Product strategist & community builder with 15+ years of cross-functional experience in the sharing economy, real estate, & travel industries. Conceptualized & led 2 bootstrapped travel apps, reaching 15k+ total global users. Currently runs the GEM, a private/paid community of than 500 proptech founders, execs, VCs, and practitioners.
Worked at Zillow from September of 2005 until January 2010, managing Zillow’s API program and various online partnerships. Over the course of that time, he worked with the PR team and served as a spokesperson for the company in various fashions via social media. A social media marketing enthusiast, he founded the Carnival of Real Estate and Geek Estate Blog.
Yes.
Community managers are usually fairly modest, without egos. But that said, everyone wants to feel appreciated from time to time....receiving credit for work done is one aspect of that. I think it's a matter or "credit, in moderation"
I imagine a lot of it happens in private FB groups already. I'm a member of Dynamite Circle, which is a private community of location independent entrepreneurs http://www.tropicalmba.com/innercircle/
I wouldn't say they avoided competition. They compete with fb :)