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What A Dog’s Cancer Taught Me About Community

Waxing UnLyrical

I tell you all this not to make excuses for being away, but because part of being in a community means we share what’s going on. Through Facebook. This is not an ode to Facebook. We are a community. But many of us have connected on other networks and platforms, which is how I know the community is alive and kicking.

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Content Marketing and Social Media: 25 Insights and Stats from Three Research Reports

Webbiquity SMM

And lead gen campaigns on Facebook and Instagram are 10X more expensive than brand awareness advertising. Per the report, “Social media and community building (17.8%) overtook blogs (14.7%) as the most popular type of content marketing.” Affiliate sales support independent publishing.

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Monday Roundup: Celebrating Your Community

Waxing UnLyrical

.” Talk about a religious celebration that’s gone mainstream… and one that engenders a feeling of community among those who celebrate the day. How to Build Creativity and Self-Expression with Your Community. Monday Roundup: Celebrating Your Community is a post from: Shonali Burke Consulting, Inc.

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Monday Roundup: Caring Through Community

Waxing UnLyrical

How do we meaningfully build and celebrate communities? An energized community can give your cause (or campaign) just the right amount fuel to make a difference, no matter how large or small it is. But when done right, community building efforts don’t just pay off for your community, but for your organization as well.

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Open Community Case Study – GoPlow

SocialFish

This post is part of our regular series of Open Community case studies, in which intrepid association blogger and freelance writer Deirdre Reid will be digging into associations (and other kinds of organizations when relevant) who are living and breathing their open communities in the ways we describe in the book. Community: GoPlow.

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Content Marketing: Without Community, It’s Only Half the Equation

Waxing UnLyrical

Then you started distributing said content through Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest… maybe other platforms as well. You may have created great content, and you may have a good distribution plan, but shares and engagement are unlikely to come unless you have also focused on community building. ” Aaaahhh!!! Twitter chats).

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6 Rules of Thumb for Successful Brand Publishing

Waxing UnLyrical

The Internet has made brand publishing ubiquitous. In the words of Mark Ragan , CEO of Ragan Communications, “If we tell our stories the right way, we have the ability to become legitimate publishers in our own right.”. And in today’s hyper connected world, everyone’s a publisher. But how do they do this effectively?