High School. It’s the best of times and yeah, we won’t talk about the other times. Staying connected becomes increasingly difficult as our lives diverge on our own paths. It’s fun to find out how everyone is doing but the reunion experience is better when you stay connected online.

The essence of a successful online community-driven website is member engagement and giving users the tools they need to interact with each other, create and contribute content that is easy to find, and can be promoted to its intended audience. I’m excited to announce that in 2020, with the launch of the new free PeepSo…

You’ve worked hard to build your community but now you see people leaving. That can be hard. Here’s the thing: any community — online or off — should allow ebb and flow. It’s really okay. It’s not personal. (But if it was, that’s okay, too. Let them go, but that’s another post.)

Podcasts need audiences. How do you nurture your podcast audience online? They’re about community. As Jason Tucker of WPwatercooler.com once mentioned to me, podcasting is intimate. People listen in their cars, while they are showering, and even mowing the lawn, he reminded me. So, what better next step than to build an online community around…

Nonprofits need volunteers. How can you manage, train, and equip them? The rush is to always start a Facebook group. However, not everyone is on Facebook or wants to be.

This is the time of year everyone loves to hate: resolutions. What will 2020 look like? We’re all comparing 2009 to 2019 all over social media. Yet, most people understand that resolutions — if they are not achievable goals — don’t work. One of the reasons is a lack of accountability.

Gamification makes participating in your online community fun. Isn’t that why you have it? Your community is serious, you think. You don’t need to devalue it with gamification.