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Community Bootstrapping: Tools & Strategies To Build A Community.

Jason Yormark

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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The difference between an audience and a community in new media

Akamai Marketing

Two of those words are “audience&# and “community.&# The maestro directs, he coaxes, he makes the orchestra the best it can be, that’s what a good community manager’s job as well. Why should you care if you have community vs. audiences? Interested in a community vs. an audience? Guess what?

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How to Leverage a Community of Passionate Fans

Convince & Convert

The RSS feed is: [link]. Jake explains that the outdoor recreation department is huge for Gamin, and Jeff speculates that the people who are a part of the outdoor recreation community are extremely serious about their hobby, which makes them very special customers for Garmin. We couldn’t do it without them! Listen Now .

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7 Skill Sets for Nurturing Open Community

Convince & Convert

Tweet Guest post as part of the virtual book tour by Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer to explore concepts from their new book Open Community : a little book of big ideas for associations navigating the social web. We come from the association industry and for many of us “membership” people, community is old hat. It’s what we do.

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Six Reasons WordPress Is A Great Website Platform For Small Nonprofits

SocialFish

Dynamic Content – WordPress is the number one blogging platform on the planet , allowing you to publish posts, allow readers to subscribe by RSS and comment on posts. Inexpensive – After the initial costs, monthly hosting fees can run as low as $5 per month.

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5 Steps To A Professional Grade Blog On A Budget

Jason Yormark

Get yourself a shared hosting account. Having access to your own web hosting is very empowering as it gives you not only the ability to launch your own custom blog, but the power to launch practically as many other blogs/websites you would ever want. Steps for this vary depending on your choice of hosting and domain registrar.

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3 Big Questions for Social in 2014: Celebrating 100 Episodes of Social Pros

Convince & Convert

The RSS feed is: [link]. To celebrate, we brought back our former co-host Eric Boggs together with half a dozen of our esteemed past guests into a Google Hangout and then asked you to join. Joining our usual hosts on the show this week are: Eric Boggs , Founder & President of RevBoss and former co-host of the Social Pros Podcast.

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