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July 29, 2008

The Wall Street Journal Blog is covering Ed Moran’s study of more than 100 businesses with online communities. According to the study “Thirty-five percent of the online communities studied have less than 100 members; less than 25% have more than 1,000 members – despite the fact that close to 60% 6% of these businesses have spent over $1 Million.” Read the story on the WSJ blog.

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AnneManning July 29, 2008 at 11:11 AM

There was a recent correction posted on the WSJ blog:

Thirty-five percent of the online communities studied have less than 100 members; less than 25% have more than 1,000 members – despite the fact that 6% of these businesses spent over $1 million on their community projects.

Phil Nieman, Blog Council August 5, 2008 at 11:12 AM

Anne,

Thank you for the update. I will make the correction the post.

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Phil
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