Diving into a new community can be intimidating for some. It’s much easier to stay in the background lurking. Reading and enjoying the community and content without needing to join and engage. By locking everything down, you don’t give people a chance to get a taste...
Once again Little Bird has put together a list of the top Community managers on twitter and I’m proud to be on the list. This year they included a list of blogs, which might be how you got here. Here at Little Bird, we think the inspiration behind CMAD is...
I’m one of those that don’t see Social Media sites as a good place to build a community. Instead I see them as places to engage with people, but direct them to a platform you have more control over. I know the current mind set it to “go where they...
Some Community Managers might take the heavy-handed approach and delete any post that isn’t “on-topic”. The best community managers, however, recognize a responsibility to the audience. They balance the ideal of maintaining an open forum with providing the best...
Circles are a beautiful thing… but they are more than Circles, they are also topics of interest. In the past week as I’ve watched my Stream fill with G+ tips, LOLCats and Viral stuff. A fair bit I have no interest in, but because I’ve elected to have them in my...
