Many entrepreneurs are under the impression that they need to build communities with a vast amount of members in order to generate a respectable amount of leads. Rich from FeverBee has written a manifesto that depicts why creating smaller communities should be the primary goal of most businesses. He discusses how many members are needed […]

If you want to get people to share your content, you should make it fun instead of just begging for them to help you out. You have to make it fun and interactive by making it almost like a competition, where there is a chance to win something if they share. People are much more […]

Everybody needs self care, but it seems community managers need it more, because they are bearing the weight of so many others, they often forget about themselves. Self care is difficult to define because it is unique to everybody. For everyone there will be a unique and different need. It may not be long bubble […]

If you are working with a team or are leading a bunch of members of a team, the easiest way to change their behavior is to change the context of whatever you’re working on. If you want these members to work with each other, try promoting a sprint or a hackathon. If you want them […]

Leadership is something that is difficult to measure but most leaders have a few things in common. Leaders tend to validate and encourage others, they shared their knowledge with others, they offer perspective and they ask open ended and clarifying questions. Most people do these things at times but leaders pursue these things because they […]

Communities used to only exist in person where like minded ideas would come together on a somewhat regular basis. When people come together there are more opportunities for new ideas and ways to make those ideas come together. Now that community can take place online these benefits of having a community that comes together to […]

If you’re going to have a community that consists of a group of people you need to track what it is that they really want. With teachers, they aren’t able to fully engage in an community because of how busy they are. The majority of teachers are pressed for time. One suggestion is to interview […]

A member journey is just follows how the viewer became aware of your website to where they join your email list and get a response to their question about your site. Some member journeys can lead to nowhere or even end in frustration. It is imperative that you help the viewer enjoy their journey. They […]

Associations are having trouble retaining young professionals because of their outdated technology and other reasons. One of those reasons is that associations need to communicate to different segments of their members differently than older members. They have to segment the different, younger members into different groups and communicate directly with each group. Younger professionals are […]

There are a lot of different Association Management Companies(AMC) on the web that can manage your company’s administrative and management services. They can offer on-line billing, on-line payments, document storage, web design and marketing. The advantages for a company that uses an AMC can include using better technology than they can afford, using experts in […]