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		<title>When Your Members Criticize a Company or Person, Invite Them to Your Community</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: SmithGreg I recently had a member on one of my communities start a thread to review a book, which he criticized. Most of his review was fair, but there were some parts that I felt were a little harsh. Still, it was appropriate for our community. As an author, I do sympathize with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Revive a &#8220;Dead&#8221; Online Community</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: ornello_pics Josh Barraza asked if I would talk about how you can revive a &#8220;dead&#8221; online community. That&#8217;s a great suggestion. Before we talk about the how, there are a couple of simple truths that we need to keep in mind. The definition of &#8220;dead&#8221; will vary by person, by community and by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bringing Activity Streams to Forums and Communities</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: erin_everlasting There are a number of ways to tackle the index page of your community. It&#8217;s about showcasing your content and your members and that can be pretty flexible. Different approaches have different benefits and work well, depending on your audience and situation. The traditional list of forums can work well. Another popular [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building Community on Turntable.fm as a DJ</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in June, I wrote about Turntable.fm, the social DJ service and music community. Since then, I have spent countless hours playing music on Turntable.fm and have accumulated a good number of points and fans. 1,550 and 137, respectively. According to ttDashboard, a site that tracks some interactions with the site, that places me 1,756th [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Get More Replies on Your Forums</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 23:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: mary_gaston22 Shopmaster asked: &#8220;What are some good things you can do to get people to post or reply to topics in your articles?&#8221; Thank you, Shopmaster. The act of simply getting people to reply to you, whether it be to topics you start in your forums or articles you write on your blog [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Get Those First Few Members on Your Forums</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2011/08/08/how-to-get-those-first-few-members-on-your-forums/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 21:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Cultivation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Promoting Your Community]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: rutlo My friend Jonathan Bailey of Plagiarism Today, who I co-host the Copyright 2.0 Show with, asked me to write about the following topic: One thing I&#8217;d be very interested in, something I don’t think you&#8217;ve covered here, is an article about how to get a community started. If a community is like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Real Power of Community (or &#8220;Celebrities &#8216;Deserve&#8217; Their Followers&#8221;)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: the euskadi 11 Sometimes, people get caught up in thoughts that are very limiting, due to their own jealousy, insecurities, a lack of understanding or something else. One great example of this is a comment I once heard someone make. It was about a celebrity, I forget who. The person said that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building Community with LinkedIn Groups (and Cutting Down on Self-Promotion)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 17:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Cultivation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Managing the Community]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In May, at WordCamp Raleigh, I ran into Ray Mitchell, a Winston Salem, North Carolina-based web designer, who I had met previously. SixFour Web Design is his company. Mr. Mitchell recently shared a blog post request for me Twitter: &#8220;Special tips for managing LinkedIn Groups to build real community vs. self-promotion.&#8221; Thank you for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abusing Your Community: &#8220;Friends&#8221; and How You Use Them</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 20:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: Justin Sternberg I have grown to become very careful about my usage of the word &#8220;friend,&#8221; when I am talking about other people. A lot of people have really diluted this term to the point where, for some, it means &#8220;person that I once had a pleasant conversation with&#8221; or &#8220;someone I paid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons You Can Take from phpBBHacks.com&#8217;s 10th Anniversary Celebration</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2011/04/18/lessons-you-can-take-from-phpbbhacks-coms-10th-anniversary-celebration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: joelogon Last month, I wrote about the 10th anniversary celebration over at phpBBHacks.com, a site that I launched on April 6, 2001. In brief summary, this is what we did to celebrate: Launched a special, dedicated section of our website, with an RSS feed and added a special section to our forums (for [...]]]></description>
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