Ladies Night

If your online community aims to connect two groups, you have a problem. Neither group will join until the other group is already there. Buyers

Helping Job Seekers In Your Industry

Contact the HR departments and ask if they would direct any employees they’ve been forced to lay off to join your online community. Your online

Make A Game Out Of Your Online Community

Apply game mechanics to your online community. It’s a huge concept, but here’s a few things you should consider implementing. Collecting. Give members something they

An Easy Way To Build An Online Community

Find 4 or 5 people that do the same sort of work that you do. Collect their e-mail addresses and send a group e-mail introducing

One Of A Kind

Give power users something no-one else can have. Give them something that shows up on their profile. Maybe their name in a different colour font.

11 Ways To Get Lurkers To Participate

Many communities would be 100% more successful if they could convert 1% of their lurkers to become creators. Typically, Lurkers read but don’t participate. Lurkers

Bike Tyres And Building Online Communities

Like pumping up a bike tyre, you need to build pressure. You need a point where the messages you send out hit a wall and

Downsizing

Community members that only contribute negative comments should be kicked out. Community members that don’t add anything to the conversation when they post, should be

Inviting Friends Should Be Easier

Most online communities have an e-mail a friend feature. It’s probably not used much. It’s too much effort to find your friends’ e-mail addresses. You

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