SocialFish

MARCH 30, 2011

This post is part of our regular series of Open Community case studies, in which intrepid association blogger and freelance writer Deirdre Reid will be digging into associations (and other kinds of organizations when relevant) who are living and breathing their open communities in the ways we describe in the book.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

The post 7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Recently on ProBlogger we’ve been looking at the topic of building community on a blog. We started by identifying 9 benefits and 3 costs of community on a blog and then looked at 5 stages of building community on a blog.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2010

My uncle knows a young girl from his community, a recent college graduate, who is looking for a social media job. Social media is about helping one another and building real strong friendships, usually around a certain interest or activity. When she found out I was his niece, she became ecstatic. Meanwhile, I did my uncle proud.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

The post 7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Recently on ProBlogger we’ve been looking at the topic of building community on a blog. We started by identifying 9 benefits and 3 costs of community on a blog and then looked at 5 stages of building community on a blog.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Image: buddawiggi via Flickr, CC 2.0. Why: In this post for Spin Sucks , Gini Dietrich takes a look at why the successful hiring a PR firm involves forming an active relationship between both parties. area, she loves helping for- and non-profit clients, both small and large, turn corporate codswallop into community cool™.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Image: Steve Garfield via Flickr, CC 2.0. Trainer’s Notebook: Integrating Thinking and Feedback Activities. Five Lessons From Building an Online and Offline Community. Why: Building a community is not an easy task. Digital Startups Are Teaching the Big Guys Some Lessons . What were your big lessons learned in 2014?

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2019

Automating social media activity certainly doesn’t mean a completely hands-off process. In addition, a significant portion of social media marketing is engaging with your community. The first step is to choose which social media sites on which to focus your activities. First things first.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 12, 2013

Image: pdbreen via Flickr, CC 2.0. A surprising insight on social media measurement: Activity does matter. Why: Mark Schaefer dispels the myth that social media activity has no effect on long-term business value. It’s Monday once again, and you all know what that means, right? Based in the Washington, D.C.,

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

But to the world at large, it’s not just about Facebook (or the related movie), but a community that has been built over the years around a common interest or topic. So I’m using this post to showcase such a community that has been actively working around sustainability. Readers: what you think about this community?

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 26, 2012

Are they active? I manage a community for an online MBA program ; potential MBA candidates aren’t really on Pinterest yet, so there really isn’t much reason to put stock into a strategy at this point and time. However, a fashion or retail company has to be on there because their audience is active and present on the network.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 14, 2011

Image: familymwr via Flickr, CC 2.0. 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. Image: rajkumar1220 via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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Justin Levy

JUNE 5, 2011

Now that Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Flickr are out ahead as the major social networks, it becomes harder to debate social platforms, though it definitely still occurs, especially with location-based platforms. Others want to debate which has the most active community. Some want to debate the ease of use. Debate is good.

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SocMed Sean

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

If your organization is considering getting active in social or if you’re analyzing your current efforts, take a look at the following list and make sure you’re not undermining the success of your activities. If you have content that is valuable to your community , great, Post it up! Want to fail at social media?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 30, 2014

A great support system – or, sometimes, simply a helping hand – can make tasks seem less daunting and free up precious time and mind space for other business development activities. Image: Lotus Carroll via Flickr, CC 2.0 . This week’s roundup features seven posts from around the web that focus on support.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 21, 2013

” Then I thought again, because a) I’m not as frenetically active on Twitter these days as I used to be, and b) who the heck cares how I use Twitter? Image: TheNextWeb via Flickr, CC 2.0. Actively participate in Twitter chats. When I first started writing this post, I was going to call it “How I Use Twitter.”

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 13, 2011

If you don’t know him, Rob is the founder of this platform that makes it easy for nonprofit organizations to embark on fundraising activities even if they don’t have much technical knowhow (w00t!). And tell your story so well that your community will go out and tell it for you. Image: ckmck via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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Social Media Marketing

APRIL 22, 2011

When tied to other accounts such as Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, LinkedIn and blogs, your net worth rises based on the content you either create or share. It's a chance to connect and brainstorm with others by finding affinity groups ("Communities") within Empire Avenue. How do brands get involved?

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Harp Interactive

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

BrightKite Gowalla and Loopt allow users to check in at locations, and the ability to share that activity among a network of friends. Flickr and Panoramio geotag and display these images in a mapping context. Foursquare allows for check-ins. Google has added geotagging to Blogger. Your turn to act.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 27, 2013

This week on ProBlogger we’ve been looking at the topic of building community on a blog. We started by identifying 9 benefits and 3 costs of community on a blog and then looked at 5 stages of building community on a blog. Today I want to dig deeper into some specific things to DO to build community on your blog.

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Adam Cohen

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Understanding the Community. I contemplated using “customer,&# “audience,&# and even “constituents&# here, but community seems to broadly cover business partners, customers, and prospects. Social media is providing new tools, technologies and techniques to identify, engage and activate. Related Posts.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 24, 2015

But just simply being active on Twitter, Facebook, and all the rest is never enough. Image: mkhmarketing via Flickr, CC 2.0. area, she loves helping for- and non-profit clients, both small and large, turn corporate codswallop into community cool™. 5 Social Media Metrics You Can Stop Tracking Yesterday.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 10, 2011

Theory: Yes, I chose my degree for its practical approach to communication education, but PR theory and an understanding of communication models is an essential asset in any professional’s arsenal to plan, execute and evaluate activity. Image: velkr0 via Flickr, CC 2.0. I’d love to know your thoughts.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Also, anyone who actively uses social media in communications knows that sharing is a good thing. Image: Paul Bica via Flickr, CC 2.0. Shanan Sorochynski is a communications strategist at the University of Regina. What about growth and rising through the ranks? How can you be promoted if you can’t be replaced?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 28, 2011

Which is the collective voice of my community, not just one or two people. An active community is a powerful thing. Community conversations led to one of my favorite posts yet (and, I think, yours) on social media barfshiners. Image: DanJackson_UK via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Image: NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center via Flickr, CC 2.0. Specifically, I’m the community manager for @WashULaw , an online Master of Law program in U.S. Melissa Woodson is the community manager for @WashULaw, a premier program for foreign attorneys to earn their LLM Online in U.S. Intimidating? Insurmountable?

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Direct Marketing Observations

APRIL 19, 2010

This graphic by Forrester Research, refers to the types of people that hang out in communities and what they do in those communities. Share images on Flickr. All of these forms of communication are just that, forms of communicating- with context and without. Upload music and comment on the music. Tweet on Twitter.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 15, 2011

Both the campus and the blog are less active than normal. Image: Abdulmajeed Al.mutawee via Flickr, CC 2.0. Its goals are entrenched in reputation and community-building. So, you can imagine my chagrin finding this. It’s August. Content submissions have dropped and with that conversations in the comments section.

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Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 30, 2012

followers/fans/circles, how complete is their profile, level of activity). Other social activity and presence (Flickr, SlideShare, Wikipedia, etc.). The next step is to identify the influential voices in your community that you’ll want to reach out to, connect with, and begin building relationships with.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 11, 2012

Image: dkshots via Flickr, CC 2.0. One of my biggest peeves is seeing a company start a Twitter account or Facebook Page after a crisis happens, or seeing an uptick in activity after the bottom falls out. And why not? • It opens up room for competitor(s) to take the lead. • You lose credibility. Your value proposition is weakened. •

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

A real vacation, where I’ll be soaking up the sun in Jamaica, with no computer, no work and minimal online activity (though I might post vacation photos to Facebook, since a lot of my friends want them). Image: 04deveni via Flickr, CC 2.0. , even the roar of traffic seems to have been temporarily lulled. I can’t wait!

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Convince & Convert

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Tweet Guest post by Connie Bensen , the Director of Community Strategy and Social Media at Alterian , which provides leading marketing products for the enterprise. They create pockets of communities where like-minded people share information and seek advice. Locations of communities online & offline. Uncover Content Ideas.

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Akamai Marketing

APRIL 4, 2011

What I AM suggesting is that you brands and companies give serious consideration to what they have to OFFER the community and what motivates their community to be part of social media at all. What you give your community, otherwise, seriously, why should they care? Its all about “What’s in it for them&#.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 24, 2011

Here are a few of the things we talked about, and what Marshall said (I’ve corrected minor typos/punctuation): On what he describes as “social spectrum&# activity: Marshall calls this “ultraviolet&# activity. Image: mahalie via Flickr, CC 2.0. So it should be good! postlink%%.

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Justin Levy

JUNE 5, 2011

Now that Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Flickr are out ahead as the major social networks, it becomes harder to debate social platforms, though it definitely still occurs, especially with location-based platforms. Others want to debate which has the most active community. Some want to debate the ease of use. Debate is good.

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Myrland Marketing

JANUARY 18, 2013

Instagram has 90 million monthly active users. Pro bono and other community activity. How often do your firms share photos of your people and activity? THE NUMBERS ARE TELLING. Regardless of which Marketing and Social Networking sites we use, we can learn something from the following numbers. 8500 likes per second.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 12, 2011

While interviews and focus groups may still be used, if you are actively engaging your customers via social media channels, and monitoring those conversations—even if just informally—you are already familiar with the dialogue that surrounds your organization and you can develop a survey that reflects some of the feedback within that ecosystem.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Image: twchoi11 via Flickr , Creative Commons Though I wouldn’t consider myself as devoted as some fan clubs. The rumors about Tablo’s supposed forgery were spread by two online communities: “We Urge Tablo to Tell the Truth,&# or TaJinYo , and “A World Where Common Sense is the Truth,&# or SangJinSe.

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