Month: January 2010

You would benefit from setting a fixed number of people they will allow to join the group. You can be picky about members and accept

There is one big secret to getting people to talk in an online community, ask them about themselves – not about your products. If you

How do you get members to contribute their time, knowledge or skills for free? Many business models rely upon it. You can’t. People don’t work

Unlike a product, you can thoroughly test your idea for an online community before you launch it. In fact, you would be a fool not

…then join one. Or two, perhaps three. Joining online communities is good practice. You will develop great friends, become familiar with their online mannerisms and

I received this e-mail today: Dear Richard, You have not logged into your account in over four months. As a matter of CouchSurfing Project policy,

Do you think the person that created this forum really had a clue what s/he was doing? Nobody will participate in a forum that looks

Your community would benefit from launching a volunteer jobs page. This is a page listing tasks your members might like to try their hand at.