How to Build and Manage a Community course – March 2008

Thinking of starting up some forums and a bit of a community for a niche area you are passionate about? This is somewhat more than a “community manager” course – lot’s of strategy and business stuff, as well as ‘hands on’ managing forums etc. I’m teaching Managing a social network for business in March (9:00…

Facebook suicide and media articles

Bit of a silly article from The Times: Facebook suicide: the end of a virtual life Can online friendships ruin real-life relationships? Some users of a very popular social networking site believe so – and that’s why they’re taking drastic action, says Emma Justice Stephanie Painter’s death was swift and painless. At 9.10pm on February…

Facebook vs Google – social search, inbuilt support

Anyone here use Facebook? *poke* poke* From Ad Age: 23-Year-Old Mark Zuckerberg Has Google Sweating Idealist Entrepreneur’s Facebook Offers Something Search Doesn’t–Distribution By Abbey Klaassen Just as Google has become what some people call the operating system for search, Facebook is turning itself into the operating system for social networking. While Google knows what millions…