Building Online Communities

Discover how to build an online community for your business. Get tips for engaging loyal customers and fans on social media and building active, vibrant groups.

Introduction

• Online community building
• Why build your communities online?

1. Planning for Building a Community Online

• Marketing demographics of your community
• Time needed for community building
• Which social platform is best
• Visual aspects of the online community
• How to start a community from scratch
• How to revive an older community

2. Content Creation for Online Communities

• Create a content calendar
• Promoting your community via podcast
• Leveraging guest contributors

3. Building Engagement in Online Communities

• How to create webinars or online meetups
• Community-focused live events or meetups
• Hashtags and online discussion
• Follow up with your community

4. Giving Back to Your Community

• Giving back to your community