ProBlogger

JULY 21, 2011

But then again, I never expected the little website I created to keep friends and family informed about Jerry’s progress to become the largest online community for canine amputees and their people either. Forums create discussion. The network creates community.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 2, 2011

With all the wonderful feedback on my guest post about how we utilize WordPress multisite and discussion forums to build community for our rather niche market, I thought I might offer some detail about specific tactics and network plugins we use to keep members informed, active and increasing in number.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 14, 2012

As bloggers, we’re all familiar with WordPress, whether as a self-hosted setup, or via WordPress.com. If you do a Google search for “ blogging software ,” WordPress will likely be among the first results you’ll see. concerned WordPress is not meeting your needs. This guest post is by Matt Setter of MatthewSetter.com.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

This guest post was written by Neil Matthews, a WordPress consultant at WPDude. Over the years, I’ve developed a troubleshooting methodology while working with my WordPress technical support clients. I like to divide WordPress into four layers: plugins. WordPress core. many other WordPress problems, too.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 14, 2020

Community management. For those attracted to the connectivity of social, community management widens the scope of brand networking and is a great next step for the social media manager. Communities aren’t limited to only your customers, either. You have strong internal and external communication skills.

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ProBlogger

MAY 27, 2012

Right now WordPress powers 48 of the top 100 blogs online. More than that, WordPress actually powers 19% of the web as a whole. Such a strong community of users and developers means that the platform is sure to evolve even further and provide us with lots of cool features that are yet to be developed. Essentially, this is great.

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Pixlee

MAY 4, 2020

Whether you choose a simple ecommerce plugin for your existing WordPress site or move your store operations over to Shopify will depend on your long term goals, budget, and store type. Focus More on Community-Driven Content. Technically speaking, there are many options for ecommerce stores today. But digital engagement is critical.

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Reputation System Communities Retail 55

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 7, 2008

I’ve done a number of workshops the past few months with clients designed to do two primary things: Land a common understanding across the teams involved around what social media, communities and influencer programs really are and more importantly why it matters to a business. Lots of diverse versions of this.

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Kikolani

JULY 28, 2010

Scribnia is an excellent blogging community that lets you connect with and review other blog writers. There are a number of great networks specifically built for bloggers for the purpose of bookmarking, forums, groups, and networks. Forum Signatures. 11 WordPress Plugins to Analyze and Increase Traffic. For Reviews.

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The Way of the Web

JULY 14, 2011

I don’t often write about clients on my blog for various reasons, but I wanted to spread the word about Jigoshop, which is a great Ecommerce for WordPress solution that I’ve been working on for a couple of months now. And there’s a growing forum community on the site which is worth checking out.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

online communities. International Forum on Enterprise 2.0: International Forum on Enterprise 2.0 The current issue of 7thFloor , an italian business magazine, includes an interview with the speakers from the International Forum on Enterprise 2.0. International Forum on Enterprise 2.0 - Varese, Italy, 25 June.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

This guest post is by Jeff Starr, co-author of the book Digging into WordPress. This may sound like a tall order, but if you’re using WordPress, improving your site couldn’t be easier. Let’s look at some awesome WordPress plugins to make it happen. only searches your current WordPress installation.

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Kikolani

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Many people use forums, blogs and different social networks for communication and ideas sharing. Thus, the marketing coordinators of such projects strive for creating a community of existing fellow users or project contributors and attracting more new visitors to the company or creative group website. Don’t Be Careless.

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Kikolani

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

How to get your community to build links for you – ways to motivate your community to link to you with badges, leaderboards, and more. Link building tips for personal blogs – directories, forums, guest posting, and more. 21 of the best magazine style WordPress themes. Link Building. November Discounts.

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Writtent Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Open source content management systems like WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal are good options. Are you guest posting, commenting on other blogs, and getting involved in forum discussions? Interacting with your audience is the key to building a community. Offering a variety of themes, plugins, extensions, etc., Determination.

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

It’s great that there’s a vibrant community of these experts (check my blogroll on the right for a list of these experts, all much more established than I) actively sharing ideas and experiences. Powered by Wordpress. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but as Jonathan Trenn states in this post , that’s no longer enough.

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Kikolani

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Even if you use an out-of-the-box WordPress theme , have the header changed. In a thread on the WordPress forums, some users mentioned visiting Stolen Content to report content thieves. A strategic way to build your community on your blog is by networking. Copycat blogs typically use a free or minimalist theme.

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Kikolani

AUGUST 27, 2017

It is also great for socializing and building your own community. However, if you want to set up a business site, I suggest WordPress. You can use a hosted WordPress or a WordPress installation. The next list includes sites that have the installable version of the software (like the WordPress that we will be discussing).

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OnlineRockersHub Marketing Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Some of these basic information includes registration of your domain name , Web Hosting, WordPress basics, and few more. 1 Take Advantage of Social Media and forums. 2 Join Blog Forums. There are many online forums targeted at the online community. Search for any of these forums and register.

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Blogger Influencer Forums Newsletter 73

Laurel Papworth

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Episode 2 of monetizing online communities looks at donations – an overlooked revenue stream and the social media tools that enable donations online. Currency has no inherent value itself – only what we, the community, say it’s worth. Ripple Effect diagram showing that social media works opposite to traditional media.

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Joomla Drupal Social Media Open Source 79

Sprout Social

MARCH 8, 2019

And while you may not think of these platforms as social sites, bear in mind that they do represent active communities with profiles, comment sections and opportunities to engage with businesses. The conversations people are having on your Instagram or Facebook might be night-and-day versus other online forums.

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Kikolani

JANUARY 16, 2011

You’ll find questions from a variety of topics including business blogging, make money blogging, social media, video, WordPress, and more. Question: I have a wordpress blog and am considering hosting it myself so that the site name looks more professional. A less pricey option that I like also like is Elegant Themes ( [link] ).

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Questions WordPress Postrank Blogger 167

Janet Fouts

JUNE 8, 2011

You could lose your community. Hmm, well if your community is that easy to distract maybe you need to work on that a little more. I mean really, all of the communities online from Forums and Youtube to Twitter and Facebook use the user-generated content on their site to earn revenue and we don’t seem to mind so much.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Main My Page Members Forum Videos Photos Groups Events. Introduce yourself to the rest of the community. Join in the Forum discussions or create one of your own. Trying to keep my blogs to one place, so here it is over at WordPress: subQuarks blog on Second Life in eLearning. for Learning Professionals. GETTING STARTED.

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Kikolani

JUNE 15, 2010

If you own a blog that has multiple authors, regular contributors, or regular guest bloggers , here are seven ways a private blog group can be utilized for helping strengthen the blog and its community as a whole. WordPress Hack. WordPress Attacks. Forums such as vBulletin (paid), Simple Machines (free), phpBB (free).

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Kikolani

OCTOBER 6, 2010

It’s that time again – yet another guest blogging contest is full speed an underway over at Blog Engage , the social bookmarking and voting community dedicated to bloggers. Simply Fresh Wordpress theme. Free Blog Review at Bloggeries Blog Forum. About the Contest. My Guest Blog Media Sponsor. Related Posts.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

to increase visibility in the online community. Even if you’re not managing it everyday, this provides a forum for companies to connect with their customers and to relay news and updates to those who matter most. In this case, Facebook can be a great way to reach out to your local community. What’s your goal?

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 17, 2019

community elements (e.g. an online forum or chatroom). If you use WordPress, you can use plugins such as Digital Access Pass , aMember Pro , WooCommerce Memberships or Wishlist Member to create a membership site. This is a good option if you want to focus on the community aspect rather than the teaching aspect.

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Sites Forums Price eBook 28

Kikolani

JANUARY 8, 2010

How not to be labeled a spammer in Dofollow forums while link building. 8 things to avoid when building a community. Is Movable Type’s new dashboard too similar to WordPress ? 25 high quality premium-like WordPress themes. 21 outstanding WordPress plugins. WordPress MyReviewPlugin. Social Media.

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Mashup Resources Movable Type WordPress 107

Laurel Papworth

JUNE 16, 2010

ZevenSeas and Sharepoint: What Dan showed us, in prototype was a module – or whatever Sharepoint calls plugins (Wordpress) and components (Joomla!) – which allowed Leaders to set badge names and criteria for meeting that badge. Obvious one is Community Moderator for those that volunteer community admin duties.

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The Social Media Hat

APRIL 13, 2017

suite of tools, training and community so that I could review everything. I've built sites using Geocities, FrontPage, Dreamweaver, PHP-Nuke, GoDaddy, Joomla, Drupal, Wix and WordPress. As I sifted through the community discussions I found thousands of SBI! No joke: I was floored. All of that is just $299 a year.

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Laurel Papworth

AUGUST 20, 2010

As the online community provider Ning moves from freemium to pay-for services (and eventual death, by Christmas, I reckon) they are sending out warning, reminder notices on email. Trust has diminished substantial with Ning, they clearly haven’t used an online community manager/strategist experienced in moving/shut downs of communities.

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Web 2.0 How To Social Networking WordPress 69

Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Why: A great take on the quality of modern communication because of the speed at which we can now communicate. John Cleese’s talk at the 2009 Creativity World Forum on creativity. The Victorians: time and space , from IanVisits. Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! These fine folk did: Jan.

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Kikolani

MAY 10, 2016

One of the first places to prioritize is your blog’s sidebar, which is easy to modify for WordPress users via the Widgets section of the administration panel. The above, from WordPress tip site Nosegraze , is a great example of embedding the subscriber box directly following a helpful blog post.

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Socialized

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Many enterprises are launching blogs on TypePad or WordPress and building social networks and communities on third-party software or developing it from the ground up using Ruby-on-Rails.

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Kikolani

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Benefits of Blogging This five part series covers the benefits of blogging, including having a worldwide audience, building a community, strengthening your interests, learning Internet marketing skills, and becoming an authority in your niche. WordPress Thesis Theme Customization Part Three B: Posts & Social Bookmarking.

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Firebelly

MARCH 16, 2010

Duncan Alney Construction Financial Management Association Central Indiana Indianapolis, IN March 23rd Content, Conversation, Community - Building The Social Media Mullet* Duncan Alney Social Media Optimization Summits Dallas, TX *use promo code DUNCAN for $100 off conference registration March 23rd Using Social Networking To Grow Your Business Chad (..)

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