Community Metrics

A great new resource created by the CommunityGuy Jake McKee is the 90-9-1.com site. Its an easy to understand explanation of the 90-9-1 rule and gives a few real world examples. It also has a number of great links which I’ve shared below that provide a great overview of the rule and the concept of [...]

Another quality post today from the Web Strategy Blog by Jeremiah on Social Networks Site Usage: Visitors, Members, Page Views, and Engagement by the Numbers in 2008
I’ve preached some on the diminishing value of pageviews and visitors as stand alone metrics but the data here is interesting and provides some great industry insight from a [...]

Just a quick remider that DemoCamp is tonight @ Conjunctured - see you there!

The Austin Social Media Club is set for their November meeting here at Small World Labs and we’re excited to have them. The topic for this month’s meeting is Women Under 30 Kicking Ass in Social Media - pretty sweet.
The event is free but be sure to RSVP so there’s enough food to go around. [...]

Great presentation from the Conversation Marketing blog on how to apply the new Google Analytics segmentation feature to your business. Good stuff!
Segmentation = Happiness: SEMPDX Presentation

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One of the biggest mistakes I see on the community strategy and design side is the number of assumptions made on what the community members will do and find value in. By that I mean, as a business looking to launch an online community starts to think about the value the community will bring (good) [...]

Great guest post today with the longest title ever - A Pattern Language for Online (and Offline) Communities A Pattern Language for Online (and Offline) Communities GUEST POST: A Pattern Language for Online (and Offline) Communities over at the CommunityGuy blog by Chris Carfi on community design patterns - its a great way to start [...]

A quick update on DemoCamp, we’ve got one open spot left and the following on-board to present:
1. Lou Ellman - Royalty Zone | Online royalty & payment tracking
2. Karen Bantuveris - VolunteerSpot | Online volunteer management
3. Edward Cruz - Bounty Storms | Online brainstorming
4. Joshua Baer - OtherInbox | The cure for email overload
5. OPEN
If [...]

It’ s been a while since DemoCamp I & II but we are gearing up for DemoCamp III.
DemoCamp III - November, 18th, 6:30pm @ coworking spot Conjunctured.
If you are not familiar with the DemoCamp format its pretty simple. I’ve copied the info below from the Bootstrap Austin wiki:
The Rules of DemoCamp
Rule #1 of DemoCamp: Talk [...]