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The Map of Online Communities

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In 2007, the web-comic xkcd published their version of an " online communities map ," which use statistics (and admittedly some guesswork) to map out social networks and communication sites in the form of countries on a world map. As cool as that was, it was taken a step further in the 2010 version.

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Ask Fans to Unlike Your Facebook Page

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Let’s say you neglected advice about giving away an iPad to grow your community. Further more they won’t help generate organic conversations or build the community. For a community manager, it is extremely difficult to take on a Page that has an iPad-based community – it can be done, it just takes time.

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Pinterest: Early Best Practices From Firebelly

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First, when you get permission to join the Pinterest community you will need to set it up through Twitter or Facebook (and this is a profile NOT a page). Second, in order to grow your Pinterest community quickly it’s important to have your social assets already set up and active to promote your content and direct people to your communities.

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Facebook News Feed Algorithm Changes: 5 Must-Reads

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Facebook issued news feed algorithm changes again and community managers everywhere are fighting the urge to melt their faces off. Read all about how these will affect your page in these must-reads. Facebook News Feed Algorithm Changes…Again. By Beth Anne Ballance Hold on to your hats, folks. Facebook Announces More Links In The News Feed.

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GUEST POST: 3 Tactical Components to Winning Social Media Influence

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Build – We all know that building a community takes time and effort (blood, sweat, and tears). The impact you have when building your community can be increased with the campaigns you run (encouraging a social media call-to-action). Activities within the community building process are our proverbial seeds.

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9 Social Media Marketing Twitter Chats You Shouldn’t Miss

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When: Mondays at 3pm EST. Sample topic: How To Build A Community Using Instagram. What: This chat is sponsored by Buffer, a social media publishing tool, and focuses on various predetermined social media marketing topics. When: Fridays at 2pm EST. Sample topic: Self-Care For Community Managers. Learn more ]. SOCIALCHAT.

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When Silence Is Golden On Social Media

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While most of these lapses in judgment can be attributed to the actions of a community manager, one of the most highly criticized and controversial company Twitter accounts is actually being managed by it’s namesake founder who is intent on brewing up a social media storm. But at what price? Blog Kenneth Cole Social Media Twitter'