Bill Hartzer

OCTOBER 5, 2013

Dear Blog Comment Spammer, who just left a comment on one of my recent blog posts: I think whatever software tool or script that you are using is broken. Whatever the reason, you should have noticed that none of the blog comments that are left on my blog actually allow outgoing links to websites. Can you tell? {. {I

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SocialFish

MARCH 3, 2011

This post is the second in a two-part series where guest blogger Garry Polmateer , former association executive currently working at NimbleUser helping organizations with Salesforce, looks at two online brands through the lens of the concepts in our book, Open Community. Open Community Means Collaborating with a Purpose.

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Adam Sherk

MARCH 7, 2011

There were some interesting posts over the weekend from Steve Cheney and Robert Scoble on whether utilizing Facebook Comments kills or in fact increases user authenticity within on-site commenting. It also proves helpful to sites that are battling with comment spam and low-quality or inappropriate comments.

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Kikolani

MAY 1, 2011

And one thing I discovered very quickly about the photo community is if you want comments, you better start giving comments first. I started out on sites by photo bloggers I met at a photowalk in downtown Phoenix and branched out from there with people in their comments and on their blogrolls. The result?

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Buffer Social

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Open-source and decentralized nature : Unlike many mainstream platforms, Bluesky operates on an open-source model, promoting transparency and community involvement. Bluesky also incorporates community labeling as part of its moderation strategy, promoting community involvement in content regulation.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 10, 2012

Don’t forget that customers, potential customers, media, and potential business partners are all visiting your web site. Without good content, you are less likely to impress visitors to your web site, and it is harder to convert. What do visitors to your site want? Content has become an important part of online marketing.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

APRIL 11, 2024

84% of consumers say online communities directly impact how they feel about a business and whether they buy from and remain loyal to said organization. Even something as basic as calling attention to a link in your bio — as Sherwin Williams does below — can be an excellent way to increase site traffic. Source: youtube.com 2.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Because if there’s one thing I believe takes public relations from good to great, it’s when your audiences start becoming your community through the relationships you develop with them. But I was curious to see how Maddie and Lindy perceived not just Open Community , but its juxtaposition with public relations.

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 7, 2014

When you have a fairly popular blog, you have to deal with comment spammers. Unfortunately, blog comment spamming still works apparently, or at least the blog spammers haven’t learned that it doesn’t work. Nonetheless, I’m still amazed at some of the comments left on the blog.

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Jason Yormark

JULY 22, 2009

While community is a hot buzz word these days, it’s still quite a ways before most businesses truly embrace the idea. Companies like Starbucks , Dell , even my previous employer Microsoft Advertising , all do community incredibly well and it has paid off for all of them many times over.

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Saying It Social

APRIL 11, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Social Networking For a Cause: The Power of Online Communities I’d like to use this blog post to step out of our social-networking-for-business mentality and talk a little bit about using social networking for special causes.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2011

Her community outreach on behalf of Electronic Arts was amazing and her engagement with customers gives all of us lessons to live by. What’s a typical day like for you as the EA SPORTS Active Community Manager? How (and when) did you get to be the Community Manager for EA Sports Active?

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Hootsuite

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Users create posts in topic-based communities — called subreddits — and interact in comment threads. Reddit is all about fostering community by encouraging users (a.k.a. Subreddits serve as mini-communities within the site — like Facebook Groups, but public — and foster user interaction around common interests.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 24, 2024

LinkedIn is more than just a networking site. You can add hashtags to posts, comments, articles, profiles and even pages on the platform. Find and click on Hashtags under the Community tab and then add up to three hashtags by tapping + Add a hashtag. It’s a top spot for generating leads and getting your brand seen.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

MARCH 14, 2018

Reach, visits, shares, comments, likes, follower growth and cost per engagement are the evaluation metrics. Search engines love sites that have several pieces of content on the same topic; it will boost a website up the ranking for a desirable keyword. Feedly and Scoop.it are two examples. Scheduling content sharing is a must.

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Later

JUNE 28, 2021

Angela Onuoha is a perfect example of a Micro influencer whose built a community of beauty-lovers through her expert skincare and hair tutorials: View this post on Instagram. In both cases, each influencer has grown dedicated communities who trust them and the products they recommend. A post shared by Angela Onuoha (@curlbellaa).

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The Realtime Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Community Building. To accomplish so, you’ll need to cultivate and build a community of followers and lovers that goes beyond simply seeing and commenting on your content, as well as connecting with it in various ways. Though views and likes are important, brands are looking for more.

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Buffer Social

OCTOBER 9, 2023

If the number of non-subscribers is higher, consider adding a CTA to your subscribe to your channel in the caption, comments, or in the videos themselves. Engage with your subscribers through comments and community posts to foster a loyal viewer base. Pay attention to the content that drives subscriptions to replicate success.

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Buffer Social

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Do this: The Facebook algorithm loves … Posts with lots of Likes, comments, and shares. Posts that receive a high volume of Likes, comments, or shares in a short time. Posts that are Liked, commented on, or shared by one’s friends. Posts that ask for Likes, comments, or shares. Facebook algorithm values.

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Buffer Social

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Not only did it get millions of views, but it resulted in a 340 percent increase in visitors to my site and $25,000 in revenue in two weeks. Interact with the community and your customers Some of my biggest wins on TikTok have come from really engaging with the community.  Within about a month, I had a video go viral.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Our research shows that the most effective purchase drivers on social media are recommendations from friends, comments and product reviews and familiarity with a brand. Brand awareness creates a community that generates word of mouth buzz, ‘I love this product, and I know you will too.’ Take it to the comments. Social listening.

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Sprout Social

AUGUST 8, 2023

Some of these interactions include: Likes Shares Follows Comments Completions Skips The algorithm pays attention to these actions to get an idea of the types of content each user likes and adjusts the FYP accordingly. Ask questions and try to get your viewers to leave comments. With TikTok, they’re one in the same.

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SocMed Sean

MAY 30, 2018

From online applications to active accounts on job sites like Indeed and Career Builder, to mobile-friendly career sites and social media presences— all of these are part of a larger HR strategy to reach a wider audience of potential employees without an extravagant addition to cost. Multiple Accounts. Things to Remember.

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Sprout Social

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Booktok , for example, has become a flourishing online community. And connecting with your audience goes further than making sales—it builds community, which can save you advertising bucks in the future. If you’re not using it to communicate with them, you’re missing a chance to build relationships. Start your free Sprout trial.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 22, 2011

How To Increase Your Twitter Followers » Q&A Sites And Competitive Intelligence I’ve discussed the value and virtues of Q&A sites before. You can often learn a thing or two about the competition from these types of questions on these sites. Q&A sites are not necessarily time wasters.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 31, 2024

This activity includes views, shares, “Likes,” comments and new subscribers. Which videos earning the most comments or likes? This includes how often you publish videos, respond to comments and engage with other YouTube accounts. But the platforms’ ongoing Community features signal how the platform is getting more “social.”

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Meryoli Arias , Senior Social Media and Community Manager, and Daniel Cmejla , Senior Director of Community, Customer Marketing, Events, PR, and Social, of Chili Piper gave us an inside look into how they approach social selling. According to Cmejla, being helpful is how you maintain authentic relationships within online communities.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Phil on Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted to: RSS/Atom , Reader One comment, add yours! And finally, if you put in a site URL or feed URL, it will add the correct feed for you. Your how-to guide for Google with Google tutorials, tips for using Google and advice. 4 Easy Ways of Subscribing to Feeds in Google Reader. Written by: J.

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Hootsuite

OCTOBER 11, 2022

It can happen when an account posts sensitive content or enters a gray area of the platform’s Community Guidelines. Instagram references this power in their Community Guidelines: “Overstepping these boundaries may result in deleted content, disabled accounts, or other restrictions. ”. Don’t violate the community guidelines.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 13, 2013

Users, in turn, can like, share and comment on them. The user watches the video, and reads comments from others gushing about how the Fuelband has changed their lives. Compelled, the user returns to the Nike site and makes the purchase. They can be liked, shared and commented upon. Just imagine that you’re Nike.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

With over 610 million members , LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional networking site. As a result, the audience of LinkedIn is different than any other social media site: 50% of LinkedIn users have a college degree, 45% earn at least $75K per year, and 33% of millionaires are on the platform. 3 Best Buy Shows They Have Heart.

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ProBlogger

JULY 21, 2011

But then again, I never expected the little website I created to keep friends and family informed about Jerry’s progress to become the largest online community for canine amputees and their people either. And we were doing our best to monetize the site with your typical affiliate programs, text link ads and PPC campaigns.

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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 7, 2015

What’s the secret to building a thriving community on Instagram? And today, I’m going to show you some of my favorite strategies for creating an engaged and growing community on Instagram using some advanced tricks of the trade. Comment On Your Own Posts With the Hashtags. It’s not exactly an easy question to answer.

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Janet Fouts

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Waay back in the 1990s I co-founded a startup on-line community for the restaurant industry. Blogs were in their infancy and we used bulletin boards and comment streams on posts to communicate with our user-base and we loved every second of it. Nobody saw how community could support a business model. Can you make money?

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Buffer Social

JULY 13, 2022

Negative comments and reactions on your social media are standard and almost expected whether you're a brand or an individual. Receiving these comments is inevitable, but the important thing is how you handle them. Always address negative comments about you or your brand Should you address every comment you receive?

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 13, 2014

Visit the same post on Business 2 Community and you see 8 LinkedIn shares and 87 retweets. I previously announced myself as a blogger on syndication links on sites including B2C and SMT. I previously announced myself as a blogger on syndication links on sites including B2C and SMT. How’d that happen, you ask?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Without an understanding of your community and an understanding of the influencers , you’re destined for failure. Of course, there are other sites, but these individuals know one thing: that there are people there who are willing to listen, just as long as you are willing to make a true effort to interact.

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