Harp Interactive

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Over the last three days, I’ve spoken to four HUGE brands in America that are considering social media for one project or another, and there are many more out there working on how these tools might integrate into their business needs. Build community platforms around real communities of shared interest.

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Jason Yormark

JULY 22, 2009

Self hosting will give you the flexibility of doing what YOU want, and completely branding the experience with your brand. Create Community Next you need to consider having a “controlled” community environment in your world. In other words, a community platform that lives on your site.

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Adam Cohen

JUNE 30, 2011

Regardless, we saw the trend as a game changer – one that would fundamentally change the way brands engaged with their audience. To that end, the first major step in our journey was the launch of EMC|ONE – An internal community platform for our global employees. Photo credit: Facebook Tweet.

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Adam Cohen

JUNE 30, 2011

Regardless, we saw the trend as a game changer – one that would fundamentally change the way brands engaged with their audience. To that end, the first major step in our journey was the launch of EMC|ONE – An internal community platform for our global employees. Photo credit: Facebook.

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Social Media Strategery

MARCH 8, 2011

When someone in the communications industry refers to a “ community manager ,&# they are usually referring to someone that can manage the online relationships for a particular brand, using tools like Facebook, Twitter, and blogs.

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Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 5, 2008

link] – This Contra Costa Times is my local newspaper and though they have a pretty low level community platform on their website someone thought far enough ahead to set up a Twitter profile. Leave a comment! Getting pumpkins with the boy. (@ Clayton Valley Pumpkin Farm) [link] Recent comments Koka Sexton dot Com: [.]

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Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 5, 2008

link] – This Contra Costa Times is my local newspaper and though they have a pretty low level community platform on their website someone thought far enough ahead to set up a Twitter profile. Leave a comment! Getting pumpkins with the boy. (@ Clayton Valley Pumpkin Farm) [link] Recent comments Koka Sexton dot Com: [.]

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 7, 2008

4) None of the following are community platforms: Wikis, Blogs or Forums. These are not platforms…these are implementations on top of platforms. To me, this is why this isn’t a fad - but genuine change in the customer interaction model (user to user, user to brand and brand to user).

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Deb: It’s hard, because we don’t want to spam people, and we don’t want to say, “Will you please comment on my blog, dammit?” You have to make life a conversation and draw the community in. Jay: I like that quote, “You can’t schedule community.” We have to make it enjoyable.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Personal investment: successful communities solicit active contributions from every member. It’s not enough to ask members what they think and respond to a few comments. To build a strong sense of community, your members need to feel they can influence that community. Have you built a community around your blog?

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Facebook provides a way for users/consumers to interact with the brand; the website is a controlled medium that provides marketing/advertising instead of user feedback. While I can't dispute that good websites are falling by the wayside because of Facebook, one can't ignore the fact Facebook is a great platform to induce interaction.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Facebook provides a way for users/consumers to interact with the brand; the website is a controlled medium that provides marketing/advertising instead of user feedback. While I can't dispute that good websites are falling by the wayside because of Facebook, one can't ignore the fact Facebook is a great platform to induce interaction.

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 2, 2022

If you picked up TikTok during the pandemic, you might have been looking for a lockdown diversion—a goal that TikTok recognizes as it brands itself as an “ entertainment platform ” rather than a social media platform. If brands, creators and audiences are logging in for entirely different reasons, where is the commonality?

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