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Danger: Community/Social Strategist Shortage Ahead

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I've been thinking about this post for a long time. It started some time last fall when I was talking with a member of TheCR Network about how they should approach building out their social media/community team. In the course of the conversation, my recommendation boiled down to this... "hire the … [Read more...]

Online Community Success Takes Planning and Patience

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There has been recent discussion in the blogosphere about how some companies are abandoning their blogs. And much of it sounds very familiar and is something we have heard in the online community sphere as well. And it's not surprising.  Many companies aren't quite sure what they are getting into … [Read more...]

The Community Strategist Squeeze

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It would be too hyperbolic to say there is a crisis in community and social business staffing, but there are definitely some big problems, particularly at the senior and strategic levels. Most people in the space know that experienced community managers are hard to come by generally and if you want … [Read more...]

How Did We Meet, Again?

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Recently in TheCR Network we asked members to share how they first encountered and got to know The Community Roundtable and its founders Jim Storer and Rachel Happe.  It was fun to see where people had come from. There were many ways people came to know The Community Roundtable. Past conferences … [Read more...]

2012 SOCM: Moving from Hierarchy to Emergent Community

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The 2012 State of Community Management report has a lot of information in it and at 57 pages it is beefy.  To those of you who have digested the entire document, thank you and nicely done!  But we also know it is a lot to wade through so we will be doing a series of blog posts to better show you the … [Read more...]

SXSWi Takeaways for Community Management

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This year SXSW Interactive was bigger than its music festival. Which is interesting as it started as a small community event and has become big business.  As always there was plenty to learn at this event for community management and social business pros and thanks to Fleishman-Hillard's … [Read more...]