Book Review: “Buzzing Communities” by Richard Millington

I have long been a fan of Rich Millington and the excellent advice he dispenses daily from his blog at FeverBee.com.  For those involved with leading online communities, you need to go to FeverBee and subscribe to his updates.  You'll benefit from the brief, insightful posts he publishes nearly every weekday.  I was extremely glad, …

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Leap Year Lesson #355: You’re Likely Being Fair if Both Sides Accuse You of Favoritism

Very few days go by without someone complaining to me about something happening in our company's internal social network.  Usually it's about a specific discussion that someone takes offense at or because they think a rule or two have been broken that requires my intervention as community manager.  That goes with the territory of managing …

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Leap Year Lesson #318: Sometimes You Just Need To Ask

One of the facts of life in a small or new business is doing a lot of things yourself.  You usually don't have the resources to hire expensive consultants, marketing agencies, graphic artists or others to do work.  You may begrudge not being able to hire out such work, but you shouldn't be too quick  …

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