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Become the Pied Piper of Community Building

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Communities have been around for centuries, however online communities have only been around for a few decades. According to Computerworld the first “online community” came about in 1973 when Talkomatic for the PLATO time-sharing system released a text-based group chat. Let’s get right to it, how to build your brand’s community.

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Friday Funny: Vintage Social Networking

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Friday Funny: Vintage Social Networking is a post from: Waxing UnLyrical. area, she loves helping for- and non-profit clients, both small and large, turn corporate codswallop into community cool™. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn Friday Funny: Vintage Social Networking. See you next week!

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Friday Funny: Newfangled Social Networking

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Friday Funny: Newfangled Social Networking is a post from: Waxing UnLyrical. area, she loves helping for- and non-profit clients, both small and large, turn corporate codswallop into community cool™. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn Friday Funny: Newfangled Social Networking. Nicholson social networking'

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What A Dog’s Cancer Taught Me About Community

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I tell you all this not to make excuses for being away, but because part of being in a community means we share what’s going on. It’s an acknowledgement of the ties social networks help us build, if we show our humanity and use them for what they truly are – ways to bridge the gaps between us… to really build, and be a part of, a community.

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Four Points to Remember When Adopting a New Social Network

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Here are some questions to ask yourself as you develop a strategy for social networks, both new and old. Is your audience part of the network? This question shouldn’t steer you away from a network but it can definitely influence the time and resources you invest in addition to the strategy you develop. Compare audiences.

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Uncovering The Remarkable In Your Social Networks

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Social media is an interesting animal. We talk often – myself included – about using it to build relationships , about getting to know one’s community, about deepening human interaction. So I asked the question: “What remarkable thing have you done that your social networks do NOT know about you?&#.

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7 Reasons To Add Amplify To Your Social Networks

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Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali 7 Reasons To Add Amplify To Your Social Networks December 21st, 2010 Tweet I first heard about Amplify earlier this year; I believe it was at the January chapter meeting of IABC/DC Metro.