When trying to solve community problems, it’s important to ask the right questions. If your community website is causing problems and making participation harder, don’t just ask how to fix it, take the time to examine how things got to that point in the first place. How has the community run the website in the […]

Different community managers have different styles. A Fun Facilitator, for example, runs the community in a way that lets people enjoy themselves and be relaxed and silly. A Prolific Poster contributes lots of new information and is an avid writer of posts who is right at the center of the community, often bonding closely with […]

Many people struggle with online engagement issues, despite having great conversation ready to spark with the right people. If your brand is suffering due to a lack of engagement online, there is hope to spruce things up and create powerful engagement that delivers results your way. Focus, plan, and execute the perfect strategy for your […]

In order to build a strong sense of community, your community usually has to be organized around an issue or interest that is st the core of your members’ identities. Sometimes you can improve your community by tweaking your topic so that it’s more central to their identities or worldviews, but in other cases there […]

Your association’s website is a crucial tool for everything from new member recruitment to keeping your current members informed. A badly-designed website can push interested people away. Make sure your website’s branding, design and style align with the overall branding of your group. Always check your website carefully for both grammatical problems with the copy […]

Feverbee recommends that people interested in learning about online communities would greatly benefit by reading an academic study called “The Effect of Group Size and Time on the Formation of Online Communities: Evidence From Reddit” by Elliot Panek and three others from the University of Alabama. The study of 30 Reddit communities over 6 years […]

The idea of this very short article; or prose is that you are not going to get rich from building an idea that already exists. The ideas for communities of authors, doctors, investors, and even the first community of its kind are all taken. It is suggested that if you want to do something new, […]

Our plates are full to overflowing these days. When we have a spare minute, we want to unwind, veg, hug our loved ones, or love our bodies with a little exercise or beautification. Unfortunately, volunteering doesn’t usually make the cut, not even when we secretly admit we have passionate partisan feelings for various causes we […]

A person trying to improve an online community surveyed more than 250 members to see what was important to the community. From this detailed survey he derived 19 top priorities. The problem was, that to make all 19 priorities a reality there would need to be an incredibly complex road map and plan. This person […]

Online communities are a great place for people to share their voice and speak with others who are like minded with them. Not everyone feels comfortable being on online communities. However, if you are in an online community, you can usually make your setting to anonymous. This helps people feel a little bit more comfortable […]