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Interview: Community Management in Switzerland

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a community manager is polyvalent like a swiss army knifeA few weeks ago, I have had the honour of being asked by Victoria Marchand about my views on community management in Switzerland. The interview [in French] has been published in the spring issue of CominMag (trade magazine for communication experts) as well as on communitymanagers.ch (official site of the Swiss community managers association). It has since also been picked up by my former faculty and included in their spring newsletter. A big thank you to everyone involved in spreading my humble opinion. I have, in the meantime, translated the interview into English and now decided to publish it on my blog in order to keep the discussion going:

Community Management is …?

Community management means taking care of the online presence of a company, brand or product. This includes managing a community actively (e.g. with publications) as well as passively (e.g. monitoring).

Ideally, community management contributes to coherence between strategy, corporate culture, desired reputation and perception from outside – this is why an overall vision and approach should go beyond a single department or hierarchical level (“silo”). And although I am aware that this opinion is widely discussed, I advocate for a clear distinction between social management and community management since the later means implication on a strategic level. Continue reading →

Community Management for Ecowizz

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It is all about interaction. Interaction online and interaction offline. This is what has brought me to Social Media: interaction online par excellence.

And if you have already visited my profile page, you might have noticed a special bond with “community management”. (Actually, I have been one of the first members of the Swiss Community Managers Association after attending its very first – yet informal – meeting almost two years ago.) A special bond – despite the fact that community management is not naturally associated with the strategical level. Theoretically.

In reality, interaction is crucial on every level.

A good strategy needs good community management to really work. This is why whatever “social media strategy” should not only be tailored to the company/market/cause at hand but also consider realistic execution, i.e. take into account internal organization, culture and resources. Continue reading →