(*reposted from my personal blog http://www.louisjvr.com)
The term online community is something that’s thrown around a lot these days… and legitimately so.
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(*reposted from my personal blog http://www.louisjvr.com)
The term online community is something that’s thrown around a lot these days… and legitimately so.
A recommended read courtesy of RWW’s recent post on “Community Building 101 for the Bootstrapped Startup“.
RWW follows the stellar growth of Tip’d – a four month old financial news site – and what they’ve done to cultivate their web community. Read Further
I was reading a post from a well-known analyst firm, Gartner, and their 7 characteristics of a well defined social application “purpose” (courtesy: Communityserver.com).
In short, these characteristics – which you can view –>HERE – highlights having a solid purpose and focus when launching a social media campaign. Read Further
How awesome is this !?
Now I can help Fox Searchlight pictures to choose the best poster for their latest movie release (500) Days of Summer.
Talk about generating buzz and building a community around a brand; now I’ll definitely make sure to watch this movie and bragging about it with my friends (if my poster gets chosen that is
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I stumbled accross this great piece of insight provided by David Veneski, a marketing manager at Intel, who said that one of the requirements of his marketing efforts was to NOT link to Intel.com.
Wham! Thank you David. Exactly what I was preaching to a client the other day.
Well-known web analyst, Jeremiah Owyang adds that rather than try to join a community then pull them away, the marketing efforts of Intel was focused on to join communities and staying there – likely where the trust is highest. Read Further
In order to create and grow a profitable website hard work, dedication and sincerity needs to be the order of the day.
So, if you have a web presence with a community of visitors, how often do you interact with them? How often do compliment them? If you’re not doing this on a day-to-day basis – you are not doing your job.
Here are a few compliments that Community Strategist, Angela Connor, did just the other day Read Further