Community Contest 2007: Learning to Share
(This is Day 1 of 5. Prizes and contests daily this week!)
Any robust community is all about sharing; it’s what powers the group. Without an open exchange of ideas, content, and kind words, you don’t have community you merely have a group. Sharing is the social glue that creates long lasting relationships.
In a quest to reduce risk, holding their cards close to the vest, business has forgotten how to share. Your customers & community members what you to pass along information, give them insight into the company/brand they love, and create a relationship that’s based on a collaboration. Trust is built through this collaboration, and trust is a core tenet of customer interaction.
To kick off the Community Contest 2007, you have to learn to give something away before you see the reward. You have to trust that your sharing will return something positive.
Day 1 Challenge: The Trust Exercise
To enter, do one of two things (or both):
- Leave a comment on this entry that includes your name and email address
- Sign up for the “Updates via Email” newsletter found in the sidebar to the right –>
That’s easy, eh?
Day 1 Prize: ???
This challenge is meant to have you willingly share something simply to trust the process. So in that vein, I’m not telling you what you’re going to win. I’ll give you a hint that there will be multiple winners…
Deadline for Submissions: Midnight Central Standard Time (CST), 22 October. That’s tonight, so what are you waiting on??
Original Photo Credit: SeenyaRita
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- Community Contest 2007: Sharing is Participation
- Community Contest: Day 5 Deadline Extension
26 Responses to “Community Contest 2007: Learning to Share”
That is easy!!! This post makes me think about something I am working on and how I need to build community. Remember “Sharing is Caring!”
Alright Jake I’m in, but only because it’s too easy not to do. I think it’s only fair that you trust us by disclosing the prize(s). 
You can send notification that I’ve won to [removed]
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The first step to true collaboration is open communication - only then can a community effectively be built.
ha, i linked to the post but forgot to complete the challenge myself. onward!
Alex Hillman
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Tenth!
Not quite as good as First! But I’m in. For now. I’m scared about the next five days though. Is this like Survivor? Do the trust exercises get crazier until we just fall apart like little school girls weeping uncontrollably?
See? I’m showing my distrust already. I’m not off to a good start, am I?
Hi, community! Sign me up, Jake.
Gina Welker
P.S. - I heard that social glue is toxic if inhaled or ingested. But hey, trust is trust, right??
Day late and a buck fifty short… Im willing to get high on the social glue that bonds… (wow even too many bad puns for me.) Never afraid to trust, and always willing to share.
Janey -[removed] (not really afraid of spam, either)
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