Sprout Social

JULY 21, 2022

What about forums? You could post on community review sites or live-stream it to the masses. Discussion forums. Community blogging sites. For brands, social media networking sites offer an opportunity to build awareness, create a community of customers and followers and drive traffic to websites. Audio sharing.

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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? And is it worth it?

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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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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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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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 19, 2012

The social web has opened the communication floodgates. While most brands look to make a name for themselves on Facebook and Twitter, other businesses take a more introspective approach. But good communities are more than support channels. An effective support community relies on members to generate much of the support.

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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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Janet Fouts

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

” Community Management Isn’t Content Creation. (go Now, I don’t 100% disagree with him that not all community managers are suited to create content. To tell great stories you have to stop having your community managers produce your content. That just shows how little respect they have for the community.

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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.)

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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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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 28, 2010

My suggestion would be to create a vibrant community with them – one which is both online and offline, one where you can get instant feedback, one where their ideas matter to your research and development groups, one where they co-author thought leadership with you and one that rewards them for their loyalty to your firm. Tweet This!

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Hootsuite

JUNE 28, 2023

Facebook Messenger, Instagram, etc) Web traffic sources , if someone clicks a link to your website from an unsecured page. Private social media channels , such as closed Facebook Groups, private subreddits, or personal profile content shared only with friends/followers. Browsed a Facebook Group? Talked on the phone?

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ProBlogger

MARCH 16, 2022

The post The 5 Stages of Building a Culture of Community on a Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Build a CULTURE of Community – Not Just Engagement. Let me start by repeating the advice I gave last week that building community and reader interaction on a blog takes time. The Stages of Building Community on a Blog.

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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?)

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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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Laurel Papworth

JULY 11, 2010

You can book at social media world forum. Facebook is the Platinum Sponsor. Blake Chandlee Facebook @bchandlee. EVENT: Social Media World Forum in Singapore is a post from: Laurel Papworth- Social Network Strategy. I’m blogging about it now because the earlybird discount finishes 22 July. Social Media WorldForum.

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 4, 2011

I had a very interesting conversation with a Facebook application developer today. If it’s not yours, or if it is, please– for the love of community –pitch in and SAY something! We were talking about how to build community on a Facebook page and whether or not that’s really even possible. Brand building.

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Laurel Papworth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Want to know how to change Facebook to Talk Like A Pirate? 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.

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Social Media Strategery

MARCH 8, 2011

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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Buffer Social

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

This week on The Science of Social Media , we’re sharing a simple, yet proven formula that you can use time and time again to discover irresistible content ideas using Reddit, YouTube, Quora, and other online communities. Part IV: Other communities and social networks for content discovery. Let’s kick it off!

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ProBlogger

MARCH 16, 2022

The post The 5 Stages of Building a Culture of Community on a Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Build a CULTURE of Community – Not Just Engagement. Let me start by repeating the advice I gave last week that building community and reader interaction on a blog takes time. The Stages of Building Community on a Blog.

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Hootsuite

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Reddit is a social network with a forum-style discussion structure. Users create posts in topic-based communities — called subreddits — and interact in comment threads. Reddit is all about fostering community by encouraging users (a.k.a. What is Reddit? Every thread has an OP (original poster) who started it.

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Laurel Papworth

MAY 7, 2018

What does Facebook Paid Subscriptions really mean? So offering ad-free Facebook subscriptions – which NO ONE will actually take at least long term – is an option. In most communities (bulletin boards, forums etc) ad free is an addon to the main upgrade (extra features) not the killer sales point of freemium to premium.

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Ignite Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2022

Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok are the most popular social media platforms but don’t forget there are many others to choose from including Snapchat, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and YouTube. You can also tap into paid advertising on social networks to grow your online community, generate leads, and trigger sales.

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Laurel Papworth

APRIL 11, 2011

Also, we managed the Junior Masterchef online communities (Facebook, blogs, forums) and keeping kids safe online against their own efforts! Issues with moving a client from Facebook Personal Profile to Business Page Migration (don’t do it!)

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Laurel Papworth

APRIL 14, 2011

Recently, in an online community I am involved in, the members decided to get together in real life (IRL). So the group booked a venue interstate, a dinner, hotels etc and submitted a deposit to the moderator (community volunteer admin) who agreed to organise it all. What would you do in this situation, as a community manager?

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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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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. Twitter, Facebook are a must for business sites. Facebook profiles with ‘like’ on post and pages can get you to cloud nine in no time. Do not set yourself away from the group.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 18, 2022

Vertical social networks are niche social media platforms centered around the interests of hyper-specific communities. Every day people are taking their posting habits away from main feeds and into more private options, like subreddits and Facebook Groups. — Twitter Communities (@HiCommunities) January 5, 2022.

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Social Email Marketing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

The people of social media marketing agency Mindjumpers, who are at the basis of the Social Marketing Forum, we launched, share some tips, links and examples of how to create (more) user involvement. Communication today is all about creating engagement and involvement and to create experiences for.

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Social Media Network Marketing

APRIL 15, 2013

Acquisition ideas for your Brand / Business Facebook Page: This is the process of getting new people on-board. There are a couple of ways in which you could look at Acquisition: Forums : Join the industry / category based Forums. Forums have a good format of automatic giving your links in your signature. Do not spam.

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 23, 2012

" Or Facebook…or Twitter – you name it. Unfortunately, as many have already discovered and many more will continue to discover, successful communities are dependent on many variables, from the accessibility, speed, and reliability of the technology to your community managers. New Media Community of Practice.

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SocMed Sean

APRIL 1, 2012

Hopefully, these 1o questions can help you in the process of finding someone who really understands your business and can help formulate and execute a plan to engage with your community online. Believe it or not, online social networking didn’t start with Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

It’s one central spot to find and interact with all of the company’s social sites including its blogs – RedBoard and RedBoard Biz – Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and community forums. VISIT MY FACEBOOK PAGE. Could this the start of a new trend in corporate social dashboards? Content curation on the rise.

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 2, 2022

More than half of consumers anticipate using YouTube in the coming year , trailing only Facebook, according to the latest Sprout Social Index™. And brands also have the ability to interact with their audiences in real time, building community by asking and answering questions. Gaming and community content.

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Webbiquity SMM

APRIL 13, 2021

For content creators, Clubhouse provides a forum where you can set up a “room,” invite people (and other Clubhouse users can decide to join in), and have a conversation. Clubhouse may never have three billion users like Facebook , or even 300 million like Twitter. Facebook long ago lost its cool factor.

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