3. Reach Out to Micro-communities

4. Act Upon Customer Feedback :"Great customer relations keeps people coming back, and for companies with limited audiences, having excellent outreach services is even more important."

" entrepreneurs should challenge themselves to dig deeper and really understand the sub-groups within their communities. "

6. Give Users Something They Can't Find Elsewhere :

"Behance, for example, recently held a worldwide Behance Portfolio Review Week. With 153 events taking place in 46 countries, the initiative was highly successful, bringing together nearly 4,000 Behance users to critique one another's portfolios."

"When building communities, one mistake people can make is not being in the community and not having a sense of what the real problems are and the instincts that guide product,"

"Don't build a Facebook for fly fishers if you're not a fly fisher, he warns. "

- In the end, the best way to build a loyal community is to give them a product they can't find anywhere else -- one that solves a deep problem previously left unsolved.

1. Be Embedded Within Your Community :