Online communities love to play follow the leader

People love to imitate those they admire and respect. You can use this to your advantage when building an online community; lead by example and watch your members follow your lead.

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Welcome to Community Spark - a blog dedicated to helping you build successful online communities.

My name is Martin Reed. Online communities are my passion. In this blog I hope to share much of what I have learnt, and am still learning when it comes to online community development.

Enjoy the articles; I look forward to reading your comments.

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  • Dan: There you come again raising an issue which is quite hard to comprehend for the “standard” web...
  • Dan: Eva et al - exactly, also my experience. Basically, every major user group needs special treatment and if...
  • dan: Another great article with an idea that’s surprisingly often not mentioned - we do the forums not for...
  • Dan: Well… the mods on my forums are really nice, so I didn’t have this type of accident yet (ha!).. but...
  • Dan: Yeah - moderator team is crucial! I’ve read so many posts at other community based sites that either...

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