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. Do you see these as things worth training your staff on?

Skills 125

Skills Communities Collaboration Organization 125

ProBlogger

MAY 8, 2012

Back in July 2011, I started doing monthly live training events for participants in my membership community, which I record. Free software such as Audacity and free webcasting platforms such as Anymeeting make it easy to record your voice and create short audio trainings for your audience. Get interviewed.

Training 38

Training Posterous Sample Samples 38

Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 5, 2008

link] – This Contra Costa Times is my local newspaper and though they have a pretty low level community platform on their website someone thought far enough ahead to set up a Twitter profile. This is because CNN has mastered the art of sending updates about any news that comes across their desk.

News 40

News Twitter Foursquare WordPress 40

Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 5, 2008

link] – This Contra Costa Times is my local newspaper and though they have a pretty low level community platform on their website someone thought far enough ahead to set up a Twitter profile. This is because CNN has mastered the art of sending updates about any news that comes across their desk.

Foursquare 40

Foursquare News WordPress CoTweet 40

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. Nothing like deeply listening before you start talking to help ensure what you are doing is “joining the community.&#. I wish that could be enough said.

Communities 117

Communities Groups Groups Social Media 117

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Is Google training for a match-up? While I can't dispute that good websites are falling by the wayside because of Facebook, one can't ignore the fact Facebook is a great platform to induce interaction. Another wake up call and a definitive track on which some engagement efforts should be committed. Now it gets interesting.

Social Media 167

Social Media Facebook Marketing Consultant 167

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Is Google training for a match-up? While I can't dispute that good websites are falling by the wayside because of Facebook, one can't ignore the fact Facebook is a great platform to induce interaction. Another wake up call and a definitive track on which some engagement efforts should be committed. Now it gets interesting.

Facebook 167

Facebook Consultant Social Media Sites 167