A number of people have been asking how ProBlogger.com (the new community section of ProBlogger) has been going since we launched a month ago – so today I thought I’d give a bit of an update – including giving some news on the new price which will go live 1 week from today.. Some stats: As things [...]Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. Pro […]

Do you plan your posts or do you just write them free flow as they come? This is a question that one of our members at ProBlogger.com (Mark Dykeman) started off a conversation with in the last week. Mark talked in the thread about how he does both (sometimes he uses bullet points for his main points [...]Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. Do you Write Outli […]

Today’s post is by Kevin Sanders of Strong and Fit. Do you ever have those moments when seemingly random, unrelated thoughts kind of merge together in your mind? This happened to me a couple of weeks ago. I remembered a documentary I watched on the space shuttle years ago. Something was said about the percentage [...]Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. […]

An online community manager means different things to different people and different organisations. In this article, I outline what an online community manager should be doing, and what kind of personality they should have.

At some stage, you will need to warn or ban members of your online community. Sometimes this can be hard to do - especially if you are banning popular or highly active members. Stay strong and be sensible, and your community will survive.

If you launched your community too soon, you might be better off closing it down and trying again. If activity and member engagement is poor, consider making membership more exclusive. Closed online communities are attractive online communities.