Please allow me to introduce Martin Reed, a 20- or 30-something that enjoys running online communities, and has created a web site devoted to the topic.  Community Spark is a community building blog.  Martin shares tips and advice on how to build and manage successful online communities whether they are forums, blogs, chat sites or social networks.

In his blog he hopes to share much of what he’s learned (and still learning) when it comes to developing and managing a successful online community.

Here are a few of his favorite articles:

• Important Community Building Questions
• 20 Questions for Managers of Online Communities
• No Abuse? You Aren’t an Effective Online Community Manager!
• 5 Ways to Attract Members to a Social Networking Site

His site is broken into various categories, including:

• A New Community
• Community Development
• Community Management
• Interviews
• Miscellaneous

Each month Martin contributes several new articles to his blog, of which the archives can be found by searching or browsing http://www.communityspark.com.