The document provides tips for building an active community on BuddyPress, an open source social networking platform. It emphasizes the importance of having a clear niche and purpose for the community, engaging users through relevant content and features, and using plugins and technologies like content delivery networks to optimize performance. The document also recommends several blogs and community builders to follow for more information on successfully using BuddyPress.

1. Building a Community
With

2. A little about me...

3. BuddyPress is a
Social networking platform

10. Whats so great
about BP?
It’s NOT Facebook

11. Be different
• Build your own brand
• Emphasize design
• Don’t let people know your it’s BP

25. Myth
build it and they will come

26. Build a Niche

27. Who?
What?
Why?

28. Lead by Example

29. Vivanista is a
community for philanthropic living and giving

31. Rebranding

32. Widgetize

33. Custom Profile Template

34. Custom Navigation

35. A few other things
to keep and grow your user base

36. Make it sticky

37. Make it social

38. Make it easy

39. Forms

40. A few plug-ins
• TwitConnect • Users to CSV
• BuddyPress Facebook • Gravity Forms
Connect
• SEO for BP
• Welcome Pack
• Social Sharing
• Invitations *
• Facebook Share

41. Speed
• Content Delivery Networks (CDN)
• Batcache, WP-Super-Cache
• Minify files

42. BP blogs
you should be reading

43. Jeff Sayre
http://jeffsayre.com
Paul Gibbs
http://byotos.com/
Bowe Frankema
http://www.bp-tricks.com/
Andy Peatling
http://apeatling.wordpress.com/
Rich Fuller http://buddypress.org/blog/
http://blog.etiviti.com/
Marshall Sorenson
Slava Abakumov http://marshallsorenson.com/
http://cosydale.com
Boone Gorges
Boone Gorges http://dev.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
http://teleogistic.net/
Toby Cryns
Brajesh Singh http://www.themightymo.com
http://buddydev.com
Brajesh Singh
Francesco Laffi http://www.thinkinginwordpress.com/
http://flweb.it/
WPMU.org Team
Tammie Lister http://wpmu.org
http://buddydress.com

44. Questions?

45. Thank you
Annie Vranizan
@aVranizan
annie@vivanista.com
www.annievranizan.com