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For those of us in the association and nonprofit sectors, Facebook just got a lot harder to use effectively with the announcement that they’ve changed their API and eliminated the ability to modify link previews when posting links from a page. MORE
Laurel is the CEO of The Community Crew managing massive gaming and online communities including Facebook and forums for reality TV shows such as Junior Masterchef. Since 2005, Laurel has been teaching online community management at the University of Sydney, Australian Film and TV School, Metro Film School and she has been managing virtual communities since 1989. Students will develop strategies on how to monetize their customer communities. MORE
ExecTweet has tapped the Twitter API to give you a peak into what corporate America is doing. Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Is Your Executive on Twitter? MORE
Smart people are posting ideas for new business models based on an open API , lamenting what could have been had Twitter become an API company rather than an advertising company, and raising money to build an alternative realtime feed API. MORE
Tweetchat, beloved app of every association for following their own conference hashtags and Twitter chats, confirmed that due to Twitter’s API changes the service would shut down on June 11. Remember this ? MORE
API Widget Economy: Social Media Business Podcast (12). Tags: Facebook Online Communities social media social networks Australia cpm Marketing Monetization revenue ROI value An interesting way to calculate Return on Investment (ROI) of a Facebook Fan Page. Sorry Brand Page. MORE
Thanks to their highly advanced Send/Receive API, these bots are able to reply with actual structured messages, including links, images, hotel reservations, the weather etc. Facebook Messenger was released 5 years ago and now has over 900 million users. MORE
The misinterpretations surrounding Google’s April 21 algorithm updates resulted in panic in the tech and business communities last week. Developers are limited to using Google’s App Index API with Android apps, resulting in only Android apps appearing in Google search results. MORE
ExecTweet has tapped the Twitter API to give you a peak into what corporate America is doing. Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Is Your Executive on Twitter? MORE
At Moz blog, you can enjoy free SEO resources, case studies, and ask questions from the real user community. They also offer API which is commonly used by developers and other services to design their own tools such as KWFinder which uses their API for Citation and Trust flow metrics. MORE
The State of Community Management in 2011. By Kate Williams We’ve been spending some time with this fantastically thorough report from The Community Roundtable since its publication last week, and unsurprisingly it’s filled to the brim with goodness. MORE
Remember the white paper we produced in 2009 that included a comparison of private online community vendors? It will also whet the appetite of any IT professional by addressing compatibility with AMS systems, open API, code base, design flexibility, and more. “I’m MORE
This crazy API pronouncement and, “You must make everything look the way we make it look,” and, “If you don’t want to do it the way we want to do it, we’re going to revoke your access.” It’s about what the company says or what the community says. MORE
Consider the impact that Facebook Open Graph protocol integration will have on your existing on-site community features and social functionality. MORE
Truth is, it’s not the tools’ fault; Instagram doesn’t allow any tool the functionality to post directly to Instagram because of its limited API. What is an API? Instagram’s API receives that request, and delivers to Agorapulse the number of likes you received. MORE
I don’t know about you but I’ve gotten more than a dozen invitations to Google+ communities in the last couple of days. In case you’re not aware of what that means, Google+ launched a new feature, Google+ Communities on Dec 6. The future of Google+ Communities. MORE
Intensely passionate communities have formed around types of exercise and activities, and members share details of every training session and achievement across all forms of social media. Community is a competitive advantage because members encourage, motivate, and help one another. I spoke to executives from several top fitness brands to get an understanding of how they are maximizing the potential of social community. Community Needs To Be Part Of The Company’s DNA. MORE
Mashable Awards is made to recognize the best online communities and services, and it was hosted by comedian Baratunde Thurston. Best Use of an API: Qwitter Client. Tweet The 6th of January, Mashable held the event of Mashable Awards Gala. MORE
Today’s consumers rely heavily on social media and tapping into their community when it comes to brand loyalty and their purchase decisions. The question is how to bring the authentic community experience from social media into your stores. It allows their customers to express themselves, shape the brand story and create more meaningful memories within their community. MORE
I chose to go this route for the blog post that I wanted to offer to the Spanish-speaking community and it worked out really well. The Quick Overview: Translating your blog posts into other languages can have positive impacts on your search engine traffic. MORE
We look at Freemium revenue in social networks and online communities including asking that: if freemium is the business model of giving it all (or most) of the services away for free , how can you then charge for it? API Widget Economy: Social Media Business Podcast (11). MORE
With a global community like this, it’s no surprise that brands are increasingly excited about the advertising opportunities and business opportunities found on Instagram. They are also a perfect medium for connecting with fans and cultivating strong communities of interest. MORE
Whenever I present or give classes on monetizing social networks and online communities people usually have two questions. Twitter never ever seems to reveal numbers – members, time online, API calls, ditched accounts – so a nice big expensive report would probably sell very well. MORE
It can’t be a purely RSS play as we need gadgets/widgets for API only based services. Online Communities social media exit strategy iGoogle online community shutting down social media monitoring MORE
Thanks to their highly advanced Send/Receive API, these bots are able to reply with actual structured messages, including links, images, hotel reservations, the weather etc. App Community Management Customer service Facebook Marketing & Communication bots chatbots chatterbots customer service instant messaging service messenger robotsFacebook Messenger was released 5 years ago and now has over 900 million users. MORE
In the last week I saw one of the most amazing campaigns of unity amongst 2 communities, Salt Lake City, Utah, where I live and where I asked for your help , and Fresno, California. 1 million dollars donated to the Food Bank of the community with the most “likes&#. MORE
In April of this year, I wrote about the Big Facebook and Instagram API Changes that had just been announced. moderation rules for easier community management. Down the road, we’ll be able to tap into other features that the Instagram Graph API provides. MORE
This just goes to show how important branded hashtags are for spreading the word about your products and building a community around your business. 4: Changes to Instagram’s API Makes Waves. 2018 was a big year for Instagram! MORE
Currency itself has no inherent value except what we, the community/nation, put on it. API Widget Economy: Social Media Business Podcast (11). Huffington Post and TechCrunch both have high valuations ($100m+). Yes, Virginia, social media and blogs CAN make money. MORE
Episode 3 focusses on monetizing APIs and looking at revenue streams from widgets. API Widget Economy: Social Media Business Ep.003 from Laurel Papworth on Vimeo. Ebay API. In November 2000 they opened up the API and by 2006 had 5 billion API calls a month. MORE
The great thing about companies widely publishing APIs in this age of collaboration is that crafty third-parties can develop tools and features that the developers of the “mother ship&# forgot. Want to know whenever your competitors are being criticized by their community? MORE
Why would they unilaterally remove a beloved (and theoretically useful) feature, when other social platforms – including their nemesis, Facebook – continue to provide share counts in their API, and thus in their icons? Image via BigStockPhoto.com. Where’d the numbers go? MORE
Jeff Widman of Brand Glue (a Facebook fan page management company) has studied this phenomenon by mining Facebook API data, and found that 99.5% Tweet Part 3 of a 3-Part Rant. The time, money, and overall exertion being spent on customizing Facebook fan pages is largely misspent. MORE
Facebook recently opened up Instagram’s API for the first time, enabling Instagram business profiles to schedule Instagram posts , view analytics and more. Relevant sessions: The Instagram Graph API – What’s In It For You? MORE
Ben at Online Community Results (our partner in crime for awesome community strategy projects) expressed what many of you may have been thinking, having seen the carnage (imho) that was the Avectra/Memberfuse acquisition a few years ago. MORE
A lot of people have spent time talking about the value you can get by providing an API (Application Programming Interface) for other people to use and build with. And knowing how to utilise and implement feeds from APIs is an increasingly important skill for a huge number of professions. MORE
At the conference itself, Facebook announced the launch of Facebook Live API, Instant Articles, and Messenger Bots. Marketing APIs: Advertising Automation, for All (2 PM PST). Facebook will likely be opening up the API for the group bots to allow developers to create more group bots. MORE
Monetizing Online Communities (13). API Widget Economy: Social Media Business Podcast (4). Online Communities blogs revenue social media social networks AOL blog huffington post Monetization Money social media revenue sold MORE
Here’s what’s effective immediately: They have shut down part of the Instagram API. They are limiting the data available from (or requiring user approval for access to) Facebook’s Events, Groups, and Pages APIs, plus Facebook Login. MORE
Our open technology platform is well known and Twitter APIs are already widely implemented but this is a different approach because we’ve created something incredibly simple. Rather than implementing APIs, site owners need only drop in a few lines of javascript. MORE
Robyn Tippins is a community manager at ReadWriteWeb with 15 years online marketing experience. Also she is an Author of Community 101 book. G: How did you build your experience as community strategist? G: What are your top resources for community management? MORE
I’m guessing the Facebook API still lets you use other solutions like Hootsuite, come Sep 1? Facebook Groups builds community and brings people together in personal, practical, and powerful ways. MORE
His community managers are in charge of optimizing content and pushing it out to various channels, while a whole editorial staff creates content. Tweetable Moments Any platform that we activate on, we will measure the living daylights out of it. MORE
As tomorrow is an historic day – The Australian and other news.com sites move behind the paywall – what WILL we pay for, what SHOULD we pay for and what OTHER revenues streams are being missed by News.com refusal to build online communities around their content? MORE
agora pulse
DECEMBER 11, 2018
In April of this year, I wrote about the Big Facebook and Instagram API Changes that had just been announced. moderation rules for easier community management. Down the road, we’ll be able to tap into other features that the Instagram Graph API provides.
SocialFish
AUGUST 10, 2017
For those of us in the association and nonprofit sectors, Facebook just got a lot harder to use effectively with the announcement that they’ve changed their API and eliminated the ability to modify link previews when posting links from a page.
Laurel Papworth
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
Episode 3 focusses on monetizing APIs and looking at revenue streams from widgets. API Widget Economy: Social Media Business Ep.003 from Laurel Papworth on Vimeo. Ebay API. In November 2000 they opened up the API and by 2006 had 5 billion API calls a month.
Social Media Citizens
FEBRUARY 16, 2012
Robyn Tippins is a community manager at ReadWriteWeb with 15 years online marketing experience. Also she is an Author of Community 101 book. G: How did you build your experience as community strategist? G: What are your top resources for community management?
SocialFish
OCTOBER 30, 2013
Remember the white paper we produced in 2009 that included a comparison of private online community vendors? It will also whet the appetite of any IT professional by addressing compatibility with AMS systems, open API, code base, design flexibility, and more. “I’m
The Way of the Web
FEBRUARY 14, 2011
A lot of people have spent time talking about the value you can get by providing an API (Application Programming Interface) for other people to use and build with. And knowing how to utilise and implement feeds from APIs is an increasingly important skill for a huge number of professions.
agora pulse
JANUARY 3, 2017
Truth is, it’s not the tools’ fault; Instagram doesn’t allow any tool the functionality to post directly to Instagram because of its limited API. What is an API? Instagram’s API receives that request, and delivers to Agorapulse the number of likes you received.
Laurel Papworth
OCTOBER 22, 2011
As tomorrow is an historic day – The Australian and other news.com sites move behind the paywall – what WILL we pay for, what SHOULD we pay for and what OTHER revenues streams are being missed by News.com refusal to build online communities around their content?
The Realtime Report
JULY 27, 2012
Smart people are posting ideas for new business models based on an open API , lamenting what could have been had Twitter become an API company rather than an advertising company, and raising money to build an alternative realtime feed API.
Pixlee
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
Intensely passionate communities have formed around types of exercise and activities, and members share details of every training session and achievement across all forms of social media. Community is a competitive advantage because members encourage, motivate, and help one another. I spoke to executives from several top fitness brands to get an understanding of how they are maximizing the potential of social community. Community Needs To Be Part Of The Company’s DNA.
Adam Sherk
APRIL 26, 2010
Consider the impact that Facebook Open Graph protocol integration will have on your existing on-site community features and social functionality.
Laurel Papworth
MARCH 15, 2010
Our open technology platform is well known and Twitter APIs are already widely implemented but this is a different approach because we’ve created something incredibly simple. Rather than implementing APIs, site owners need only drop in a few lines of javascript.
Convince & Convert
AUGUST 24, 2012
This crazy API pronouncement and, “You must make everything look the way we make it look,” and, “If you don’t want to do it the way we want to do it, we’re going to revoke your access.” It’s about what the company says or what the community says.
Mindjumpers
JANUARY 12, 2011
Mashable Awards is made to recognize the best online communities and services, and it was hosted by comedian Baratunde Thurston. Best Use of an API: Qwitter Client. Tweet The 6th of January, Mashable held the event of Mashable Awards Gala.
SocialFish
NOVEMBER 20, 2015
Ben at Online Community Results (our partner in crime for awesome community strategy projects) expressed what many of you may have been thinking, having seen the carnage (imho) that was the Avectra/Memberfuse acquisition a few years ago.
Mindjumpers
JUNE 14, 2016
Thanks to their highly advanced Send/Receive API, these bots are able to reply with actual structured messages, including links, images, hotel reservations, the weather etc. Facebook Messenger was released 5 years ago and now has over 900 million users.
Koka Sexton
MARCH 24, 2009
ExecTweet has tapped the Twitter API to give you a peak into what corporate America is doing. Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Is Your Executive on Twitter?
Koka Sexton
MARCH 24, 2009
ExecTweet has tapped the Twitter API to give you a peak into what corporate America is doing. Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Is Your Executive on Twitter?
Convince & Convert
JUNE 6, 2014
His community managers are in charge of optimizing content and pushing it out to various channels, while a whole editorial staff creates content. Tweetable Moments Any platform that we activate on, we will measure the living daylights out of it.
Mindjumpers
JUNE 14, 2016
Thanks to their highly advanced Send/Receive API, these bots are able to reply with actual structured messages, including links, images, hotel reservations, the weather etc. App Community Management Customer service Facebook Marketing & Communication bots chatbots chatterbots customer service instant messaging service messenger robotsFacebook Messenger was released 5 years ago and now has over 900 million users.
Laurel Papworth
JULY 4, 2012
It can’t be a purely RSS play as we need gadgets/widgets for API only based services. Online Communities social media exit strategy iGoogle online community shutting down social media monitoring
SocialFish
JUNE 7, 2013
Tweetchat, beloved app of every association for following their own conference hashtags and Twitter chats, confirmed that due to Twitter’s API changes the service would shut down on June 11. Remember this ?
The Realtime Report
APRIL 19, 2018
At Moz blog, you can enjoy free SEO resources, case studies, and ask questions from the real user community. They also offer API which is commonly used by developers and other services to design their own tools such as KWFinder which uses their API for Citation and Trust flow metrics.
Convince & Convert
OCTOBER 27, 2010
Jeff Widman of Brand Glue (a Facebook fan page management company) has studied this phenomenon by mining Facebook API data, and found that 99.5% Tweet Part 3 of a 3-Part Rant. The time, money, and overall exertion being spent on customizing Facebook fan pages is largely misspent.
Laurel Papworth
APRIL 13, 2010
Whenever I present or give classes on monetizing social networks and online communities people usually have two questions. Twitter never ever seems to reveal numbers – members, time online, API calls, ditched accounts – so a nice big expensive report would probably sell very well.
Laurel Papworth
FEBRUARY 21, 2011
Monetizing Online Communities (13). API Widget Economy: Social Media Business Podcast (4). Online Communities blogs revenue social media social networks AOL blog huffington post Monetization Money social media revenue sold
Buffer Social
APRIL 30, 2018
Facebook recently opened up Instagram’s API for the first time, enabling Instagram business profiles to schedule Instagram posts , view analytics and more. Relevant sessions: The Instagram Graph API – What’s In It For You?
Firebelly
APRIL 11, 2011
The State of Community Management in 2011. By Kate Williams We’ve been spending some time with this fantastically thorough report from The Community Roundtable since its publication last week, and unsurprisingly it’s filled to the brim with goodness.
Convince & Convert
APRIL 11, 2018
Here’s what’s effective immediately: They have shut down part of the Instagram API. They are limiting the data available from (or requiring user approval for access to) Facebook’s Events, Groups, and Pages APIs, plus Facebook Login.
Later
DECEMBER 5, 2018
This just goes to show how important branded hashtags are for spreading the word about your products and building a community around your business. 4: Changes to Instagram’s API Makes Waves. 2018 was a big year for Instagram!
Laurel Papworth
JANUARY 17, 2010
Currency itself has no inherent value except what we, the community/nation, put on it. API Widget Economy: Social Media Business Podcast (11). Huffington Post and TechCrunch both have high valuations ($100m+). Yes, Virginia, social media and blogs CAN make money.
Laurel Papworth
APRIL 21, 2010
API Widget Economy: Social Media Business Podcast (12). Tags: Facebook Online Communities social media social networks Australia cpm Marketing Monetization revenue ROI value An interesting way to calculate Return on Investment (ROI) of a Facebook Fan Page. Sorry Brand Page.
Pixlee
AUGUST 23, 2018
Today’s consumers rely heavily on social media and tapping into their community when it comes to brand loyalty and their purchase decisions. The question is how to bring the authentic community experience from social media into your stores. It allows their customers to express themselves, shape the brand story and create more meaningful memories within their community.
Laurel Papworth
APRIL 29, 2012
Laurel is the CEO of The Community Crew managing massive gaming and online communities including Facebook and forums for reality TV shows such as Junior Masterchef. Since 2005, Laurel has been teaching online community management at the University of Sydney, Australian Film and TV School, Metro Film School and she has been managing virtual communities since 1989. Students will develop strategies on how to monetize their customer communities.
Laurel Papworth
AUGUST 24, 2017
I’m guessing the Facebook API still lets you use other solutions like Hootsuite, come Sep 1? Facebook Groups builds community and brings people together in personal, practical, and powerful ways.
Laurel Papworth
NOVEMBER 22, 2009
We look at Freemium revenue in social networks and online communities including asking that: if freemium is the business model of giving it all (or most) of the services away for free , how can you then charge for it? API Widget Economy: Social Media Business Podcast (11).
Convince & Convert
APRIL 5, 2011
The great thing about companies widely publishing APIs in this age of collaboration is that crafty third-parties can develop tools and features that the developers of the “mother ship&# forgot. Want to know whenever your competitors are being criticized by their community?
Socialmedia.biz
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016
With a global community like this, it’s no surprise that brands are increasingly excited about the advertising opportunities and business opportunities found on Instagram. They are also a perfect medium for connecting with fans and cultivating strong communities of interest.
Convince & Convert
NOVEMBER 20, 2015
Why would they unilaterally remove a beloved (and theoretically useful) feature, when other social platforms – including their nemesis, Facebook – continue to provide share counts in their API, and thus in their icons? Image via BigStockPhoto.com. Where’d the numbers go?
SocMed Sean
DECEMBER 26, 2018
I chose to go this route for the blog post that I wanted to offer to the Spanish-speaking community and it worked out really well. The Quick Overview: Translating your blog posts into other languages can have positive impacts on your search engine traffic.
Convince & Convert
MAY 1, 2015
The misinterpretations surrounding Google’s April 21 algorithm updates resulted in panic in the tech and business communities last week. Developers are limited to using Google’s App Index API with Android apps, resulting in only Android apps appearing in Google search results.
Buffer Social
APRIL 16, 2017
At the conference itself, Facebook announced the launch of Facebook Live API, Instant Articles, and Messenger Bots. Marketing APIs: Advertising Automation, for All (2 PM PST). Facebook will likely be opening up the API for the group bots to allow developers to create more group bots.
Stay N' Alive
JANUARY 3, 2011
In the last week I saw one of the most amazing campaigns of unity amongst 2 communities, Salt Lake City, Utah, where I live and where I asked for your help , and Fresno, California. 1 million dollars donated to the Food Bank of the community with the most “likes&#.
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