Patrick O’Keefe shares some tips on how to get the most out of online forums. Patrick breaks things down into 5 key activities, including one that is sometimes skipped, and that is Participate.
One of the topics that we touched on was building social capital within forums. I talked about how I build credibility within the communities that I manage.
See original article at managingcommunities.com
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