This guest post is from Jeremy Epstein, VP of Marketing and Social Navigator at Sprinklr. I’m often asked about building community. One of the great mistakes in trying to build community is making it too open — letting anyone in. As a result, it gets to a point where no one wants to join. My buddy,…
Tag Archives: community management
What happens when your community grows up?
This is a guest post from Douglas Atkin, CEO at The Glue Project and author of “The Culting of Brands.” What happens between the moment of birth and spawning (when the community is mature-the subject of the last post)? Communities go through recognizable life-stages as they grow. You should be aware of them because you can…
Read More
Comments Off on What happens when your community grows up?
The 5 ingredients of community glue
This is a guest post from Douglas Atkin, CEO at The Glue Project and author of “The Culting of Brands.” It may seem trite to have a list of ingredients. We’re talking about high-functioning communities here, not a sponge cake. But over and over, the same motivations, techniques and principles emerged as I talked to members…
Read More
Comments Off on The 5 ingredients of community glue
What is a community?
This is a guest post from Douglas Atkin, CEO at The Glue Project and author of “The Culting of Brands.” I keep being asked this question. Not surprising really, since I go on about community a lot. And perhaps not surprising because it’s one of those culturally familiar, but rarely examined ideas like fairness, or even…
Read More
Comments Off on What is a community?
Keep your community obviously active
This is a guest post from Douglas Atkin, CEO at The Glue Project and author of “The Culting of Brands.” An active community will keep its members. But being obviously active will attract new ones. People stay in active communities because they do stuff that satisfies their original need for joining. And because they’re interacting with…
Read More
Comments Off on Keep your community obviously active
