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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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

While most brands look to make a name for themselves on Facebook and Twitter, other businesses take a more introspective approach. 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. It’s Worked Before.

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Janet Fouts

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

I was part of a discussion on Twitter this morning around this post of George Snell’s.” ” 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. go read it now and come back). Not always.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2011

Almost exactly a year ago, I observed Kathryn Peck represent EA SPORTS on Twitter. 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?

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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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Mindjumpers

AUGUST 24, 2011

The social micro-blogging platform, Twitter, has become very popular. It seems as if Twitter users see the great value that lies in the social forum. Not only is it a great platform for these to connect with other users sitting across the world, but it’s also a useful community for brands to engage with their consumers.

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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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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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Likeable

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Ah, Twitter. Arguably the most polarizing social platform, Twitter has had its share of ups and downs in recent years, but for better or worse has become a main forum for public discourse. From a marketing perspective, there are certainly reasons to be skeptical of Twitter. TWITTER: WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?

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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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Convince & Convert

MARCH 10, 2013

Twitter is on its way to becoming something entirely different. This isn’t a new phenomenon, as Twitter’s first incarnation as short form narcissism gave more than a kernel of truth to the old complaint among non-users that “they didn’t want to know what people had for lunch.” Twitter as a Ratings Service.

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Laurel Papworth

JULY 11, 2010

You can book at social media world forum. My best guess for Twitter names – if you know anymore, please let me know? SocialMediaWF is the official Twitter account and I don’t know the #tag – something short like #SMWFSing probably. Twitter: Measuring clickthrus Social Media Metrics (10). … and me!

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 4, 2011

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. Now, I’m one of those old school community people. Look to Twitter. Look to Twitter.

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Hootsuite

JUNE 28, 2023

Even clicking a link in WhatsApp is dark social, and it’s the third most popular social media network in the world, ahead of Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and Pinterest. People join private Facebook Groups or forums to meet and talk with other like-minded people. Source: Hootsuite’s Digital Trends report 2. Source: The Globe and Mail 5.

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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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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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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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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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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. She is trying to help people connect – and you can connect with her on Twitter @nabanita_roy. Twitter, Facebook are a must for business sites. However, it’s not about just promotions.

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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). Think tweetups (twitter meetups) and you’ve got the idea. 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.

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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. This trend is a callback to social media ancestors—think forums and chat rooms—with a much more modern look. we're excited to share some things we’re exploring for Communities early 2022 ??. it’s a new year.

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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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Ari Herzog

JUNE 2, 2011

Gaining followers on Twitter can be a long and laborious process, so here are some tips and tricks I’ve found that can help you make friends quickly: 1. List yourself in Twitter directories. This is a hidden gem amongst the abundance of Twitter tools out there. I find this the most useful Twitter tool out there.

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ProBlogger

MAY 4, 2014

Corinne runs the successful blog skinnedcartree.com, and consistently gets genuine engagement from her readers and community across the board. Corinne introduced forums at the beginning of the year and has seen that engagement increase sharply. Those that engage with me on Twitter tend to only do so there rather than on my site.

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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. An Android version is in the works. It’s ephemeral.

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Dave Fleet

MARCH 8, 2012

From my perspective, it means that your community management, monitoring and measurement folks are now your best friend. Community management , because as a brand you need to be watching the activity on your page and watching for spikes in attention.

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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

This may or may not be a uselful feature, depending on how each user defines ‘influence’ Reuters has more than 3,000 journalists around the world and many are on Twitter. Social Pulse contains a directory that is categorized by topic, which could prove useful for research.

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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. Change your Twitter avatar to be Santa Claus.

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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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

If you take a look at any one of their four accounts , you’ll notice one thing: they’re not using Twitter to converse but to broadcast. If you take a look at any one of their four accounts , you’ll notice one thing: they’re not using Twitter to converse but to broadcast. Be proactive and not reactive. (To

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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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Twist Image

JULY 18, 2011

As great as Twitter is, there are many people who use and abuse it to the point of absurdity. The 6 Types of Twitter Trolls: The "Calling You Out" Troll. The 6 Types of Twitter Trolls: The "Calling You Out" Troll. Too much self-promotion on Twitter can be a bad thing. The Link Jumping Troll.

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Oktopost

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Or Follow Oktopost on LinkedIn , Twitter and Facebook for episodes delivered right to your social media feed. If they are hanging out in discussion forums and smaller niche communities, leverage those channels. Catch the conversation by searching for B2B Marketing Now and subscribing wherever you listen to podcasts.

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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. What are we doing to bring about that social change?

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Proactive Report

AUGUST 7, 2010

Active Twitter users are three times more likely to impact a brand’s online reputation via Tweets, blog posts, articles and product reviews than the average consumer, according to a new survey by Exact Target. Key findings : Twitter users want to influence others. Tweets are indexed by Google and syndicated by the Twitter API.

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