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8 ways to deal with negative comments in online communities

Laurel Papworth

PS: Your marketing intern may not have that skill! So we ran (in the virtual world) an Olympics for them and they shut up about the logo change. But be warned, when Marketing are put in charge of social media, rather than customer service, people figure out very quickly that all they will get back is chatter, not fixes.

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Freemium Revenues: Social Media Business Podcast

Laurel Papworth

And what is free stuff anyway – marketing? It places ads from companies like Microsoft and Southwest Airlines on profile pages.) Offer additional services at a premium but don’t annoy the member – make it a nice-to-have, or a way of showing value, or a Badge of Honour (for ProAms professional amateurs).