Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Tweet Threadless – everyone’s favorite T-shirt purveyor and example of crowdsourcing and customer community success – recently published a terrific 10th anniversary book that combines company history with dozens of its best designs. Like we do our forum on Threadless.com , our Twitter account , etc.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 7, 2012

Crowdsourcing, when done properly, can play a pivotal role with your content marketing. Below are five ways crowdsourcing is impacting the future of content marketing: Crowdsourcing speeds up the content creation process (and frees you up). Crowdsourcing gets your customers & potential customers involved.

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Net-Savvy Executive

APRIL 26, 2011

Conferences and Meetups Back in 2007, I followed the back-channel conversation at the NewComm Forum using Internet Relay Chat ( IRC ). Not much) official communication. It's interesting to see that NWS is experimenting with crowdsourcing storm reports via Twitter. I won't say that Twitter is only good for events.

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Laurel Papworth

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Episode 2 of monetizing online communities looks at donations – an overlooked revenue stream and the social media tools that enable donations online. Currency has no inherent value itself – only what we, the community, say it’s worth. Ripple Effect diagram showing that social media works opposite to traditional media.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 29, 2017

That’s where the conversation and community is happening and it’s something you can easily create for your blog. Here’s how you can move to where the conversation is and develop community for your blog in 5 different ways with Facebook groups. Create a Support/Community Group for your Readers. Groups for Reader Feedback.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Your Guide to the Crowdsourced Workforce. Crowdsourcing, a term coined by Jeff Howe in a June 2006 issue of Wired magazine, is a model of labor that has been fully embraced on the Internet over the past couple of years. One of the most well-developed areas of crowdsourcing services on the Internet is graphic design. 22 Comments.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 11, 2008

Much of this stuff is standard across any kind of online community, and I don’t claim to be very original in any of this. Find out how they like to communicate - do they prefer email, discussion forums, or are they happy getting their hands dirty with a wiki? However, for what it’s worth, here are my thoughts: 1.

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ProBlogger

MAY 1, 2014

This is a guest contribution from Kerry Jones of CopyPress Community. Interactive/Crowdsourced. Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ can all be used as public interview forums. Use social media to crowdsource questions or host a live Q & A session with the interviewee. What do you think makes a compelling interview?

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Convince & Convert

MAY 5, 2010

This 40-something Florida Mom found herself undergoing several simultaneous life shifts, and realized that products and the communication about them didn’t resonate with her any longer. “If we’re going to counsel clients on the role of community, and its ability to garner insights, we need to be able to walk the walk.&#

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Laurel Papworth

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

How does one build a community that will give money to a project? Kickstarter is an online community where you put up your project that you need funding, in this case to make a new dock for the iPhone. The community then decides to put money in, if the project is worth it. So I could trial the idea with the community.

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

From responding to questions and comments to crowdsourcing content ideas, the benefits of an active channel can’t be overstated. Cultivating community is crucial for your channel’s long-term growth. Your channel needs examples of positive interactions between you and your community to nurture views and build loyalty.

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Social Media Strategery

JUNE 21, 2009

Enable open and transparent communication! Crowdsource white papers and presentations! implementations of blogs, wikis, or forums not living up to the expectations of the technology? These are risks that many aren’t willing to take, but the community manager needs to be empowered to do so on behalf of the community.

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The Way of the Web

MARCH 15, 2011

We’re getting a reasonable amount of people checking out the site regularly, more and more people are registering and posting in the forum , the Facebook page has got 34 Likes so far, and the Twitter account has 25 followers. And it’s continuing to grow. Maybe it’ll become massive in terms of size, or value.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 10, 2010

So many of his points fit neatly into sound bites, that it seemed a natural – and relevant – forum for a conversation. I crowdsourced the design using Crowd Spring, and selected Tzeyee and her design over dozens of other contenders. Also, thank you to the supremely talented Tzeyee Goh, who designed this eBook.

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Writtent Blog

JULY 24, 2013

crowdsourced articles with quotes from experts on a specific subject. The great thing about interviews and crowdsourced articles is that the featured experts will often link to the post and do a lot of promotion for you, helping you get even more traffic, links, and exposure. Create content for a specific community.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 6, 2008

Professional Community. Communities. Knowledge Management Community Home Blogs Groups Wiki. Over the last five months it has been an incredibly boost of my own productivity, that of my team(s), the communities I belong to, and the company as a whole. Yes, indeed, what some folks would call crowdsourcing!

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Sprout Social

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

The popular crowdsource graphic design site 99Designs was actually started because the company’s founder Matt Mickiewicz listened to his audience. Prior to launching 99Designs, Mickiewicz ran a forum for developers called SitePoint. Plus, consumers appreciate it when brands listen to them and show they value their opinions.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 5, 2012

We’ll skip stuff like forum profiles and social media bookmarking. You may also find other communities that have linked to your competitors: relevant sites, resource pages, etc. Utilize “crowdsourced” posts. The links we’re going after are going to be powerful and actually send us traffic.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

In the freewheeling, egalitarian, crowdsourced world of the internet we are accustomed to, and actually feel entitled to get music, art and books for free. This post didn’t seem to fit with your ethos, but it did prompt me to buy “the new community rules&# on kindle. It happens in religious communities too.

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Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 6, 2011

It takes a community to build a community. So much of building a community requires understanding people and engaging with them. Now you may wonder, “ How do we build a community? Senior Analyst at Forrester ( @TomGrantForr ) “You don’t build a community. According to Tom Grant , Ph.D, You expand it.”

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 16, 2010

5 Ways That Sales People Can Benefit From Using Social Media by OPEN Forum. Top 10 Social Media “Power Friending&# Tips by OPEN Forum. You need help from the power users in that community. Here he outlines five ways that sales can use these tools as well, from social CRM to teaching prospects how to solve business issues.

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Hootsuite

MARCH 31, 2020

Community manager. A community manager is a social media professional who nurtures relationships among a group of social media users so that the community acts on behalf of the common interest. Community managers help develop professional and brand-focused social relationships by monitoring and engaging with fans and followers.

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