Buffer Social

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

  That’s just one of the reasons I fell into the world of paid membership communities as a way to build a sustainable business around a social media audience. Over the past five years as a community business strategist, I’ve worked with creators of all sizes to build communities that are profitable and fulfilling.

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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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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. A whopping 47% of U.S.

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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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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. But that comes with a huge cost that not every business can pay.

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The Realtime Report

APRIL 26, 2018

You may have conducted offline focus groups or non-structured interviews as a business, so you will most likely be aware that they are used to gather opinions and responses to stimuli. In recent years the way customer feedback has been collected has moved into online qualitative market research to cut costs and speed up the process.

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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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