Online Community: The Chicken and the Egg
Rosemary O'Neill
Community ManagementTechnology
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Blog Post CommentThe wisdom of the ages..... And, have you asked your liveried servants where the finger bowls and oyster forks might be?
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Blog Post CommentAs a Vermonter and gardner I'm glad to learn of this new site. Just joined!
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Blog Post CommentThat's awesome. I should have remembered you were up there!
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Blog Post CommentYay! Welcome! And if you have any suggestions, please feel free to shoot me an email!
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Blog Post CommentCommunity building is a challenge for many...whether you're a blogger or apparently a chicken farmerette. It's been suggested to me I'm a natural at building community; not exactly sure why...perhaps the natural ebullience? HEH. Had to use that word. I like this post. Short and to the point.
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Blog Post CommentThanks Jayme! You are a "natural" indeed. (And I hope this post had verve.)
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Blog Post Comment200 members is great but how many are free and how many are paying? What business model was used as far as pricing was concerned? The standard $25 a year? Or a larger monthly fee etc? I never watched the video, so sorry if it is mentioned there - 3am here I am too tired.
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Blog Post CommentHey Danny! I just thought I'd pipe in on this as I got the email notification that you'd responded. The video is before I had set up premium memberships and more focuses on things that I had learned about bringing new members to the site in only a couple of months and keeping them engaged. I've since set it up and do have maybe 5 paying members currently (at the standard annual rate) but I really operate the site for the love of sharing my interests with others and learning from one another...
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Blog Post CommentI know this is old but it caught my eye (well both of them actually. My take on this is, you do indeed tread a fine line between creating the right kind of platform for a community. Engaging them in the creation is one way. Allowing people to have their input is very good but everyone has a different opinion so you have to start with an adaptive base. The big question is how do you get them in the first place? Of the millions of people out there who do you reach out to with your invites. I...