The difference between an audience and a community in new media
Akamai Marketing
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
Audiences can be purchased : Think about buying an email list or a direct mail list. That’s what you buy: access to an audience. Communities must be developed : You can not buy a community. Events have the potential to create community, but simply attending or hosting an event does not create community either.
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