Here are a few interesting things from the past two weeks that I wanted to share …

3 Sacred Cows About Online Community That Need to Be Challenged

User engagement doesn’t happen overnight

Why Will People Participate In Your Online Community

The Age of Social Networks

Making Sense of Privacy and Publicity (Danah Boyd)

Crowdsourcing: Community vs Crowd

List of Social Media Management Systems (SMMS)

10 Key Awareness Metrics to Track

10 Key Engagement Metrics to Track

Social Marketing Compensation Research

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Apparently this was the week of lengthy report releases. I guess I know what I’m going to be doing on my flight to sxsw.

The State of Community Management Report: Best Practices from Practitioners

Altimeter Report: The 18 Use Cases of Social CRM, The New Rules of Relationship Management

Social Media Measurement & Analysis Report

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Weaving Together Online/Offline Collaboration In A Network Context

Improve Any Online Community Without Spending A Penny

When an influential community member goes rogue

How to be a social media nuisance

Your new community won’t change habits

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Here are a few interesting things from this week that I wanted to share …

References on Lurking

Why I don’t ask for retweets

What Social Metrics are Organizations Monitoring and Measuring?

The Secret Sauce of Communities

Military Announces New Social Media Policy

Social Media Adoption by U.S. Small Businesses Doubles Since 2009

In Building Communities, Marketers Can Learn From Cults

Can Online Metrics Work?

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Here are a few interesting things from this week that I wanted to share …

Active lurkers – the hidden asset in online communities

Back to Basics: Ecosystem Research – Find Your Community

Wait for It… Emergence Happens

What social media guidelines say about your company

When To Arrange Your Communitys First Meeting And What To Expect

Building online communities for business: A 4 Stage Model for Member Engagement

US Web Usage Landscape Is Shifting

Social Networkers Still Love E-Mail

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Here are a few interesting things from this week that I wanted to share …

Participating in the Social Media Ecosystem

Best Practices in Member Engagement

Online Community Unconference East 2010

10 Ways to Show Your Community Love

How To Drive Blog Traffic: Write Great Headlines

Official Gmail Blog: A new Buzz start-up experience based on your feedback

Official Gmail Blog: Millions of Buzz users, and improvements based on your feedback

Legion of Tech 2010 Board Election Resuts

The State of Social Media Around the World 2010

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Here are a few interesting things from this week that I wanted to share …

Gartner Reveals Five Social Software Predictions for 2010 and Beyond

Few Companies Have Policy for Employee Use of Social Networks

Filtrbox Plus Jive: Like Peanut Butter and Chocolate

The Social Customer Will Be Mobile

Mobile Internet Market to Eclipse Desktop Internet

Minding the Gap

Stanford Social Innovation Review: The Effects of Joining the Conversation

A beginner’s guide to building a presence on Twitter

Social Customer Case Study: OK Labs Hits 150% of Customer Community Target

Right and Wrong of PR Pitches

6 Ways To Spread Thought Leadership Content (Without Blogging)

Random rules for ideas worth spreading

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Here are a few interesting things from this week that I wanted to share …

The Importance of Active Community Management – Proved With Real Data

Give yourself the best chance of community building success

Simple Tactics To Encourage Your Members To Talk More

Blogging Businesses Experience 126% Higher Lead Growth Than Non-Blogging Businesses

Behind SEGA’s Free Stuff Friday – Online Community, Social Media Strategy

The Socialization of Email Marketing

Boom Time in Second Life

Who is the ME in Social Media?

Follow changes to any website (create a feed)

The Writing Practice

Baby Boomers Get Connected with Social Media

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Here are a few interesting things from this week that I wanted to share …

Calendar for 2010 conferences & events

Participating in the Social Media Ecosystem – Online Community Report

How Do You Get Members To Work For Free? You Pay Them Well

Back to Basics: Want to Know What Community Members Need? Just Ask

Social Technographics: Conversationalists get onto the ladder

Hiring A Social Media or Community Manager?

Complete Brand Marketing on Facebook

Four Styles Of Marketing On Twitter

Return on Engagement for your Community

Social Media Contests – Participation is Not Always Easy to Come By

What Social Followers Want

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Here are a few interesting things from this week that I wanted to share …

Elements of a vibrant online community: audience segments and user types

Online Community Enforcement

The Right and Wrong Way To Grow A Forum

The Importance of Boundaries

Just…one… more… tweak | Noise to Signal

Deepen Your Networks

More governors finding Twitter tweets sweet

The Socialization of Small Business

A Rant About Women From Clay Shirky

Never Mind the Valley: Here’s Portland

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Here are a few interesting things from this week that I wanted to share …

New Year’s resolutions for online community managers

8 Things to Avoid When Building a Community

5 Reasons Why RSS Readers Still Rock

Facebook’s Zuckerberg Says The Age of Privacy is Over

How We Use Twitter at Forum One

Do You Have the Stomach for Social Media?

How to Reach Out to Bloggers

How to get someone you don’t know to help you. Hint: send a personal email.

The 4 Cornerstones of Social Media Monitoring

The Business of Social Media: B2B and B2C Engagement by the Numbers

What’s Working for Social Media Marketers?

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