One of the most successful niche communities is for graphic designers. One of the reasons for its success is its strange appearance.

As you build your community, you’re going to be spending a lot of time looking at stats. One figure will catch your eye the most:

The number of members in your community.

When Victoria Dyte of Reindeer Riot started using WordPress, she wasn’t an established developer or web designer shifting across to a new platform; she’d simply been designing and running her own online shops successfully via WordPress for several years, and decided to take the skills and knowledge she’d picked up and turn it into a new business…

When your private social network is beginning and the first people in are people you know and the people they know, your community will be a happy, friendly place…

Every successful business has a secret ingredient…

Tagging is a powerful tool for members. It’s a powerful tool for businesses. And it’s a powerful tool for community builders.

The first members of your community should be people you know…