Chapter 3

Becoming an Online Community Manager

In This Chapter

• Wearing lots of hats
• Promoting your community and your brand
• Seeing why your job matters

As far as jobs go, being an online community manager is one of the most enjoyable career choices. Think about it: You get to spend lots of time online, enjoying the social networks and chatting up new friends. Of course, there's more to the job than just trolling Twitter and updating Facebook, though. Community managers undertake a variety of tasks, some more enjoyable than others.

For the most part, though, there's never a dull moment. In this chapter, I describe the many responsibilities of an online community manager.