Consumers are becoming increasingly concerned about how their online behavior is tracked. This has led to an effort to get the industry to adopt a system called Do Not Track. Essentially, Do Not Track is a way for people to…
Top Five Community Management Blog Posts: July 2012
Judging by the number of posts in July, not many online community management bloggers are taking the summer off. Here are my picks for the top five posts of the month. 1. 5 Traits of Good Online Community Members Most…
Five Forum Participants to Watch Out For
This post originally appeared on ForumIndustry.com Forums are populated by lots of different characters. But there are some types of people that pop up over and over again. Here are some of the characters I’ve seen, and some tips on…
Top Five Community Management Blog Posts: June 2012
Vacation got in the way of my blog responsibilities, so I’m (once again) a bit tardy with this month’s edition of the month’s best online community management blog posts. Let’s get to it, shall we? 1. A Process For Dealing…
Patrick O’Keefe On His Book “Monetizing Online Forums”
There are lots of great blogs and other sources of information out there on how to manage online communities. But there is precious little information about generating revenue from online communities. “Monetizing Online Forums,” an e-book out today from Patrick…
Notes From ForumCon 2012
I was recently in San Francisco for ForumCon, the conference for forum owners and operators sponsored by VigLink. The sessions were interesting and informative and the VigLink folks did a great job with the event. I identified three big themes…