Shoemocracy recently launched an online community for shoe lovers.  community for shoelovers is ok, but it's competitive. It's a community of interest. There are a LOT of communities about shoes out there. It's competing against fashion communities, sportswear communities and a variety of other shoe niches. community for shoelovers {qualifier 1} who  who. The more relevant your community is to that audience, the more successful it will be.  They help shape the community identity. qualifier 2}. MORE >>

Will Long currently works as a Freelance Community Manager across a range of clients. G: How did you build your experience as community manager? d always had an eye on Social Media, managing communities at uni and for other project I was involved in. The opportunity cam up to become a Community Manager and I took it, now I’ve just turned Freelance. G: What are your top resources for community management ? G: Who are your favourite community managers or community management case studies? G: Where is the best place to build the community? MORE >>

Daily newspaper articles such as this example shine a light into why municipal officials around the country dread new articles appearing in their online community newspapers. If you are inspired to add a comment with your thoughts, please visit How Old-Fashioned is Online Anonymity? Ari Herzog provides communications services to the nonprofit and public sectors, and encourages you to join his Facebook community. The difference between Facebook and the Warrior Forum is the former attaches your real name to everything you write and the latter does not. Thoughts? MORE >>

Doubting the new social network is the fashionable thing to do. While the network has not surpassed Facebook and to date lacks the business impact of established networks Twitter and LinkedIn, it has developed its own community. Image by Monkey at Large. Many social media wonks bash Google+ at social media conferences and in online conversations. Yet you have to wonder if this absolute negative view is professionally smart. As a result, traffic has increased. AddThis recently reported that Google+ had its third highest in bound traffic week to date. In the 1990s Yahoo! YouTube MORE >>

But like any other marketing strategy, growing your B2B Facebook community simply requires an investment of time and genuine engagement. Below I’ll highlight a couple of simple and effective methods that’ll help grow a B2B Facebook community through engaging content curation. Reach Out the “Old Fashioned” Way. These should be “thought leaders” or other people with large Facebook communities that appeal to your company personality and image. How to Grow Your B2B Facebook Community is a post from: Waxing UnLyrical. Go Viral. Provide Value. MORE >>