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6 Things The Army Taught Me About PR

Waxing UnLyrical

Twitter, which was founded in 2006, didn’t exist when I left. To the Army, engagements often mean meeting with people in the community. If we engage the community, build trust, and demonstrate they have a vested interest in the outcome, we might tip the scale of favor. An extended community. Stay humble.

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Make Your LinkedIn Profile Work for You | chrisbrogan.com

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Here’s the first paragraph of my summary: I show businesses how to use social media technologies for external community building and outreach, and for internal collaboration. For the bonus round, I recommend staying up to date via LinkedIn’s community superhero, Mario Sundar. December 2006. November 2006.

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10 Techniques to Get More Comments on Your Blog

ProBlogger

A Jakob Nielsen study once found that 90% of online community users are lurkers (read or observe without contributing) with only 9% of users contributing ‘a little’ and 1% actively contributing. But comments and interactivity are the first step to building community around your blog and I believe this is really important.

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How to Build Community for Niche Site Success

ProBlogger

When I first started blogging about my three legged dog Jerry back in 2006, never in my wildest dreams did I think helping those facing amputation for their dogs would be my full time job five years later. And when the community demanded an “Anything Goes&# forum we obliged, creating a place for members to discuss whatever they wanted.

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10 Techniques to Get More Comments on Your Blog

ProBlogger

A Jakob Nielsen study once found that 90% of online community users are lurkers (read or observe without contributing) with only 9% of users contributing ‘a little’ and 1% actively contributing. But comments and interactivity are the first step to building community around your blog and I believe this is really important.

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Connecting 2 the World: New Skills for Knowledge Workers

Buzz Marketing for Technology

One paper in particular which I gave at AERA in 2006 (you can find a copy on my website) is the basis for the cognitive, social, and social-cognitive skills. Depth of learning, communication, and "connecting" Bad Course on Instructional Design : eLearning Tec. and community building. ► March. (2).

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9 Benefits [and 3 Costs] Of Building Community On Your Blog

ProBlogger

The post 9 Benefits [and 3 Costs] Of Building Community On Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. But first – today I’d like to talk about WHY community and interaction on a blog is so important. When I launched dPS in 2006, I launched it without comments being activated on the blog.

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