The Community Admin Show #005 (MP3 - 9.05MB - 26min 20sec)

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Show Notes

• 0:00:13: Welcome.
• 0:00:54: Advertising networks that accept communities: Google AdSense, Tribal Fusion, BURST! Media, Yahoo! Publisher Network, Chitika, Mamma Media Solutions, RightMedia and Hurricane Digital Media.
• 0:05:04: Selling text link advertising on your community.
• 0:06:47: Don’t worry about coming up with a “unique” subject matter for your community (inspired by thread at CommunityAdmins.com and a blog post by Chrispian Burks.)
• 0:09:08: Interview with Darren Rowse, owner of and blogger at ProBlogger, co-owner of b5media, among other things.
• 0:24:50: Farewell.

The interview in this show was recorded using Skylook.

If you have any questions about community management that you would like answered on the show or you have a suggestion for a guest or questions that I should ask my guests, please e-mail me.

Thank you for listening.

The Community Admin Show #004 (MP3 - 11.3MB - 32min 55sec)

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Show Notes

• 0:00:46: Welcome.
• 0:01:16: Listener Question (from Nick at Bobsnox.com Forums): phpBB security.
• 0:03:09: The Problem Users and Trash Bin system.
• 0:06:59: Interview with Jared Smith, co-author of Building Online Communities with Drupal, phpBB, and WordPress and co-administrator of The Relationship Forums (warning: adult content at The Relationship Forums).
• 0:31:49: Farewell.

The interview in this show was recorded using Skylook.

If you have any questions about community management that you would like answered on the show or you have a suggestion for a guest or questions that I should ask my guests, please e-mail me.

Thank you for listening.

The Community Admin Show #003 (MP3 - 15.7MB - 45min 45sec)

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Show Notes

• 0:00:33: Welcome.
• 0:01:15: Dealing with users who point in other directions when they are notified of a violation.
• 0:03:36: Not everything that can help the level of activity within your community is thought of as promotional.
• 0:04:42: Dealing with ageism.
• 0:07:07: The Grand Delusion.
• 0:08:25: Interview with Greg Bernhardt, Administrator of the Sports Card Forum, Physics Forums, Cool Teens, Talk Root, MusicBanter, Chefsuccess.com and Pet Lovers Forum.
• 0:44:27: Farewell.

The interview in this show was recorded using Skylook.

If you have any questions about community management that you would like answered on the show or you have a suggestion for a guest, please e-mail me.

Thank you for listening.

As is pretty clear, I imagine, my show is one of the shows of The Podcast Network. Network hosts are encouraged to create promos for their shows as other hosts often include show promos in their own show, as I have. I first created a simple, straight forward promo, but then I had an idea for another one featuring a (pretend) banned user. I got my friend Jeremy Wright to do the voice of the banner user.

Check it out (.mp3).

If you have any suggestions for questions that you would like me to ask the community administrators that I bring on the show, please let me know. Specific questions are encouraged. Questions like “How did you get so big?” are hard to give a strong, useful answer to. Thanks. :)

I have an interview idea, the problem is that I am not sure what questions I should ask. The idea is to invite my moderators onto my show - all of the ones that have been with me for a decent period of time and ask them each 3-5 questions. I think that it is an interesting and fun idea. The problem I have is - what are the questions? I’m not sure what the questions should be. What do you think would be some interesting questions for me to ask my own staff?

The Community Admin Show #002 (MP3 - 16.0MB - 46min 44 sec)

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Show Notes

• 0:00:13: Welcome.
• 0:01:00: The moderation of private messages.
• 0:05:19: Getting over the fear of removing posts.
• 0:07:21: Why you should avoid co-administrators.
• 0:08:34: Why administrators should be moderators (inspired by a thread at the CommunityAdmins.com).
• 0:10:29: Listener question (from Nick of Bobsnox.com Forums) : Simple ways to make a community attractive.
• 0:12:24: Interview with Thomas Rutter, Co-Administrator of the SitePoint Forums.
• 0:45:42: Farewell.

The interview in this show was recorded using Skylook.

If you have any questions about community management that you would like answered on the show, please e-mail me.

Thank you for listening.

I was interviewed at Blog Network Watch. If you’d like to find out more about me, feel free to check it out.

The Community Admin Show #001 (MP3 - 12.7MB - 36min 50 sec)

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Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Community Admin Show here on The Podcast Network. I’m glad to be underway and I really hope that you find the podcast interesting and thought provoking. I’m not one to make excuses, but let me say that this was my first time ever recording any sort of show such as this. I’m happy with how it turned out, but it will only get better!

Show Notes

• 0:00:06: Welcome.
• 0:00:51: Introduction of the host and the purpose of the show.
• 0:02:49: The ethics of paying people to post (inspired by a thread at the SitePoint Forums).
• 0:06:16: The launch of CommunityAdmins.com.
• 0:06:51: How I manage my time.
• 0:10:54: Interview with Chrispian Burks of 451 Press.
• 0:30:15: The consequence of unethical advertising methods (inspired by a thread at the SitePoint Forums).
• 0:35:26: Call for listener question (e-mail me!).
• 0:36:13: Farewell.

The interview in this show was recorded using Skylook.

Listener questions wanted!

Would you like me to cover something on the air? Do you need some advice? Please e-mail me! Specific questions are best - detail specific situations so I can help you specifically. Please be sure to provide background info (such as the type of site you run, what type of site you want it to be, etc.) and context. Please include your name, location and website, if you have one and would like me to mention it on the air.

The first show, which will be out November 18, 2005; will feature the following:

• Introductory information on the show and myself.
• The ethics of paying people to post.
• How I find time to do everything that I do.
• An interview with Chrispian Burks of 451 Press.
• The consequences of unethical promotional methods.

I’m looking forward to getting underway!