Year: 2011

Your community lives within an ecosystem. This ecosystem is the broader topic, industry, area, field, group which encompasses the community. Communities about karate live within

It's not the conflicts, spam, provocative members, off-topic discussions and technology troubles that will cause members to quit.  In extreme proportions (notably with spam), members

Here is the common approach to growing a community. Initiate a big promotional drive. Get coverage in major blogs, host a major competition and attract

I’m tempted to run a webinar just about conceptualizing a community. Here’s a news release issued in The Drum: “Travel Designers will shortly be launching

A community doesn't have to be about the organization. T.M. Lewin could have created an exciting community for people passionate about particular areas of fashion,

I'm delighted to announce that I'll be speaking at Swarm Sydney in Australia on November 10th.  You can buy tickets here: http://swarmsydney.com.au/pages/register. Here is the snippet from

The 13th Law of Marketing, is the law of sacrifice. You have to give something up to get something better. Communities need to embrace this

Some communities are determined to recruit more members than they can handle.  This causes a problem, there is too much activity. There are too many

The Mayo Clinic recently launched an online community; Mayo Connect.  It’s a good community concept. The Mayo Clinic has a clear target audience who have