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 Interview With Patrick O' Keefe Part 2

Submitted by Jeff Chandler on June 20, 2008 - 9:52am in

In Part 2 of this interview, I tap into Patrick's knowledge to determine how to deal with the bad members of your community as well as community monetization. Enjoy.

Jeff - Chapter 6. Banning Users and Dealing with Chaos based on what I heard from others was an enjoyable chapter dealing with a touchy subject. How do you deal with those bad members without your forum imploding or falling under a sheath of scrutiny from your own community?

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 Interview With Patrick O' Keefe Part 1

Submitted by Jeff Chandler on June 19, 2008 - 9:21pm in

Here at Performancing, we've highlighted various forum software to use in conjunction with your blog. Ahmed Bilal also published an article back in 2007 which explained how to launch a forum on your blog. Once you have the blog up and running, it's time to manage it. Thats where the expertise of Patrick O' Keefe comes into play, author of the book Managing Online Forums. The book covers all aspects of managing an online forum but it doesn't stop at forums. Many of the topics discussed within this book could be used in managing online communities in general.

In Part 1 of this interview, I tap into Patrick's knowledge regarding what to do before the first forum post is published and developing your community. Part 2 will be published tomorrow.

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