What do you need to know in order to manage a successful online community? I am hoping to help answer this question by being a member of a panel at the SXSW conference next year, but I need your help!
Nobody likes spam, and members of your online community are no different. If your community becomes a target for spammers, you need to take swift and immediate action. A spammed forum is a failing forum.
My new online community is almost ready for launch. Before I make the site public though, I need to undertake some final testing, fill the site with content and have a promotion plan. This article outlines this process.
Regardless of what some say, online communities can make money. You just need to work out what content is in demand from advertisers, and cut out as many middlemen as possible. In this article, I’ll show you how.
Today I interview Patrick O’Keefe - the founder and owner of the iFroggy Network which includes seven forum websites. He also published a book entitled ‘Managing Online Forums’ earlier this year which I will soon review on this blog.
For over a year this blog had a pretty relaxed commenting policy. Readers were able to use their choice of keywords for maximum benefit to themselves and return links were ‘dofollow’. This policy has now changed.
Individuals have long found online community development to be a real challenge. Corporations are now realising the benefits of incorporating online communities into their sites, however they are finding it just as difficult to make them succeed.
Welcome to Community Spark - a blog dedicated to helping you build successful online communities.
My name is Martin Reed. Online communities are my passion. In this blog I hope to share much of what I have learnt, and am still learning when it comes to online community development.
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