Transforming Your Visitors Into a Dedicated & Passionate Community #BlueGlassX

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So you've started building your audience, now how do you grow and expand into a dedicated and passionate community?

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Jennifer Sable LopezDirector of CommunitySEOmoz@jennita

Transforming Your Visitors Into A

Dedicated and Passionate Community

Moz Then and Now…

A Peek Into the Past

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Lots of Blog posts…

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Not a lot of conversation

RSS Feed Circa 2008

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Not bad, dude!

Social Stats – November 2009

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~800 “fans” We hadn’t claimed our

URL!

~4,000 Followers

Blog Traffic – January 2010

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394,000 Pageviews!!!

Who Managed the Community?

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No one… until 2009

(mos

tly)

Let’s Look at Today

A Post From November 2012

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Blog Traffic – October 2012

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PRO Q&A Forum – October 2012

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Twitter – 177,106 Followers

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Facebook – 75,674 Likes

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Google+ - 25,604 Circles

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Who Manages It All Now?

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Numbers shmumbers

How Do You Do It?

2009 = ~4000 followers

Focus + Consistency = #Win

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Encourage Engagement

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Increase Engagement Through Email

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*YOU* Have to Engage As Well

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Even on *Their* Sites

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http://www.hugoguzman.com/2011/03/is-your-marketing-scalable/

Be a part of the community

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Follow the Same Code

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Promote The Community

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Let Them Easily Find Each Other

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Have Them Compete

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… And Earn Stuff

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Have a Plan

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Stick To Your Rules

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Bla bla bla? Use it as a

guide.

Stick To Your Rules

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On Facebook

In Blog Comments

In Q&A Forum

The Little Stuff Counts

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Take it Offline

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IRL FTW!!

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Have a Personality

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Don’t be a robot, yo.

On All Channels

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It’s a Team Sport

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#WIN

What’s the point?

Plus, You Want This…

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A Little of That…

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Community = Emotion

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But *Not* This…

Don’t Just Take My Word For it

(or anyone else's)

Thank You!

Jennifer Sable LopezDirector of CommunitySEOmoz@jennita