The document discusses building and managing online communities. It introduces concepts like community managers predating social media, the value of exclusivity to attract members, different types of community members like "pundits" who provide feedback and help others, testing ideas through small experiments, and keeping messages simple. The overall messages are that community is about people not numbers, building trust is key, and communities should focus on long term growth and innovation for their members.
12. When your community is exclusive
Everyone on this side is excited to be in
And everyone on this side,
wants to get IN
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13. Meet Murph
Member of the community who:
Provides feedback
Gives insights on new features
Offers assistance to other community
@MurphTheSurf350
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members
14. Murph is a pundit.
Pundits can:
Use hyperlinnks
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Have their comments
featured at top
Pundits earn this privilege by
being responsible and helpful
community members.
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21. Meet Wendy
Member of the community who:
Promotes segments
Watches, comments and is a guest
Helps recruit other guests
@WendyWidom
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22. And when she introduces new community members
She keeps introducing new community members!
Most importantly, these community members do exactly
what Wendy does: promote, introduce and participate
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23. Experiment
Always be experimenting
Start small by:
Testing with little or no
budget
Testing with no addl
resources
Getting buy-in from at least
one other stake-holder
Measuring results
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24. Experiment
Tweetable
The truth lies between what the
community tells you and the data
shows you. @tamcdonald
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27. K.I.S.S.
Tweetable
Making your message easy to
share is letting your words be told
from the users voice.
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28. WIIFY?
Whats in it for you?
Long term growth
Scalable Community
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29. Whats in it for you?
Innovation
Loyalty
WIIFY?
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30. Community is not the crowd
(make it exclusive)
Be the magnet, Not the
bulldozer
Trust
Experiment (always)
K.I.S.S.
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