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Above is our online community strategy which takes you through the five elements of online community strategy which include: Business Goals, Social Media Landscape, Member Needs Analysis, Member Engagment Plan and Metrics/ROI.



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If you are considering launching an online community one of the first things to determine is what type of online community will you be? Vanessa DiMauro outlines 3 types of online communities ranging from Information Dissemination to Professional Collaboration communities. The smaller the community, the more it will have a membership…

Sure, you might have a mega brand or the coolest niche community, but why are 90% of your online community members lurking and should you care?



So, if 90% of your community members lurk should you care? In my opinion, no you shouldn't care. The good news is that it isn't you. It just naturally happens in online communities just as it does at a cocktail party. Researcher Jakob Nielsen calls this “…

Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, urged graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life's setbacks -- including death itself -- at the university's 114th Commencement on June 12, 2005.

What are your learnings from this speech as leaders, individuals or parents? Are you able to connect the dots in all aspects of your life, have you found what…

The School Improvement Network’s PD 360 Raises Student Achievement by 11.3 Percent…

Don't create content for…

I'm a huge fan of Richard Millington and all the brilliant yet simple wisdom he offers the world of online communities or social networks. He recently presented at the CSN Conference last week in Amsterdam. I have embeded his slides below but you should also check out his site at www.feverbee.com.

So much boils down to passion, simplicity, and all things that should come naturally if your business goals are…

Does your organization have epic email strings or knowledge that is lost in documents and files on desktops? If so, you are not unlike any other organization out there. So the question is, what does that cost you? What is the value of that lost information? Chances are good that you'd have a hard time putting a number on it. Fortunately, IDC Research and Gartner have some ideas and here is what they found:

Knowledge workers waste 25% of their time searching or10…

1. Quality, up to date content
2. Clear objective value
3. Strong moderation and facilitation

On average, 8 out of 10 people will read headline copy, but only 2 out of 10 will read the…

We recently helped a local nonprofit, The Center for Wildllife, launch a successful social media campaign in two weeks.…

Here are some ideas for contests in your own community... encourage engagement and just have some fun!

• Photo Contest: photos from an event or something related to your community.
• Video Contest: a quick (90 sec) video sharing a tip. Great way to gather quality consumer generated content and it gets the…

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Blog vs Forum vs Facebook vs Branded Online Community:…