New Book "Managing Online Forums" Now Available!

[Patrick]

Hello,

I am very proud to announce that my new book, "Managing Online Forums: Everything You Need to Know to Create and Run Successful Community Discussion Boards", is now available and can be purchased online at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble.com and other retailers. If you are in the United States, it is being stocked nationally at Barnes & Noble locations, as well. You can check stock status at the closest store to you on their website.

"Managing Online Forums" is the result of my years of experience running forums just like this one. I wouldn't have reached this point without all of the great staff members (Keith, Josh and many others) that I have had and all of the supportive members that have positively contributed and helped me to build my knowledge. So, thank you for helping me to grow, improve and have the experience to share with others through this project.

The book is definitely appropriately titled: it is truly a forums management book, but with principles that can apply to other types of online communities, like blogs, as well. From creating the infrastructure of the community and setting and enforcing policies to dealing with troublemakers and managing staff. This isn't a programming book or a software book, this is all about managing the actual forums.

Here is some of the advance praise that the book has received:

"Online forums make up the very foundation of the social web. Unfortunately, there are few resources for the growing number of people who work behind the scenes to make them successful. In this comprehensive book, Patrick O'Keefe brings his real-world experiences to bear in the form of strategies, tactics, and ideas that fill a knowledge gap that has begged to be filled for too long."
-Lee LeFever, Principal, Common Craft

"Patrick O'Keefe has been building online communities for nearly ten years. He's got more expertise and experience than anyone else when it comes to leveraging the power of community. Read this book and you'll save time and frustration. Best of all, you'll get results."
-Zack Urlocker, Executive Vice President, MySQL

“You can never know enough about managing a forum, from how to handle your staff, to ensuring the users are happy, to making money! Yes, the last chapter is about making money, but you can't do that without doing everything else first! This book is most definitely for everyone - seasoned or new - you will learn an awful lot. It is written in an easy, concise way that allows you to read from front to back or dip in and out for something specific. This is a great book that I will continue to dip into.”
-Sarah Large, Administrator, SitePoint Forums

Here is a look at the chapters featured in the book:

Chapter 1. Laying the Groundwork
Chapter 2. Developing Your Community
Chapter 3. Developing Guidelines
Chapter 4. Promoting Your Community
Chapter 5. Managing Your Staff
Chapter 6. Banning Users and Dealing with Chaos
Chapter 7. Creating a Good Environment
Chapter 8. Keeping It Interesting
Chapter 9. Making Money

It also features three helpful appendices at the end that include online resources, a glossary and blank, general templates that you can use as a basis for your own user guidelines, staff member guidelines and contact templates (pre-written messages for you and your staff to use when contacting members).

For more information on the book, including a full table of contents, advance praise, interviews and reviews, an excerpt, downloadable document templates, an example forums setup and more, please check out the book website.

Thank you for reading and for visiting DeveloperCube.

Sincerely,

Patrick
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