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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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Community was one of the few topics that wasn’t mentioned much at Cross Media TO. It seemed to me that the state of community within business was that of the consumer. While there were some mentions made of how a community interacts with media, the overall idea never seemed to be about cultivating community. While [...]
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I’m a Harry Potter fan. I feel the books are brilliant and a very cool take on the good vs. evil thing. Currently, the Ng family is revisiting Harry & Company because my son started the books and is beginning to enjoy the movies. I’m finding the series is still as entertaining as ever, but [...]
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I used to write for someone who based the success of each blog post on how many Diggs it received. The problem was, this led to spike and decline traffic patterns and a transient community. I’ve since come to learn that Diggs and Stumbles are fun, especially if other people submitted our posts, but it’s [...]
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