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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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Bloggers take blog comments seriously. We’re irritated with spam and rude remarks and wonder what’s wrong with our writing or topic when we receive no comments at all. We spend copious amounts of time researching and devising ways to receive more comments, doing anything we can to cultivate an active community. For many bloggers, a [...]
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I spent my childhood on 50th Avenue in Elmhurst, NY, part of the borough of Queens in New York City. From the late 60′s to the late 70′s this area was made up of a tight knit community. I knew most of my neighbors through church and school, and we knew all everyone by name. [...]
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There’s a scene in the movie Julie & Julia when Julie reacts to receiving her first ever blog comment by jumping up from her cubicle and sharing her excitement with her co-workers. I could totally relate. I don’t know of any blogger who isn’t excited each and every time a blog post receives comments because [...]
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I often come across Facebook fan pages and wonder about the motivation behind them. Plenty of fan pages make sense. I follow the local news and some of my favorite blogs and websites. I can even see following a favorite celebrity or television series. Others, are head scratchers. For example, what inspires someone to create [...]
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If you’re one of the minority wondering if community is overrated, you’re not getting it. Or rather, you’re not getting the need for community. Because if there’s one thing we shouldn’t be brushing aside, it’s the importance of the power of a collaborative of people, most especially, community. Old School Examples: In my old Queens, [...]
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Seth Rogen and Kommein’s own David Peralty. Ever notice how you never see the two of them together in the same room? Coinicidence? I think not.
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Analyzing my online community’s stats is one of my favorite ways to learn about the people who interact at my blog network on a regular basis.. In fact, my analytics programs sometimes tell me more about my community’s wants and needs than if I had straight out asked them (and, just to be clear, we [...]
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