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Confessions of a Super Fan

January 16, 2019

Community5 CEO Jake McKee takes the stage in Sweden to share insights about Super Fans.

2019 Community Predictions

January 15, 2019

Our friends at Vanilla Forums asked our CEO, Jake McKee to his observations of online communities in 2018 and the predictions for where the industry is going

Observations and Predictions (2019 Edition)

December 5, 2018

My friends at Vanilla Forums asked me to add my observations of online communities in 2018 and the predictions for where we are going in 2019 to

The Power of Super Fans (podcast interview)

November 12, 2018

Nearly a year ago, my friend Reed Smith interviewed me for his Touch Point podcast. It was a fun conversation, and I wanted to share

Confessions of a Super Fan

September 3, 2018

One of my favorite speaking topics is super fans… those crazy, wonderful people who love your brand so much, they invest their body and soul

Jake McKee Consulting is alive!

October 4, 2016

Please forgive the obvious Short Circuit reference. I couldn’t help myself. Allow me to introduce myself… I’m Jake McKee, and I founded Jake McKee Consulting.

The latest craze: Clipboard Roulette

In recording the latest episode of the Clue Unit podcast, we stumbled across what will most certainly be the latest craze to sweep the nation.

June 5, 2007

The Internet has scaling problems

Maybe it’s just me and my service provider (probably not), but in the last few weeks many of the Web services I’ve come to rely

June 1, 2007

Onramps and Access Points

Tara posted an interesting thought recently about Twitter’s creation of multiple access points (aka "onramps"), rather than additional features. As time has gone along, they’ve

April 10, 2007

Announcing MyEvilCyberTwin.com

You’ve really gotta love Agile Web Development. Yesterday morning, I showed Alex a new site – MyCyberTwin.com. (Hat tip: Jenn!) This site allows you to

April 5, 2007

Different Levels of Personal

Since coming home from SXSW, I’ve been half-joking that I sent more text messages during that event than I sent the entire time I had

March 24, 2007

MyBlogLog Fun

Broc is doing a fun giveaway to get excitement generated about his MyBlogLog community. Pretty smart – easy and fun.

March 22, 2007

Amazon down?

Am I the only one pulling up Amazon’s PDA site when you hit the home page?

February 21, 2007

Breaking the Web…?

Alex posted an interesting discussion thread on the Weblogs Work blog – Breaking the Web? There’s a school of thought that once something goes up

August 17, 2006

iTunes annoyance

Even though I don’t (yet) have a video iPod, I went TV show shopping on iTunes today. I’ve been noticing that iTunes has had a

August 9, 2006

TechCrunch: The 24 Minute Documentary

TechCrunch has posted a fun 24 Minute Documentary interviewing a number of CEOs from Web 2.0 startups about the Web 2.0 concept. Well worth 24

August 8, 2006

Jake's New Photoblog

Since it’s a day for new things, what with my new job and all, I’m announcing my new photoblog. Check it out and feel free

July 31, 2006

Jake’s New Photoblog

Since it’s a day for new things, what with my new job and all, I’m announcing my new photoblog. Check it out and feel free

July 31, 2006

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CX SessionS

CX Sessions is a comfortable, casual virtual gathering I host once a month at no charge for senior-level community professionals across the country. I designed it as a free, small group, no-sales event where people can relax, relate, and get real about the challenges and rewards of customer communities. It has since expanded into two career development options, CX Sessions Professional and CX Sessions Mentor, which are 3-month, cohort-based programs designed to advance community-building skills for beginners and longtime leaders alike.