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5 Tips for Turning Your Social Media Following Into a Paid Membership Community

Buffer Social

  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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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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Beyond integrations, Sprout’s focus on partnership adds value for our customers

Sprout Social

The results will be not only more successful utilization of the Sprout platform, but more compelling community conversations and engagements across your social channels. Monitor for five star service with a host of review platforms. Rely on up-to-date experiences with social networks and community platforms.

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Dear IT Guy, Can You Actually Use the Tool You're Creating.

Social Media Strategery

Do the folks at WordPress use Blogger to host their personal blogs? 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. Do the IT guys developing Windows 7 use Macs? Notice anything?

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5 Unexpected Benefits of Adding Podcasts to Your Blog

ProBlogger

Back in July 2011, I started doing monthly live training events for participants in my membership community, which I record. Since hosting them on my podcasts, I have appeared on the blogs of many of my podcast guests including Renegade Writer Linda Formichelli and Successful Blogging’s Annabel Candy. Get interviewed.

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3 Ways Facebook is Killing Your Website | Social Media Marketing.

Convince & Convert

Facebook, of course. 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. Facebook, of course | @jaybaer [link] > Is the website dead? Who killed the website?

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RIP 3 Ways Facebook is Killing Your Website

Convince & Convert

Facebook, of course. 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. Facebook, of course | @jaybaer [link] > Is the website dead? Who killed the website?

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