Firebelly

JULY 24, 2013

David Spinks – Community Man. To say that David Spinks loves community is an understatement. He’s all about community – and he’s got a track record that proves it. His other enterprises include BlogDash and The Community Manager where he still actively writes. Can every company grow and maintain community?

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SocialFish

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

This post is the first 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. First, I’ll say that I am involved in 3 major communities. #1

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

The post 7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Recently on ProBlogger we’ve been looking at the topic of building community on a blog. We started by identifying 9 benefits and 3 costs of community on a blog and then looked at 5 stages of building community on a blog.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 4, 2013

Last year, I shared the importance of taking conversations offline to grow your business and suggested some great events to help make that happen in 2012. This event is held by the Ohio Small Business Development Center at Columbus State Community College. Social Brand Forum 2013. June 6, 2013 Columbus, Ohio.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 25, 2014

jtroyer Tweet This Giving Back to Your Top Influencers Back in 2003, VMware ‘s online community was centered around a forum. Today, despite the fractured social media landscape, their community still has one central home on the web: the VMware Community site. See you next week!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 19, 2012

Maintaining traditional channels like phone, email and live chat support are a must—but a solid support community can cut that burden drastically, saving you time and money. But good communities are more than support channels. An effective support community relies on members to generate much of the support. It’s Worked Before.

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Harp Interactive

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

The Social Media World Forum is underway today and will go on through tomorrow in New York. If you can’t make it to the event follow the hashtag #SMWF to view tweets with the latest on brand engagement, monitoring, ROI, advertising and community management and much more.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2011

Her community outreach on behalf of Electronic Arts was amazing and her engagement with customers gives all of us lessons to live by. What’s a typical day like for you as the EA SPORTS Active Community Manager? There are a number of channels (Facebook, Twitter, forums, etc.) Here’s what I’ve learned from her.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Provide Community News & Updates. Arguably the most obvious use case of social media for government agencies is providing news and relevant updates to your community. At its best, social media acts like a public forum: a place for conversation (and sometimes debate) between interested parties.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The post 7 Ways to Build a Community Around Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Last week I talked about building a community around your blog , and how it can benefit you as much as it can your readers. Well, this week I’m going to give you seven practical tips and strategies on how you can go about building that community.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

The post 7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Recently on ProBlogger we’ve been looking at the topic of building community on a blog. We started by identifying 9 benefits and 3 costs of community on a blog and then looked at 5 stages of building community on a blog.

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Hootsuite

JUNE 28, 2023

Understanding your audience’s generational differences goes a long way toward finding out where they spend time, both online and offline, and how to reach them on their favorite dark social channels, such as in-person events or private groups. People join private Facebook Groups or forums to meet and talk with other like-minded people.

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Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 31, 2020

In the current environment where the coronavirus outbreak and COVID-19 pandemic have shut down live events and even coffee meetings, forcing increased online interaction, B2B marketing activity on Twitter should be exploding. prohibiting the use of profanity) and community enforced. But it’s not.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

The days of the leased social community are fading, and it’s time to re-embrace owned social. Before the rise of MySpace and Facebook and Twitter and Tumblr, the “original” social media was created in the unglamorous yet impactful world of discussion boards and forums. Thus, the trend pendulum (the trendulum?) It was the best of times.

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 2, 2022

Spotify uses Shorts to promote events and promote or repurpose podcast content. Plus, in an era of social distancing, these real-time videos can help take the place of live events. In 2020, 70% of people watched an event live on YouTube. Gaming and community content. Brand bringing this trend to life: Spotify.

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Or create a hashtag as a name for the Space as a way to keep the conversation going after the event has ended. Or you could collect followers’ questions using the hashtag before the event and answer those questions live during a Space. The Twitter Spaces team themselves have been hosting Spaces to share community updates.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Zoë Sugg (@zoesugg) Build a community Create a place where your target audience can gather online and connect with like-minded people. Online communities, like forums and private groups, strengthen your audience’s connection to your brand through the people they meet in the communities.

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Laurel Papworth

APRIL 19, 2010

I’m heading over to New Zealand from 12th to 15th May 2010 to participate in social media forum at the Australian Institute of Company Directors Annual Conference. 10.00am – 12.00pm FORUM B: The Commercial Benefits of Today’s Social Networking Platforms. Will you be there? Will let you know. Speaker TBC.

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 13, 2015

It’s no small secret your online community and your loyal customers within are your company’s greatest asset. While a customer may be happy with their one-time experience with your brand, what’s going to make them a lifelong community member? Give your online community a nickname that’s exclusive amongst your group members.

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Writtent Blog

JANUARY 12, 2024

Connect with fellow writers both online and offline to foster a sense of community and exchange valuable insights. Attend writing events, conferences, or workshops where you can meet like-minded individuals, potential collaborators, and industry professionals.

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Mindjumpers

JANUARY 14, 2011

Tweet Written by Nabanita Roy , who is a web enthusiast and blogger currently working as a Community Development Executive at forums.com. Community building- The impact of group communication. Social groups or group communication is the answer to this. Making an Integrated Marketing Communication Effort.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

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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Net-Savvy Executive

APRIL 26, 2011

I recently experienced two events—one good, one bad—that show Twitter at its best. Conferences and Meetups Back in 2007, I followed the back-channel conversation at the NewComm Forum using Internet Relay Chat ( IRC ). I won't say that Twitter is only good for events.

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Laurel Papworth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Ahoy Me Hearties: One of the tasks our online community managers undertake with clients (PR or Marketing agencies, or companies) is to build out a Social Media Conversation Diary – a list of tasks and engagement activities to keep online community members entertained and loyal. Talk Like A Pirate Day and Online Community.

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Hootsuite

MAY 3, 2023

Join a Slack community You may already use Slack to communicate with your team internally, but have you ever thought of using it to generate real estate leads? Slack communities are where people interested in a certain topic can come together to discuss the industry, ask questions, and swap advice or stories with other members.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

AUGUST 11, 2022

Building a brand community isn’t about improving vanity metrics like engagement and follower count. According to a survey from Vanilla Forums , 58% of brands say their communities improve customer loyalty. So how has the company managed to build an engaged brand community ? Image source. million members today.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 27, 2013

This week on ProBlogger we’ve been looking at the topic of building community on a blog. We started by identifying 9 benefits and 3 costs of community on a blog and then looked at 5 stages of building community on a blog. Today I want to dig deeper into some specific things to DO to build community on your blog.

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Laurel Papworth

MARCH 17, 2010

I’ve been asked to speak in Melbourne on April 15th (evening) about the impact of social media, online communities, social networks and call centres. From ATA website : ATA VIC Forum: Social Media & Your Centre — 15 Apr 2010. Attached File >> VIC Forum 150410 WEB.pdf. Email: events@ata.asn.au.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 24, 2019

The micro influencer is often more motivated to share knowledge and relevant information with their community. Consider STEM professionals, who regularly share issues and wins in forums with their tribe. Event panel. Think about what inspires them to share content. Think beyond just a few tweets and create “hero” content.

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Mindjumpers

JANUARY 3, 2012

According to recent data shared by Facebook, there are over 900 million objects that people interact with like groups, events and community pages. An average user is connected to 80 communities and pages while 30 billion pieces of content get shared each month (blog posts, notes, photo albums etc).

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

But to the world at large, it’s not just about Facebook (or the related movie), but a community that has been built over the years around a common interest or topic. So I’m using this post to showcase such a community that has been actively working around sustainability. Readers: what you think about this community?

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Dave Fleet

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Community Management: How do you go from 1:1 to 1:1,000,000? Community management at scale requires brands to reassess the norms they hear espoused daily. Build an army of advocates – educate, empower and reward your biggest fans for engaging for you.

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Laurel Papworth

JUNE 27, 2010

The early days when someone first joins are when habits, tone and value of the community culture, loyalty and stickiness are going to be set. While I think this is the best online community signup ever, there’s more that you can do to make it easy for Visitors to move to Newcomers in the social network membership cycle.

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Socialized

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Silicon Valley Brand Forum at Electronic Arts. Some companies have shied away from the social media arena while others have embraced it and swear it has created numerous opportunities for them to create brand awareness and communities of brand loyalists. Click here to register for the event. Redwood City, CA.

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Oktopost

DECEMBER 18, 2023

B2B marketing leaders plan to spend 30% of their budgets on brand building , and community management is a vital part of that. An engaged community can amplify your content reach, boost customer loyalty, reduce churn rates, and even draw new leads to your brand. Community management software can take your brand building to a new level.

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 25, 2020

With billions of visits per month and 430+ million active users , the platform represents one of the most engaged communities online. Beyond Reddit’s front page, discussions are separated by individual communities known as “subreddits.” Because Reddit is a community, not a platform for self-promotion.”

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Sprout Social

JUNE 7, 2023

This could be via your social media channels, website, in-store, during events or with your customer care team. review websites (TrustPilot, G2), forums (Reddit), sales emails and other business-critical channels. Make sure your brand experience is consistent across all mediums (videos, social posts, events, TV ads).

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