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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.

Drupal Designer Needed

I have a project for a designer who also knows their way around CSS, specifically for implementation into the Drupal system. Know anyone? Ping me!

June 25, 2007

Common Internet Morality?

If you haven’t noticed the rush of comments here on the blog lately, let me apologize on behalf of the spammers. That’s right, despite my

May 7, 2007

Females can invade personal space too

I almost hate to post about this because I don’t want to continue the discussion… so just consider this a vent of a quasi-political nature.

April 26, 2007

I've been everywhere, man…

A fun activity – here’s all the states I’ve visited. I’m bound and determined to visit the rest!

February 27, 2007

The Dawn of My Music

Had Kurt Cobain lived, he’d have turned 40 this week. He died when he was 27. Ouch. I suddenly feel really old. Cobain’s death still

February 22, 2007

OK! We get it!

OK, OK! We get it, Saint Anna Nicole Smith’s death is a tragic loss for all of mankind. Without her here to guide us through

February 15, 2007

CommunityGuy.com gets dusted off

After several years having the same, marginal design I spent a few minutes last night dusting off the design and moving some things around. Nothing’s

February 15, 2007

FTC requires Sony to respect their customers. Sorta.

Sony. Once a giant, a seemingly unstoppable force of high quality, well-thought technology, seems today to be floundering under it’s own weight and cluelessness. I’d

February 1, 2007

26 Things for January

I’m throwing my hat in the ring for the 26 Things Photographic Scavenger Hunt. I’ll be updating this list as I mark something off (and

January 17, 2007

24 Premieres – Jake rolls his eyes

I started watching 24 three seasons ago. The first season I watched was guilty, unrealistic fun so I tried it last season. I got caught

January 14, 2007

Sorry for the drool

Holy lord…. where can I buy one?? Seriously. Today. UPDATE: Official info from Apple on the iPhone. Is there anything this phone can’t do?? Personally,

January 9, 2007

Incredible Song

A little late for Christmas, but still worth sharing. The music was originally broadcast on Studio 60 put together by the folks at the Tipitina’s

December 31, 2006

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CX 5essions

CX 5essions 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 5essions Professional and CX 5essions Mentor, which are 3-month, cohort-based programs designed to advance community-building skills for beginners and longtime leaders alike.