Slides from my talk at the San Francisco Online Community meetup on May 28, 2014. Session description: Scoop.it is a content curation tool with over one million registered curators using the platform to discover, publish, and share content that's relevant to their expertise or that of their business. Over the last two years, the Scoop.it community has grown exponentially. As community manager, Ally has worked very closely with the Scoop.it community to figure out how to amplify the brand's message and create a group of evangelists. After a few failed attempts to create a successful ambassador program, Ally has learned the best ways to build a multi-tiered community of platform users, including a group of evangelists powered by content curation. In her talk, she'll go through a few of her not-so-great experiences that have led to the formation of her current strategy as well as how she keeps it alive and fresh through content curation.

1. Building a Multi-Tiered
Community Strategy
Ally Greer
Director of Community & Content
@allygreer | @scoopit
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2. @allygreer
- What is
community
management?
-Learning by
doing & observing
Where I started.
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3. @allygreer
Community Management: more than
just building communities.
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4. Ambassador program:
What I thought would work
“This will be easy! Just
gather the top platform
users and the rest will
happen!”
@allygreer
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5. @allygreer
Expectation:
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6. @allygreer
Reality:
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7. Ambassador program:
What I tried
-Scoop.it Specialists
-Google+ Communities
-Forum based approach
@allygreer
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8. Ambassador program:
Why it failed
-Relied too much on the community members
-Didn’t have an editorial calendar
-Didn’t have a way to empower them
-Couldn’t ignite passion for Scoop.it
-Didn’t manage expectations
-Didn’t outline goals
-Was afraid to ask
@allygreer
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9. 1. Acknowledge failures
@allygreer
Ambassador program:
How to fix it
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10. 1. Acknowledge failures
2. Reevaluate goals
-What do I want from this program?
@allygreer
Ambassador program:
How to fix it
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11. 1. Acknowledge failures
2. Reevaluate goals
-What do I want from this program?
3. Watch others’ successes
-What communities am I a member of that work?
@allygreer
Ambassador program:
How to fix it
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12. 1. Acknowledge failures
2. Reevaluate goals
-What do I want from this program?
3. Watch others’ successes
-What communities am I a member of that work?
4. Leverage what you have
-What’s the natural structure of our community?
@allygreer
Ambassador program:
How to fix it
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13. 1. You can’t build a community
of people who don’t want to be
a part of a community.
@allygreer
Conclusions:
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14. 2. You can’t build a community
around only a brand.
@allygreer
Conclusions:
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15. @allygreer
The 4 Tiers of the Scoop.it
Community
1. The Internet
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16. @allygreer
The 4 Tiers of the Scoop.it
Community
1. The Internet
2. Scoop.it Users
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17. @allygreer
The 4 Tiers of the Scoop.it
Community
1. The Internet
2. Scoop.it Users
3. #leancontent
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18. @allygreer
The 4 Tiers of the Scoop.it
Community
1. The Internet
2. Scoop.it Users
3. #leancontent
4. Scoop.it Ambassadors
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19. @allygreer
The 4 Tiers
& how we can reach them
1. The Internet
-SEO, content marketing, lead generation
2. Scoop.it Users
-newsletter, in-product messaging, social media
3. #leancontent
-meetup group, facebook group, Scoop.it topic
4. Scoop.it Ambassadors
-facebook group, newsletter, personal email
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20. @allygreer
Takeaways
-Learn from failures
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21. @allygreer
Takeaways
-Learn from failures
-Channel the success of others
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22. @allygreer
Takeaways
-Learn from failures
-Channel the success of others
-Leverage your community’s
“natural structure”
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23. @allygreer
Takeaways
-Learn from failures
-Channel the success of others
-Leverage your community’s
“natural structure”
-Find the passion that matches
your brand messaging
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24. @allygreer
Takeaways
-Learn from failures
-Channel the success of others
-Leverage your community’s
“natural structure”
-Find the passion that matches
your brand messaging
-Engage and maintain community
via content
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25. Questions?
@allygreer
@scoopit
ally@scoop.it
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