Tara Hunt is one of my favorite bloggers right now. I love that whenever she mixes the Kool-Aid, she's the first one to drink it (or perhaps bathe in it).
Recently, she wrote a great article call The Rules of Engagement for Vitamin, a digital magazine about web design (run by my friends over at Carson Systems).
The article shares Tara's thoughts on how to actually DO community marketing which is a frequently glossed over subject among the social media crowd today.
The ten rules are:
#1. Become a community evangelist
#2. Design to delight
#3. Embrace the chaos
#4. Find your higher purpose
#5. Get focused
#6. Inbound, rather than outbound communications
#7. Put community first
#8. Be part of the community you serve
#9. Remember the tripod: Environment, Product & Community
#10. Have patience
(The links above are to relevant posts on her blog.)
While Tara and I don't agree on everything, if you're not reading what she's writing, you should start. Now.
Thanks...:)
What a huge compliment. I love your stuff, too, Eric...although I thought we ALWAYS agreed. ;)
Posted by: Tara Hunt | November 30, 2006 8:19 PM | Permalink to Comment