Reviews
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“… Managing Online Forums is a worthwhile book to buy and absorb. There are TONS of great resources in there, and lots of real world examples for you to follow. This alone makes the book a great resource to have on the shelf.”
“Within 20 minutes, I was on page 70. Perhaps it was my interest in the topic, perhaps O’Keefe’s writing style. Whatever the reason, the book (at just over 300 pages) was a quick and easy read, chock full of great information, advice and examples and left me feeling like I should give online forum management a try.
Perhaps the best thing I can say about the writing style is that it isn’t written from the perspective of a haughty expert peppering you with polysyllabic words and ethereal Internet philosophy. O’Keefe has something to say and he says it, plain and simple.”
- Jason Falls, Social Media Explorer
“I think the timing for this book is great. With so much emphasis on social media, a lot of people are jumping into the fray and discovering that managing people in a community setting isn’t easy. I think Patrick’s done a great job of getting to the real, practical issues and questions that arise and how to deal with them responsibly.”
“… I would highly recommend Managing Online Forums because I found it to contain a wealth of educational and practical insight. It enabled me to develop my project plan for developing and executing our online communities.”
- Rich Villalobos, Marketing Manager, Cisco Systems
“I thought I’d been doing community work long enough that I wouldn’t find much new in this book. I was flat wrong. While some of the more technical discussion wasn’t relevant to my needs, the rest of the book is a treasure trove of ideas and tips for effectively managing communities.”
“Starting an online forum can be a daunting task. But, if you read from the experts, you’ll figure out how to do it right the first time and you won’t waste your time. So, I highly recommend Managing Online Forums by Patrick O’Keefe.”
“This is the kind of book we’ve needed - I’ve been telling business owners and corporate marketers for years that they’ve been focusing on the wrong things (i.e., what software to install) when what they should be thinking about is all that “other” stuff.”
- Thomas Myer, Triple Dog Dare Media
“Author Patrick O’Keefe, who has managed online community forums for 8 years, offers a blueprint for administrators who want to make the right choices so that users return again and again to their forums. O’Keefe’s 300-page paperback is a practical guide for anyone who gets tasked with running a forum.”
“Managing Online Forums has a very readable, conversational style, which I found congenial. It would perhaps have been easier for the author to write more of a “shopping list” of things to do and not do, but I for one would probably have found such an approach not only boring to read but less than convincing. With Managing Online Forums I felt I was in the presence of a master, who had not only “been there, done that” but had reflected long and deeply on what works and what doesn’t.”
“… [Patrick] definitely walks the talk. He doesn’t just write about forums. He has been successfully creating, maintaining, and building them for many years. So, he definitely comes in with a lot of his expertise with this book.”
- Shai Coggins, Co-Founder and Vice President of Community, b5media
“Managing Online Forums should be considered essential reading for both experienced community managers and those that are new to forum management.”
- Martin Reed, Community Spark
“I had the opportunity to read through this book over the last week, and I’m just floored by how much good information it’s got in it. This book is years of Patrick’s experiences running successful forums … and all the tips, tricks and wisdom he’s picked up during those years. I ran a moderately successful forum years ago, and would have saved myself months of headache and heartache had I had the information in this book at my fingertips back then.”
- Michael Kimsal, Author, php|architect’s PHP Job Hunter’s Handbook
More Reviews
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March 22, 2009: Richard Millington (FeverBee)
January 30, 2009: Geek Book (on Slashdot)
January 19, 2009: Michelle L. Rodriguez (Mequoda Daily)
January 17, 2009: Rich Villalobos
January 1, 2009: Dr. Natalie T. Wood (Journal of Consumer Marketing)
December 15, 2008: Martin Kloos (TheNextWeb.com)
December 8, 2008: Martin Reed (Community Spark)
November 24, 2008: Jessica Smith (Jessica Knows)
November 18, 2008: Rob Diana (Regular Geek)
November 17, 2008: Des Walsh
October 12, 2008: Kare Anderson (on Gaia)
October 5, 2008: Manny Hernandez, Top 100 Amazon.com Reviewer (on Ning)
October 1, 2008: ONLINE
September 30, 2008: Brad Williams (StrangeWork.com)
September 13, 2008: Heidi Miller (Talk It Up!)
September 11, 2008: Shai Coggins (Just Make Money Online)
September 10, 2008: Travis Smith (Unvarnished)
September 3, 2008: Liz Fuller (Business and Blogging)
August 26, 2008: eModeration
August 11, 2008: Jake McKee
August 5, 2008: Dr. Jeffrey Barlow (Interface, the Berglund Center for Internet Studies at Pacific University)
August 2, 2008: Brandon Eley
August 1, 2008: Book News
July 26, 2007: Chris Brogan
July 26, 2008: Rico Mossesgeld (Contract Worker)
July 12, 2008: Rico Mossesgeld (Contract Worker)
July 3, 2008: James Seligman
June 19, 2008: Ray Angel
June 16, 2008: Andy Staple
June 12, 2008: Vincent Lauria (lefora labs)
June 2, 2008: David Berkowitz (Inside the Marketers Studio)
June 1, 2008: Midwest Book Review
May 29, 2008: Ramona Iftode (wTricks.com)
May 29, 2008: Andrea Hermitt (Families.com’s Homeschool Blog)
May 29, 2008: Jonathan Bailey (PlagiarismToday)
May 28, 2008: Jason Bean (Uncover the Internet)
May 22, 2008: Miranda Marquit (IdeaScope)
May 21, 2008: Jeff Henrichsen (JKT Network)
May 14, 2008: James Fintel (Cult of Cheese)
May 14, 2008: Gary Pollock (searchoptimizepro.com)
May 8, 2008: Miranda Marquit (Yielding Wealth)
May 5, 2008: MarketingSherpa
May 5, 2008: Miranda Marquit (WorkShak)
May 5, 2008: Ken Davidoff (Newsday)
May 1, 2008: Thomas Myer
April 28, 2008: Douglas Bell (Webmacster87.info)
April 25, 2008: Ethan Kwassman (myEDI Media)
April 22, 2008: Wendy Piersall
April 18, 2008: Jason Falls (Social Media Explorer)
April 14, 2008: David Askaripour
April 14, 2008: Zack Urlocker (InfoWorld)
April 13, 2008: Douglas Bell
April 13, 2008: Chrispian Burks
April 11, 2008: Michael Kimsal
April 9, 2008: Lee LeFever (Common Craft)
April 8, 2008: Douglas Hanna (Service Untitled)
April 4, 2008: Blake Thompson
Audio/Video:
August 5, 2008: Jim Kukral
July 15, 2008: John Wilkerson (Jesus Geek)
July 13, 2008: Jim Turner (Blog World Expo Radio)
May 10, 2008: Douglas Bell and David Lewis (phpBB Weekly)
May 9, 2008: Jerry Stephens (Way of the Geek)
April 28, 2008: Christa Casebeer and Joel Trigger (Alternageek Tech Show)
April 23, 2008: Ethan Kwassman and Jon Scheiber (System Showdown)
April 20, 2008: Pete Carr (The Interactive Internet)
April 20, 2008: Chris Matthieu and Jonathan Bailey (Copyright 2.0) (on PlagiarismToday)
April 17, 2008: Michael Kimsal (WebDevRadio)
April 15, 2008: Ethan Kwassman (System Showdown)
April 3, 2008: Michael Kimsal (WebDevRadio)
