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Are We There Yet? A 12-Month Community Building Case Study

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Community building is hard work and the process and results look different for every company. But with great effort comes great reward. Here's what we learned when building community for a company in a "boring" niche.

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many companies don’t invest in community building. start now before they do.

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communities are full of people who know other people who are like them.

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communities develop brand advocates who become your business development team.

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from interruption to being a part of a customer’s life.

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- services based- boring niche- non-tech savvy audience-18 month avg sales cycle

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referrals from ,-4&+' )#05-"6 before

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email marketing & blog drove 4,000 .+/+#/ in 12 ('*#$/

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all the right things8#+,%"#

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This community building STUFFtakes a long time to gain traction.be flexible & learn to adjust quickly.

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research & persona developmentBlog Integrationsocial media & email marketing setupintial strategyrevamp nav structure/transform pagesoptimize website

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research & persona stuffBlog Integrationsocial media & email marketing setupintial strategyrevamp nav structure/transform pagesoptimize website

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focus your efforts on getting the right things done to grow your community and your business.

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:)(%,0"3 ;<=#"0&,#thought leadership goal breakdown

Push government innovation & efficiency

Drive neighborhood & Community improvement

change perception of city government

bridge the gap between building dept &community development services

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develop a new strategy once/quarter.

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develop & optimize content each month.

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mix between ="-7-0&-)+' & 1+'%#-("&1#) content

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COnduct pre & post outreach for all content.<)#%"50$

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Send all content via email marketing.

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share content createdvia social media outlets.

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share other people’sstuff via social media.

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engage & manage thefrontline 2 days/week.

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monitor & provide suggestions 3 days/week.

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build relationships both on & offline.

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guide offline efforts through strategy.

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>%5+*+*3provide social & community training as needed.

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communicate via Weekly standups & monthly evaluation.

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efforts resulted in 74% increase in traffic year/year

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quality vs. quantity

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increasing who shares content

increasing applause & activity levels

getting the content right

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Leverage offline community

transform friends into brand advocates

increase subscribers to blog & email

increase pre & post customer outreach

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you must prove the value of your efforts so that you can earn your budgets.

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8#+,%"# ,-7# ,0%//prove value of community building efforts

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getting more exposure than we ever have before.

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more visits through social media, email marketing, and the blog

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translated into increased sales, opportunities, or revenue?

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of your efforts with the right metrics.

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prove the value

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what do you track instead?

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track roi directly

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KPIs and social media metrics for community building

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8#+,%"# 0.&, B0%//The obvious community building indicators

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ROI

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an activity doesn’t have tangible roi doesn’t mean that it’s not valuable or useful.

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