Digital marketers engaging their audience and prospective clients through social media and other platforms know that the challenges they face are not unique to digital world only. Musicians also know that you have to nurture the relationship with your fans and that just creating music is no longer enough. In today’s world, closer relationship is […]
Connect 2020 – Lessons from The WELL
With the coronavirus pandemic putting a damper on social gatherings, the Connect 2020 conference will be embracing the benefits of online communities by recognizing the first virtual community called The WELL. T commemorate the special recognition, Connect 2020 announced keynote speakers, Nancy White and Gail Williams. With humble beginnings in the early 90s, The WELL […]
Overcoming Your Weaknesses As A Community Leader
People usually don’t know they have a weakness, or they deny that they have it. Some weaknesses for community leaders are being cold and uncaring, overly defensive, and reluctance to give praise to others. Mentoring and training can help community leaders overcome their weaknesses. However, some weaknesses that community leaders have can be chronic character […]
Can You Learn to be Productive from Books?
There are a few good reads on the subject of being more productive. While a lot of us want to figure out how to lead better lives sometimes we end up reading but not putting in the work to become more satisfied with ourselves. A lot of great people have ended their day by asking […]
Community Member Onboarding Journey Template [free template]
If you are looking to improve your retention rate, the best way to do this is to try and observe the problems yourself. You can visit your own web page and try and do different things within that web page to try and see what the issues are. If there is anything that can be […]
Why You Need A Community Manager (and what happens if you don’t replace one)
Our Community Manager left for an incredible new opportunity in 2017. I decided to not hire a replacement. For 3 years, the community was left to take its own natural course. It turned out to be an interesting experiment into WHY you need a Community Manager. When we didn’t hire a right away, we were […]
Conversations with Community Managers – Elizabeth Kohler on Engaging Online Learners
This is a community that are all going to get together and discuss the best way to engage people who learn online. You can listen to the conversation between the experts to learn details about how to engage your audience better. You will want to start with your values first and what you want to […]
Connect 2020: Changing the Way We Work
Online communities are always going through some kind of transformation, as they are fluid and dynamic groups. Current global pandemic has only accelerated these transformations and forced us to redefine the way we do our work. None of this would be feasible and possible without support from executive levels, which help building online programs. This […]
How Modern Marketing Prays on Insecurity and Why Long-Term Success Centers on Culture
When it comes to missing out on things, fear of it is something that marketers have been exploiting for a long time. Modern strategies have capitalized on our indecisiveness and insecurity, but the approach is really not something particular to the modern age. We can find early signs of this exploitation even in the times […]
Communities Change How We Work
The coronavirus pandemic has led to a large shift in how we work as a society. The use of digital technology has given more flexibility in our workforce, and contributed to what we view as the new normal. The Community Roundtable is an organization that is helping online business communities thrive in today’s chaotic environment. […]