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A Tale of Two Communities Part II – Salesforce.com

SocialFish

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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The Five Reasons Why Most Facebook Brand Pages Aren’t True Communities

Convince & Convert

What are the defining characteristics of a community? To get to this point, it becomes necessary to define what a community is. According to dictionary.com, a community is. According to dictionary.com, a community is. As community managers, it’s our job to manage a brand’s online (and offline) presence.

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What's your social currency?

Akamai Marketing

The reason millions of people use these platforms is because they want to engage with PEOPLE. Now hear this: No one ever joined Facebook or Twitter so they could follow a brand or a company. What you give your community, otherwise, seriously, why should they care? What makes your company interesting to them?

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How to Measure Social Media Success for Your Small Business

yMarketingMatters

With social media marketing, you can undeniably grow your audience, gain visibility and exposure for your company/products/services, provide outstanding customer service, and – yes – generate business and increase sales. Community Growth & Sustainability. Engagement, Shares, Comments. Engagement, Shares, Comments.

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The Social Media Analytics Compass: What and How to Measure

Razor Social

Reach and Engagement. How much of your audience are you reaching and how much are engaging with your content? Reach without engagement is still important because a lot of people pay attention to your content but don’t respond to it. For some companies traffic is enough. Are you getting engagement on your questions?

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Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late. : Community Group Therapy

Buzz Marketing for Technology

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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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

49% of monthly Twitter users follow brands or companies, compared to just 16% of social network users overall. Brand Interaction is a Major Part of Life on Twitter In addition to following brands, Twitter users research and engage with companies. 42% learn about products and services via Twitter. 19% seek customer support.