newsletter

Contents:

1. The First 100 Days

2. 5 Most recent jobs posted at The Moderator Community

3. Top 5 Most read items this month

4. Events happening in the community sector this month

5. Help with a survey on how freelancers are coping with the crisis

1. The First 100 Days

Last Wednesday marked not only Barack Obama’s, but also our first 100 days. Yes – we chose a historical day for our Moderator Community Launch! So how did we do? As most of you know, launching an online community is not always easy, and we’ve been trying continuously to source interesting resources and discussions for you.

Here are our top 3 moments:

• When Tia from eModeration mentioned us on e-mint: Our traffic went through the roof that day!

• Seeing the first piece of content posted that was not posted by ourselves! Yes, we are still hoping to read more from you ;-)

• We’ve been speaking at the Next09 in Hamburg. It’s been nice to see some of you there personally who actually could benefit from the discount which we offered via The Moderator Community. You can to read more about the speech on our blog.

2. 5 Most recent jobs posted at The Moderator Community

• Community Manager, Habbo, in Santa Monica, CA

• Part Time Community Manager, Livity Ltd, London

• Customer Success Manager, Lithium, Emeryville, CA

• Director, Online Operations, Facebook, Palo Alto, CA

• Social Media & Digital Publicity/Promotions Internship, Fanscape, Los Angeles, CA

If you know a job on offer or are looking for an employee or contractor in a community related job, please let us know – or go ahead and publish it in the job section directly!

3. Top 5 Most read items this month

• 20 Do’s and Don’ts of successful Group Moderation

• Facebook’s new real-time Feed

• 5 Steps to Build Social Media Team

• Profiling Tool for your Community Members

• Nielsen: Social Networks and Online Communities on the Rise

4. Events happening in the Social Media Industry this month (May 15th – June 15th)

• Somesso, London, May 15 (check out our discount!)

• Internet Identity Workshop, Mountain View, May 18-20

• SIME, Barcelona, May 21

• Online Marketing Forum, Hamburg, June4

• Online Marketing Forum, Duesseldorf, June 9

• Being-Digital, London, June 10

• Online Community Unconference, Mountain View, June 10

5. Help with a survey on how freelancers are coping with the crisis

We are currently helping out a friend with a Report on Freelancers and would appreciate if you could take a minute to fill out this short survey. It shouldn’t take more than a minute, and you can win some iPods or a Nintendo Wii! The aim of the survey is to find out how freelancers and small business owners feel about the current economic situation and their financial situation.
Thanks a lot in advance!

Contents

1. Exclusive 20% conference discount: SOMESSO in London, May 15th
2. Events happening this month in the community space
3. Top 5 discussions: What's the buzz?
4. The Top 5 most popular resources since launch
5. Wanted: Social Media Specialist for our partner company Label
6. Meet us at Next09

 

1. Exclusive 20% conference discount: SOMESSO in London, May 15th

We’d like to present Somesso, who offer a 20% discount to all
our members. Somesso is a series of conferences with the theme of Social
Media usage in corporate environments. It’s a must-attend event for
industry leaders, brand managers, sales and marketing experts, new media
specialists, internet marketers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and
other financiers. Ideas will be shared and presented, as well as the latest
tools, strategies, and discoveries in the field of Corporate Social Media.

Please keep in mind that as a member of The Moderator Community, you also receive special discounts for
The Next Web and Next09 as mentioned in our previous letter.

Click here to see all our event discounts.

 

 

2. Events happening this month in the community space

Would you like to learn more about online communities and do some offline
networking? Here are some events taking place between April 15th and
May 15th!

The Next Web, Amsterdam, April 16th-17th (Special discounts are available here)

Mobile Communities Unconference, Palo Alto, April 23rd

Internet World, London, April 28th-30th

Next09, Hamburg, May 5th-6th (Special discounts are available here)

Gravity Summit Stanford: Social Media Marketing for Business, Palo Alto, May 5th

Online Marketing Forum, Munich, May 7th

Mundo Internet, Online, May 11th-14th

Online Marketing Forum, Frankfurt, May 13th

Thinking Digital, Newcastle UK, May 14th-15th

Somesso, London, UK, May 15th (Special discounts are available here)

Click here for details on the discounts and an overview of all events!


Any event missing that should be on our list? Add it here!

 

 

3. Top 5 discussions: What's the buzz?

So, why are there so few women in technology?

Community Managers Working from Home

Does anyone have experience with Buddypress?

10x Value drivers to add value to your community

Choosing the right community technology

 

 

4. The Top 5 most popular resources since launch

These are the most read resources posted at The Moderator Community since we started:

1. Monetizing Your vBulletin (Forums) Community by Chris Raymond

2. Australia’s Best Online Forums by Brad Howarth

3. How to Behave on a Forum, a funny video found at Metacafé

4. Building a Collaborative Workplace by Shawn Callahan, Mark Schenk and Nancy White

5. 10 Ways to Measure Social Media Succss by Chris Lake

 

5. Wanted: Social Media Specialist for our partner company Label

Label is looking to hire a social media specialist with expertise in the
development and use of Social Media platforms and building online
communities.

LABEL is a leading marketing services company active in the French-speaking
part of Switzerland. Fully integrated services cover brand strategy,
off-line design and advertising, Web design and integration and business
intelligence. Top clients include leading global luxury groups such as
Swatch Group, LVMH and Richemont, banks, industry and FMCG companies such as
Nestlé.

Interested? See more details here.

 

6. Meet us at Next09

Are you going to Next09 in Hamburg from May 5th-6th? Come see our CEO speak!
Maria will be talking about how companies can foster relationships through
online communities. The session will be in room k4 at 11.00am on Wednesday.
Stop by and say hi!

(Don’t forget our event discounts if you still need to register for Next09!)

 

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The Moderator Community on Twitter & LinkedIn

We're also on Twitter! Are you following us yet?
The Moderator Community at LinkedIn: Join the Influencer Marketing group!
Help us grow our community: Please invite your contacts to join.

 

Last night, we sent out our first newsletter for The Moderator Community! As always, we'd love to hear from you. Send us your suggestions on how to improve this and what you'd like to read from us in the future!

 

I have attached the news here for those of you who aren't subscribed yet.

 

Contents:

1. Featured Events: Special offers for our members this month

2. Things you must read at The Moderator Community

3. We'd love to read about you! Please introduce yourself.

4. New group: Women Who Lead

5. Follow us on Twitter!

 

1. Featured Events: Special offers for our members this month

 

We are happy to announce that we can offer members of The Moderator Community special discounts to the following 3 events taking place this spring:

• Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco (31st March - 3rd April): Receive a 20% discount! (contact us for the discount code)
• The Next Web in Amsterdam (15th - 16th April): Receive a €150 discount!
• Next 09 in Hamburg (5th - 6th May): Receive a 20% discount in every ticket category!

Go to our Events section for details on these featured events and other events throughout the year.

Our aim is provide as much value as we can for our members, so this is our first offering which we can pass on to you. We are working hard on more offerings for you guys, so stay tuned ;-)

 

 

2. Things you must read at The Moderator Community

In the Groups:

• Member Loyalty; Communication - When is it Too Much
• Community Manager Compensation
• Choosing the Right Community Technology
• Structuring Your Community

In our Resource Section:

• 25 Innovative Ways Companies Are Using Twitter (That You May Not Have Heard Of Yet)
• Craig Newmark's Keynote Unlocks the Secrets to Building a Community
• Personal Branding 102: How to Communicate & Maintain Your Brand
• CIOs Getting Serious About Social Networking

In our Moderator Community Blog:

• Online Communities and the Economic Downturn
• Ning is a 'Godsend' for Business Fights Poverty Community
• Community Guru Colin McKay's Top 18 Resources for Community Builders

 

3. We'd love to read about you! Please introduce yourself.

 

Part of our vision for The Moderator Community is to help people connect. The easiest way for you to get noticed is to participate in the community. Why not start with introducing yourself, if you haven't done it yet? The best place to do this is our Community Lounge.

 

 

4. New group: Women Who Lead

 

Have you noticed our new group yet? We recently created Women Who Lead, a group for managers of communities and groups geared towards women. If you manage a women's group or community, we invite you to join! By the way, you don't have to be female to join - it's just the content that will be geared towards managing women's groups.

 

Read more about this in our Blog or go directly to the Women Who Lead group.

 

 

5. Follow us on Twitter!

 

The Moderator Community is also on Twitter! We invite you to follow us @themodcom. We are tweeting directly about the most interesting information and news around The Moderator Community!

 

If you're new to Twitter, check out Shel Israel's tips for new Twitter users. If you know Twitter but want to read more about it - check out our resources search function. Here are all search results for Twitter.

 

 

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