Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Tweet Guest post as part of the virtual book tour by Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer to explore concepts from their new book Open Community : a little book of big ideas for associations navigating the social web. We come from the association industry and for many of us “membership” people, community is old hat. It’s what we do.

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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. The Internal Community Manager wears many hats. With the growing ubiquity of Enterprise 2.0

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

It is Jay Baer joined today by a very special guest, my friend who is the Director of Community and all things fabulous at BlogWorld and also the author of Online Community Management For Dummies , Ms. It really is a treasure trove of advice and best practices around community management. Deb, how are you? How are you?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 7, 2008

I’ve done a number of workshops the past few months with clients designed to do two primary things: Land a common understanding across the teams involved around what social media, communities and influencer programs really are and more importantly why it matters to a business. I wish that could be enough said.

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Sprout Social

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The results will be not only more successful utilization of the Sprout platform, but more compelling community conversations and engagements across your social channels. Rely on up-to-date experiences with social networks and community platforms. If you’re not using some of them already, take a closer look.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

As social media platforms look for ways to further prioritize video, and users seek out more ephemeral, bite-sized content, marketers have an opportunity to incorporate quick videos into their strategies in cost-effective, creative, and powerful ways. 2 Growth of private communities and tight-knit tribes. Source: Facebook Groups.

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Trends Social Media Instagram Platform 183

Convince & Convert

JUNE 29, 2017

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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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 29, 2015

Maddie is a culture change consultant and digital strategist who is recognized for her authority on productive workplaces and communities, and co-author of the new book, When Millennials Take Over. shonali you can find lurkers through web analytics and community platform metrics, but also simply by asking once in a while!

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Many blogs attempt to build a community, but few succeed. However, if you want your blog to be the hub of a major community, then you need to develop a strong sense of community. However, if you want your blog to be the hub of a major community, then you need to develop a strong sense of community.

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 17, 2009

It’s about the strategies and methods to incorporate in your communities and social spaces to facilitate mutually beneficial conversations. Be Everywhere The first step that any business needs to take is establishing themselves as a company that embraces community. In other words, a community platform that lives on your site.

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Conversation Strategy Community Platforms RSS 195

SocialFish

JANUARY 11, 2011

We have some great stuff in the works, including a new Open Community case study series by Deirdre Reid , and an interview series where we’ll be talking to several top association CEO’s about the ideas in our little book. Community Management Resources. Community platforms do not equal community.

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Adam Cohen

JUNE 30, 2011

To that end, the first major step in our journey was the launch of EMC|ONE – An internal community platform for our global employees. We’re proud to share that the EMC|ONE community consists of over 30k active members while our overall employee population is around 48k. LD: Openness and transparency are key.

Social Media 177

Social Media Collaboration Communities Community Platforms 177

Sprout Social

AUGUST 12, 2020

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.

Communities 143

Communities Brands How To Forums 143

The Realtime Report

APRIL 26, 2018

Research is conducted using community platforms or on a one-to-one basis. This is as much a reflection on how modern consumers are using and integrating new technology into their lives as it is about methodology. Most businesses are unsure of how to make the most of such methods.

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SocialFish

APRIL 1, 2011

8 Signs You Have Outgrown Your Online Community Platform (Socious Member Engagement Blog). The Social Website: Integrating Social Media Into Your Website (Community Organizer 2.0). How to Craft the Perfect Quora Answer (Logic + Emotion). Ecosystems. Your Association: The Living Organism (MidCourse Corrections).

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Sysomos Vimeo Social CRM Analysis 162

Convince & Convert

JUNE 29, 2017

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.

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Team Content Sports Consultant 96

Harp Interactive

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Build community platforms around real communities of shared interest. Start a community group on Facebook or Ning or MySpace or LinkedIn around the space where your customer does business. Consider the value of hiring a community manager. Check out Twitter as a way to show a company’s personality.

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Adam Cohen

JUNE 30, 2011

To that end, the first major step in our journey was the launch of EMC|ONE – An internal community platform for our global employees. We’re proud to share that the EMC|ONE community consists of over 30k active members while our overall employee population is around 48k. LD: Openness and transparency are key.

Social Media 100

Social Media Collaboration Communities Community Platforms 100

SocialFish

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Offline-to-Online-to-Offline: Lessons Learned in Building a Custom Community Platform (Frogloop). (Scott Brinker). How To Be The Jack Bauer Of Your Company (Adam Singer). Under Construction (Acronym). We Don’t Ask ‘Why’ Enough (Beth Harte). Olivier Blanchard).

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Social CRM Analysis Construction Foursquare 165

Proactive Report

JUNE 5, 2011

According to a Hypatia Research report, “Benchmarking Social Community Platform Investments & ROI,&# only 40% of companies measure social media performance on a quarterly or annual basis, while almost 13% or the organizations surveyed do not measure ROI from social media at all, and another 18% said they do so only on an ad hoc basis.

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ROI Social Media Metrics Survey 82

Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 26, 2010

The developers are often the most active members of their respective communities and they’re using their own software day after day in the course of doing their jobs. Common Ground – you become a member of the community instead of the guy behind the curtain making changes willy-nilly. Notice anything?

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Gov 2.0 Tools Wiki Sharepoint 117

Tweaklibrary

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Let gamers chat across various gaming platforms. Facilitates the integration of community platforms. is an open-source project, with a large community of contributors, which means it’s constantly improving. Provides easy customization like filtering, sorting, etc. Provides undo functionality if it triggers issues.

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ProBlogger

MAY 8, 2012

Back in July 2011, I started doing monthly live training events for participants in my membership community, which I record. Use it as part of the content for members of a member community platform. Then, I began editing down short excerpts from those hour-long events and using them as blog posts. Get interviewed.

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Jeff Esposito

JUNE 3, 2011

Facebook is the hotness that many are using as their community platform to build out oodles of fans (Twitter and LinkedIn are doing this to a lesser extent). Who owns your brand’s social media data? Every company is looking into the social game in one way shape or form nowadays.

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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. This is because CNN has mastered the art of sending updates about any news that comes across their desk.

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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. This is because CNN has mastered the art of sending updates about any news that comes across their desk.

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Foursquare News WordPress CoTweet 40

Buffer Social

JULY 27, 2023

Improve your content through analytics and community feedback Last but not least, let your audience power your content. By actively participating in these communities, you can tap into a rich source of ideas directly inspired by your audience.

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Content How To Guidelines Research 76

Mindjumpers

AUGUST 11, 2010

Word of mouth marketing has found a strong partner in social media which further emphasizes more personal and relevant relations with clients, prospects, brand advocates and communities. Next to the use of social network sites you can also use proprietary community platforms.

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Marketing Module Forums Social Networking 171

Sprout Social

AUGUST 2, 2022

As platforms and the preferences of those using them change, so too should our working definition. Are you consuming or communicating? In the social media world, there’s a lot of talk about audiences and communities. Now think of a community, like a small town. If people stop playing their parts, the community stagnates.

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Communities Social Media Community Platforms Platform 108

Hootsuite

OCTOBER 23, 2023

This team could include a content creator filming aspirational lifestyle content, a paid ads specialist running campaigns on Facebook and Instagram, a community manager engaging with your audience, and a social media manager coordinating your overall social strategy. What your specific social media team does can vary wildly.

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Skills Team Social Media HootSuite 84

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

I have actually heard this exact sentiment from several companies and agencies recently, wondering whether they should increase their Facebook efforts because the size of the member community is just so overwhelming. If your community is there, then you should be too, and the question is really rhetorical, isn’t it?

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

I have actually heard this exact sentiment from several companies and agencies recently, wondering whether they should increase their Facebook efforts because the size of the member community is just so overwhelming. If your community is there, then you should be too, and the question is really rhetorical, isn’t it?

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