Micro Persuasion: Turn Gmail Into Your Personal Nerve Center

Buzz Marketing for Technology

I scan 275 RSS feeds in Google Reader and I use dozens of bookmarklets and shortcuts to help me manage it all. This works for any RSS feed, not just bookmarks. Posted at 09:35 PM in Gear , Linkblog , Mobile , RSS , Search , Tagging , Weblogs | Permalink. How to blog from Gmail (Gmail + Wordpress/TypePad/Blogger + IMified).

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Blog World 2010 Recap – My Notes and Experiences

Kikolani

Things that stop the “spread&# of your website include: RSS Button – it’s not our job to tell people how to consume our blog, it is to get people to consume it. Hubspot is a great example – they give great content, build audience trust, then pitch product in the last 15 minutes. People spread awesome.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

Its awesome to have a lot of friends, and even more so being active in the hottest blog communities. But with messages coming in from other MyBlogLog members & the communities you follow, on top of your many friend requests and updates, we understand that sometimes all those alerts can be a bit much. XOXO, Tilly.

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Getting Mass Traffic from StumbleUpon: A Definitive Guide

Viper Chill

With StumbleUpon, it’s all about the users and the content that the community enjoys. Either way, it’s good to take full advantage of all the features available and become a genuine, helpful user of the community. In other words, your avatar is going to be seen in a lot of places on the service so pick something memorable.