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More on our Partnership with ReadWriteWeb
22 August 2009
 In our post a couple of days ago, we announced our research partnership with ReadWriteWeb, a top ranked blog that provides Web Technology news, reviews and analysis. In addition to being an incredible source for technology information, ReadWriteWeb has also started a research series which currently includes two reports: Guide to Online Community Management and Q2 2009 VC Funding Report. Their research is complimentary to the online community and social media research we’ve been conducting for the past three years through our Online Community Research Network (OCRN). The OCRN is a community of social media and online community professionals who collaborate to better understand the principal challenges of building and managing online communities and social media programs. Our partnership was forged from our shared interest in community best practices and from our mutual respect for each other’s work and expertise in the industry.
The initial phase of our partnership includes:
- Promotion of ReadWriteWeb’s Guide to Online Community Management (and other reports), which is an essential resource for community professionals. The guide includes a collection of case studies, advice and discussion concerning the most important issues in online community and a companion online aggregator.
- ReadWriteWeb will be promoting our library of online community and social media research, conducted through Online Community Research Network (OCRN), which focuses on specific issues and topics in the online community and social media space. Some of our reports include: Online Community Metrics, Online Community ROI: Models and Reports, Social Media Ecosystems, Online Communities: Surviving & Thriving in the Downturn and more.
- Cross promotion our current research study, Online Community and Social Media Compensation Survey 2009. With over 330 responses to date, we are well on our way to having over 350 participants, making this the most comprehensive salary survey in the space to date!
- ReadWriteWeb will share some of the key results of the Compensation study on their site. The full report will be available for purchase and is included in a membership to the OCRN.
We’ve always been big fans of ReadWriteWeb and we’re really honored to partner with other experts in the industry. We too hope that this is the beginning of a rewarding collaboration in providing best practices, metrics and other essential resources for online community and social media professionals.
If you are looking for online community management resources and guides, I would encourage you to check out ReadWriteWeb’s Guide to Online Community Management. We will be posting more about our partnership with ReadWriteWeb, and the results of our initial collaboration around the Community & Social Media Compensation research in the coming weeks.
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