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Become the Pied Piper of Community Building

Waxing UnLyrical

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. One thing that all of these have in common is the notion of community building. From there it evolved into email discussion lists (who remembers LISTSERV?),

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How to build brand loyalty that lasts

Sprout Social

Brand loyalty will build ambassadors and help you retain customers long term. Read on to learn how you can bring the concept of brand loyalty into focus through your marketing. What is brand loyalty and why is it important? When people strongly favor a particular brand over all the others, that’s brand loyalty.

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7 Top B2B Social Media Trends

Oktopost

Facebook: With the ability to refine your audience targeting with Facebook Ads and create Facebook groups for customer support, Facebook is another popular platform for B2B marketers to raise brand awareness and build an online community. Facebook is a solid social media platform to focus your community-building efforts.

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How to Use Facebook Groups to Grow Your Business

Later

Facebook Groups are an effective way to create a community, drive engagement, and improve customer relations for your brand or business. Ready to build a successful Facebook Group for your business? Ready to build a successful Facebook Group for your business? What are Facebook Groups.

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What Does it Really Mean to Build a ‘Community’ on Social Media? (And Why You Should)

Buffer Social

Cultivating deeper connections with and between your followers can inspire brand loyalty and boost brand awareness, engagement , growth, and reach — not to mention that it feels really great to bring like-minded people together around a shared purpose. 💡 The line between audience and community will often blur.

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How to Build a Brand Community for your B2B Business

Oktopost

Two out of every three customers will choose to purchase from a company where they feel they have brand loyalty. For B2B companies, earning loyalty from your brand community can win you repeat business and generate a pipeline of trusted referrals. 6 Tips for B2B Brands Community-building. Facebook Groups.

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Become a Fearless Online Community Leader

The Realtime Report

Create new communities largely through leveraging connections within existing networks such as culling prospects from social fan pages or LinkedIn groups. As they grow, and more diverse members join, the dynamic influences the direction of the group organically. Many members of groups sit silently in the bleachers.