Richard Millington Discusses Online Communities
Tom recently posted about the nature of
online communities and we got in touch
with Richard Millington at
Feverbee to find out a bit more about the subject. Rich is
an expert in building online communities and is currently
working with Seth Godin in New
York.
Before we get stuck in, a big thank you to Rich, who
answered our questions very thoughtfully and thoroughly.
There’s some really useful stuff here; visit site and read
on to find out Rich’s thoughts on how to become an
irresistible expenditure to clients, the importance of
online communities for SEO and how to come up with ideas
that work.
- How did you first get into online communities?
At 15, I became addicted to an online computer game
called Counter-Strike. At the time all the online
communities about Counter-Strike were exactly that,
communities about Counter-Strike. They talked about the new
guns in version 1.3, showed screenshots of the new levels
in design. None discussed what mattered most, the people
playing games.
Myself and a few began starting voice transcription services communities
talking about the top teams and players. We talked about
the rivalries. If a top player decided to change teams,
that was a big scoop. Before a major event we would create
previews of how they thought they would do, we reported on
their preparations and highlights the key fixtures. We did
play by play analyses of the top-games. We even had
commentators for the bigger events.
Today all the big gaming sites do this. If you ever need
inspiration about building online communities.
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