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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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Blogs, Message Boards and Social Networks Now Daily Destinations for Many Women

Proactive Report

Social media is playing an increasingly important role in the everyday lives of Americans, particularly when it comes to getting advice on consumer products with many consulting blogs or message boards before making purchases. So don’t discount the sometimes considered old-hat message boards and forums. .

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How (and Why) to Map Your Company’s Digital Landscape

Webbiquity SMM

The next step is to identify the influential voices in your community that you’ll want to reach out to, connect with, and begin building relationships with. These are the journalists, bloggers, analysts (industry or financial) and others who can help amplify your content, spread your story, and lend credibility to your messages.

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Visibility is More About Social Than Search

Proactive Report

Google is severely penalizing sites that are buying links or are invested in private blog networks. Sites that have dominated search in the recent past are being penalized or de-indexed, going from the first page to page twenty or being removed completely, stripping many eCommerce sites of revenue. It’s worth it!

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Are You Keeping People Connected With Your Brand and Each Other?

Convince & Convert

The Weight Watchers site features a Community section with message boards for support, etc. Social Pros Podcast brand communities content marketing customer service digital marketing integrated marketing social media Social Media Marketing Social Pros wearable computing'

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US Women Are Following Brands & Stores

Proactive Report

It’s no surprise that women dominate most social networks and news sites. The top purchase influences for women are: Consumer reviews on shopping sites 61%. 36% follow a food/beverage brand. 32% follow a health/beauty brand. 25% follow a household product brand. 19% who follow a superstore via social media. . Blogs 33%.

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50 of the Most Dependable Web Resources for University Students | Educhoices.org

Buzz Marketing for Technology

The site has encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, maps, calculators, converters, quotes, a fact checker and much more. Virtual Reference Shelf - This site features select web resources compiled by the Library of Congress. It is the perfect site for anyone who wants free and unlimited access to great books online.

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