Richard Millington

Buzzing Communities

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  • Ксения Чацкаяhas quoted3 years ago
    If community members do not invite others to join, or initiate activity without you directly prompting them, this is a sign that either the community concept is wrong (the community isn’t about a topic members are interested in), or you’re using the wrong tactics.
  • Ксения Чацкаяhas quoted3 years ago
    from one to nine months. Any longer typically indicates a development problem.
  • Ксения Чацкаяhas quoted3 years ago
    1. Invite members to join the community.

    2. Initiate discussions members will be interested in.

    3. Prompt members to participate in discussions.

    4. Build relationships with members.

    Until critical mass

  • Ксения Чацкаяhas quoted3 years ago
    members will begin initiating their own discussions in the community. This number should steadily increase.
  • Ксения Чацкаяhas quoted3 years ago
    you should also invest time in building good relationships with members. Reach out to individual members and identify ways to be of assistance or continue to learn what members are most interested in.
  • Ксения Чацкаяhas quoted3 years ago
    members need frequent reminders to participate
  • Ксения Чацкаяhas quoted3 years ago
    Discussions can be scheduled in advance; mix those that are designed to convey information with those that affect members on a psychological level, such as bonding/status-jockeying discussions.
  • Ксения Чацкаяhas quoted3 years ago
    you will be initiating discussions on topics that research has shown members are interested in
  • Ксения Чацкаяhas quoted3 years ago
    Directly inviting people you know is the most reliable source of early growth in online communities.
  • Ксения Чацкаяhas quoted3 years ago
    You should be individually inviting people you have developed relationships with to join and participate in the community. These relationships should have been developed in the conceptualization stage. Those members you interview to learn more about how to create a community should then become the first members of the community.
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