A New Community | Community Building

19th January, 2009 | A New Community

Community building: Getting members active and addicted

Getting visitors to join an online community isn’t very hard. The real community building challenge lies in getting these members active and retaining them. In this article I’ll share some ideas and I invite you to share yours.

How to promote online communities

Developing successful online communities is similar to planning a successful party. You need people to make it a success – offline, you send invitiations. Online, you can do the same – and employ a number of other techniques which I share in this article.

Launching a new online community

New online communities are just like young children – they need support and nurturing. It is therefore quite apt that my newest online community took 9 months to develop! Find out more about my latest project in this article.

A new community: Preparing for launch

My new online community is almost ready for launch. Before I make the site public though, I need to undertake some final testing, fill the site with content and have a promotion plan. This article outlines this process.

Building a new community: Choosing a coder

Got a niche, got a domain name, got a logo and got a design. Now I just need to get my new online community coded. Here are the steps I followed to ensure I chose the right coder.

Building a community: Choosing a CMS

This is the seventh article in what I hope will be an indefinite series about the processes involved in developing a brand new community from scratch. I am currently developing a brand new online community and will detail its development on this blog. As I have said before, I think it is far easier to [...]

Building a community: Design revisions and coding

This is the sixth article in what I hope will be an indefinite series about the processes involved in developing a brand new community from scratch. I am currently developing a brand new online community and will detail its development on this blog. As I have said before, I think it is far easier to [...]

Building a community: Starting the design process

This is the fifth article in what I hope will be an indefinite series about the processes involved in developing a brand new community from scratch. I am currently developing a brand new online community and will detail its development on this blog. As I have said before, I think it is far easier to [...]

Building a community: Creating a logo

This is the fourth article in what I hope will be an indefinite series about the processes involved in developing a brand new community from scratch. I am currently developing a brand new online community and will detail its development on this blog. As I have said before, I think it is far easier to [...]

Building a new community: Creating content before you launch

This is the third article in what I hope will be an indefinite series about the processes involved in developing a brand new community from scratch. I am currently developing a brand new online community and will detail its development on this blog. As I have said before, I think it is far easier to [...]

Building a new community: Choosing a domain name

This is the second article in what I hope will be an indefinite series about the processes involved in developing a brand new community from scratch. I am currently developing a brand new online community and will detail its development on this blog. As I have said before, I think it is far easier to [...]

Building a new community: Choosing a niche

This is the first article in what I hope will be an indefinite series about the processes involved in developing a brand new community from scratch. I am currently purchasing a domain name for a new community and will detail the development of the site on this blog. As I have said before, I think [...]

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