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Community platforms do not equal community

SocialFish

conference in New Orleans about “Building Your Tradeshow Community Online&#. The presentation applies to any event community. We talked about the ecosystem – what your open community online actually looks like. Building Your Tradeshow Community Online. The slides are below. No matter what.

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Community Bootstrapping: Tools & Strategies To Build A Community.

Jason Yormark

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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Responsibility for Social Goes Beyond Content Teams

Convince & Convert

Brands are revisiting social media as a community-building tool, rather than a marketing platform. Your content team shouldn’t the only ones managing your company’s social media accounts. Pro sports is just one of many industries that struggle to connect with fans consistently via social.

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Responsibility for Social Goes Beyond Content Teams

Convince & Convert

Brands are revisiting social media as a community-building tool, rather than a marketing platform. Your content team shouldn’t be the only ones managing your company’s social media accounts. Pro sports is just one of many industries that struggle to connect with fans consistently via social.

Team 98
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50 Ways Marketers use Social Media to Improve Their Marketing

Harp Interactive

Build community platforms around real communities of shared interest. Help companies participate in existing social networks, and build relationships on their turf. Start a community group on Facebook or Ning or MySpace or LinkedIn around the space where your customer does business.

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What is a brand community and how to build a successful one

Sprout Social

If you’re looking for ways to strengthen your brand and have better conversations with your customers, you need to build a brand community. Brand communities rally your most loyal customers in one place, which is a massive win for any brand. Plus, these communities are fun for your audience to chat with like-minded people.

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Audiences or communities? Defining the new social media landscape

Sprout Social

The answers change as you move across platforms and through time. 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. Are you consuming or communicating?