Online Community Engagement: Recent Research Friday, July 18. 2008 We conducted the Online Community Marketing, Growth and Engagement research study in May of this year, as part of the continuing efforts of the Online Community Research Network. The full report is available to Online Community Research Network members. Our goal was to gain insight into how people are measuring engagement in their online communities and to understand how many organizations were using an elite / influencer program, and how those programs were structured.

This post is the third in a series of blog posts exploring our recent research into the effect of the down economy on Online Community and social media programs. In this post, I'd like to focus on the advice that the research respondents gave for thriving during the downturn, and what key resources they are relying on for advice and support. post the highlighted several key findings from our Online Community Research Keep in mind, this advice comes from community managers, executives and social media strategists (not analysts or observers) who are currently in the trenches dealing with issues firsthand.

As part of our partnership, the Online Community Research Network (OCRN) and the Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA) are co-producing our first research study on Social Marketing professionals (marketers who focus on social media) compensation, job satisfaction, and team structure. For Please complete the survey before the end of the day on December 18th. Feel A few weeks ago, we announced our partnership with WOMMA. For the past two years, the OCRN has studied online community and social media professionals compensation.

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The Social Marketing Compensation Study was initiated in December of 2009 as a joint research project between the Online Community Research Network and WOMMA . To purchase the report ($99), please go to our Research Store . Share/Bookmark ...Tags: Tags: Community & Social Media Research Featured Posts Jobs Key Resources Social The intention of the study was to get a broad look at the emerging field of social media marketing, and specifically, to explore issues related to compensation and satisfaction in the area of social marketing.

We initiated the The Online Communities: Surviving & Thriving in the Downturn Economy survey in late November and early December of 2008, as part of our ongoing research series with the Online Community Research Network . The final report will be published to our Online Community Research Network members and research participants later this week. The The intention of the study was to get a broad look at how online community programs are fairing within organizations in light of the recent economic changes. We We

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The Online Community Research Network is conducting our second study that examines how community and social media professionals engage in the social media ecosystem. The research targets online community and social media executives, strategists, and managers, working both in the commercial and non-profit space. The would like to receive your responses by the end of the day Friday, December 11th, please. Last April, we conducted the Social Media Ecosystem study to gain a better understanding of how organizations were managing their hosted and external online community touch points. Our