There's an interesting problem with being a Web designer, and I've heard it from a number of them. Oh sure, you design great sites all day long, but showing them...

Read More: Just launched: StyleJam hosts your Web design portfolio, then builds a community around it

Today's guest post is written by Lisa Gerber. You may have heard a thing or two lately about CEOs and their communications challenges (cough, Netflix). Well, MarketMeSuite CEO Tammy Kahn Fennell had the pleasure of sending a slightly different email to their paying customers recently; customers would no longer have to pay for their product. That's [...]

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One key to running a successful online community is knowing what the community wants, when they will want it, and then delivering that to them before they even realize they wanted it in the first place. Tricky? Yes. Impossible? No. Crowdbooster is still in beta, but so far it has shown signs to assist community [...]

Read More: 9 Ways Crowdbooster Will Read Your Community’s Mind

Earlier this year a #cmgrchat that took place where community managers from across the country discussed the reading they do for work and for fun. More than a community managers talked about the professional and personal inspiration they gain from a good book. There are a number of titles out there that are written about social [...]

Read More: 8 Books For Your Community Managment Reading List

Joshua Paul had a great writeup last month over at Business2Community.com about a recent visit he had to Disney. I think we can all agree that when it comes to a brand experience or surprising and delighting customers, Paul is dead on that Disney gets top marks. "Disney has long used their understanding of community [...]

Read More: 4 Community Management Keys From Disney

lauren_vargas_150x150.jpg This guest blog is by Lauren Vargas as part of our themed content hosted the first week of each month, with October focusing on healthcare."You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it. That doesn't mean you do nothing, but it means that you do the things that need to be done a [...]

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Today's guest post is written by Jelena Woehr. Are all bloggers also community managers? Jayme Soulati , in suggesting this topic, wondered if ignorance regarding community management might explain some blog failures. Because this post began as a comments-section Q&A, we’ll continue it in the same vein: What Is Community Management? Community management is the [...]

Read More: Are Bloggers Community Managers?

… by James Dabbagian #Blogchat #Socialchat #BWEchat #Likeablechat What do all these things have in commom? ….OK….Aside from the "chat" part? These are all hashtags for different Twitter chats. You've probably seen them from time to time as people in your stream participate in them. Maybe you scoffed at the idea, simply viewing them as ...

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Gilt Groupe is known for its exclusive online sales, many of which are driven by expert curators and whip-smart promotion. Part of that recipe for success is having a strong social media presence, which, as you can imagine, is helmed by carefully chosen individuals. Luckily, the company is hiring a community manager right now, but you should know a few things before you apply.

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Emma Gannon is currently a global  community manager of Dove Facebook. Emma has experience of community managing blogs, Twitter and Facebook pages for international brands. Emma has a strong interest in writing, whether it be for her personal blog, reviews for online magazines, or contributing articles about social media to the Edelman digital blog. You can follow Emma [...]

Read More: Interview with Community Manager: Emma Gannon

Posted by Kat Armstrong. I recently met with BlogFrog CEO Rustin Banks to discuss adding communities directly to your blog. Your readers want to interact with you and with each other. Adding a customized BlogFrog community to your site allows your readers to ask questions, share photos and chat live with each other – without [...]

Read More: Add a Community to Your Blog with BlogFrog

internet-growth-global-itu.png nyse-globe-connection.png Let's begin with a roundup and review.In two articles, last weeks of December and January respectively, we've been pointing at the absolute and relative need to increase the Global Digital Participation. We shared the statistics that brings us the raw, measurable, physical and obvious - those being without the access to the web. The absolute level.& [...]

Read More: The Global Digital Participation 'What's Next?' - Building Community for Crowdsourcing

Get Satisfaction's Drew Olanoff just launched a community-powered support network for Hurricane Irene to help people get Hurricane Irene news, share ideas on how to prepare for a hurricane and help one another with preparing.The network is one of many support communities on Get Satisfaction, a white label community platform that can be launched quickly and easily in events such as these. Get Satisfaction, a San Francisco based company that launched in 2007 primarily helps businesses better engag [...]

Read More: New community powered support network launches for Hurricane Irene

Everyone always wants to know what is the secret sauce to building a community. Well, I'll tell you. It's simple, really. Stroke people's egos. Seriously. That's it. You've heard this from me before; it's not a new concept. But it truly is the secret sauce. Starting from Scratch Some people disagree with me. Mitch Joel, [...]

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Do you manage a Facebook page? Are you looking for an easier way to manage your tasks? In this article I'll share four tips that will increase your value to your community. About Community Managers The role of community manager has been around much longer than Facebook. In fact, I like to think of the [...]

Read More: 4 Tips for Effective Facebook Community Management

This weekend's TouchPad fire sale has more or less petered out, and thousands of HP's little tablet that couldn't have found new homes. Not everyone seems to love WebOS though, as a growing number of people who bought bargain-bin TouchPads are clamoring for a tablet experience that's a bit more... shall we say, relevant.

Thanks to its open nature, Android is the OS of choice for a TouchPad port, and now the folks at a modding community called HackNMod are offering bounties to the devs that can [...]

Read More: Modding Community Offers $1500 Bounty For TouchPad Android Port

I talk to clients everyday about content. Where is it coming from? Who will write it? Where should we post it? I used to think that public speaking was the average person's greatest fear. I am now convinced that they fear content! What's to fear? It's just words right? Well, yes and no. Content, especially [...]

Read More: 11 Places To Find Content Your Community Will +1

Today's guest post is written by Jelena Woehr. Part cat-herder, part social butterfly, part psychotherapist, and part janitor, the online community manager has a unique and rapidly evolving job. How can a person navigate the choppy, uncharted waters of online community management without losing her cool? Moderator Maria Niles, along with panelists Eden Kennedy, Elisa [...]

Read More: Three Lessons On Staying Sane As a Community Manager