Looking to start your online community? Need some ideas? Here are 100 to get you started. Some are personal, some are business, some are something else entirely.
- A community for entrepreneurs in Riga.
- A community for users to talk to the product development team.
- A community for residents to meet past and future occupants of their house, and share advice.
- A community for people of all religions who want fiercely moderated, intelligent, debates.
- A community for local marketing agencies to talk about billings.
- A community for Manchester United supporters under 16.
- A community for Manchester United supporters over 70.
- A community for your former employees.
- A community for prospective employees/interviewees.
- A community for teachers at your school.
- A community for Ohio farmers to arrange meetings and discuss trade agreements.
- A community for major industry players to agree standards.
- A community for lottery winners.
- A community for residents in your building.
- A community for your family members.
- A community for people that have visited every country.
- A community for space tourists.
- A community for women’s magazine writers.
- A community for customers who have bought every product of a product line, or one product from every product range.
- A community for customers who can prove they’ve visited 75% of your stores.
- A community for residents who want to clean up the local area.
- A community for financial experts that want exclusive advice from experts.
- A community for clubbers in your town.
- A community for people attending an upcoming festival.
- A community for your favourite author.
- A community for a major issue issue in your town.
- A community for your moderators/admins running your community.
- A community for attractive people only.
- A community for wives/husbands of famous people.
- A community for the 100 most important people in your city.
- A community for tourists to receive advice from resident experts.
- A community for those that want to be one of the first 50 to see your new product.
- A community for celebrities.
- A community for your clients.
- A community for companies that have decided to reduce their waste by 25% in your town.
- A community for people on your flight to New York.
- A community for customers that answer questions about your product online.
- A community for a young politician who you believe in.
- A community for people that hate all the newcomers to your community.
- A community for customers who want cheaper versions of your product, with less features.
- A community for customers to interact and receive training from your customer service team.
- A community for people that want to teach others about your product.
- A community for recovering addicts.
- A community for people looking to tackle a maybe challenge; travel from London to Auckland without flying.
- A community for bloggers with 1000 subscribers or more.
- A community for people looking for accompanying products to your own.
- A community for people with unique and matching dating interests.
- A community for fans of your favourite businessman (Steve Jobs, Richard Branson etc..)
- A community for people that want to bring back a good television show.
- A community for people that hate your products.
- A community for your graduating class of ‘97.
- A community for your company’s elected ambassadors/evangelists.
- A community for people with 100+ recommendations on LinkedIn, and the top head-hunters.
- A community for billionaires.
- A community for expats in your country.
- A community for recent victims of redundancies in your industry.
- A community for survivors of natural disasters.
- A community for published authors in your sector.
- A community for people that can speak 10+ languages.
- A community for customers moving abroad and need alternatives to your product/service.
- A community for people who want to enter tags, find likeminded people and start their own communities.
- A community for former reality-show contestants.
- A community for your top amateur filmmakers (people who upload related YouTube videos about your product).
- A community for your top photographers (people who upload pictures related to your product).
- A community for people that run communities about your industry.
- An unofficial community for a major organisation that really should have it’s own community.
- A community for a club/group you used to belong too but no longer exists.
- A community for each of your classes.
- A community for freelancers/consultants to discuss how to invoice and get paid from difficult organisations.
- A community for programmers that can write something that only a handful of people can do.
- A community to give feedback and discuss academic articles.
- A community for people that want to create the next Twitter.
- A community for fans of one member of your staff.
- A community for one product or advert of your company.
- A community for patients of a doctor/dentist.
- A community for people that have received a link from Seth Godin’s blog.
- A community for the top 10 experts in your field.
- A community for your former customers or clients.
- A community for people who have given blood.
- A community for people to resell your product to customers that can’t afford to buy it.
- A community for disgruntled members of a corporate-controlled community.
- A community for people that want to learn a new skill.
- A community for people that refuse to join Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace or other mainstream sites.
- A community for the designers of products in your industry.
- A community for everyone in your supply chain, from sourcing materials to the consumers.
- A community for everyone involved in planning your wedding, party or social event.
- A community for an idea/law that needs greater political attention.
- A community for people to submit pictures of the biggest fish they’ve ever caught.
- A community to co-ordinate bus-runs, school transport, car-pools.
- A community for people struggling to pay their bills and want to share advice.
- A community for relatives of a disability to share best advice.
- A community for people training to be a chef/lawyer/police officer.
- A community for a Facebook groups/e-mail list that’s outgrown itself.
- A community for people saving up to stay in a water bungalow.
- A community for your employee’s friends and relatives.
- A community for very young children to learn about the positives and negatives of the internet, together.
- A community for your friends/employees/customers that want to eat healthier, go on a diet, save money or another self-improvement.
- A community for people that want to bring a famous VIP/event to their town.
- A community for products and services that haven’t been invented.
- A community for people planning vacations to the same areas at the same time.
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