Someone made a suggestion this weekend to make it difficult to participate in the bad (off-topic conversations). I disagree. Off-topic conversations are good. Actually, they’re
Someone made a suggestion this weekend to make it difficult to participate in the bad (off-topic conversations). I disagree. Off-topic conversations are good. Actually, they’re
Has your audience done this in the past? That's an important question to ask. If members of your audience haven't collaborated with each other in
…broadly speaking, quite a lot. We spend too much time maintaining communities rather than developing them. The former is to respond to the e-mails and
You need to be ruthless. Don’t think twice about abandoning community elements that aren’t working. The temptation is always to push harder. You know, send
Brands usually have the wrong objectives for starting a community. Most of the problems brands experience can be traced back to these initial objectives (and
Here is a great way to increase activity in a community; tell your members what they are doing. People want to do what they see
Here is a simple tip. If you want people to join your community, don’t ask them to join. Ask them if they want to join.
You usually get a bigger response by asking closed questions. It’s easy to answer a specific, closed, question. Do you think that {x} is better
Most online community platforms offer the admin a means to list members by their join date, the last login, the number of posts they’ve made,