Category: Blog
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Do We “Need” Social Media?
While researching the Essena O’Neill saga, I came across this video on YouTube…
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BuddyPress to PeepSo Migrator 1.0.2 Is Out!
BuddyPress has introduced profile covers. That great news! It’s always good to see BuddyPress getting some kind of improvement. So we’ve updated our BuddyPress to PeepSo Migrator.
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Make Your Community Truly Yours! – Changing Default Settings
So you want to start your own social network! That’s a fantastic idea! You’ve read all the blog posts and the book on The Secrets of Successful Online Communities (haven’t read the book yet? You can get it for free by subscribing to our newsletter, look for it on the right). You’ve found your niche. You’ve installed…
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Essena O’Neill, Social Media and Authenticity
It seems like everybody who works in communications is talking about Essena O’Neill at the moment; how she exposed the truth behind the photos she posted on Instagram, sharing what it took to get the perfect photo and how much she was paid for promoting certain products. She claims that social media is fake, and…
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What to do when your social network grows too big
If all goes well (and why shouldn’t it?) your community should keep growing. It will attract new members. Those members will post and comment, interact with followers and tell their friends…
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The one reason your community members are leaving
Just as new members should continually join your community, so you’ll also find that older members leave. They’ll stop posting, stop commenting, and eventually they’ll delete their profiles.
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Moods Bring Smiles — And Engagement!
They should be a small thing, but emojis that depict emotions have become an intrinsic part of social media communication. Fast to type and easy to understand, they’re a natural language for mobile phones and small screens.
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Welcoming New Members to Your Online Social Network
As your community grows, you’ll still need to roll out the welcome mat for new members. When people join, they should feel at home, familiar and part of the environment.
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How to Build Identity to cement your online community
Your members have two hands on your private social network. One hand holds onto the people they know. That’s what keeps people on platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp: they join and stay because their friends have joined and stayed. If their friends were to leave they’d leave too…
