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5 Tips for Turning Your Social Media Following Into a Paid Membership Community

Buffer Social

It felt like advertising or brand sponsorships would water down the content. Not only is it a more independent way to build revenue around social media content, it allows for more meaningful connections with an audience. Even their educational events tend to focus on showcasing the expertise of their members.

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Link Love Monthly: Best of September 2010

SocialFish

The Attention Stream: Keeping Your Market Engaged in a Constant Stream of Content… (ClickZ). Offline-to-Online-to-Offline: Lessons Learned in Building a Custom Community Platform (Frogloop). How Participatory Cultures Are Changing Conferences, Events And Associations (Jeff Hurt). Scott Brinker). Ray Van Hilst).

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#measurePR Recap: Measuring the Millennial Workplace

Waxing UnLyrical

shonali you can find lurkers through web analytics and community platform metrics, but also simply by asking once in a while! and Fay Shapiro ( @fayscommpro ) of commPRO.biz , are all descending on #measurePR, and will discuss the ins and outs of content with us. #measurepr. We trade cash for royalty.

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50 Ways Marketers use Social Media to Improve Their Marketing

Harp Interactive

Build community platforms around real communities of shared interest. Couple your email newsletter content with additional website content on a blog for improved commenting. Try out a short series of audio podcasts or video podcasts as content marketing and see how they draw. Don’t fabricate this).

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Tap User Psychology to Build an Indestructible Community Around Your Blog

ProBlogger

Co-ordinate events with your members. Identify these (interview your members if you have to), then use these within your content. To build a strong sense of community, your members need to feel they can influence that community. Write about your members: use your content to write what members are doing.

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5 Unexpected Benefits of Adding Podcasts to Your Blog

ProBlogger

Back in July 2011, I started doing monthly live training events for participants in my membership community, which I record. Then, I began editing down short excerpts from those hour-long events and using them as blog posts. Use it as part of the content for members of a member community platform.

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Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late. : Community Group Therapy

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Upcoming Events. I’ve done a number of workshops the past few months with clients designed to do two primary things: Land a common understanding across the teams involved around what social media, communities and influencer programs really are and more importantly why it matters to a business. Content still is king.