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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>Treat Other Communities as You Would Like Them to Treat Yours</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: Gonmi Treat people as you want to be treated. I apply the golden rule to a lot of different circumstances, including how I manage my communities, with respect to other communities. I&#8217;ll give you a few examples. It&#8217;s not unheard of that a member of a community, not necessarily mine, but any, would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Communicating the Value of Your Community to Potential Members</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: dakotaduff Steve Magruder asked: &#8220;How [can you] motivate users to see the value of your board when many of them don’t seem to &#8220;get it?&#8221; I sometimes wonder if my site&#8217;s mission is lost on people, even though I have striven to make it as plain as day.&#8221; &#8220;&#8230; How can I get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Launching a New Community? Use That Fact to Your Advantage</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2011/08/18/new-communities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Promoting Your Community]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: K . Chan Launching a new online community can be daunting. How can I get those first few members? Unfortunately, there is no magic trick. It&#8217;s time and hard work. However, that doesn&#8217;t mean that being new is all bad. You would do well to recognize that being new, while in some ways [...]]]></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>
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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>Online Communities Are More Than Just Websites&#8230; But, They Are Still Websites</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2011/07/14/online-communities-are-more-than-just-websites-but-they-are-still-websites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Promoting Your Community]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[photo credit: Like_the_Grand_Canyon One of the more common questions I get asked is how you can grow your community and how you can get more activity. As with most things that require a great deal of work, people are looking for that magic, secret tip. But, that doesn&#8217;t exist because that&#8217;s not how it works. [...]]]></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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		<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>Verified Accounts on Your Forums for Celebrities, Public Figures and Well Known People</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2010/09/10/verified-accounts-on-your-forums-for-celebrities-public-figures-and-well-known-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2010/09/10/verified-accounts-on-your-forums-for-celebrities-public-figures-and-well-known-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Managing the Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Promoting Your Community]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Twitter, you have what is called a verified account. In Twitter&#8217;s words, a verified account is among the solutions that they are beta testing &#8220;so users can trust that the accounts they follow are legitimate.&#8221; Furthermore, when Twitter users visit a verified account, they &#8220;know that tweets coming from well known personalities, organizations, government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Get Influencers in Your Community to Pay Attention</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2010/08/11/how-to-get-influencers-in-your-community-to-pay-attention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2010/08/11/how-to-get-influencers-in-your-community-to-pay-attention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How Should I Participate?]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve known Jim Kukral since June 2008 when I was booking interviews tied to my book. I shot him a note and asked if he&#8217;d have any interest in it or in having me on his show. Even though we&#8217;d never spoken before, he did and he eventually posted the first (and so far only) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Find Out Where Your Community Ranks in Google and How Many Impressions and Clicks You Receive</title>
		<link>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2010/07/27/find-out-where-your-community-ranks-in-google-and-how-many-impressions-and-clicks-you-receive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.managingcommunities.com/2010/07/27/find-out-where-your-community-ranks-in-google-and-how-many-impressions-and-clicks-you-receive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Promoting Your Community]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered not just where your community was ranking in Google search queries, but also how many search impressions those queries generated and how many clicks? Well, you can find out. Google Webmaster Tools is a free, cool service provided by Google that allows you do a myriad of things related to your [...]]]></description>
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