Month: June 2010

Online communities should have a better reptuation. Everyone should be in one. They're profoundly changing the world for the better. Everyone has examples, here are

Your online community wont die overnight. That never happens. Most communities end with members gradually drifting away. There are some clear danger signals that your

A real-world meeting bonds a group better than years of online interactions.  Big events (conferences, festivals, meet-ups) are dropping the ball. Registering for a big event

Most community managers underestimate the power their community has. If you run a community, you should frequently collaborate with members to issue a 'statement from

A great community oscillates at the same emotional frequency. They are happy together, sad together, angry together etc… A local community might be excited about

You can only build a community for a topic your members really care about. Brands struggle with this. Very few brands are important enough to

You want to know what others like you are doing. So you need a news page. You need to create the a place where people

You can always tell if your potential employer has no idea about online communities. The job ad will include a line similar to this:  Are

I had a post scheduled to go live at 7am tomorrow titled how to find an online community manager job. Blaise beat me to it