What online communities and social networks can you tap into?

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Photography is a form of expression, which can now be shared more ways than ever before through social networks and online communities.

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Unlike Facebook pages, online communities are customer networks we own and the way our social customers experience them is entirely up to us.

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And professionals, thanks to their familiarity with public networks, now have the skills and experience to use online communities effectively.

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These networks are starting to grow their membership online, and leaders in the communities plan to have their first CROWDFUNDx community events in the coming months and quarters.

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