While shown as the future of customer relationship as recently as yesterday, customer communities seem to get out of breath and die out. That's the matter Dion Hinchcliffe discussed a couple of weeks ago, reaction to a study showing that only 4% of people significantly engage with companies online. Should we deduce that businesses have nothing to win in investing in customer communities anymore ?
Asking the question introduces a bias that has already been fatal to many initiatives. Businesses can invest in their relationship with communities but can't create...