The latest issues of Start-Up magazine is out and it includes a feature article I wrote about building online communities. It’s a subject close to my heart and one which I’m currently involved in with a (slightly) stealth project.
The article can be seen here. In it I look at three interesting case studies for both the right way, and the wrong way to build successful online communities.
Suffice it to say we’ll be eating our own dogfood with our community – watch this space!
Ben Kepes is an analyst, an entrepreneur, a commentator and a business adviser. His business interests include a diverse range of industries from manufacturing to property to technology. As a technology commentator he has a broad presence both in the traditional media and extensively online. Ben covers the convergance of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users. More on Ben
Hi Ben, you’ve mentioned Geekzone as the largest tech site in New Zealand “by a large margin” but it could be argued that Gameplanet is NZ’s largest tech site/community. Years ago it started off solely as gaming discussions but has evolved to have arguably more tech-related threads than Geekzone does. It must be close to New Zealand’s largest online community with over 230,000 threads and 50,000 members – with more than 500 people online most evenings.
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