Tips on Starting an Online Community Site

by Matt on Mar 13, 2009 in Blogging

On the FeverBee blog, Richard Millington shares some tips on Start An Online Community For Your Street. It’s good stuff that any hyperlocal blogger can learn from.

His tips include getting your neighbors involved early on — talk to them to identify important issues, seed your local site with some content, and then invite everyone to comment and/or write their own pieces. He suggests having meetups to further develop your community site and the interaction among neighbors.

Why does all this matter?

If you want to clean up the litter in your street, don’t grab a broom, build the bonds between members so they wont drop litter on your street. It serves to reason, if you want to improve the value of your home, you should increase the social capital of your street. You can do this easier than ever with online tools.

That’s good stuff. The full post isn’t long – click on over now and check it out.

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March 13, 2009 | Filed Under Blogging 

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