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What's your social currency?

Akamai Marketing

It might frustrate you to know that LOTS of people are lurkers. People who like results don’t like digital lurkers, because they can’t be tracked. Here’s the rub – lots of people are lurkers, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have value to you. I know I have a LOT of lurkers on my site.

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Need blogging inspiration to start off 2011 with a bang?

SocialFish

Whether you’re a one-man-band for your blog or running a group blog, the best thing you can do to jump-start yourself is set a regular schedule for posting. This does NOT mean people are not reading – remember your 90% of users who are lurkers. Make sure you subscribe to any and all relevant blogs written by your members.

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A Tale of Two Communities Part 1 – Volkswagen

SocialFish

There are thousands of Volkswagen related events in the United States alone every year. On one hand, they regularly attend user created Volkswagen events, take interviews and provide stock photography when asked for forum administrators. Free advice and tech support is shared openly thorughout the groups.

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A Tale of Two Communities Part II – Salesforce.com

SocialFish

Private community site for events: Salesforce also employs a Facebook-like internal collaboration tool known as “Chatter&#. A private Chatter portal was created and all event attendees are given access to it. User Groups: Salesforce sponsors several hundred user groups across the USA. Solving Salesforce problems.

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The Five Reasons Why Most Facebook Brand Pages Aren’t True Communities

Convince & Convert

a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceived itself as distinct insome respect from the larger society within which it exists. Most of them are just casual observers or lurkers. The list goes on and on. According to dictionary.com, a community is.

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

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Upcoming Events. So, don’t get paralyzed by the cross group challenges - move it forward and determine where the opportunities to improve customer experience are for what “you control&# and drive progress there - then fan out with your early successes. Categories. Select Category. Blog Council. Book Reviews. Generations.

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Diva Marketing Talks Boomers Step Into Social Media With Des Walsh, Barbara Rozgonyi & Carlos Hernandez

Diva Marketing Blog

He has been in business for twenty years as a communications consultant and coach, following a public service career with senior positions in education, the arts and major events planning. It is okay to go slow and learn about the various social media communities.