My name is Blaise Grimes-Viort. I am an experienced Online Communities Manager and Social Media Strategist, and have worked with global brands, startups and charities, in fields such as Videogaming, Social Networking, Pharmaceutical, Broadcasting, Publishing and ISPs. 
Online Community Management Links Roundup 3/09/10
A roundup of links relating to Online Communities I saved on delicious.com or retweeted for the week ending 3rd of September 2010.
Online Community Management Links Roundup 27/08/10
A roundup of links relating to Online Communities I saved on delicious.com or retweeted for the week ending 27th of August 2010.
Online Community Links Roundup 13/08/10
A roundup of links relating to Online Communities I saved on delicious.com or retweeted for the week ending 13th of August 2010.
Online Community Links Roundup 6/08/10
A roundup of links relating to Online Communities I saved on delicious.com or retweeted for the week ending 6th of August 2010.
How to develop your observation skills for effective community management
I thought some of you would find it useful if I went into a bit more depth about how you can be more observant in daily life and when managing your online community or social media outpost. So here are some little activities and techniques to get you on the path of seeing between the cracks.
Want a shiny Ask.com Questions Beta invite?
Ask.com recently launched the public beta for the new Ask.com, which combines their answers technology with the human insight of the Ask.com community.
The Ask.com site gets 87 million monthly uniques apparently, so hopefully they’ll be able to turn some of those visitors into little Jeeves helpers.
The new site is now available on [...]
Why observing your community is an important part of managing it successfully
To truly understand what is going on around you, you must be able to observe the details of your members’ interactions. Without observation, you cannot unravel the complex social fabric your members wrap around their daily discussions and debates.
Online Community Links Roundup 30/07/10
A roundup of links relating to Online Communities I saved on delicious.com or retweeted for the week ending 30th of July 2010.
Read this book! Futuretainment: Yesterday the World Changed, Now It’s Your Turn review
Attracted by the lush photography and stand-out style of the book during a visit to a specialist book store, I picked up a copy of “Futuretainment” recently. Having just finished reading it, I wanted to share my thoughts on it, and recommend what I think is a great introduction to the advent of social media.
Moderate your Facebook page or risk damaging your brand – NSFW
How Ferrero Rocher have had their Facebook page hijacked, and why you need to have a user content moderation strategy in place to protect your brand in social media.
Online Community Links Roundup 23/07/10
A roundup of links relating to Online Communities I saved on delicious.com or retweeted for the week ending 23rd of July 2010.
Online Community Links Roundup 16/07/10
A roundup of links relating to Online Communities I saved on delicious.com or retweeted for the week ending 16th of July 2010.
Massive Online Community Manager Twitter list – are you on it?
As I research new thought on online community management and connect with community managers around the globe, I come across an increasing number of practitioners. When Twitter launched their Lists functionality, I thought I’d put it to good use and keep track of all these people in one place.
At this early stage, I don’t follow [...]
Online Community Links Roundup 09/07/10
A roundup of links relating to Online Communities I saved on delicious.com or retweeted for the week ending 9th of July 2010.
