Buffer Social

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Their strength is in their community. IFundWomen , the go-to funding marketplace for women-owned businesses, aims to support women entrepreneurs as they navigate building their businesses. They’ve identified a powerful marketing channel to help these women bring their visions to life: digital community. It’s a great tactic!

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Buffer Social

AUGUST 30, 2023

Both creators and marketers alike are tapping into the power of fostering communities — and with good reason. We asked both online community experts and community-building creators to share their expertise, so you can tap into this powerful approach. What is a community? So how do you do it?

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Dave Fleet

MARCH 1, 2014

This early focus on relationships, reputation and engagement led social media to naturally lean towards driving loyalty and affinity with brands over time. Communities in particular were by their nature filled with people who already have an affinity or interest in your product, right? Marketing, community or both?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 3, 2013

Having a strong community is one of the most important aspects of business. This week’s roundup includes seven posts that are good reads on both maintaining as well as building your business community. How To Be A Better Facebook Community Manager. So You Think You Want to be a Community Manager?

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Oktopost

MAY 12, 2021

It turns out that creating a brand community for your B2B company can give you that type of mouthwatering ROI. . B2B businesses need to foster a strong spirit of community to serve their clients and customers better. Let’s take a deeper look to learn how you can build a beneficial community around your B2B brand.

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The Realtime Report

JANUARY 29, 2019

Become a Fearless Online Community Leader. Online communities are powerhouses of collaboration that demand fearless leaders to succeed. The best social managers build constituencies with purpose and a strategy for growth. Gimmicks, games and luck aside, sustainable engagement requires skill and intelligence. Leadership.

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Mindjumpers

AUGUST 29, 2011

Tweet An important part of your social media strategy is to start and manage your community. Community building is an important exercise since this makes your target customers stick to the brand and makes them come back to see the latest happenings on your brand. Steps for building a community.

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Buffer Social

MAY 10, 2022

When I fostered my first puppy only to quickly find out he had fleas, I felt lost and in need of people I could turn to for trustworthy information, and as a dog mom today, I’m regularly looking for community support. Of course, wanting a community and actually creating one are two very different things.

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Amy Porterfield

JANUARY 11, 2024

Listen on… Tips, tools, and strategies for building the most engaged online community.

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Buffer Social

JANUARY 26, 2021

What if I told you engaging with your customers on Instagram can double or triple your revenue? as its founder and CEO D’Shawn Russell told us: “Our social media makes us a lot of money… We went from doing maybe $20,000-30,000 a month just posting pretty images to well over a $100,000 a month now simply by engaging people more."

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Pam Moore

JUNE 2, 2017

We have been working the past year on a game changing online social media training academy and member community to help solve your biggest problems and challenges related to social media marketing, digital marketing, and branding. Step 2: Enroll / buy your virtual seat and you will be inside the academy and community within minutes!

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Oktopost

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

And it’s not just about engagement and branding – social media strategies can speed up lead generation and conversions, directly impacting your business ROI. TikTok’s fun and engaging videos will help you stand out to your audience as a memorable brand, build connections, and expand your reach.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 16, 2015

.” Talk about a religious celebration that’s gone mainstream… and one that engenders a feeling of community among those who celebrate the day. How to Build Creativity and Self-Expression with Your Community. Monday Roundup: Celebrating Your Community is a post from: Shonali Burke Consulting, Inc.

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Dave Fleet

MARCH 1, 2014

This early focus on relationships, reputation and engagement led social media to naturally lean towards driving loyalty and affinity with brands over time. Communities in particular were by their nature filled with people who already have an affinity or interest in your product, right? Marketing, community or both?

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Social media has become deeply ingrained in our daily lives, evolving from a novel tool to connect with friends into a central hub for entertainment, news, community building and discovery. The rules of audience-brand engagement are different than they were even a year ago.

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Bill Hartzer

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The study, conducted among 5,000 individuals across the US, China, Sweden, Spain, and Poland, delved into the evolving dynamics of socialization and community building in today’s society. Moreover, the report highlighted the diverse ways in which people, especially Gen Z, seek leisure and social engagement outside their homes.

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Mindjumpers

APRIL 12, 2011

Tweet Written by Nabanita Roy , who is a web enthusiast and blogger currently working as a Community Development Executive at forums.com. There are several community building tools for blog promotion. You get to know bloggers from different places, communities and of varied blogging spheres. Is that all?

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 12, 2024

This includes the importance of social media for discovery, reputation management, community building, and brand awareness and engagement. According to SociallyBuzz, 78% of consumers are more likely and willing to make a purchase from a brand after a positive engagement with the brand on social media.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 17, 2015

But three or four months down the road, your client is unhappy with the lack of shares and “engagement.” You may have created great content, and you may have a good distribution plan, but shares and engagement are unlikely to come unless you have also focused on community building. Smart, active engagement.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 19, 2013

I recently received a notification from another influencer marketing tool seeking to engage me by flattering my ego, which will inevitably re-stir the frenzy of excited tweets, criticism , and everything in between. Their new face now portrays a friendly, vibrant, community-focused advocate for the common good. apologies, Shonali!).

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Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Per the report, “Social media and community building (17.8%) overtook blogs (14.7%) as the most popular type of content marketing.” Somewhat surprising: the top challenge identified, by far, is a shortage of resources (talent, time, and budget: 44.4%).

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SocialFish

MARCH 9, 2011

This post is part of our regular series of Open Community case studies, in which intrepid association blogger and freelance writer Deirdre Reid will be digging into associations (and other kinds of organizations when relevant) who are living and breathing their open communities in the ways we describe in the book. Community: GoPlow.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 15, 2015

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. so that others might gain insights for their own community efforts. But if we just build it, people won’t come in droves.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 8, 2013

Inspired by the passion and enthusiasm people have for cereal, there’s a new, “Hello Cereal Lovers” co-branded social media community from General Mills that is generating buzz for its creative and collaborative visual storytelling approach. What’s unique about this community is that it’s inspirational, versus highly branded.

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Jason Yormark

JULY 22, 2009

While community is a hot buzz word these days, it’s still quite a ways before most businesses truly embrace the idea. Companies like Starbucks , Dell , even my previous employer Microsoft Advertising , all do community incredibly well and it has paid off for all of them many times over.

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Pam Moore

JUNE 12, 2019

The OPC = other people's content and other people's community. Communities create markets, but only after you make the first investment in the human beings within. I share 10 golden rules to ensure you achieve the greatest results possible when engaging and participating in communities. Episode Highlights.

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SocialFish

MARCH 3, 2011

This post is the second in a two-part series where guest blogger Garry Polmateer , former association executive currently working at NimbleUser helping organizations with Salesforce, looks at two online brands through the lens of the concepts in our book, Open Community. Open Community Means Collaborating with a Purpose.

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Oktopost

JULY 20, 2023

The videos can be up to 5 minutes in length, giving you ample time to share engaging content with your audience. And just like Instagram, Threads enforces Community Guidelines on content and interactions in the app. These figures demonstrate the potential of Threads as a platform for B2B communication and community building.

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Buffer Social

AUGUST 2, 2017

Facebook has recently launched Groups for Pages, enabling the 70 million+ Pages on Facebook to create their own unique communities and feeds. This update provides new ways for brands to boost engagement and could go some way to countering the decline in organic reach Facebook Page owners have been experiencing for the past few years.

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Later

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

7 Social Media Campaign Ideas to Inspire Your Strategy in 2021: Knix ’s Community-building. 1: Knix’s Community-building Campaign. Apparel brand Knix tapped into the power of community for their Swim 2020 social media campaign. 2: Play Digital’s Engaging Bathtub Challenge. Nike’s “Dream Crazy” Video.

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Pixlee

MARCH 8, 2018

The idea of community has become a major focus of brands in many verticals. traditional methods of marketing still have their place, community-building is now a. This element is all about building an identity. The change makes it essential for brands to build trust by creating a. consumers and keeping them engaged.

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Ignite Social Media

JUNE 1, 2022

Influencers are the new internet stars — they have influence, a network of people, community. And they have the power to expose your brand to an even larger audience, which is a great benchmark in communicating and building excitement on your brand’s virtual event. Focus on Community Building.

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Akamai Marketing

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Two of those words are “audience&# and “community.&# The maestro directs, he coaxes, he makes the orchestra the best it can be, that’s what a good community manager’s job as well. Why should you care if you have community vs. audiences? Interested in a community vs. an audience? Guess what?

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Pixlee

JANUARY 12, 2022

Instead of shouting into the void why their product is the best, leading brands now build a brand identity and community through the creativity of their customers. With the consumer shift toward values like transparency, social responsibility, and customer focus, the rise of community-driven brands makes sense.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Because if there’s one thing I believe takes public relations from good to great, it’s when your audiences start becoming your community through the relationships you develop with them. But I was curious to see how Maddie and Lindy perceived not just Open Community , but its juxtaposition with public relations.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 8, 2012

What are the defining characteristics of a community? To get to this point, it becomes necessary to define what a community is. According to dictionary.com, a community is. According to dictionary.com, a community is. As community managers, it’s our job to manage a brand’s online (and offline) presence.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2012

Since that talk though, I’ve started thinking about rooting that back to general community/social media management. From there, I’ve realized that we continuously read articles with tips for community management, rather than community building. Find and communicate your focus. Empower your members. Be a resource.

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