Despite the holidays, December produced some excellent online community management blog posts — several by people making their first appearance on this list. 1. Cardinal Sin of Community Management Most of the pieces featured in these roundups are written by…
Top Five Community Management Blog Posts: November 2012
Some old names here and some new. All of these posts are worth a read. 1. 5 Ways to Avoid Squashing Your Community Like a Dictator One of my first rules of community building is this: You don’t own the…
A Review of Buzzing Communities by Richard Millington
I’m a huge fan of London-based community management authority Richard Millington’s blog. Rich’s posts are always thoughtful, concise, and most importantly, useful. So when Rich contacted me last month and asked if he could send me a copy of his…
Top Five Community Management Blog Posts: October 2012
Five gems from October. With no further ado… 1. 5 Ways to Avoid Squashing Your Community Like a Dictator One of the hardest truths for community managers to accept is this: You do not own the community, your members do.…
Why Politicians Would Make Lousy Community Managers
I’m sure I speak for many of my fellow Americans when I say I’m getting a little tired of politics. With Election Day less than two weeks away, it seems that I can’t get the mail, pick up the phone,…
Top Five Community Management Blog Posts: September 2012
After taking August off, I’m back with my picks for best online community management blog posts of the month. September was tough, there were lots of great posts to choose from. Kudos to The Community Manager, which is where three…