Comments on: Successful online communities don’t develop overnight

By: Christina

Christina — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:43:35 +0000

Building the community slowly makes perfect sense but is sometimes difficult to remember. Slow progress oftentimes makes it feel like no progress. In reality, doing something slowly and correctly is the best approach. It’s especially difficult for me but the change I have made for myself is to accomplish very small goals, one at a time, so I still feel successful.

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:42:36 +0000

I really like idea 10. It makes sense, use a cheerleader to win someone over… I just never thought of it. This blog is just great.

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A pre-launch checklist for your new online community | Community Building — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:23:48 +0000

[...] an online community takes a lot of hard work, and a lot of effort. It also takes time (shortcuts are here). Are you ready for this? Perhaps even more importantly, are others inside your [...]

By: Daryl Wilkes

Daryl Wilkes — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:06:07 +0000

It takes time, do not rush……..
Probably the most important piece of advise I have had!
I started this with the feeling that I had to get out there & get as many members as possible, get them all talking at the same time & hit the ground not just running but at full sprint. I have come to realise with your posts that this will just cause me to trip up & fail…!
Slowly, slowly is the watchword I will abide by!

many thanks for such great advise.

Daryl Wilkes

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:12:48 +0000

There is an online community in every niche basically so being unique is difficult. More form software is the same too, making it difficult to have a unique looking site.

I suppose you should tap into your creativity and try and make it better somehow.

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Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:30:58 +0000

[...] Construire une communaut� prend du temps. Le succ�s ne viendra pas en un jour; en fait, je pense m�me que c’est impossible. Les relations humaines ne se construisent pas en un jour, les communaut�s suivent cette m�me�r�gle. Un Community Manager Online doit �tre patient et viser le succ�s sur le long terme. [...]

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What is an online community manager? | Community Building — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:02:39 +0000

[...] Building an online community takes time. You can’t expect overnight success – in fact, I’d argue that’s impossible. Relationships aren’t built overnight, therefore a community cannot be a success overnight. An online community manager needs to be patient and focussed on long term success. [...]

By: Invigorate your online community by closing it down | Community Building

Invigorate your online community by closing it down | Community Building — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:29:37 +0000

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By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:58:14 +0000

I agree. A community that is more focused in nature (serving a narrow niche) will develop more slowly. (Of course, the potential payoff is that this same uniqueness also presents higher rewards for accessing this demographic.) It’s important to expect the slow growth, and not try to boost it prematurely by going after new members that dilute the community instead of enhance it. In fits of passion, it’s easy to start widening the focus to draw more people, losing sight that a trade-off is being made in terms of community value for existing AND new members.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:57:53 +0000

It’s a labor of love really. You get what you put into it…people just want instant gratification most of the time and don’t realize that community building is a constant ongoing process..