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Become the Pied Piper of Community Building

Waxing UnLyrical

Communities have been around for centuries, however online communities have only been around for a few decades. According to Computerworld the first “online community” came about in 1973 when Talkomatic for the PLATO time-sharing system released a text-based group chat. Let’s get right to it, how to build your brand’s community.

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Six important shifts for social media in 2012

Dave Fleet

Here are six shifts I hope to see in social media use by business in 2012. My hope is that this will continue in 2012. Key to measuring more effectively, but with far, far broader effects, integration (and the breaking down of silos) will become even more key in 2012. Strategic content planning. Better objective-setting.

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2012 in Recap: The Year of Visual Social Media

Mindjumpers

But 2012 was also characterised by being the year when visual content came into focus, as Sara predicted. The Timeline allowed them to create a great narrative about their brand by filling in content all the way back to 1932 when it all began. An expression of just how important visual content has become.

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2012 Is The Year of Visual Communication

Mindjumpers

Now, more than ever before, technology has made it easier to take part in visual storytelling with online communities. The integration between the three platforms makes it even more clear that visual content is here to stay. The benefits of using visual communication are many. Things move fast in social media.

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Why Good Community Management Equals Great Business Development

Convince & Convert

Image via BigStockPhoto The last time I wrote for Jay was way back in 2012 when I was still a community manager for MBA@UNC, the online MBA program at UNC – Chapel Hill (Go Heels!). While there’s been no shortage of articles describing community managers as. Read the whole entry. »

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Create Brand Value Through Local Community Management

Mindjumpers

The following post is part of the Mindjumpers Network series and written by our Community Manager, Sara Hansson. Culture is one of the largest components of how people communicate. According to the Facebook IQ 2012 report , 41% of international brands maintain at least one local country page.

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9 social media trends to keep your eye on in 2012

Akamai Marketing

But this is a dynamic field and we’re sure to see changes in 2012 too? What should businesses plan for in 2012 and what should they be looking for? I’m putting my Carnack hat on and writing down the trends I see in social media for 2012. We’ll see more and more video as the content type of choice.