basics

This post is an excellent overview of social media topics that have been covered on Altitude Branding, sorted by topics.

Richard Millington shares his 11 fundamental laws for online communities.  

This Mashable article gives some good advice on what to focus on if you're getting overwhelmed with social networking.

This article explains in a few words the basics of Community Management and offers the chance to more reading.

Richard Millington proposes some easy solutions to problems many communities face in the beginning and in their growth phase.

Matt Rosenhaft shares possible roadmaps for companies who want to test using social media at "different speeds", starting out with a social media "crawl" that

Great, simple tips on how to build your community

Sarah Blue shares her tipps on how to become a great community manager.  

Holly Seddon gives a short overview of community management (with links to more detailed posts about various community management topics).

Eric Karjaluoto gives his advice on how to engage in social media.