online communities

Online Communities are found around in various formats. Popular blogs with regular readers (who also comment on posts regularly), forums and more obviously social networking sites often fall under the 'online community' definition, as can some MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games).

The definitive factor is a place where people communicate with each other online. Whether an e-mail list can be called an online community is questionable, whilst many online communities have certainly grown around what started out as a simple e-mail list.

You'll find a number of articles about online communities here. Another one of my favorite blogs covering the topic is Mashable.com, which, as well as talking about online communities, has its own social networking community element on the site.

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• Freemium Revenues: Social Media Business Podcast

  
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  We look at Freemium revenue in social networks and online communities including asking that: if freemium is the business model of giving it all (or most) of the services away for free , how can you then charge for it? And what is free stuff anyway – marketing? advertising? A mugs game?  If you offer some ...
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• How…you… are you on Twitter?

  
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  I get a number of new Twitter follower notifications filtered into my ‘Twitter’ folder in my Gmail daily. I appreciate them all – well, the ones that aren’t immediately obviously spam. I got an interesting follower the other day that got me to thinking. This Twitter user had her name followed by the ...
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• Netnography: Doing Ethnographic Research Online

  
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  FORTHCOMING BOOK - DECEMBER 2009 Explores the discipline of Netnography - the conduct of ethnography over the internet - a method specifically designed to study cultures and communities online. This book surveys the research on online cultures and communities, focusing on the methods used to ...
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• 5 Clever Ways to Market Your Product on Twitter

  
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  Do you sell products online? Whether you run an online retail store or if you sell on eBay, internet marketing should be a component of your business plan. When you market your products, you increase your earnings potential. In terms of internet marketing, there are many successful approaches. These approaches ...
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• #FollowFriday #FF Dutch @Nutrigenomics @Beatis @TheSofa @DrShock @digicmb

  
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  Last week I announced that I would weekly update my FollowFriday Twitter list.On the FollowFriday list are people I would like to recommend to you.When you’re on Twitter you can follow my FF-list here:http://twitter.com/laikas/followfridays-ff/This week I would like to put several Dutch people in the limelight.All ...
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• Spiceboy of Bubba The Love Sponge Show Posts Nude Photo of Girlfriend Tasha on Twitter

  
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• Playhaven creates lots of fan communities for iPhone game developers

  
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  Playhaven is making it easy for gamers to create fan communities around iPhone games. It does so by creating online forums for fans on its web site, with a new fan section for every iPhone game. Developers can then claim those game communities as official fan sites.To date, 40 developers have launched official ...
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• the skinny on success. why not you? Jim Randall

  
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  Image via Wikipedia the skinny on success. why not you? Jim Randall. 2010. ISBN 9780981893594. Number five in Randalls series continues his straight to the point approach to the subject. Perhaps in an Twitter filled universe, this is a direction that books could move in. Short anecdotal conversations accompanied ...
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• Five Rules To Follow When You’re Mingling Online

  
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  You don’t want the world to think that you’re an idiot or an asshole. It’s hard, because it’s so easy to convince people online that you are in fact a terrible human being. However, I bring to you a solution! Phillip’s five rules to follow when you’re mingling online: Never be an asshole when you’re ...
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• The Marketing Hot Seat: Rachel Happe

  
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  If you don’t know Rachel Happe yet, you are missing out.  I’ve had the sincere pleasure of getting to know Rachel in the local Boston social media scene, and it was clear from my first conversation with her that she knows social media and the power of community unlike most.  With a background that includes ...
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• The Importance Of Face-To-Face Networking

  
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  With the huge increase in the role of online in the media world, in particular social media, it’s easy to forget the importance of face-to-face networking. It’s great to ‘connect’ with people on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and the like, but nothing beats having a drink and chewing the fat in person. My ...
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• Meebo Shows Off Your Used Car

  
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  Everyone loves to show off their car.Maybe they want to brag. Maybe they want to show off how smart they are by saving a ton of money. Sometimes, you just need that final approval from your wife.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Meebo Shows Off Your Used Car

  
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  Image via CrunchBase Everyone loves to show off their car. Maybe they want to brag. Maybe they want to show off how smart they are by saving a ton of money. Sometimes, you just need that final approval from your wife. (You know she wanted a SUV, don’t bother showing her the Corvette.) Whatever your need, we’ve ...
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• Handbag Fashion Show & Giveaway- Tonight!!!

  
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• Improve your online community in five easy steps

  
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  I get a lot of people contacting me for help with their online community. Most of the time, they are unhappy with the amount of activity taking place – they want to see more. Most of the time, I see the same (or at least similar) problems. Therefore, in this article I want to outline five ways you can easily improve ...
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• 3 held for selling liquor through social networking sites

  
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  New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Delhi government’s excise department Thursday claimed to have busted a gang that used to sell smuggled foreign liquor through online communities on social networking sites. Three people have been arrested.The Excise Intelligence Bureau (EIB) received specific information Wednesday that an ...
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• Verizon Strikes a deal to be Social

  
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  video MediaPost Publications Verizon App Offers All-In-One Easy Access to Social Nets, Twitter 11/19/2009 . Verizon strikes a deal with iSkoot to be social. This the same company that created the “social net” app for AT&T. It allows you to connect and respond to Facebook , Twitter, Myspace , Gtalk ...
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• Ning | Social Interest Networking

  
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  Ning has just announced that they’ve reached 37 million registered users and 1.6 million social networks. Wow. Incase you don’t know, Ning is a web service that enables anyone to create their own custom social network. As you’d expect these networks can house videos, photos, chat,events, forums, messaging, ...
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• 10 Ways to Maximize LinkedIN

  
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  Brandswag held a seminar yesterday entitled Beyond the Profile: Maximizing LinkedIN . We had a sold out crowd and it was a great discussion surrounding the better uses of LinkedIN. We are holding a seminar next Wednesday (the 24th) from 8-9:30am on Integrating Social Media into Your Marketing plan . Below you will ...
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• Twitter Convergence: Customer, Corporation and Employee

  
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