http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-community-9-16-12/feed/ Building Community (TOTW; 9.16.12) - Forum Topic in the Group Small Business Thu, 23 May 2013 13:43:40 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5 en http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-community-9-16-12/#post-42334http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-community-9-16-12/#post-42334 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:36:00 +0000 Judith Gotwald replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Community (9.16.12) in the club Small Business I've stuck with blogs. Facebook may draw more interaction but it hasn't been interesting interaction. I can less but more thoughtful interaction on the blog. I agree with @annfurnivall that there are certain […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-community-9-16-12/#post-41973http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-community-9-16-12/#post-41973 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:46:34 +0000 Ann at greenoak replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Community (9.16.12) in the club Small Business @cjrivard great point....my  business is perfect for  facebook....women~ shopping~ their houses.....my  customers  are already on there a few times A DAY    and  my  business is on the fun side of life....  but  […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-community-9-16-12/#post-41945http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-community-9-16-12/#post-41945 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:16:56 +0000 CJ Rivard replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Community (9.16.12) in the club Small Business I think that community building can be a successful tool for a small bus. (as well as big) for keeping customers engaged and increasing their life-time value; but really depends on the type of business. As far as […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-community-9-16-12/#post-41939http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-community-9-16-12/#post-41939 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:22:29 +0000 Ann at greenoak replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Community (9.16.12) in the club Small Business another thing i  see  working in  community  building   is   responding to   interested people  in  ways  that  show  you  really heard  them...or  actually remember something  about them ...that is  so  […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-community-9-16-12/#post-41900http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-community-9-16-12/#post-41900 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:31:54 +0000 Heather Perkins replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Community (9.16.12) in the club Small Business I think it is a very wise idea to build a community, both in your physical location and via the web through social media platforms like SME. Build your communities here and share your pages with one another. Ask […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-community-9-16-12/#post-41896http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-community-9-16-12/#post-41896 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:34:04 +0000 Russell Allert replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Community (9.16.12) in the club Small Business If you are going to build a community, which I recommend, make it portable. Don't rely on any social networking site long-term. Get your own forum (like SME did) and make sure you have complete control over it. Russ

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-community-9-16-12/#post-41882http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-community-9-16-12/#post-41882 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:55:59 +0000 Kristy C. Cartier replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Community (9.16.12) in the club Small Business @rich-brooks I am building a community on Twitter and Facebook (though the latter has been more difficult!). We do not have a blog at this time. AHAA's community on Twitter is fairly active with mentions of us […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-community-9-16-12/#post-41819http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/topic-of-the-week-building-community-9-16-12/#post-41819 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:41:20 +0000 Ann at greenoak replied to the forum topic TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Building Community (9.16.12) in the club Small Business i have  given up on  blogs...since  my facebook  is  getting  more  interaction  than my  blog  ever did...and i  dont  twitter...... most of our  facebook fans  are  actual    customers  and then   others   also  […]

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