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POWER OF
COMMUNITY BUILDING
Presenters
Matt Knell, About.com, @matthewknell
Savannah Peterson, Speck Design,
@savissavvy
Matt Singley, singley + mackie,
@mattsingley
Why are YOU here?
COMMUNITY BUILDING
What is community?
COMMUNITY BUILDING
Com•mun•it•y
[kuh-myoo-ni-tee]
n. a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common
characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself as
distinct in some respect from the larger society within which it exists
- via Dictionary.com
COMMUNITY BUILDING
WHAT MOTIVATES
PEOPLE?
COMMUNITY BUILDING
MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS, 1943:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs
GOOD COMMUNITIES... COMMUNITY BUILDING
A place (real or virtual) where people gather to share thoughts
about something.
Where people make connections, in ways that are good and bad.
Greater than the sum of it’s individuals
A living, breathing thing
COMMUNITY IS... COMMUNITY BUILDING
“A community is like a ship; everyone
ought to be prepared to take the helm.”
— Henrik Ibsen, “A Enemy of The People”, 1882
COMMUNITY BUILDING
“Your Facebook Page”
The cesspool of the Internet
A problem to be solved
A place to sell people things (unless they’ve explicitly stated that
it’s ok)
COMMUNITY IS NOT... COMMUNITY BUILDING
“I’ve got a great community over on my
Facebook page.”
— Unnamed social marketer
COMMUNITY BUILDING
Build people up
Tear people down
Help people
Hurt people
Drive genuine change
COMMUNITY CAN... COMMUNITY BUILDING
Anywhere where people are given a voice.
In places you least expect
In places you don’t necessarily want it to exist.
COMMUNITY CAN
EXIST...
COMMUNITY BUILDING
“We cannot seek achievement for
ourselves and forget about progress and
prosperity for our community... Our
ambitions must be broad enough to
include the aspirations and needs of
others, for their sakes and for our own.”
— Cesar Chavez
COMMUNITY BUILDING
Today.
COMMUNITY BUILDING
Why create a community?
What kinds of communities are there?
What are some of the risks with community?
How can you get started with community?
How can you keep your community healthy?
What community platforms exist for you to build with?
TODAY’S KEY THEMES COMMUNITY BUILDING
Why build a community?
It’s hard but #FeelsMatter
COMMUNITY BUILDING
• Community helps
you build something
even greater than
what you set out to
do
• Let the community
shape your product,
this will empower
their evangelism
• Overcoming
obstacles is an
emotional journey
You Can Do
It! (Together)
Your community is your first defensible
asset.
n. Frankly, without community, your product/brand is nothing.
COMMUNITY BUILDING
Community is your brand’s heartbeat.
Your community managers read the pulse best.
Community can be the unicorn you ride into the sunset. Go
along for the ride.
Why Community First? COMMUNITY BUILDING
“Pay your community managers like you
pay your developers.”
— Anil Dash, next to me at dinner one time
COMMUNITY BUILDING
COMMUNITY BUILDING
#Shapeways
Roadtrip
What kinds of communities are
there?
COMMUNITY BUILDING
PURPOSE
MATTERS
COMMUNITY BUILDING
Different kinds of communities have different goals, issues, risks,
rewards and motivations, and ways of offering feedback.
But above all, communities need to have a sense of purpose to
grow and succeed.
Important: The purpose of a community can evolve from the
one of its creator to one based on the desires of its members.
WHY DOES IT MATTER? COMMUNITY BUILDING
• Lifestyle Communities
• Creator Communities
• Superfan Communities
• Support Communities
• Professional Communities
• Commenter Communities
• IRL Communities
TYPES OF
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY BUILDING
Unifier: Shared cultural, physical, emotional, or location based
attributes.
Core purpose:
Validation, advice and support.
Two things to look out for:
1. Keeping the conversations on topic.
2. Allowing for varied opinions.
LIFESTYLE
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY BUILDING
COMMUNITY BUILDING
AARP -
http://community.aarp.co
m
COMMUNITY BUILDING
CafeMom-
http://www.cafemom.co
m
Unifier:
People who are users / advocates of a product or service.
Core purpose:
Sharing ideas and thoughts to make products, or make products
better.
Things to look out for:
1. Members who help others contribute.
2. Losing control of the general direction of progress.
CREATOR COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY BUILDING
COMMUNITY BUILDING
LEGO IDEAS - http://ideas.lego.com
COMMUNITY BUILDING
UBUNTU - http://community.ubuntu.com
Unifier:
Passion and fandom for a particular movie/fan/music
band/product/concept.
Core purpose:
Facilitating this fandom!
Two things to look out for:
1. People who dominate conversation and bully others.
2. Lifespan of fandom!
SUPERFAN
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY BUILDING
COMMUNITY BUILDING
SIMPSONS WIKIA - http://community.ubuntu.com
COMMUNITY BUILDING
CRYSTAL PEPSI FB PAGE - https://www.facebook.com/BringBackCrystalPepsi
SUPPORT COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY BUILDING
Unifier:
People who need help with a product, service or concept.
Core purpose:
Getting users the answers they need to solve their problems.
Two things to look out for:
1. What to do when their question can't be answered?
2. How much scale can you handle?
COMMUNITY BUILDING
@JETBLUE ON TWITTER - http://twitter.com/jetblue
COMMUNITY BUILDING
APPLE SUPPORT
FORUM -
http://support.apple.com
PROFESSIONAL
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY BUILDING
Unifier:
People who need help related to their industry, job or career.
Core purpose:
Helping users improve, advance or find a career.
Two things to look out for:
1. How do you make their work look good?
2. Are people finding work or making successful connections?
COMMUNITY BUILDING
BEHANCE - http://behance.net
COMMUNITY BUILDING
CLOUDPEEPS - http://cloudpeeps.com
COMMUNITY BUILDING
STACKOVERFLOW -
http://www.stackoverflow.com
COMMENTER
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY BUILDING
Unifier:
People who comment on content from a particular site.
Core purpose:
Allowing users to feedback on content and offer their opinions.
Two things to look out for:
1. Trolls.
2. Still trolls.
NYTIMES - http://www.nytimes.com
IRL COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY BUILDING
Unifier:
People who take their online connection offline and meet
people in the real world!
Core purpose:
Allowing people to develop their relationships in person.
Two things to look out for:
1. People’s personalities offline are very different than online.
2. Repeating the in-person opportunities can help drive the
magic.
s
GOOGLE LOCAL GUIDES – http://www.google.com/local/guides
MEETUP – http://www.meetup.com/cmmeetup
Which one suits your business
best?
COMMUNITY BUILDING
Risks and Rewards
THE BIG PAYOFF COMMUNITY BUILDING
The best communities
govern themselves. It is both
terrifying and liberating.
RISKS COMMUNITY BUILDING
• You aren’t
empowered/enabled
• The community knows more
than you
• Private communities form
• You lose control
REWARDS COMMUNITY BUILDING
• Be a hero (to the
community and your boss)
• Develop advocates
• You don’t need to be in
control
ABOUT INFLUENCERS COMMUNITY BUILDING
Community members with
big influence and high
passion. Everybody wants
them.
It’s not that easy.
What and where is your
community now?
Figure out what you’re working with
COMMUNITY BUILDING
“Who is your community talking to
when they’re not talking to you?”
— Savannah Peterson, in Matthew Knell’s class more than once
COMMUNITY BUILDING
Community comes in all
shapes and sizes –
sometimes it’s easy to
spot, and some you
have to hunt for.
COMMUNITY BUILDING
Create marketing personas through user research.
Start with the people to whom your brand/product provide the
most value to.
Prepare to be delightfully wrong about who you thought would
benefit from you the most.
Target your community COMMUNITY BUILDING
Who to Invite
INVITE COMMUNITY BUILDING
A good community leader
develops environment. A
great community leader
develops advocates.
INVITE COMMUNITY BUILDING
• Existing customers or fans
• Outliers
• Fans of the competition
HOW TO INVITE COMMUNITY BUILDING
• Be distinctive
• Make it easy
• Care. Don’t just say it,
show it
• Incentivize
AFTER THE INVITE COMMUNITY BUILDING
Step 1: Communicate and
Enable
Step 2: See Step 1
BUILDING ADVOCATES COMMUNITY BUILDING
Influence
Passion
Influencer
Advertiser
Or
Celebrity
Potential
Customers
Community
Advocates
Trolls
How to get started with your
community
COMMUNITY BUILDING
• How important is community to my business?
• What should a user get out of my community?
• How and how much do I want my users to interact with each
other and me?
• What level of support can I offer?
• How much should the conversation about my community be
structured?
• How much can I pay to support this process?
KEY QUESTIONS TO ASK COMMUNITY BUILDING
HOST IT OR BORROW IT COMMUNITY BUILDING
Factor to consider Host it yourself on
your servers
Host it with
someone else
Speed to market Slower Quicker
Developer expertise Immediate to Expert None to Limited
Design control Complete Limited
User privacy / data
concerns
Your terms Governed by the
platform
Management Tools More customized Limited
Cost Hosting + software Software
• Forums
• Wikis
• Customer support tools
• Q&A tools
• Blogs
• Comments
• Social Networks
• Enterprise Social Platform
TOP PLATFORMS COMMUNITY BUILDING
• Number of supported members
• Users / bandwidth
• Upload ability
• User permission levels
• Moderation controls
• Version control
KEY PLATFORM
FEATURES
COMMUNITY BUILDING
• Forums allow “threads” of conversation that are defined by the
community and it’s moderators.
• The most widely used type of community platform.
Most useful for:
• Topics that have a wide array of subtopics
• Offering users maximum flexibility to subdivide conversations.
Host it yourself: phpBB, Vanilla Forums, nodeBB, vBulletin
Host it with someone else: ForumHost. ProBoards/Forums.net
FORUMS COMMUNITY BUILDING
SLICKDEALS.NET – http://www.slickdeals.net
• Wikis allow collaborative editing of documents between
multiple users.
• Popular amongst fan sites and software and open-source
development communities.
Most useful for:
• Communities with strong needs to document things.
Host it yourself: MediaWiki, UserPress, WikiWikiWeb
Host it with someone else: WikiSpaces, Wikia
WIKIS COMMUNITY BUILDING
RASPBERRY PI - https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/setup/
• Support software focuses on managing issues with software or
products.
• Typically user to company without a lot of support from other
users.
Most useful for:
• Communities that have products that need support.
Host it yourself: Contact us forms
Host it with someone else: Zendesk, Desk.com, FreshDesk
SUPPORT SOFTWARE COMMUNITY BUILDING
SPROUT SOCIAL HELP CENTER via Zendesk
• Q&A software is a more structured community focused on
answering user questions.
• Often users to have users help each other.
Most useful for:
• Communities with strong reference needs for documentation.
Host it yourself: Askbot, OSQA
Host it with someone else: Get Satisfaction, Zendesk, AnswerHub
Q&A SOFTWARE COMMUNITY BUILDING
ASK FEDORA - https://ask.fedoraproject.org
• Allow users to contribute long-form content written in an
editorial or narrative style.
Most useful for:
• Communities with regular news and updates.
• Communities with strong influencer voices.
Host it yourself: WordPress, b2Evolution, Ghost
Host it with someone else: WordPress, Blogger, Medium,
Squarespace, Tumblr
BLOGS COMMUNITY BUILDING
Cisco Diversity Blog - http://blogs.cisco.com/diversity/
• Allow users to contribute short-form content written in response
to another piece of content.
Most useful for:
• Communities with active voices who are motivated to contribute
by content.
Host it yourself: WordPress Comments, Home built systems
Host it with someone else: Livefyre, Disqus, Facebook Comments,
Google+ Comments
COMMENTS COMMUNITY BUILDING
WSJ - http://www.wsj.com
• Allows you to create content / engage with your company
wherever they live.
Most useful for:
• Communities who have a widely distributed user base.
Host it with someone else: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Reddit,
Instagram, YouTube, Vine
SOCIAL NETWORKS COMMUNITY BUILDING
SOCIAL NETWORKS COMMUNITY BUILDING
Network Best For Chance
for brand
content?
Content
lifespan per
post?
Engagement
chance?
Search
Facebook Mass market Good Medium Good Poor
Twitter Real-time Good Very Short Good Good
Pinterest Visual topics Good Long Limited Good
Reddit Niche topics Limited Medium Don't Good
Instagram Photos / videos Good Short Good Improving
YouTube Long-form Video Good Long Good Good
Vine Youth Good Short Limited Limited
• Combine many of these platform into a single piece of software.
Most useful for:
• Large communities who want to offer more than one platform.
Host it yourself: BuddyPress
Host it with someone else: Jive Software, Confluence, Ning,
Communifire
ENTERPRISE SOCIAL
NETWORKS
COMMUNITY BUILDING
COMMUNIFIRE FOR ABOUT.COM
• Most platforms will allow you an email “welcome message” as
part of user sign up.
• Tailor the message to be as personal as possible.
• Add links to “Getting started” and “Rules of the community”
documentation.
• Pair new members with old members who are moderators /
leaders in your community, or community managers.
• Be prepared to answer questions.
• Keep an eye on them to see if they continue to contribute.
NAILING THE WELCOME COMMUNITY BUILDING
Guidelines and
Moderation
RULES COMMUNITY BUILDING
When establishing
community rules, be clear,
be intentional and be quick
to enforce them.
RULES COMMUNITY BUILDING
• Establishing the Rules
• Communicating the Rules
• Enforcing the Rules
MODERATION COMMUNITY BUILDING
• Know How Channels
Function
• Stay Consistent
• Educate the C-Suite
MODERATION COMMUNITY BUILDING
To block or not to
block…that is
the question.
-Hamlet,
Community Manager
MODERATION COMMUNITY BUILDING
LevelofAbuse
Likelihood to Re-Offend
Actions to Take
Block
Engage
Privately
Engage
Publicly
Hide or
Ignore
Community care and feeding
Communities eat, sh*t and breed too.
COMMUNITY BUILDING
COMMUNITY BUILDING
“Community Management is really
f*cking personal; it’s about humans
helping other humans.”
— Savannah Peterson, on medium May 2015
COMMUNITY BUILDING
Community posts should be inspiring,
educational and applicable.
People want to learn and relate.
COMMUNITY BUILDING
s
#SWPaws: Cutest downtime ever
- Ecommerce platform affected on
December 20th
- 19 Hours of Downtime
- No clear estimated time of repair
for hours
COMMUNITY BUILDING
COMMUNITY BUILDING
Community has $$ value.
The ROI is their continued evangelism and return business.
COMMUNITY BUILDING
People who fully leverage your brand
have 50x the lifetime value of those
who don’t.
Your VIPs are worth investing in.
COMMUNITY BUILDING
NPS is a reasonable indicator and satiates the data-heads at
work.
Track the un-trackable by defining your own sentiment scale in
addition to those provided by platforms.
Remember that case studies have value too.
Defining Feelings COMMUNITY BUILDING
• IRL Activations
• Community
Showcases
• Strategic Geo-
targeting
•Forum
Management
•Educational
Content
•Newsletter/Blog
•Customer Support
•Brand Exposure
•Community
Amplification
•Marketing
•Evangelist
Empowerment
•Niche
Identification
Community
Outreach
Social
Media
Event
Planning
Core
Engagement
Sample
Team
COMMUNITY BUILDING
You think you know but you have no idea. Adapt.
Your community should generate a significant amount of your
content. Aim for at least 50/50.
Ask your community what drives them. For many, recognition
and visibility through your brand is inspiring.
Community driven
content
COMMUNITY BUILDING
Common Pitfalls
(CHC and CYA)
THRIVE AND SURVIVE COMMUNITY BUILDING
Create healthy communities
and cover your ass.
THRIVE COMMUNITY BUILDING
• Be patient. Healthy communities
take time to develop
• Be giving. Enable your community
• Be generous. Reward your users
SURVIVE COMMUNITY BUILDING
• Know how to measure it
• Keep your legal team in-the-
know
• Educate your boss…gently
• Don’t take it personally. “It” is
the horrible stuff you will read
REMEMBER…
Your Community is
ALIVE
COMMUNITY BUILDING
Your Community is
SMART
COMMUNITY BUILDING
Your Community is
FUN
COMMUNITY BUILDING
Drink Your Own
Kool-Aid
COMMUNITY BUILDING
• Matthew Knell, @matthewknell
• Savannah Peterson, @savissavvy
• Matt Singley, @mattsingley
Thank you! COMMUNITY BUILDING
Appendix: Some of our favorite
community tools
COMMUNITY BUILDING
• Buffer*
• Edgar
• Oktopost
• Sprout Social
• Tweetdeck* (Twitter only)
• Viraltag (Pinterest)
• Tailwind (Pinterest)
SOCIAL PUBLISHING
TOOLS
COMMUNITY BUILDING
* Offers free version
• SocialMention*
• Topsy*
• Google Alerts
• Mention
• Sysomos
• Crimson Hexagon
SOCIAL LISTENING
TOOLS
COMMUNITY BUILDING
* Offers free version
• Sparkcentral
• Sleek
• Sprout Social
• Tweetdeck* (Twitter only)
• Zendesk
SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT
TOOLS
COMMUNITY BUILDING
* Offers free version
• Trello*
• Asana*
• CoSchedule (for WordPress blogs)*
• Slack*
• Hipchat*
• Confluence
TEAM PLANNING / TASKING
TOOLS
COMMUNITY BUILDING
* Offers free version
• IFTTT by IF*
• Zapier*
AUTOMATION TOOLS COMMUNITY BUILDING
* Offers free version
• Simply Measured
• Quintly
• Google Analytics (real-time)
• Parse.ly
• Chartbeat
• Bit.ly
• SimilarWeb
SOCIAL ANALYTICS COMMUNITY BUILDING
* Offers free version
• BuzzSumo
• FollowerWonk (from Moz)
• PeerIndex
• Bambu (from Sprout Social)
INFLUENCER TOOLS COMMUNITY BUILDING
* Offers free version
• Canva*
• Picmonkey*
• GIPHY CAM*
• Pixelmator (for Mac OS / iOS Only)
IMAGE TOOLS COMMUNITY BUILDING
* Offers free version

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SocialFresh 2015: Power of Community Building workshop

  • 1. POWER OF COMMUNITY BUILDING Presenters Matt Knell, About.com, @matthewknell Savannah Peterson, Speck Design, @savissavvy Matt Singley, singley + mackie, @mattsingley
  • 2. Why are YOU here? COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 4. Com•mun•it•y [kuh-myoo-ni-tee] n. a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself as distinct in some respect from the larger society within which it exists - via Dictionary.com COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 5. WHAT MOTIVATES PEOPLE? COMMUNITY BUILDING MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS, 1943: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs
  • 7. A place (real or virtual) where people gather to share thoughts about something. Where people make connections, in ways that are good and bad. Greater than the sum of it’s individuals A living, breathing thing COMMUNITY IS... COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 8. “A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.” — Henrik Ibsen, “A Enemy of The People”, 1882 COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 9. “Your Facebook Page” The cesspool of the Internet A problem to be solved A place to sell people things (unless they’ve explicitly stated that it’s ok) COMMUNITY IS NOT... COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 10. “I’ve got a great community over on my Facebook page.” — Unnamed social marketer COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 11. Build people up Tear people down Help people Hurt people Drive genuine change COMMUNITY CAN... COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 12. Anywhere where people are given a voice. In places you least expect In places you don’t necessarily want it to exist. COMMUNITY CAN EXIST... COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 13. “We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community... Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.” — Cesar Chavez COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 15. Why create a community? What kinds of communities are there? What are some of the risks with community? How can you get started with community? How can you keep your community healthy? What community platforms exist for you to build with? TODAY’S KEY THEMES COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 16. Why build a community? It’s hard but #FeelsMatter COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 17. • Community helps you build something even greater than what you set out to do • Let the community shape your product, this will empower their evangelism • Overcoming obstacles is an emotional journey You Can Do It! (Together)
  • 18. Your community is your first defensible asset. n. Frankly, without community, your product/brand is nothing. COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 19. Community is your brand’s heartbeat. Your community managers read the pulse best. Community can be the unicorn you ride into the sunset. Go along for the ride. Why Community First? COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 20. “Pay your community managers like you pay your developers.” — Anil Dash, next to me at dinner one time COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 22. What kinds of communities are there? COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 24. Different kinds of communities have different goals, issues, risks, rewards and motivations, and ways of offering feedback. But above all, communities need to have a sense of purpose to grow and succeed. Important: The purpose of a community can evolve from the one of its creator to one based on the desires of its members. WHY DOES IT MATTER? COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 25. • Lifestyle Communities • Creator Communities • Superfan Communities • Support Communities • Professional Communities • Commenter Communities • IRL Communities TYPES OF COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 26. Unifier: Shared cultural, physical, emotional, or location based attributes. Core purpose: Validation, advice and support. Two things to look out for: 1. Keeping the conversations on topic. 2. Allowing for varied opinions. LIFESTYLE COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 29. Unifier: People who are users / advocates of a product or service. Core purpose: Sharing ideas and thoughts to make products, or make products better. Things to look out for: 1. Members who help others contribute. 2. Losing control of the general direction of progress. CREATOR COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 30. COMMUNITY BUILDING LEGO IDEAS - http://ideas.lego.com
  • 31. COMMUNITY BUILDING UBUNTU - http://community.ubuntu.com
  • 32. Unifier: Passion and fandom for a particular movie/fan/music band/product/concept. Core purpose: Facilitating this fandom! Two things to look out for: 1. People who dominate conversation and bully others. 2. Lifespan of fandom! SUPERFAN COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 33. COMMUNITY BUILDING SIMPSONS WIKIA - http://community.ubuntu.com
  • 34. COMMUNITY BUILDING CRYSTAL PEPSI FB PAGE - https://www.facebook.com/BringBackCrystalPepsi
  • 35. SUPPORT COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY BUILDING Unifier: People who need help with a product, service or concept. Core purpose: Getting users the answers they need to solve their problems. Two things to look out for: 1. What to do when their question can't be answered? 2. How much scale can you handle?
  • 36. COMMUNITY BUILDING @JETBLUE ON TWITTER - http://twitter.com/jetblue
  • 37. COMMUNITY BUILDING APPLE SUPPORT FORUM - http://support.apple.com
  • 38. PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY BUILDING Unifier: People who need help related to their industry, job or career. Core purpose: Helping users improve, advance or find a career. Two things to look out for: 1. How do you make their work look good? 2. Are people finding work or making successful connections?
  • 39. COMMUNITY BUILDING BEHANCE - http://behance.net
  • 40. COMMUNITY BUILDING CLOUDPEEPS - http://cloudpeeps.com
  • 42. COMMENTER COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY BUILDING Unifier: People who comment on content from a particular site. Core purpose: Allowing users to feedback on content and offer their opinions. Two things to look out for: 1. Trolls. 2. Still trolls.
  • 44. IRL COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY BUILDING Unifier: People who take their online connection offline and meet people in the real world! Core purpose: Allowing people to develop their relationships in person. Two things to look out for: 1. People’s personalities offline are very different than online. 2. Repeating the in-person opportunities can help drive the magic.
  • 45. s GOOGLE LOCAL GUIDES – http://www.google.com/local/guides
  • 47. Which one suits your business best? COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 49. THE BIG PAYOFF COMMUNITY BUILDING The best communities govern themselves. It is both terrifying and liberating.
  • 50. RISKS COMMUNITY BUILDING • You aren’t empowered/enabled • The community knows more than you • Private communities form • You lose control
  • 51. REWARDS COMMUNITY BUILDING • Be a hero (to the community and your boss) • Develop advocates • You don’t need to be in control
  • 52. ABOUT INFLUENCERS COMMUNITY BUILDING Community members with big influence and high passion. Everybody wants them. It’s not that easy.
  • 53. What and where is your community now? Figure out what you’re working with COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 54. “Who is your community talking to when they’re not talking to you?” — Savannah Peterson, in Matthew Knell’s class more than once COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 55. Community comes in all shapes and sizes – sometimes it’s easy to spot, and some you have to hunt for. COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 56. Create marketing personas through user research. Start with the people to whom your brand/product provide the most value to. Prepare to be delightfully wrong about who you thought would benefit from you the most. Target your community COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 57.
  • 59. INVITE COMMUNITY BUILDING A good community leader develops environment. A great community leader develops advocates.
  • 60. INVITE COMMUNITY BUILDING • Existing customers or fans • Outliers • Fans of the competition
  • 61. HOW TO INVITE COMMUNITY BUILDING • Be distinctive • Make it easy • Care. Don’t just say it, show it • Incentivize
  • 62. AFTER THE INVITE COMMUNITY BUILDING Step 1: Communicate and Enable Step 2: See Step 1
  • 63. BUILDING ADVOCATES COMMUNITY BUILDING Influence Passion Influencer Advertiser Or Celebrity Potential Customers Community Advocates Trolls
  • 64. How to get started with your community COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 65. • How important is community to my business? • What should a user get out of my community? • How and how much do I want my users to interact with each other and me? • What level of support can I offer? • How much should the conversation about my community be structured? • How much can I pay to support this process? KEY QUESTIONS TO ASK COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 66. HOST IT OR BORROW IT COMMUNITY BUILDING Factor to consider Host it yourself on your servers Host it with someone else Speed to market Slower Quicker Developer expertise Immediate to Expert None to Limited Design control Complete Limited User privacy / data concerns Your terms Governed by the platform Management Tools More customized Limited Cost Hosting + software Software
  • 67. • Forums • Wikis • Customer support tools • Q&A tools • Blogs • Comments • Social Networks • Enterprise Social Platform TOP PLATFORMS COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 68. • Number of supported members • Users / bandwidth • Upload ability • User permission levels • Moderation controls • Version control KEY PLATFORM FEATURES COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 69. • Forums allow “threads” of conversation that are defined by the community and it’s moderators. • The most widely used type of community platform. Most useful for: • Topics that have a wide array of subtopics • Offering users maximum flexibility to subdivide conversations. Host it yourself: phpBB, Vanilla Forums, nodeBB, vBulletin Host it with someone else: ForumHost. ProBoards/Forums.net FORUMS COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 71. • Wikis allow collaborative editing of documents between multiple users. • Popular amongst fan sites and software and open-source development communities. Most useful for: • Communities with strong needs to document things. Host it yourself: MediaWiki, UserPress, WikiWikiWeb Host it with someone else: WikiSpaces, Wikia WIKIS COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 72. RASPBERRY PI - https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/setup/
  • 73. • Support software focuses on managing issues with software or products. • Typically user to company without a lot of support from other users. Most useful for: • Communities that have products that need support. Host it yourself: Contact us forms Host it with someone else: Zendesk, Desk.com, FreshDesk SUPPORT SOFTWARE COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 74. SPROUT SOCIAL HELP CENTER via Zendesk
  • 75. • Q&A software is a more structured community focused on answering user questions. • Often users to have users help each other. Most useful for: • Communities with strong reference needs for documentation. Host it yourself: Askbot, OSQA Host it with someone else: Get Satisfaction, Zendesk, AnswerHub Q&A SOFTWARE COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 76. ASK FEDORA - https://ask.fedoraproject.org
  • 77. • Allow users to contribute long-form content written in an editorial or narrative style. Most useful for: • Communities with regular news and updates. • Communities with strong influencer voices. Host it yourself: WordPress, b2Evolution, Ghost Host it with someone else: WordPress, Blogger, Medium, Squarespace, Tumblr BLOGS COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 78. Cisco Diversity Blog - http://blogs.cisco.com/diversity/
  • 79. • Allow users to contribute short-form content written in response to another piece of content. Most useful for: • Communities with active voices who are motivated to contribute by content. Host it yourself: WordPress Comments, Home built systems Host it with someone else: Livefyre, Disqus, Facebook Comments, Google+ Comments COMMENTS COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 81. • Allows you to create content / engage with your company wherever they live. Most useful for: • Communities who have a widely distributed user base. Host it with someone else: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Reddit, Instagram, YouTube, Vine SOCIAL NETWORKS COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 82. SOCIAL NETWORKS COMMUNITY BUILDING Network Best For Chance for brand content? Content lifespan per post? Engagement chance? Search Facebook Mass market Good Medium Good Poor Twitter Real-time Good Very Short Good Good Pinterest Visual topics Good Long Limited Good Reddit Niche topics Limited Medium Don't Good Instagram Photos / videos Good Short Good Improving YouTube Long-form Video Good Long Good Good Vine Youth Good Short Limited Limited
  • 83. • Combine many of these platform into a single piece of software. Most useful for: • Large communities who want to offer more than one platform. Host it yourself: BuddyPress Host it with someone else: Jive Software, Confluence, Ning, Communifire ENTERPRISE SOCIAL NETWORKS COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 85. • Most platforms will allow you an email “welcome message” as part of user sign up. • Tailor the message to be as personal as possible. • Add links to “Getting started” and “Rules of the community” documentation. • Pair new members with old members who are moderators / leaders in your community, or community managers. • Be prepared to answer questions. • Keep an eye on them to see if they continue to contribute. NAILING THE WELCOME COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 87. RULES COMMUNITY BUILDING When establishing community rules, be clear, be intentional and be quick to enforce them.
  • 88. RULES COMMUNITY BUILDING • Establishing the Rules • Communicating the Rules • Enforcing the Rules
  • 89. MODERATION COMMUNITY BUILDING • Know How Channels Function • Stay Consistent • Educate the C-Suite
  • 90. MODERATION COMMUNITY BUILDING To block or not to block…that is the question. -Hamlet, Community Manager
  • 91. MODERATION COMMUNITY BUILDING LevelofAbuse Likelihood to Re-Offend Actions to Take Block Engage Privately Engage Publicly Hide or Ignore
  • 92. Community care and feeding Communities eat, sh*t and breed too. COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 94. “Community Management is really f*cking personal; it’s about humans helping other humans.” — Savannah Peterson, on medium May 2015 COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 95. Community posts should be inspiring, educational and applicable. People want to learn and relate. COMMUNITY BUILDING
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  • 97. #SWPaws: Cutest downtime ever - Ecommerce platform affected on December 20th - 19 Hours of Downtime - No clear estimated time of repair for hours COMMUNITY BUILDING
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  • 100. Community has $$ value. The ROI is their continued evangelism and return business. COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 101. People who fully leverage your brand have 50x the lifetime value of those who don’t. Your VIPs are worth investing in. COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 102. NPS is a reasonable indicator and satiates the data-heads at work. Track the un-trackable by defining your own sentiment scale in addition to those provided by platforms. Remember that case studies have value too. Defining Feelings COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 103. • IRL Activations • Community Showcases • Strategic Geo- targeting •Forum Management •Educational Content •Newsletter/Blog •Customer Support •Brand Exposure •Community Amplification •Marketing •Evangelist Empowerment •Niche Identification Community Outreach Social Media Event Planning Core Engagement Sample Team
  • 105. You think you know but you have no idea. Adapt. Your community should generate a significant amount of your content. Aim for at least 50/50. Ask your community what drives them. For many, recognition and visibility through your brand is inspiring. Community driven content COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 107. THRIVE AND SURVIVE COMMUNITY BUILDING Create healthy communities and cover your ass.
  • 108. THRIVE COMMUNITY BUILDING • Be patient. Healthy communities take time to develop • Be giving. Enable your community • Be generous. Reward your users
  • 109. SURVIVE COMMUNITY BUILDING • Know how to measure it • Keep your legal team in-the- know • Educate your boss…gently • Don’t take it personally. “It” is the horrible stuff you will read
  • 115. • Matthew Knell, @matthewknell • Savannah Peterson, @savissavvy • Matt Singley, @mattsingley Thank you! COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 116. Appendix: Some of our favorite community tools COMMUNITY BUILDING
  • 117. • Buffer* • Edgar • Oktopost • Sprout Social • Tweetdeck* (Twitter only) • Viraltag (Pinterest) • Tailwind (Pinterest) SOCIAL PUBLISHING TOOLS COMMUNITY BUILDING * Offers free version
  • 118. • SocialMention* • Topsy* • Google Alerts • Mention • Sysomos • Crimson Hexagon SOCIAL LISTENING TOOLS COMMUNITY BUILDING * Offers free version
  • 119. • Sparkcentral • Sleek • Sprout Social • Tweetdeck* (Twitter only) • Zendesk SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT TOOLS COMMUNITY BUILDING * Offers free version
  • 120. • Trello* • Asana* • CoSchedule (for WordPress blogs)* • Slack* • Hipchat* • Confluence TEAM PLANNING / TASKING TOOLS COMMUNITY BUILDING * Offers free version
  • 121. • IFTTT by IF* • Zapier* AUTOMATION TOOLS COMMUNITY BUILDING * Offers free version
  • 122. • Simply Measured • Quintly • Google Analytics (real-time) • Parse.ly • Chartbeat • Bit.ly • SimilarWeb SOCIAL ANALYTICS COMMUNITY BUILDING * Offers free version
  • 123. • BuzzSumo • FollowerWonk (from Moz) • PeerIndex • Bambu (from Sprout Social) INFLUENCER TOOLS COMMUNITY BUILDING * Offers free version
  • 124. • Canva* • Picmonkey* • GIPHY CAM* • Pixelmator (for Mac OS / iOS Only) IMAGE TOOLS COMMUNITY BUILDING * Offers free version