It should give you a great overview about both the strategy and the process of creating an online community from scratch. The Online Community Basics. Primer About Successful Online Communities. The 11 Fundamental Laws of Online Communities. Building An Online Community: How You Start With 0 Members. How Do You Build An Online Community? Contrary Truths About Online Communities. Don’t Start A Community For Any Of These Reasons. Basics Community Building Principles. What Is An Online Community? Different Types Of Communities. MORE >>

People are able to find likeminded people, build communities around specific interests, and find inspiration and support within those communities. Have a Content Team or a Community Manager who is responsible for monitoring and taking part in the conversations concerning your brand. Content in the making. All content is exposed to thousands of eyes. It is thus important to put your content under a telescope and to look at it from different angles. Ask yourself if your content can be misunderstood. How To Create Relevant Content. MORE >>

We are creating a curriculum for digital marketing, strategic planning, inbound marketing, content marketing, and digital PR. Much of the curriculum has been designed, and a great deal of content has been produced. So I’m turning it over to you, Spin Sucks community, with an open call for your content. We have a powerful and smart community here representing a variety of areas of expertise, from a variety of industries. Most importantly, we want to work with contributors who are passionate about sharing their knowledge and being a part of the community. MORE >>

Shruti Shah Goradia is Social Media Marketing Manager: Content and Community at Kodak. G: Where is the best place to build the community? We had the Tips & Projects Center – which was a treasure trove of educational and inspiration content around photography. Thus was born the Tips & Projects Exchange – Kodak’s branded online community. would recommend having a branded community site or blog as the home base and use the content from those to feed Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and other social media platforms. G: Does the size matter? link]. MORE >>

Lizzie Gold currently works for The Social Practice as their Community Manager for a range of clients. Later, she went on to be the in-house CM for Global Radio before moving to Yelp UK , as their Community Manager for London. G: What are your top resources for community management? L: The community itself should never be underestimated as a resource. From motivation to content, no one knows more than the people who take part. G: Who are your favourite community managers or community management case studies? Community Manager: Why? MORE >>