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The Case for Active Users as Social Media Community Managers

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The Case For Active Users as Social Media Community Managers. Your social media community manager isn’t at work or its after-hours. Their social media community manager was on Twitter personally and sending a couple of messages relevant to the current emergency was just part of the thought process. Why was this?

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Book Review Wednesday: Wikibrands: Reinventing your company in.

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According to the authors: Wikibrand(s): noun A progressive set of organizations, products, service, ideas and causes that tap the powers of customer participation, social influence and collaboration to drive business value. But before we get started: what exactly is a Wikibrand? I plan on giving a copy to my clients.

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Why Buying Twitter Followers Is Damaging To Your Brand

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” Doing it organically. 01 second to sniff out people who have created a community and people who have bought one. Community social media Transparency Twitter Vent advice automation personal branding' Tweet “How can I get Twitter followers fast?” It’s so… Boring. Time Consuming. It takes exactly.01

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Moderating Comments and Managing Online Communities

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Tweet Much has been writing over the years about how to manage comments in a blog or online community. And as someone who has a community, I can tell you from personal experience that its deeply troubling to stare down the lowest common denominator. But in my view there are several approaches to community moderation.

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Tool Tuesday: Twitter curation tools

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There are several services that curate or organize tweets based on Twitter lists or keywords. Generally speaking though, they lend themselves to community building and time saving features. The “pro&# is that its a great community builder, the con is that I don’t have control over the content.

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Social Media During Emergencies

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If a community-based hashtag already exists as is the case with #hitsunami, then consider using that hashtag. It wouldn’t be so hard for these organizations to have regular updates on their planning, activities and information. This very simple step would increase ability to follow accurate sources of a story.

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Collaboration supports successful campaigns

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My PR friends will strive to find ways to connect or create community and journalism friends are going to remind me about the need for great content and the digital design camp is going to say it won’t mean anything if it isn’t attractive to the eye. Creative Commons by PSD.