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Building a New Kind of Cruise Community

Waxing UnLyrical

so that others might gain insights for their own community efforts. We just launched our travel tech start-up, Cruiseable , three weeks ago after a year of work. I know that my peers in the digital generations don’t want to traipse down to a storefront to spend an hour with a travel agent. First, the back story.

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17 Digital Marketing Experts Share Their Top Tips, Tricks, and Tools

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Shannon’s Favorite Little Known Social Media Tool : One is a WordPress plugin called Editflow. The truth is that there are no shortcuts to community building , it requires sustained time, effort and dedication: at least to create a community that is truly activated and interested.

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How to Build Community for Niche Site Success

ProBlogger

After his amputation we sold the business—and our home, along with most of our belongings—and bought an RV to travel the country making the most of our remaining time with Jerry, and searching for the next big thing. That’s when I discovered WordPress MU; now an optional core function of WordPress known as Multisite.

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What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

For example an article with “10 Reasons You Should Buy Travel Insurance&# is almost never going to go viral, it’s not surprising, shocking, interesting or in any way sticky. Many agreed that social media is about community-building, passion, and enthusiasm.