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Building a New Kind of Cruise Community

Waxing UnLyrical

Regular WUL readers know that Shonali (a friend and former colleague at Socialmedia.biz ) showcases guest posts about how to build, engage and sustain an online community, among other things. Lots of case studies and lots of stories of success and failure. First, the back story. Nobody else lets users do that.

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Case Study: How To Use Your Blog To Crowdfund Your Next Project

ProBlogger

Today’s post is a case study with sustainable living educator, Laura Trotta. Within a few weeks I raised more than AUD 15,000 (more than enough to cover the project costs), and had 54 members in my Self Sufficiency in the Suburbs membership community. Here’s how she did it.

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A PSA From The TSA On Instagram: #TSACatch Shows Photos Of What Not To Pack

Convince & Convert

The TSA is nearing its one year anniversary of using Instagram to educate travelers on what not to pack by featuring photos of real items confiscated from airports across the country. There are also a number of seemingly everyday items confiscated that conceal knives such as keys, iPhone cases, credit cards and combs. Think again.

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Fandom at HubSpot’s INBOUND Conference

WebInKnow

I love that my friends at HubSpot have created a true Fanocracy, a community of like-minded people who are eager to travel from all over the world to be a part of something great. More than 11,000 fans gathered in Boston for the annual HubSpot INBOUND conference in early September with another 100,000 participating virtually.

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Top 10 Brands Killing It on Instagram

Social Media Strategies Summit

Their Instagram profile serves its audience beautiful images from travel destinations around the world (many of which are user-generated). They aim to inspire people to think about everything they could do with a suitcase, positioning the company as more of a travel brand than a luggage one. 6 So Worth Loving. soworthloving / 60.3k

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Community Discussion: How Do You Survey Your Readers?

ProBlogger

Practical, inspirational, case studies? If you have a travel blog, and know that 50% of your readers are planning international travel in the next three months, you can use that information to show the relevance of your blog to overseas destinations or maybe insurance providers. Image Credit: Emily Morter.

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25 Suggestions For How To Use Twitter

Dave Fleet

Research destinations – Travelling somewhere? Generate ideas – Whether it’s through case studies other people post, ideas sparked from conversations or reactions to your posts, let your connections help you to generate new ideas. Take advantage of the opportunity to take online connections offline.

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