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The Future of Community Management

Ignite Social Media

Our industry changes every day. So, when I was asked to share what the future of community management would be like, at first it felt like an impossible task. This is a pivotal time in the discipline of community management, and many brands are asking these very questions. You’re not alone. TheStruggleIsReal.

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7 Skill Sets for Nurturing Open Community

Convince & Convert

Tweet Guest post as part of the virtual book tour by Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer to explore concepts from their new book Open Community : a little book of big ideas for associations navigating the social web. We come from the association industry and for many of us “membership” people, community is old hat. It’s what we do.

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The Many Roles of an Internal Community Manager

Social Media Strategery

When someone in the communications industry refers to a “ community manager ,&# they are usually referring to someone that can manage the online relationships for a particular brand, using tools like Facebook, Twitter, and blogs. The Internal Community Manager wears many hats. Yeah, that’s going to be you.

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Activation, Comfort, and Other Secrets of Online Community Management

Convince & Convert

It is Jay Baer joined today by a very special guest, my friend who is the Director of Community and all things fabulous at BlogWorld and also the author of Online Community Management For Dummies , Ms. It really is a treasure trove of advice and best practices around community management. Deb, how are you? How are you?

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4 Emerging Social Media Trends to Watch in 2020

Social Media Strategies Summit

We don’t have to tell you that social media is an industry that changes almost daily. At any given moment, there are new tools, platform updates, improved tracking, and several 2020 social media trends are emerging now that point to our industry being one of constant movement. Source: Facebook Groups.

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Responsibility for Social Goes Beyond Content Teams

Convince & Convert

Brands are revisiting social media as a community-building tool, rather than a marketing platform. Pro sports is just one of many industries that struggle to connect with fans consistently via social. So sports is just one of the industries that hasn’t awoken to this opportunity for customer service in social.

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Responsibility for Social Goes Beyond Content Teams

Convince & Convert

Brands are revisiting social media as a community-building tool, rather than a marketing platform. Pro sports is just one of many industries that struggle to connect with fans consistently via social. So sports is just one of the industries that hasn’t awoken to this opportunity for customer service in social.

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