Month: March 2009

Ask members to answer these two questions when they join your online community. 1) What do you have to offer the community? This lets members

There are a lot of great causes making bad mistakes. These good causes (non-profits, mostly) are violating the golden rule. They’re talking about their work

You’re probably looking for an easy way to grow your community. Here is a simple tactic. Research forums, blogs, social networks and all other groups

A community boundary is what separates insiders from outsiders. It’s more complicated than just registration. As a rule of thumb, the less visible the boundary

Kudos is important. Build up as kudos from your audience as possible before you launch a community. Seth Godin can build a community (Tribe) of

We’re mistaking the advanced work for the basic and the basic work for the advanced. Lets rectify. The things we often consider advanced, is usually

Connie Bensen outlines 5 easy steps to starting an online community. Her advice is great (it always is), but she waters down a very important

If you only care about increasing the number of members, hire a publicity expert. Or perhaps an advertising agency. Or even a sales team to

Imagine there was a £1m bonus if your community reached 400,000 members in a month. How would you reach that goal? You might advertise during