The Secret History Of Big Successful Communities

Craig Newman started Craigslist by listing events taking place in San Francisco. Jerry Yank and David Filo began Yahoo as a daily list of interesting

Ask A Dormant Member To Come Back

Make a list of 5 dormant members a day. Look at their past activity, their interests and topics they have participated in. Now craft an

Finding Work Through Online Communities

Lucian Tarnowski thinks participating in the right online community is a good way to find work. She’s probably right. The better way is to be

970 Is A Good Size

Numbers have been blown out of all proportions. Many companies are disappointed with having only 970 members in their community. A community of 60 people

Never Let Your Company Start A Community

A community shouldn’t be run by a company. Every community should be run from a named person within the company. The Coca Cola community shouldn’t

Perhaps The Best Online Community I’ve Seen

Tommy Sollén deserves more recognition. He’s created one of the best online communities I’ve ever seen. The tragedy of online communities is the best community

Do You Deliberately Lie About Your Numbers For New Business?

Most people don’t delete their profiles. They simply leave and never come back. This means you need to make a good, honest, distinction between the

Becoming A Community Intrapreneur

Entrepreneurs will increasingly emerge from within communities. They will be the founders, power-users or opportunists. They will know what their friends want, and give it

The Door To A New Home

Illana was telling me about a huge split in her Harry Potty Fiction Writers' community. An issue (sorry, no details) arose that divided the community

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