Ignite Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Over 1 billion people use Facebook Groups, engaging in more personal or niche communities related to their interests. As Groups continue to grow, Facebook looks to identify ways in which brands can tap into these passionate communities to further drive advocacy and business goals. How It Works.

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Buffer Social

AUGUST 30, 2023

Both creators and marketers alike are tapping into the power of fostering communities — and with good reason. We asked both online community experts and community-building creators to share their expertise, so you can tap into this powerful approach. What is a community? So how do you do it? And is it worth it?

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Ari Herzog

MAY 30, 2018

By contrast, larger and older services such as Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat only allow people who have accounts to message each other. It’s not possible for a Facebook user to message a Twitter user. Meet Mastodon. Mashable applauded privacy controls and community standards. PC Magazine created a FAQ.

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Bill Hartzer

APRIL 21, 2020

Facebook is giving away $100 million dollars of grant to 30,000 small businesses that have been affected by Coronavirus and COVID-19. The Facebook Small Business Grants Program, this week, is beginning to accept applications from small businesses located in New York City, Seattle, the San Francisco Bay Area, and in other cities.

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Jon Loomer

MARCH 30, 2020

Webinars, Facebook Live, team meetings, social events, and consultations. METHOD: Facebook Live to a private Facebook group using Ecamm Live. The Power Hitters Club is my exclusive private membership community. Live Interviews on My Facebook Page. METHOD: Facebook Live to my Facebook Page using BeLive.

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Buffer Social

JANUARY 5, 2022

You probably already know the value of building a community behind your brand: more powerful word of mouth, stronger customer retention, better organic growth. If the cheapest customer is always your existing one, the easiest community to build is the one you already have. Here’s my advice for doing it right.

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Firebelly

JULY 24, 2013

David Spinks – Community Man. To say that David Spinks loves community is an understatement. He’s all about community – and he’s got a track record that proves it. His other enterprises include BlogDash and The Community Manager where he still actively writes. Can every company grow and maintain community?

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 11, 2016

Community member Amanda Roe also had this to say: @shonali A3:always include competitive comparison; align w/co’s goals & how relationships positively impact sales. Founder and publisher of Waxing UnLyrical, Shonali Burke helps smart businesses make bank by taking their communications from corporate codswallop to community cool™.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

They started streaming as a Facebook Live show at the same time as the linear broadcast. Specifically, would women of color be interested in a dedicated social community? To solve for this need, OWN recently launched The Know: An OWN Community. The Know: An OWN Community. How can you meet them there? Source: Magna.

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Ari Herzog

AUGUST 22, 2013

I spent four wonderful years self-employed as a digital marketing trainer, consultant, and community manager. I taught MBA students and small business owners everything from Facebook marketing to email marketing. I logged onto Facebook less. I am saying goodbye to the digital life and hello to community affairs.

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Jon Loomer

APRIL 27, 2017

While my focus has and will continue to be on Facebook ads, I have plenty to share about what I’ve learned while building my business.]. In particular, I struggle with launching a product for my entrepreneur community because it’s brand new for me. Do I have enough interest to launch a community for entrepreneurs?

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 16, 2015

.” Talk about a religious celebration that’s gone mainstream… and one that engenders a feeling of community among those who celebrate the day. How to Build Creativity and Self-Expression with Your Community. Why: “Attention is an opportunity to give value and meet commitments to customers and community alike.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 29, 2021

As the widest-reaching social network around, Facebook boasts nearly 2.8 But given the continuous changes to the Facebook algorithm and the platform’s shifting demographics, many marketers are stuck scratching their heads when it comes to their future on the platform. billion monthly active users. Can't stop, won't stop! ??

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 20, 2015

Why: Richard Barker walks you through “what you need to know about the update and the changes you need to make” in this Business 2 Community post. Monday Roundup: Meeting Google’s Mobile-Friendly Standards is a post from: Shonali Burke Consulting, Inc. How to Make Your WordPress Blog Mobile Friendly. Talk to me!

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 31, 2015

area, she loves helping for- and non-profit clients, both small and large, turn corporate codswallop into community cool™. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn Monday Roundup: the Measurati Meet #measurePR. Based in the Washington, D.C., She also loves ABBA, bacon, cooking, dogs, and Elvis. Wouldn't you like to be in her kitchen?

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Mindjumpers

AUGUST 5, 2010

5 Tips To Great Blogging » Danish CSR Initiative on Social Media Meets Criticism Posted by Jonas Klit Nielsen Aug 5th, 2010 Tweet The Danish CSR initiative called ‘ Lys i Afrika ‘ (Light in Africa) that was launched on Facebook 12 May has been met with heavy criticism. It seems more like a quick PR gimmick.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

JANUARY 12, 2023

One way Ohio State has overcome silos is by creating a social media community of practice group led by Dani’s team. These meetings aren’t about the social media team instructing their colleagues on best practices. “I Bring a warm winter coat to donate to individuals and families in need in our local community. Her solution?

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Forbes Social Media

MAY 1, 2020

Facebook users are flocking to groups pretending to be anteaters, frogs and bees. Seeking community and play, these strange Facebook groups are more practical than meet the eye. Absurd, yes? But wholesome and healthy?

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Buffer Social

AUGUST 2, 2017

Facebook has recently launched Groups for Pages, enabling the 70 million+ Pages on Facebook to create their own unique communities and feeds. And more than 100 million people see Groups as the most important part of their experience on Facebook. So how do you create a Facebook Group? Facebook Group.

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Ignite Social Media

MAY 3, 2019

This week, Facebook held its annual developers conference to announce the road map for their suite of products and platforms. The focus of the F8 announcements supported this statement and how Facebook is building a more privacy-focused social platform. You may have already noticed that your Facebook app looks different.

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 13, 2014

As of this moment in time, 9 people shared it on Facebook, 46 shared it on Twitter, 10 shared it on Google+, and 3 shared it on LinkedIn. Visit the same post on Business 2 Community and you see 8 LinkedIn shares and 87 retweets. And that’s just from my post on my blog.

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SocialFish

MARCH 30, 2011

This post is part of our regular series of Open Community case studies, in which intrepid association blogger and freelance writer Deirdre Reid will be digging into associations (and other kinds of organizations when relevant) who are living and breathing their open communities in the ways we describe in the book. Return on Attitude.

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SocialFish

MARCH 3, 2011

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. Facebook: Salesforce employs multiple Facebook profiles as well.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 29, 2024

Consumers use all of them to meet their needs for connection and consumption. However, users are also still largely turning to social media to connect with family and friends, helping Facebook maintain popularity and user engagement on LinkedIn explode. People are also using social media to learn about and purchase products.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

The post 7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Recently on ProBlogger we’ve been looking at the topic of building community on a blog. We started by identifying 9 benefits and 3 costs of community on a blog and then looked at 5 stages of building community on a blog.

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

And while anyone can use social media to post an Instagram reel or write a short Facebook photo caption, you’ll need to consistently demonstrate a special set of abilities before you can call yourself a social media expert. Focus on community engagement. Image credit: Austin Distel on Unsplash.

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Hootsuite

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Have you ever messaged a company on Facebook, only to wait so long for a response that by the time they get back to you, you forgot you contacted them in the first place? A good Facebook chatbot can answer customer questions, track packages, make product recommendations, and even close a sale any time of the day or night.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 9, 2020

Zoom, an online videoconferencing service, was serving 10m customers a day at the beginning of the year, most of them in business meetings. Now it is providing 200m people a day not just with meetings, but with Tai Chi classes and “quarantinis”. I told you how I’ve started doing Facebook Lives in my group as a way to give back.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2011

Her community outreach on behalf of Electronic Arts was amazing and her engagement with customers gives all of us lessons to live by. What’s a typical day like for you as the EA SPORTS Active Community Manager? There are a number of channels (Facebook, Twitter, forums, etc.) Here’s what I’ve learned from her.

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SocialFish

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Here’s the schedule for our Open Community Virtual Book Tour for next week. 11/22/10 – Skyline Trade Show Tips – we’ll be talking about the open community around your tradeshows. 11/08/10 — John Haydon – Five Questions about Open Community. Tags: Open Community. Thanks for reading!

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Ignite Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2016

Today, let’s examine four recently emerging social media communities. In a recent survey conducted by Facebook IQ it was found that “parents…aren’t just posting cute kid photos…[they] were more likely than non-parents…to say they use both Facebook and Instagram to stay in touch with their favorite businesses.”

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The post 7 Ways to Build a Community Around Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Last week I talked about building a community around your blog , and how it can benefit you as much as it can your readers. Well, this week I’m going to give you seven practical tips and strategies on how you can go about building that community.

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Sprout Social

JUNE 16, 2020

That’s where Facebook verification enters the picture, with a blue checkmark giving a clear distinction between an authentic Page and a Page created by fans or imposters. Getting verified on Facebook is a must for Pages and profiles that are well-known and highly searched that may also be highly susceptible to being replicated or parodied.

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SocialFish

MARCH 30, 2011

This post is part of our regular series of Open Community case studies, in which intrepid association blogger and freelance writer Deirdre Reid will be digging into associations (and other kinds of organizations when relevant) who are living and breathing their open communities in the ways we describe in the book. Return on Attitude.

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Socialized

NOVEMBER 7, 2009

Some of these are legislated, and some of them simply come from community values. My rules are based on a combination of factors, like why I am on Twitter, my personal standard of ethics, my perception of community values, and Twitter’s TOS. Rules have numerous origins. There are both moral and legal proscriptions against murder.

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Jon Loomer

JULY 29, 2019

There have been plenty of conversations recently related to the topic of ad creative and how it’s THE most critical differentiator for Facebook/Instagram account performance. If you’ve never created UGC, you just need to pull together two things: creative from your community and their reviews! 1 Prioritize User-Generated Content.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

If you’ve created neat Listly lists the WUL community and I should know about, please leave the URL(s) in your comment below! Because, when it comes to deciding whether or not I want to get to know you, work with you, have dinner with you, meet you at a conference, etc., Adding context and community. List are subjective.

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