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MMN ep:11 Community Builders Eric Gunner Rochow

May 29, 2009 3:14 am 0 comments

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Meet Eric “Gunner” Rochow, creator of Real World Green and Garden Fork TV. He’s building his own content and a social group around his interests and videos. You can learn a lot from Eric like taming bees, recycling glass and how to get Ford Motor Company to take notice of what you’re doing.

You can watch one of his shows here. But visit The Green House to check out the rest.

http://green-house.tv/

On the show:

Eric Rochow webtwitterfacebookcontact
Matt Kern webtwitter
Sean McMenemy webtwitter

Places you can find Eric’s Show
Real World Green on iTunes
Garden Fork on iTunes

Things that came up!
Tube Mogul
Ning
Crash Test Kitchen
For Your Imagination
Ford Fiesta!
Chris Brogan

Eric’s TIPS for building a Community

  1. Have the one thing that makes your community special
  2. Got to serve a specific group of people.
  3. Don’t be the Social Media Guru.
  4. Has to be something they want to watch or listen too.

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