Tipper2010

Having a hard time finding clear info on community management tools? I’m not even a little surprised.

The concept of managing communities may seem straightforward.

You lost that lovin’ feelin’. Fun to hear on the oldies station. Not so fun to hear from your community members.

Matthew Stibbe, CEO of Articulate Marketing, told me, “Community is not the cult of celebrity. It’s a reciprocal thing. It is about building connections, true connections, and developing those connections into relationships.”

If you‘ve seen other posts I’ve written about community management, you know I used to manage a Facebook community for a TV station where I worked as a digital journalist.

In a perfect world, my car would run on starlight and dreams, fries would taste good reheated, and we would never be asked to prove the ROI of community management.

Brands build online communities around their target audiences.

A key decision when creating an online community is whether it’ll be free for members to join or if they’ll have to pay to access it. And, the model you choose can have a significant impact on how you end up running your community.

When I started thinking about the different types of online communities that exist, I felt like the possibilities were endless.