Comments on: 10 Tips for Building an Online Community

By: When You Smile Does Everyone Smile Back? | The World Matters

When You Smile Does Everyone Smile Back? | The World Matters — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 01:03:50 +0000

[...] Building relationships online is just a click away. How many of our connections do we reach out to daily, weekly or even monthly? Some we see each week at a chat or multiple times during the week in other chats so we can say we are reaching out to them regularly. Outside of their Twitter handle, how many of them do we know something about? Do we know what they do for a living? Some we do but many we do not. How many of them have we spoken to outside of the chat? Building an online community for some is really nothing more than adding some followers. Build it and they will come as people will always reach out to us and of course when we tweet or post a status update, people will come in drones to respond. [...]

By: Holding Your Ground | The World Matters

Holding Your Ground | The World Matters — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 01:06:15 +0000

[...] the foundation? This somewhat defies the entire social media concept where is more about them and building a community but if we do not give them something how can they ever hear our message of eyes on me? Eyes on me [...]

By: Google Updates Social Search Results | The World Matters

Google Updates Social Search Results | The World Matters — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 02:06:11 +0000

[...] We rely upon them and the entire community on our most active social networks. We are connected and grow our community to interact and engage in real time and not having to query to find what they are sharing. However, [...]

By: Are You Faking It Thinking You Are Going to Make It? | The World Matters

Are You Faking It Thinking You Are Going to Make It? | The World Matters — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 02:01:23 +0000

[...] some live like that but for others they are faking it to make it as the person who hates. They build that reputation on hating. We can think of them in our mind as reading this. While some do make it for a while as [...]

By: Liss

Liss — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:40:00 +0000

it’s not “peaked” their interest – which even suggests it’s all downhill from there… the correct word is “piqued” – from the french to excite or engage.

By: Jason Sokol

Jason Sokol — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 22:10:00 +0000

Suzanne,

This is a fantastic post and great advice for anyone that is currently involved in or is thinking about getting involved in social media.

I recently ran across a great post about social sites you could basically ignore (http://bit.ly/9mcsSW). The article made a ton of sense but I am always hesistant about disregarding certain platforms. I am firm believer that there are certain platforms that dominate the social world and where many people are. Among these are Facebook, YouTube, Twitter. Throw in a great blog and you have a pretty solid platform. So let me ask you a couple questions. First, are there certain platforms that everyone should be using? Are there platforms that you would recommend skipping altogether?

Getting back to your article, I wanted to thank you for your emphasis on social media strategy and measurement. These two issues are often ignore both in marketing and social media. This is a point that we as marketers have to continue to make with our clients over and over again.

You asked a great question at the end – what metrics do you use? As of late, I still put an emphasis on seo and analytics. I’ve also been using bit.ly urls to measure how much of what I am sharing is being clicked on or shared with others. Above all of that, it is the quality of engagement that matters most to me right now.

Any advice you can offer on this subject would be greatly appreciated. I will be setting new goals for the upcoming year as well as launching a couple new efforts. It should be a fun and exciting 2011.

@jwsokol

By: Are you Creating Opportunity or Waiting For It To Come to You?

Are you Creating Opportunity or Waiting For It To Come to You? — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:46:17 +0000

[...] we never see it. In business we look for new ways to market our business, reach our target market, build on online community and through this all we overlook the opportunity that is all around us. We are creating [...]

By: 10 Tips to Attract New Readers to Your Blog « andrew.spriegel's blog

10 Tips to Attract New Readers to Your Blog « andrew.spriegel's blog — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:12:32 +0000

[...] so readers each day as you have probably connected with each one of them in one way or another and built an online community around your blog. But what if you could reach 25 or 50 new readers each day and you can interact [...]

By: Releasing Your Inner Genie | Hot Blog Tips

Releasing Your Inner Genie | Hot Blog Tips — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:32:15 +0000

[...] audience (or in the case of a new blogger – anyone that is willing to read while they build an online community). The journey starts off rather blissful as the stakes are not very high but the emotional rush is. [...]

By: What 5 Year Olds Have Taught Me About Relationships

What 5 Year Olds Have Taught Me About Relationships — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:14:23 +0000

[...] and trust, we are friends with people who share similar interests. In building these offline and online community relationships whether it be business or for personal, there is sort of a bond – a connection [...]