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Community Bootstrapping: Tools & Strategies To Build A Community.

Jason Yormark

Step 2: Build Your Home Base I have practically made a living utilizing open source software to fulfill all my web needs. They have hosted and self-hosted solutions depending on your needs. Self hosting will give you the flexibility of doing what YOU want, and completely branding the experience with your brand.

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Social Media Marketing Without Brand Awareness Can Kill You.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Such was the case for this Digg story , which compared multiple web hosting companies and watched as these hosts handled the traffic spikes that resulted from the Digg effect. Note how I bolded a specific term: web hosting. In web hosting, there are hundreds of different forums and sites. Even I could have looked further.

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Facebook vs Twitter (A Comparison)

The Marketing Blog

The only other place where Facebook scores over Twitter is on the Disqus platform but there also it is a close fight b/w the two. Reasons could be many e.g. ‘Facebook’ being a closed platform the community considers it as a friend focussed channel. Theme: Pressrow.

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4 WordPress Alternatives: the What, Where, and Why

ProBlogger

As bloggers, we’re all familiar with WordPress, whether as a self-hosted setup, or via WordPress.com. moving hosts. Disqus integration for commenting. However, if your host doesn’t support it or you’re not able to do it yourself, then this may not be the best option for you. Well, that’s perfectly fine. Is it for you?

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Gov 2.0 – We Need to Get Past the Honeymoon Stage of Our Relationship

Social Media Strategery

You’re also right on about open source software – it’s not always the answer. You’re also right on about open source software – it’s not always the answer. So let’s help them get there. Let’s help identify what’s wrong with them and tell them. The Whole. :

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The Audacity of Free: The Products and Services Edition

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

At the end of the day, contrary to seemingly popular belief, the hosts aren’t the only ones pocketing the money. The person who tweeted at me last week about this was especially into open source for her own reasons, so all of the sudden, this meant that I should have given her a freebie. That’s the big question.

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