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Friday Roundup: Almost Fall Edition

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By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable.  With Fall just around the corner things are back in full swing here at TheCR. This week I was lucky enough to attend a great marketing event, Inbound2014, held by Hubspot here in Boston. So many of the sessions I attended were … [Read more...]

Meet TheCR Team: Jillian Bejtlich, Community Strategist

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By Jillian Bejtlich,Community Strategist at The Community Roundtable. Like many community managers out there, I never actually set out to work in this field. By education and the first few rungs of my career ladder, I’m an engineer with a focus on architectural and civil technology. I lived and … [Read more...]

How Do I Convince our Executives to Invest in Community?

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By Shannon DiGregorio Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. This is a short and sweet (as in "Sweet! Best practices I can use!) post on one of the most common questions we get at TheCR:  "How do I convince our executives to invest in community programs? Help!"  Through the … [Read more...]

3 best practices for coaching executives in community

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By Shannon DiGregorio Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. In this year's State of Community Management research we found that in 58% of communities surveyed, community managers are responsible for coaching executives on how to engage in the community. In best-in-class … [Read more...]

Infographic: Social Media Etiquette for Business

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By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable Earlier this week we shared three best practices for budgeting community and social media programs that were culled from some interesting discussions between members inside TheCR Network (missed it? check out the post & … [Read more...]

Friday Roundup – The Strategy Kick-Off Edition

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By Shannon Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. While we've heard rumors of kids heading back to school over the last month the first day of school in Boston was yesterday. We are officially back in the Fall swing of things at TheCR. This month we're focusing on the strategy … [Read more...]

How can I get lurkers to participate?

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By Shannon DiGregorio Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. No matter how much strategy building and content planning you do there are still going to be lurkers hanging out in your community, not contributing. The big question is: how do I convert those lurkers into engaged … [Read more...]

I need to build a community strategy. Where do I start?

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By Shannon DiGregorio Abram, Relationship Manager at The Community Roundtable. Whether you are starting from scratch with a new community, or taking over an existing community that could use some love there is a good chance you'll be tasked with building a community strategy. This can be both … [Read more...]