Jason Yormark

JULY 22, 2009

I won’t dive into the tactics of how to use these tools in this post, but below I reference the ways any person or business can build a community on a limited budget. By far, Facebook , Twitter and Linked In are where I think most businesses should start their community building. month option that is ad free.

Communities 190

Communities Tools Strategy Message Boards 190

Proactive Report

JUNE 5, 2011

According to a Hypatia Research report, “Benchmarking Social Community Platform Investments & ROI,&# only 40% of companies measure social media performance on a quarterly or annual basis, while almost 13% or the organizations surveyed do not measure ROI from social media at all, and another 18% said they do so only on an ad hoc basis.

ROI 82

ROI Social Media Metrics Survey 82

Harp Interactive

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Build community platforms around real communities of shared interest. Check out Twitter as a way to show a company’s personality. Start a community group on Facebook or Ning or MySpace or LinkedIn around the space where your customer does business. Consider the value of hiring a community manager.

Social Media 232

Social Media Press Release Marketing Widget 232

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

For example, the first Monday of every month is brag your blog day on the BlogWorld Facebook page , because I don’t want to forget. I have scheduled blog feeds on Twitter, but I don’t schedule tweets, because you can’t have a conversation. First of all, Facebook is where the people are.

Communities 121

Communities Activities Conference Conversation 121

Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Your Open Community is your people who are bonded by what your organization represents and care enough to talk to each other (hopefully about you!) You Don’t Have to Own A Community to Build Community. You’ll need some search-engine ninjas, RSS-reader Jedi masters, and Twitter superheros. Content curation.

Skills 124

Skills Communities Collaboration Organization 124

Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 26, 2010

For you developers, what’s preventing you from getting this involved in the communities/platforms that you’re responsible for creating? Luke [link] lukefretwell (Luke Fretwell) Twitter Comment Commented. Brown) Twitter Comment Dear IT Guy, Can You Actually Use the Tool You’re Creating?

Gov 2.0 117

Gov 2.0 Tools Wiki Sharepoint 117

Social Media Strategery

MARCH 8, 2011

When someone in the communications industry refers to a “ community manager ,&# they are usually referring to someone that can manage the online relationships for a particular brand, using tools like Facebook, Twitter, and blogs.

Communities 137

Communities Wiki Yammer Forums 137

Jeff Esposito

JUNE 3, 2011

Facebook is the hotness that many are using as their community platform to build out oodles of fans (Twitter and LinkedIn are doing this to a lesser extent). Unborn child has Facebook profile – This is the start of a disturbing trend that I see coming. Who owns your brand’s social media data?

Journal 39

Journal Community Platforms Social Media Data 39

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Facebook, of course. Ironically, Facebook itself started as humble website. But, for all its foibles and fairytales, its growth and groan-inducing missteps, Facebook and its leadership have known for a long time that websites are yesterday’s technology – they are just now getting around to twisting the knife.

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Facebook Consultant Social Media Sites 167

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 7, 2008

4) None of the following are community platforms: Wikis, Blogs or Forums. These are not platforms…these are implementations on top of platforms. I’m not convinced there is a lot of evidence in BUSINESS communities that people come to those communities for social networking (like Facebook / MySpace).

Communities 117

Communities Groups Groups Social Media 117

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Facebook, of course. Ironically, Facebook itself started as humble website. But, for all its foibles and fairytales, its growth and groan-inducing missteps, Facebook and its leadership have known for a long time that websites are yesterday’s technology – they are just now getting around to twisting the knife.

Social Media 167

Social Media Facebook Marketing Consultant 167

Mindjumpers

AUGUST 11, 2010

Social networking sites Social networking sites like Facebook and LinkedIn are suitable in various ways for word of mouth marketing. Next to the use of social network sites you can also use proprietary community platforms. Micro-blogs, of which Twitter is the most famous, add an enormous dimension to this.

Marketing 171

Marketing Module Forums Social Networking 171