Growing Successful Communities

[#1]

Hi there,

Just curious if other folks have any favorite blogs/books/sources for Community-related topics.  I have a handful that I'll bounce out and check, including:

• Community Group Therapy
• Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang
• Social Media & the Open Enterprise
• Brains on Fire Blog
• The Community Guy

Probably my favorite blog is "Creating Passionate Users".  It's loaded with good content and ideas...even though new content isn't posted anymore (much to my dismay).

Do you have others that you would recommend?

Thanks,

[#2]

What a great subject, Roxy! I can't wait to see books and blogs others love to read. Those are all wonderful resources!

Message Edited by AubreyL on 09-10-2008 10:57 AM

[#3]

Roxy-

I'm currently reading The New Influencers which is about online community, primarily blogs. So far it's been a very interesting read.

-Priscilla

[#4]

You've got some good ones there, Roxy.  Here are a few others I read these days:

Bill Johnston: Online Community Strategy

Conversationsmatter

ReadWriteWeb

Headshift

Community 2.0

Ross Mayfield's Weblog

Social Media World
The Social Customer Manifesto

Emergence Marketing

The Social

[#5]

The Virtual Community by Howard Rheingold

Message Edited by BillT on 09-12-2008 03:28 PM

[#6]

Hey everyone,

mashable is a great blog that covers all that is new in the world of social networking.   It's not so much a "how to manage your community" resource as it is a "here's what's innovative in the world of web 2.0".  Same for techcrunch.

great thread!

[#7]

Now that you mention it, Laura, there are a few others that are great for keeping up with emerging trends.  One (or rather two) that I like are Dion Hinchcliffe's blogs on ZDNet and Social Computing Magazine.

[#8]

Hi Priscilla -

If you are enjoying The New Influencers, you may want to check out Paul Gillin's upcoming book, Secrets of Social Media Marketing - How to Use Online Conversations and Customer Communities to Turbo-Charge Your Business!

We'll be hosting a live webcast with Paul and our VP of Community Mgmt. Services, Joe Cothrel, on Oct. 8th at 2PM EDT/11AM PDT around topics covered in the book such as:

• How companies can encourage customer conversations and protect their brand
• How to use customer conversations to create an ongoing feedback loop that leads to new product ideas and improvements
• Best practices from FutureShop, Canada's largest retailer and e-tailer of consumer electronics, on using online conversations to learn more about their customers, provide better support, and sell more products.

We'll also be mailing out copies of Paul's latest book to the first 100 to register and attend the live event.

Hope you can join us!

[#9]

Great links, everyone!

Here are a few more resources related to communities and social media currently on my radar:

• Chris Brogan.com
• Social Media Today
• Web Community Forum
• Patricia Seybold Group's Enews (newsletter)

[#10]

The "creating passionate users" blog is really great! I got a lot of useful information from that. You were right, it's too bad that she's not posting new content on it any longer.

I can't say anything about the other sites as I haven't had time to check them out yet.