From the beginning, online marketing has always been about community. Before there was a World Wide Web, there were newsgroups – a prime example of online community and the first Internet marketing vehicle. There have been countless technological innovations since those days – each one raising the bar for eMarketers. However, community remains one of the basic marketing building blocks.

Online community building takes many forms. It can involve building relationships with other sites through media buys, reciprocal links, affiliate programs and sponsored content. These allow you to tap into established audiences, provide value added services or content to your own visitors, and help with your search engine ranking through link popularity.

Other community building techniques take advantage of the smooth, cheap, effortless communication of the Internet. Mailing lists, newsgroups and chat rooms offer great ways of connecting with potential customers and building relationships, whether they are on your own site or someone else's.

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