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Spring 2008. Class Game Plan. Internet Communities. Question and Answer. Lab Time. Introduction to Communities. Collection of like-minded people who share attributes or hobbies-interests. Think your local church group or alumni organizations or AOL.
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Class Game Plan • Internet Communities. • Question and Answer. • Lab Time.
Introduction to Communities • Collection of like-minded people who share attributes or hobbies-interests. • Think your local church group or alumni organizations or AOL. • Size / number of active community members is THE critical success factor.
Introduction to Communities • Types of Communities: • Social / Dating. • Match.Com • AOL. • Social / Other than Dating. • Yahoo • My Space • Educational. • UoP / GGU
Introduction to Communities • Types of Communities: • Medical. • WEBMD. • Disease sites • Business. • LinkedIn. • Entertainment. • Pandora.com • InDply.com
Introduction to Communities • Types of Communities: • Other Informational. • Wikipedia. • Blogs. • Special / Short-lived
Introduction to Communities All Very Nice and Fun…. but how do you make money?
Questions…… (and maybe some) Answers C17 - April 7, 2008
Lab Time • Visit http://krmlradio.com. • Check out the site, looking for its community aspects (or not). • Think about: • What does it take to build an online Jazz Community? C17 - April 7, 2008