Poor Richard's Building Online Communities: Create a Web Community for Your Business, Organization, Club, or Family

by Young, Margaret Levine; Levine, John R.

• ISBN13: 9780966103298
• ISBN10: 0966103297
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Top Floor Pub

Summary

(Top Floor Publishing) Helps anyone with Internet access find an online community or create one using e-mail, the Web, or other Internet systems, including Usenet newsgroups and Internet Relay Chat. Also provides help in making communities work, using communities to make money, advertising and promoting communities, and attracting new community members. Softcover.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Part I: Introduction to Online Communities
What Is Online Community?	3	(16)
Online Community Options	19	(10)
Participating Effectively	29	(8)
Part II: Mailing List Communities
Finding, Joining, and Participating in Mailing Lists	37	(30)
Creating and Managing Your Own Mailing List	67	(50)
Part III: Usenet Newsgroup Communities
Finding, Joining, and Participating in Newsgroups	117	(42)
Creating and Managing Your Own Newsgroup	159	(18)
Part IV: Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
Finding, Joining, and Participating in IRC	177	(18)
Creating and Managing IRC Channels	195	(16)
Part V: Web-Based Communities
Finding, Joining, and Participating in Web-based Communities	211	(16)
Creating and Managing Your Own Web-based Community	227	(22)
Part VI: Growing and Managing Your Community
Publicizing Your Community	249	(14)
Encouraging Sharing and Responding to Dissension	263	(24)
Making Money with Your Community	287	(8)
Privacy, Spam, and Other Issues	295	(12)
Managing Groups of Communities	307	(16)
Part VII: True-Life Stories
The Computer Book Publishing List	323	(4)
Knitting.About.com: Craftspeople	327	(6)
The Comp.compilers Newsgroup	333	(6)
The soc.religion.unitarian-univ newsgroup	339	(6)
The UUA.ORG Mailing Lists: Running Hundreds of Communities	345	(10)
Appendix: Resources for Community Managers	355