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A Community of Practice Is More Than a Website

Social Media Strategery

A community of practice (CoP) is, according to cognitive anthropologists Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger , a group of people who share an interest, a craft, and/or a profession. Sounds like we might already be members of dozens of communities of practice – at work, at church, at school, etc. Sounds pretty simple, right?

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Facebook talks like a pirate. Movember and online community rituals

Laurel Papworth

Ahoy Me Hearties: One of the tasks our online community managers undertake with clients (PR or Marketing agencies, or companies) is to build out a Social Media Conversation Diary – a list of tasks and engagement activities to keep online community members entertained and loyal. Movember and Social Media.

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Get Your Social Media Story Straight | Blogging and Content.

Convince & Convert

But, the team does reference a series of social media outposts via a tiny murderers row of icons (my favorite is “Linkedin.coming soon&#. It’s a good mix of coach-speak, highlights, community service footage, and cheerleader features. Yep, that’ll get fans in the seats. So, I peeked at YouTube. Your Web site.

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Finding Readers Week: Corinne Talks Commenting, Engagement, and Are Forums Right For Your Blog?

ProBlogger

Corinne runs the successful blog skinnedcartree.com, and consistently gets genuine engagement from her readers and community across the board. Corinne introduced forums at the beginning of the year and has seen that engagement increase sharply. Those that engage with me on Twitter tend to only do so there rather than on my site.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

The history of social media is a long and storied one. It’s bursting with pivotal moments like the launch of Instagram Stories, to that one time Zuck was on trial for Facebook privacy issues, to…honestly, let’s just look at the entire social media history timeline. So, how old is social media?

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9 Ways to Grow Your Blog Faster

ProBlogger

As you may well know, I started blogging back in 2002. Engage with your audience, and find out what they need. Not did help me build engagement and relationships with my readers, it also helped me understand who they were and what they needed. It pretty much destroyed the community I’d created. Some of them worked.

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How to Warm Up Your Readers and Make Them Raving Fans

ProBlogger

Today I’m kicking off a series of blog posts designed to help you move your readers from feeling cold towards you, your brand and your blog, to being fully engaged and becoming raving fans. Because unless they become interested in what you’re doing and what you have to say they’re never going to connect and become engaged.

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