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The Future of Community Management

Ignite Social Media

The role of a CM, as we know it today, really started in 2005 , when the role was akin to “The Forum Moderator.” So, it’s no surprise that a roster of amorphous responsibilities led to the expansion of the CM discipline – and thus, CM teams were born and are now the norm. That people-first mentality seeps into everything a CM does.

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The Many Roles of an Internal Community Manager

Social Media Strategery

Along with this realization has come greater demand for people to handle things like user adoption, marketing, and community management – we’re witnessing the rise of the internal community manager. The Internal Community Manager wears many hats. The same thing happens in an online community.

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Dear IT Guy, Can You Actually Use the Tool You're Creating.

Social Media Strategery

Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Out of everyone, shouldn’t the development team, at least, be the biggest advocates of the very software they’re implementing? The team responsible for increasing awareness of your Enterprise 2.0 platform haven’t even created profiles of themselves.

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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. Lots of diverse versions of this.