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. Read Part 1 here. See [link] for a quick overview.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 19, 2012

Maintaining traditional channels like phone, email and live chat support are a must—but a solid support community can cut that burden drastically, saving you time and money. You have the opportunity to build a library of content populated largely by your own customers. But good communities are more than support channels.

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Buffer Social

AUGUST 2, 2017

Facebook has recently launched Groups for Pages, enabling the 70 million+ Pages on Facebook to create their own unique communities and feeds. Facebook Groups are the place to connect with other like-minded people and are becoming increasingly important for brands and businesses aiming to cultivate a community. Let’s get started!

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Later

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

7 Social Media Campaign Ideas to Inspire Your Strategy in 2021: Knix ’s Community-building. 1: Knix’s Community-building Campaign. Apparel brand Knix tapped into the power of community for their Swim 2020 social media campaign. Play Digital’s Bathtub Challenge. Nike’s “Dream Crazy” Video. Spotify via. TechCrunch.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 4, 2014

It’s a landslide: Community creates results. The Harlem Shake depended on community. User-generated content is far better at creating that community. Long ago, before the rise of e-commerce, the question of how to reach users was more difficult because of the barriers to access. Holistic media and commerce.

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Mindjumpers

DECEMBER 9, 2010

The company has been around for 109 years and is loved by people all over the world – no doubt the company is “liked” on Facebook too. Since August 2009, Disney started posting regularly on Facebook and their community grew wide. It’s in human’s nature to be part of communities – so let them be a part.

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Buffer Social

JANUARY 18, 2023

These tools encompass everything from the social platforms you choose to build your presence on to the community-building app where you engage with your audience. How it helps : This tool helps you discover what questions your audience is asking which makes for easy content ideas. ChatGPT Price : Free (for now).

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 13, 2015

It’s no small secret your online community and your loyal customers within are your company’s greatest asset. While a customer may be happy with their one-time experience with your brand, what’s going to make them a lifelong community member? Give your online community a nickname that’s exclusive amongst your group members.

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Webbiquity SMM

APRIL 13, 2021

There are reasons to question its long-term staying power. But as the example of Apple shows, there are also reason to question those reasons. The company is currently “in talks to raise funding from investors in a round valuing the business at about $4 billion,” according to Bloomberg. Is it worth it?

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agora pulse

JULY 17, 2020

When you manage social media for your clients or company, you’re in charge of more than just creating content, overseeing engagement, and guiding strategy. Creating a community. Brands that answer questions, respond to complaints, and offer personalized advice can benefit from providing stellar customer service on social media.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

AUGUST 1, 2008

Online Communities Build, manage and measure your community successfully. Clearstep is a gathering place for Online Community and Internal Collaboration practitioners to interact, share best practices, and gain access to a much wider range of perspectives on common community and collaboration issues. Remember Me.

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Oktopost

MARCH 15, 2021

It’s a lot easier to make inroads with fun, uplifting, community-building content. Create Community. You can’t force genuine communities to form around your brand and products, but there’s a lot you can do to encourage it. You have to foster dedicated communities based on value and trust.

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agora pulse

JULY 23, 2020

For a company to ask one of its team members to tackle this is too much if they’re in any other role in that company. Unfortunately, social media management often is something that a company with a limited budget often relegates to an intern for a low cost. So, how does a company choose the right one?

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agora pulse

JANUARY 30, 2021

Use live video for community building. And according to Jeff Sieh and Ian Anderson Gray, video builds a trust factor that, in turn, helps to build an audience without borders. From within a company or brand, it’s easy to lose sight of how the company actually comes across. Need inspiration?

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Dietrich considers building this type of brand affinity to be a skill built over time. The ability to activate on social is a critical muscle that companies need to exercise, even in times of economic pressure,” says Dietrich. Here are some questions to consider as you dig for competitive intel.

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Hootsuite

JUNE 27, 2022

While other social platforms are oriented around one central community, Discord is divided into servers or many smaller communities. You can join a big community for people who share a common interest or start a smaller private server for a group of friends. Build community. Servers can be public or private spaces.

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Buffer Social

MAY 25, 2023

Josh earned his founder title with Referral Rock , a software company that eases the process of collecting referrals. “As I interact with other entrepreneurs, the questions that naturally arise feed into [my content], and after being asked the same question several times, I'll compile my responses into notes.

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Later

AUGUST 25, 2021

In the following post, we’re sharing the key to successful offline-to-online marketing — as well as five tried-and-tested strategies you can use to build your take your community online. a company website, or Instagram account). What is Offline-to-online Marketing? . 3: Go Live With Your Audience.

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Sprout Social

APRIL 15, 2020

How would you feel if a company sent a sales pitch your way right now? as a company, our end goal will always be selling product, but rather than promoting ads overtly crafted to sell during this crisis, we are committed to: 1.) Our baristas are the face of our company, without them we are nothing. Any amount helps!

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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 7, 2015

What’s the secret to building a thriving community on Instagram? It’s not exactly an easy question to answer. They don’t realize the work that goes into building a following of more than 50,000 people and engagement on every post. Cleaning Company: “Double tap if you hate cleaning on the weekends.”

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Sprout Social

JULY 28, 2022

Here are the methods I use to generate fresh content ideas that support Sprout’s social media video strategy and company-wide goals. For example, when we launched the Sprout Community Hub , many of our teams came together to create the announcement video. Build a content equation. View this post on Instagram. Pre-plan videos.

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Sprout Social

JULY 19, 2022

That’s the question frustrating social media marketers today. According to 72% of our LinkedIn community , hashtagging impacts the overall performance of social media content. The term was first used in 1971 when telecommunications companies introduced the # symbol to the touch-tone dialing keypad. To hashtag or not to hashtag?

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 12, 2022

Gymshark, Threadless and Casper are shining examples of brands that flourished thanks to community-building and word of mouth. Companies with plenty of positive buzz and frequent social mentions grow rapidly in the age of social media. Good question! Amazing company. James pic.twitter.com/wVEGK0fz9v.

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SocialFish

JANUARY 21, 2011

This is a guest post by Rich Feinstein , CEO extraordinaire at CommPartners , a company that provides webinar, e-learning and virtual conferencing services. So this begs the question, how can we make the webinar a more valuable educational option? Create a community of webinar participants. Provide unique benefits to this group.

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Pixlee

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Editor’s Note: Community is everything to us at Pixlee. We’re thrilled to welcome our community of #PixleePros in our latest series “Send Tweet: Insights From the #PixleePros.” Chantelle Marcelle is an experienced marketer who has worked with a variety of agencies and companies of all sizes, primarily with a focus on technology.

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Pixlee

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Editor’s Note: Community is everything to us at Pixlee. We’re thrilled to welcome our community of #PixleePros in our latest series “Send Tweet: Insights From the #PixleePros.” Chantelle Marcelle is an experienced marketer who has worked with a variety of agencies and companies of all sizes, primarily with a focus on technology.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 23, 2019

There are plenty of marketing tactics that companies use to improve brand loyalty, including providing stellar customer service, rewards programs, having a strong brand story, community building and more. Let’s go in-depth on some of the best ways to build brand loyalty that lasts. Build a community.

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Buffer Social

DECEMBER 12, 2023

7 creators on the systems that support their content creation I’ve interviewed several creators for our Creators Unlocked and Social Proof series, and a question I always ask is: what systems allow you to do what you do? These goals may include growth, nurturing and community building, income diversification, and analyzing her impact.

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Jeff Esposito

MARCH 25, 2013

This post originally ran on the Community Roundtable. . If you read business publications, blogs or websites to any extent, you have probably heard about community management. Next to social media management, community management might be the hottest buzzword or buzzcareerpath (I think we just made up a new buzzword).

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agora pulse

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Want to find answers to all your social media questions in one book? Community Building and Customer Research Books. Want to get to know your audience and grow your social media community? Brand Experiences: Building Connections in a Digitally Cluttered World | Steve Randazzo. Check out these books: 17.

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Buffer Social

APRIL 3, 2023

Before I became a solopreneur, I worked for a social media software company directly with the social media teams of Fortune 500 companies like ESPN and L'Oreal. I was always too busy working to start my own social media, but it was a recurring question. ” – but that's the wrong question.

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Later

AUGUST 10, 2020

Whether you want to strengthen your community, build brand awareness, or even make e-commerce sales, there’s an Instagram feature to help you achieve your goals. Not only can brands build thriving communities on Instagram, they can now showcase their inventory in “ Shops ,” and process transactions directly within the app.

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agora pulse

APRIL 4, 2019

Once, I worked for a company that ran a big social media campaign about how its product was made. Offer the value of your post then ask a question. ” Questions can make people want to respond, generating social proof, more reach and stronger relationships. “What do you think?”

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Oktopost

DECEMBER 18, 2023

B2B marketing leaders plan to spend 30% of their budgets on brand building , and community management is a vital part of that. An engaged community can amplify your content reach, boost customer loyalty, reduce churn rates, and even draw new leads to your brand. Jump ahead: What is Community Management Software?

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Later

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

There’s no question that social media is an absolute must for every business that wants to remain relevant and visible in today’s busy online world. For example, Instagram is a major destination for social commerce, whereas Facebook is best for community-building, and Pinterest for inspiration and brand affinity.

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Later

JUNE 26, 2020

Facebook Groups are an effective way to create a community, drive engagement, and improve customer relations for your brand or business. While Facebook Pages can sometimes feel like a one-way channel for brands to share updates, Facebook Groups are a space for users to connect and communicate with like-minded people about shared interests.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 5, 2010

Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Thomas for five days.

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