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Community platforms do not equal community

SocialFish

The presentation applies to any event community. We talked about the ecosystem – what your open community online actually looks like. We discussed skill sets for community building, the importance of finding small groups, and the role of champions in scaling your efforts. Building Your Tradeshow Community Online.

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50 Ways Marketers use Social Media to Improve Their Marketing

Harp Interactive

Social media isn’t always the right tool for the job. Over the last three days, I’ve spoken to four HUGE brands in America that are considering social media for one project or another, and there are many more out there working on how these tools might integrate into their business needs. Not every company needs a blog.

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Responsibility for Social Goes Beyond Content Teams

Convince & Convert

Your content team shouldn’t the only ones managing your company’s social media accounts. Brands are revisiting social media as a community-building tool, rather than a marketing platform. Pro sports is just one of many industries that struggle to connect with fans consistently via social.

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Responsibility for Social Goes Beyond Content Teams

Convince & Convert

Your content team shouldn’t be the only ones managing your company’s social media accounts. Brands are revisiting social media as a community-building tool, rather than a marketing platform. Pro sports is just one of many industries that struggle to connect with fans consistently via social.

Team 100
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Community Bootstrapping: Tools & Strategies To Build A Community.

Jason Yormark

Step 1: Hit The Big Three (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) It’s no secret that social networking is all the rage, so it doesn’t take a genius to point out that you need to start there. By far, Facebook , Twitter and Linked In are where I think most businesses should start their community building.

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What is a brand community and how to build a successful one

Sprout Social

Just because someone knows about or has purchased from your brand doesn’t mean they’re part of an engaged or even an engageable brand community. Instead, your brand community is people who follow all of your content on social media, who share your products/services and content with others, and who enjoy seeing everything your brand does.

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You Need These Roles on Your Social Media Team [Skills + Salaries]

Hootsuite

There are endless benefits to using social media for business. But social success is a lot more complex than posting occasionally on Facebook and Instagram. If you want to reap the rewards that social media marketing can offer your business, you need an all-star social media team. Are you paid enough?

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