Building a Multi-Tiered Community Strategy
Ally GreerDirector of Community & Content
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- What is community
management?
-Learning by doing & observing
Where I started.
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Community Management: more than just building communities.
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Ambassador program: What I thought would work
“This will be easy! Just gather the top platform users and the rest will
happen!”
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Expectation:
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Reality:
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Ambassador program: What I tried
-Scoop.it Specialists-Google+ Communities-Forum based approach
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Ambassador program: Why it failed
-Relied too much on the community members-Didn’t have an editorial calendar
-Didn’t have a way to empower them-Couldn’t ignite passion for Scoop.it
-Didn’t manage expectations-Didn’t outline goals-Was afraid to ask
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1. Acknowledge failures
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Ambassador program: How to fix it
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1. Acknowledge failures2. Reevaluate goals
-What do I want from this program?
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Ambassador program: How to fix it
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1. Acknowledge failures2. Reevaluate goals
-What do I want from this program?3. Watch others’ successes
-What communities am I a member of that work?
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Ambassador program: How to fix it
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1. Acknowledge failures2. Reevaluate goals
-What do I want from this program?3. Watch others’ successes
-What communities am I a member of that work?4. Leverage what you have
-What’s the natural structure of our community?@allygreer
Ambassador program: How to fix it
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1. You can’t build a community of people who don’t want to be
a part of a community.
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Conclusions:
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2. You can’t build a community around only a brand.
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Conclusions:
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The 4 Tiers of the Scoop.it Community
1. The Internet
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The 4 Tiers of the Scoop.it Community
1. The Internet2. Scoop.it Users
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The 4 Tiers of the Scoop.it Community
1. The Internet2. Scoop.it Users3. #leancontent
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The 4 Tiers of the Scoop.it Community
1. The Internet2. Scoop.it Users3. #leancontent
4. Scoop.it Ambassadors
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The 4 Tiers& how we can reach them
1. The Internet-SEO, content marketing, lead generation
2. Scoop.it Users-newsletter, in-product messaging, social media
3. #leancontent-meetup group, facebook group, Scoop.it topic
4. Scoop.it Ambassadors-facebook group, newsletter, personal email
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Takeaways-Learn from failures
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Takeaways-Learn from failures
-Channel the success of others
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Takeaways-Learn from failures
-Channel the success of others-Leverage your community’s
“natural structure”
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Takeaways-Learn from failures
-Channel the success of others-Leverage your community’s
“natural structure”-Find the passion that matches
your brand messaging
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Takeaways-Learn from failures
-Channel the success of others-Leverage your community’s
“natural structure”-Find the passion that matches
your brand messaging-Engage and maintain community
via content Thursday, May 29, 14
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