Community

Yesterday’s discussion, “Are the Social Networks Keeping Conversation Away from Your Blog” spawned some interesting comments.  In fact, this bit by Dino Dogan, is the basis for this weekend’s discussion: (paraphrased) Also, I whats even more frustrating are those who read my blog on the regular, but NEVER comment. I think about this sometimes. For [...]

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I’m a social networking addict. I spend more time on Twitter and Facebook than I care to admit, though if you follow me on either at either of these places you’ll know how deeply my addiction runs.  I love the social networks because I meet new people and learn so much. And while I often [...]

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Here’s a discussion topic for the weekend. Are blog communities cliques? Is a clique a community? Can one be both? I ask this after a discussion with other community professionals who are concerned about some blog  and online communities who aren’t very welcoming to newcomers. They may occasionally say “hi” or “hello” but they’re more [...]

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The Internet has done more to change the way we live, do business, and communicate than any thing else in (my) recent memory. The current generation might not remember life without the Internet but there are still plenty of us who remember using the library for research and having to go to the post office [...]

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Every year Chris Brogan encourages his community to think about their three words for 2010. These aren’t necessarily goals, but, rather, words to live by. I have played the home game for the past two years (on my former blog), and this year is no different, as I find making my intentions public is a [...]

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I spent some time this morning thinking about online friends, or rather the misconception regarding online friends. We use the term “friend” often, but the truth is, many of the people we talk online aren’t really friends in the traditional sense of the word. Many online connections turn into lifelong friendships, others turn into clients, [...]

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I’m so fortunate in that there are some very cool people who link, tweet or share my blog posts.  I enjoy sharing interesting resources that I find online and that others feel the same way about what I write is a great honor.  Lately though, I’ve been thinking about what offers the most value. Back [...]

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I’ve been remiss in my sharing. Back in the day, I’d drop a whole, long laundry list of weekend reading to keep you busy for a while (as if you need my help). Lately however, I’ve been off spending my weekends writing books, jumping in pools and booking speakers and the sharing has been few [...]

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Last week while at BlogHer, one of  the attendees asked my thoughts on growing an offline network. My niche is social media and it’s a given that just about everyone in this space is online. The attendee’s niche is smaller and more focused. Many of the people she needs to reach out to aren’t online [...]

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